Located at 127 Sugar Rd Maroochydore, Andrea Dalton Dance Dynamics was established on the Sunshine Coast in QLD, Australia in 1981. The school has had continual success and now rates as one of the most outstanding educational facilities in dance in the region.


Students are provided with a positive learning environment in modern studios equipped with safe flooring, ballet barres, and mirrored walls.  The premises also boasts a dancewear shop where all the dancers needs are catered for.


Classes are offered in classical ballet, jazz ballet, tap dance, and hip hop. Students are able to participate in examinations, competitions and eisteddfods.


An annual concert is held to encourage stage performance for all students.

Newsletters are distributed every term.  Parents can opt to have this newsletter distributed via email.  Extra information is given out in newsletter form for special events such as examinations, competitions, costuming, and concerts. 
The dance school is contactable from 3.30- 6.00pm Monday –Friday.  For emergency information, the teaching staff can be contacted at the studio on 54439466 (6.00pm -8.30pm).  For all other telephone enquiries 54 439466- office hours are 3.30-5.30 pm and the dance shop will be open to 6.00pm or the mobile phone contact 9.00am -3.00pm is 0403164019.  Communication via email is also available at  admin@dancedynamics.net.au. or andrea@dancedynamics.net.au.

The History
Andrea Dalton Dance Dynamics commenced on the Sunshine Coast in 1981 as Andrea Dalton School of Dance under the directorship of Principal Andrea Dalton. As a school teacher at Mooloolaba State School in 1979, Andrea spent 12 months abroad in 1980 and returned to establish the dance school and continue her school teaching contracts in the local area.

Starting with around 50 students, the school has now grown to be a large establishment committed to the teaching of dance to both the recreational and vocational dancer.

The initial school worked out of the Mooloolaba Squash and Fitness centre and moved into a local church hall before commencing work out of a larger studio in Kayleigh Drive Maroochydore. After substantial growth of the student body, the school was relocated to its present premises at 127 Sugar Rd Maroochydore in 1993. Branches were then offered at both Caloundra and Bribie Island and were held there for many years.

Various teachers have been enlisted over the years to work with the students at Dance Dynamics but the full time teaching has been undertaken by Andrea herself for the past 29 years. Heidi Dalton, Andrea’s daughter became a full time teacher at the school whilst studying for her university degree and still takes on a large load of the teaching as well as maintaining her full time secondary school teaching position. Heidi brings with her a young enthusiasm to all classes in each genre of tap, ballet and jazz and progressive ideas in choreography as well as the embracing of new forms of dance such as hip hop.

In the early 80’s, a dance wear shop was added to the school and still operates today as Danceways Dancewear which gives personal service to all our clients.

Students at Dance Dynamics have had opportunities for international travel and performance with the Australia –Japan Dance Spectacular Tour in 1997 and the Hong Kong Dance Expo tour with ATOD Ltd in 2000. In September, 2006, 13 dancers from Dance Dynamics toured Hong Kong and danced as members of the Qld ATOD team at the prestigious Hong Kong Cultural Centre as guests of the Vivian Kwok School of Ballet.

The Policy
General Aims and Objectives:

• Strive to develop a love and appreciation of dance and music associated with the specific genre of dance.
• Instill a working understanding of safe dance technique, encouraging correct postural stance, fitness and general coordination within the bounds of enjoyable activities associated with dance
• Encourage skill development of dance in a safe and progressive manner according to the age and ability level of each individual student.
• Work towards attainable goals for each student as in preparation for examination, concerts, competitions and performance opportunities.
• Develop work ethics and self discipline that will not only be associated with dance but with general life skills in order to attain individual goals
• Provide opportunities for self expression, creativity and fun in relation to dance
• Develop the ‘all round’ dancer with opportunities for both the recreational and vocational dancer
• Promote individual talents in specific genre
• Provide awareness and guidance in the selection of extra learning activities in the form master classes, auditions, displays, charity events
• Establish examination based goals which will lead to the gaining of qualifications
• Provide training for the ‘teacher ‘ of dance in a positive learning environment and with access to an extensive teacher training programme

• Students are to be neatly groomed with hair suitably off the face. This is a safety requirement for the eyes.
• The studio has a sprung wooden floor to minimize risk of injury to the dance student
• No responsibility will be taken for students outside of their class times. Students are to be collected promptly after their set class.
• Students are to remain within the dance school building when waiting for parents to collect them.
•  No running or playing in the car park is allowed at any time
• During open days, supervision of any other children such as siblings is the responsibility of the parents
• If a serious injury/ illness should occur, the parents would be contacted by phone initially and then if required the ambulance would be called.
• Students are to bring a water bottle to each dance class and are not to use communal cups

The Teaching Learning Environment
It is the philosophy of Dance Dynamics that students will learn most successfully in a positive environment Strategies will therefore be in place to allow for this to occur by use of the following techniques:

• Safe warm up practice and student understanding of this process.
• Employment of a variety of teaching styles to cater for the individual learner: verbally -through speaking, visually -through looking and kinesthetically- through feeling the manipulation of the body
• Teachers striving to maintain positive, yet realistic expectations of the student’s ability. through support and encouragement
• Opportunities for revision and practice will be given to all students
• Listing disciplinary boundaries applicable to a variety of age groups to allow for effective learning and safe dance practice.
• Encouraging the students to be responsible for their own learning (via goal setting, problem solving, choreographic tasks, and dance improvisation activities), grooming and organization of costumes and dancewear.