INSPIRE
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GROW
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CREATE
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INSPIRE ~ GROW ~ CREATE ~
Inspire.
Ignite is a space that sparks creativity, joy, and passion.
Grow.
Ignite is committed to creating a safe space that fosters growth in our students. This includes the learning of life skills, confidence, self-discipline, as well as the development of high-quality dance technique & performance.
Create.
Ignite is a place where we are conscious of what we create. A positive energy, a welcoming space, joy & acceptance through dance.
Our Story
Ignite Dance Co. is run by sisters Stephanie Arentz (Director) and Caitlin Ballas (Co-Director).
Formerly known as SD Dance Studio, doors first opened in June 2004. It was a humble beginning, with a handful of students in Bankstown PCYC community hall and filled with joy from the very start. Simultaneously studying a Bachelor of Dance/Education at UNSW, Stephanie ran classes just one day a week and provided for just 25 students in the first year, with Caitlin team teaching classes as a teenager.
As the years went on, the studio continued to grow with a second location for weeknight classes in Condell Park. In 2009 the plunge was taken to move to a place Ignite could call home, moving into a rented warehouse in Padstow. Full renovations of this space into one large studio became the bones of what are now our three studio spaces that our families know today!
In 2012 Stephanie took the step away from school teaching completely, to fully focus on the growth of the studio. Caitlin followed soon after (having also been teaching with a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education). Together, they began the chapter of co-directing the studio and both pouring all of their passion & energy into creating the space that Ignite is today.
Fast forward over a decade later and Ignite has grown into a studio boasting a wonderful team of teachers & staff, and dedicated, happy students. Ignite’s focus is providing high-quality dance training in a positive environment, committed to creating well-rounded, confident and happy young people.
Let our students tell you why they love Ignite…
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Ignite offers the best of both worlds - a space for students who want to attend once a week for fun, and for students training multiple times a week to develop strong dance skills.
All our students are met with the same expectation, that regardless of their ability, they will work as hard as possible and with as much passion as possible while at the studio.
Here at Ignite, we believe that kids should stay kids! We make sure that all music, costuming and choreography is age appropriate. We take pride in creating a space where children can grow their dance skills while being supported. We have many students who started with us as tiny pre-schoolers who are now our seniors, 10-15 years later! They have developed lifelong friendships along with an impressive skill base. Ignite is a place they feel safe, where they have created so many memories, a place that is their second home.
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