Ann Roberts School of Dance

What a fabulous season of Frozen! ❄️✨ We’ve loved coming along and supporting everyone. Well done, Lucy, Elsie and Olivia — you all shone so brightly up on stage! ✨✨✨ Such naturals! 💕 Your AR family is very proud 💙
Townsville Choral Society

A lovely day celebrating all things ballet at the Shirley Treacy Awards today. 🩰💙🤍

Well done to all of our students who participated. It was wonderful to see so many of our students involved and celebrating their love of ballet.

A huge congratulations to Chris, who received one of the Overall Awards of the Advanced section, and to Charli and Harriet, who both received an Honourable Mention. 👏

Congratulations also to Abbey, Mahalia, Nyah, Mikhaila, Macey, Lyla, Imogen and Lucy, who were all awarded Regional Finalist Awards. What an incredible achievement! 💙

A very special thank you to our beautiful staff — Miss Kylie, Miss Margot, Miss Isabelle, Miss Jenna, Miss Dani and Miss Yvette — for volunteering their time today and helping to make the day run so smoothly.

And thank you to Rad Ballet and Royal Academy of Dance Australia for providing these wonderful opportunities for our students.

What a special day celebrating our dancers and all their hard work! 🩰✨

And they did it 🥲💙 The final day of Rad Ballet exams for us, and the final exams for these beautiful ballerinas!

Advanced 2 is not for the faint-hearted, and getting this far is a huge achievement in itself. We are incredibly proud of all our students who continue to work hard, push through challenges and show up for themselves, even when things feel difficult.

Life will always present us with challenges, but every time we rise to meet them, we are shaped in ways that give us greater resilience, strength and confidence. These are the lessons that extend far beyond the studio and stay with us for life.

To our beautiful ballerinas — you have worked so hard, grown so much and given this journey everything you have. Whatever the results, you should be so incredibly proud of yourselves. 🤍

What an achievement. What a journey. And what a beautiful way to finish. 🩰💙✨

Advanced 2
Advanced 2

Aaaaaand we are back with exams today! Some of these girls sat their last exams today 🥲 after years of incredible dedication the bell rang one last time 🩰

Advanced Foundation
Advanced 2
Advanced 2

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Miss Jane

Townsville dance school principal Jane Pirani has received one of only two Royal Academy of Dance Honorary Fellowships awarded globally this year, following in her mother Ann Roberts’ footsteps. DETAILS: https://bit.ly/4fJTE58

What a special moment celebrating the incredible talent in our community! ✨❄️

We are so proud to see three of our amazing dance students taking to the stage in the Townsville Choral Society production of Frozen. Top right corner we have Olivia playing young Elsa, bottom left Lucy playing young Anna, followed by Elsie playing young Elsa.

Adding to the excitement, the wonderful Elsa is played by Judy one of our very own dance mums! 💙 What a beautiful reminder of how connected our community is and how lucky we are to support one another in so many different ways.

At our school, we love seeing our families, students, and teachers crossing paths through dance, theatre, music, and beyond. It truly takes a village to nurture creativity, and we couldn't be prouder to be part of such a supportive, inspiring community.

A huge congratulations to the entire cast, crew, and everyone involved in bringing this magical production to life. We're cheering you all on! 💙❄️

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Today our lovely Silver Swans had mid year exams (a very loose term 😂) more a chance to celebrate 6 months of fabulous dancing with the very honourable Miss Joyce to award the certificates 🦢💕 what a fantastic community!

Thank you Dance Australia for the write up on Miss Jane 😍

Jane Pirani Awarded Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Dance - Dance Australia The Townsville dance leader is one of only two people worldwide to receive the honour this year, recognising a career spanning performance, choreography, education and nearly seven decades of family legacy.

✨ We interrupt exam content for a very special announcement!

Our very own Miss Jane has been awarded the Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Dance (FRAD) – the highest honour the Royal Academy of Dance bestows upon its teachers.

This year, only two Honorary Fellowships were awarded worldwide, making this recognition even more extraordinary.

This prestigious award celebrates a lifetime of dedication to the art of dance. Through her inspiring teaching, outstanding choreography, and unwavering passion, Miss Jane has touched and shaped the lives of countless students, dancers, and families over the years. Her influence extends far beyond the studio, leaving a lasting legacy within our dance community and beyond.

As Director of The Ann Roberts School of Dance, Miss Jane continues to inspire generations of dancers to pursue excellence, confidence, creativity, and a lifelong love of dance.

🎥 Have a listen to the award presentation (in London) in the next clip to hear just how profound Miss Jane's impact has been, and why this honour is so richly deserved.

Please join us in congratulating Miss Jane on this truly exceptional achievement! ❤️👏🏼