The Mansfield Studios

22/02/2023

Adult PBT started today, you don’t have to be a dancer to participate everyone will benefit from this great class.
Contact [email protected] if interested

Whether you’re 80 years young or 8 years old, engaging in physical activities that involve dance changes you. Moving your body to beautiful music can transform your life from better physical and mental health to a boost in emotional and social well-being.

Did you know?
The heart-pumping health benefits of ballet, especially allegro, are right in line with the Department of Health. Dance is exercise, so the physical benefits of dancing will be like that of other cardio activities.

28/07/2022

Alexandra classes have moved for today.
Brook’s classes will be held at St John’s hall
Sally’s classes will be held in the drama room at the secondary college.
Sorry for the inconvenience and late notice.

27/04/2022

Or you can come through the back door, plenty of parking out there too!

27/04/2022

Our new home, you can come through the front door, plenty of parking out the front!

24/04/2022

Look what we’ve done in a week!

17/10/2020

Dear Dan Andrews -

Dance Schools across Victoria have been closing permanently, our students have poor mental health outcomes and the broader arts industry has been decimated. Yet still your government refuse to address us.

You need to open our industry.

Here are the gross inaccuracies and inconsistencies our industry is battling right now:

- In your presser 3 and a half weeks ago you said the Public Health team were reviewing our restrictions. We have not been consulted and still they ignore our request for information.
- You have banned Metro dance teachers from accessing their studios. You’ve said ONE dance teacher in a studio by themselves teaching online is unacceptable, yet most coffee shops around Melbourne have two baristas working side by side
- There have been thousands of medical papers published about COVID and NOT ONE highlights indoors children activity as a risk. The only one even remotely close was a case in Korea and that was an adult dance fitness class in a gym
- Primary schools right across the state are having dance parties and dance classes indoors (pictured)
- Full contact sport is allowed in regions
- Community sport get grants, their grounds are usually government owned and run - what do we get in the arts?

The reality is that dance schools are absolutely taken for granted. Our industry brings in $300m a year and we are the foundation for nearly every single professional dancer and performing artist.

Every day we receive calls from a number of our 1000 schools across the state telling us they are closing for good. These incredibly smart business owners have been in business for a long time - some over 30 years. To lose everything for something out of our control and without adequate government funding is disgraceful.

We need your government to acknowledge our industry and provide support. Not all of us will open but we need the option. We are a safe industry and there are no cases in dance schools around Australia who have been running classes in a COVID environment since June.

I’m very happy to discuss with one of your staff members but please remember us in your announcement tomorrow - this is a critical moment for our industry.

Mike Harrison-Lamond
Chair, Dance Arts Alliance

On behalf of the 150,000 children across the state who are desperately waiting for their dance studio to open

25/09/2020

24/09/2020

We would love our studio to be open again.

31/03/2020

An amazing idea from one of our dancing families in Mansfield, Friday night dinner sorted!

Friday Nights with Amongst The Sticks
( or you can just dream a little that you are eating in the restaurant and watching the kangaroo's nibble on our trees).....

We have the perfect plan for your weekend, so you can enjoy more time with the kids doing something fun, or watching a great movie????

Warm up with some yummy home made lasagna ready and hot for dinner (for 2, $15 or 4, $30 ) or we can deliver it cold for you to heat later,
A warm soup (for 2, $12),
Or Stu's special pate & fresh bread ($10), don't miss out) made in the sticks kitchen fresh that morning .

You can collect it hot ready to go (or cold to add to your freezer collection).

Pick up location at Pullins Ski Hire Car park from 6pm - 6.30pm from the sticks truck.

Place your order by Thursday night for Friday pick-up.

Please call 0429011171 or message us on Facebook for orders (we can take payments over the phone).