Dolly Louw trained in classical, tap, jazz, contemporary and music theatre at Theatre Arts Mackay under the direction and mentorship of Lynette Denny. She graduated in 1995 with Advanced RAD and Gold Cross Tap CSTD. In her early career, she was a member of QLD Young Dancers and appeared in many stage productions as a young student.

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As an established dancer, she travelled worldwide and throughout Australia performing with an array of companies, in various roles. Most notably, Dolly worked as a profession dancer in the stage show Mystique at Conrad Jupiters Casino, Gold Coast, 1996.

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She was also employed with Warner Bros. Movie World as a dancer before accepting a lead role for Sydney Showtime Productions in Thailand and later travelling onto Europe and Paris.

Following this, Dolly spent six years with the American based company Carnival Cruiseline where she worked as a dance captain and lead dancer and travelled the world in this capacity.

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Dolly is now married and a mother of two and has spent the last nine years working in a variety of teaching and choreographing roles. She has worked under the direction of Lynette Denny at TAM as a ballet and jazz teacher. She has taught Cabaret and Jazz at CQU University, choreographed Legally Blonde for MMCP and choregraphed Graeme Connors 2016 film clip ‘Sixty Seconds of Summer’.

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Dolly became co-principal of Fame Talent School in 2016 and in mid 2020, Dolly took over complete ownership of the studio.

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Since the new role of Principal, Dolly was successful in obtaining the hit early childhood dance program, Ready Set Dance for 2021.

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In 2021, Dolly studied the Professional Dancers Post Graduate Teaching Certificate (PDPTC) under her mentor, Diane Wootton with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD). This course is designed for people that have had a professional dance career that wish to enhance their knowledge in teaching pedagogy. 

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Dolly is excited to see where she can take Fame Talent School in 2024. 

Diane is an experienced and passionate dance instructor with more than 40 years of involvement with dancing, teaching and the performing arts.

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Diane began her career as a student of The Warralong Dance Centre where she successfully gained her Advanced RAD Certificate at the age of 15, followed by her R.A.D. Teaching Certificate in 1992. Throughout her dancing years she was privileged to have been trained by many distinguished choreographers and to perform with dancers in a variety of different styles and in multiple Eisteddfods.

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Diane was also a member of the QLD Young Dancers Company, travelling and performing in many towns throughout QLD, over a number of years. At the age of 12, Diane commenced student teaching after realising her passion for trainng and mentoring younger students. In her late twenties, she added Tap dancing to her repertoire, successfully completing all Senior C.S.T.D. Tapping Examinations. Diane has gone on to teach tap, ballet, jazz, contemporary, limber, conditioning and fitness classes to students of all ages.

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Diane’s love of performing is not only limited to dance, having also studied piano, drama and singing for many years. Her involvement with the performing arts has led to many exciting opportunities including television advertisements, musicals, modelling, and corporate event appearances. Diane has been actively involved in several MMCP Productions culminating with the female lead role in 'Half a Sixpence’.

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Diane is a very talented choreographer having been invited to choreograph multiple events for Musical Theatre, Corporate Events, Rock Pop Mimes, Eisteddfods, Theatre Restaurants, Wakakirri and other school performances.

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In 2021, Diane became an accredited teacher with the new Progressive Ballet Technique Syllabus. 

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Diane is excited to teach her students at Fame Talent School again in 2024.

Margot studied ballet, tap and jazz at Warralong Dance Centre and Theatre Arts Mackay for 14 years.  She was employed as a dance teacher at TAM where she gained her CSTD Teachers Diploma in Tap. 

 

Margot worked as an entertainer at Warner Bros Movie World on the Gold Coast. 

 

Margot's  performing career also took her to Asia as well as performing throughout Australia. 

 

She has experience as a tap and jazz teacher at leading dance schools in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

 

Margot has performed in many stage productions as well as choreographed musicals for MMCP. 

 

Margot has been teaching groups, solos and the Tapatak Oz syllabus for the past 7 years at Fame Talent School and choreographed a Wakkakirri performance for St Mary’s Primary School.

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She is currently studying nursing at CQU so you might come across her at the hospital one day. You'll have to ask her to do a tap dance for you.

 

Margot aka SUPER COACH,  is looking forward to another year with the Fame students in 2024.