ALUMNI
Academy Alumni
Keela Moloney-Smith
The Academy 2015 - 2018
Following the completion of Year 12 at Ballarat Clarendon College and her training at The Academy of Classical Ballet in 2022, Keela successfully auditioned for various full-time institutes across Australia and chose to accept the offer from Western Australian Academy of Performance Arts (WAAPA) Bachelor of Arts (Contemporary Dance) where she began her training there in Perth at the beginning of 2023.
Keela was a student of The Academy's Intensive Training Program and achieved the RAD Intermediate and Advanced One Vocational Examinations and the RAD Grade 8 Performance Award all with Distinction.
Keela was the recipient of The Academy's 2021 Most Outstanding Student Award.
Thomas Stevens
The Academy 2015 - 2020
Thomas had been studying full time dance & education at VCASS for the past 2 years. In 2023 Thomas will commence in Level 6 at The Australian Ballet School.
Sophie Ross
The Academy 2015 - 2018
Sophie was the most beautiful role model to our students and continues to inspire through her ambassador role at The Academy.
Having successfully auditioned and received offers from several institutes, Sophie chose to commence full time training at Ballet Theatre Australia in Melbourne in 2019.
Sophie joined The Academy in 2015 where she was been a student of The Academy's Intensive Training Program for four years and during this time has achieved the Cecchetti Intermediate Examination, the RAD Intermediate, Advanced One and Advanced Two Vocational Examinations and the RAD Grade 8 Performance Award. Sophie was the recipient of the Audrey Nichols Grade 8 Phyllis O'Donaghue Artistry Award in 2016, performed at the Sydney Eisteddfod in 2016 and 2018, presented at various AICD Awards including in South Australia and in 2017 presented at the Alana Haines Australasian Ballet Awards in New Zealand.
Sophie was awarded The Academy's Danielle Courtier Artistry Award in 2015 and the Most Outstanding Student Award in 2016 & 2017 and she was the winner of the 2018 CSTD Commonwealth Classical Cup. Sophie's performance roles include 'Dawn' in Coppelia (2015), 'Lise' in La Fille mal Gardee (2016), 'Aurora's Variation for Sleeping Beauty Act 3 (2016-2017), 'Giselle' in Giselle (2017), 'Odile's Variation from Swan Lake' (2018) and 'Crystal Fountain Fairy' in Aurora's Wedding (2018).
Chelsea Stewart
The Academy 2010 - 2014
We congratulate Chelsea, former student of five years, who commenced full-time training at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) in Melbourne in 2017.
We look forward to continuing to follow Chelsea's dance journey in the years to come.
Molly Fisher
Molly Fisher was a student at The Academy in 2011 and 2012 during which time she was committed to enhancing her vocal talent with the professional level of dance training at The Academy of Classical Ballet.
Molly successfully auditioned for StageArt's 'Titanic - The Musical'. Molly will perform the role of 'Kate Murphey' at Chapel off Chapel.