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MULTIPLE PREMIUM DANCE STUDIOS FOR HIRE. 

WE HAVE THE SOLUTION TO YOUR DANCE CLASS,  COMPANY REHEARSAL AND CHOREOGRAPHIC STUDIO SPACE NEEDS!

Studio 53 Mackay  has eight distinct studio spaces for hire; six being specialist dance studios.

We are home to numerous local business as well as being available for visiting dance and performance companies while in Mackay.

Studio 53 Mackay  has a singular purpose – to offer the students, residents and teachers of Mackay and region the same elite premises in which to learn, as are enjoyed by the professional elite of the arts industry.

Custom sprung dance flooring is one of the features of our bespoke dance studios – Astaire, Taglioni, Warralong, Helpmann, Sondheim and Olivier.  Along with double height ballet barres; full length, edge to edge mirroring and either air conditioning or natural ventilation – our studios ensure that each hirer has a safe and productive, nurturing and inspiring environment in which to work and create.

Book by the hour; schedule recurring rehearsals each week or lock in your entire year of dance classes.

With studios ranging from 70m2 to 150m2 and even up to the impressive 210m2 space available when combining the Taglioni and Helpmann studios – we can cater to every need from student private practise all the way through to Company Class, Workshops, Auditions and Rehearsals.

Tai Chi, martial arts, ballroom dancing, pilates and fitness classes all benefit from the sprung flooring and mirrors which feature in all of our dance specific studios. Additionally our central courtyard can be used for massage classes, modelling, pilates, stretching, band rehearsals, vocal tuition and musical theatre classes.  The Courtyard offers an open space with great acoustics and light.  It can be opened onto and combined with the Warralong Studio to act as a staging area for concert rehearsals and eisteddfod preparation.

Looking for Workshop space in Mackay where you can hold multiple classes at the same time?  Studio 53 Mackay is the venue for you!

Few facilites can offer the opportunity to hold simultaneous classes whilst also providing off street parking, an air-conditioned student hub, designated staff room and multiple change rooms and showering facilities.

We invite you to explore our studios here on the site, or if you would prefer – please contact us so we can match you to the space that best fills your specific needs.

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Vale Miss Joy RansleyMany of you will be saddened to hear of the recent passing of Miss Joy Ransley, who was a master teacher and examiner of the Royal Academy of Dance spanning more than 50 years, as well as being pre-eminent in the world of Irish dance with the many successes that her Australian students gained at World Championships.Many of our Mackay teachers and students will remember Joy through the several ballet workshops which she conducted for Warralong Studio and then Warralong Dance Centre through the late 60’s to the early 80’s. She was a passionate teacher, who possessed that wonderful ability to bring the best out of each student, no detail too small to give particular attention to, so that the dancer would be at their best. This carried through from detail in the technique, artistry, to the cut and fit of the leotard, pointe shoes, flattering hairstyle etc. She was a teacher who made a huge impression on me in the early days of my teaching career, and I learnt so much from her over those many years, for which I have always been so grateful.As well as coming as guest teacher to Warralong workshops, so impressed was I by what she could impart to her students, that we organised for Joy, and her sister Dawn, who was also a lovely teacher, to bring some of her students to Mackay to give the Mackay students the opportunity of working beside them in class, and to get to know them during recreation moments. The Sydney students were billeted with families of the Mackay students. On another occasion through the work of the Warralong Dance Society we were able to take a cohort of Mackay students down to Sydney to work with the Sydney students under the expert guidance of Joy and her sister Dawn.These were invaluable experiences for the Mackay students. It also highlighted the courage and generosity of Joy Ransley, whose indomitable spirit and passion for the dance drove her to take on new and untried projects.I am sure that so many of those early students can remember their classes with Miss Joy. For those of you who danced with Mackay Dance Theatre and then QYD, you may remember in 1976 , during another workshop, Joy staged Act 2 of “Swan Lake” which was a part of the Gala Evening of Ballet that we organised when Robyn and Francois Klaus were on holidays from the Hamburg Ballet. Robyn and Francois were in the principal roles, with a stunning backdrop painted by local artist Del Newport and a new Tarkett floor for the first time on the Theatre Royal stage, with a corps de ballet of local teenagers. This again spoke volumes for the energy, generosity, and passion of Joy Ransley to embrace new projects.For me, Joy Ransley was one of the mentors in my early teaching days who opened up new insights into teaching methods. Her encouragement, good humour, and energy engendered a very easy friendship. She will hold her place as one of those unstoppable forces who believed in getting the job done, and who also believed in covering every detail to produce the end goal. The large number of her student successes are a testament to her skill and fortitude. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to experience Joy Ransley…..as a teacher and as a good friend. Rest In Peace Joy. ... See MoreSee Less

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