Brent Street Studios

Brent Street is Australia's leading Performing arts studio based at Fox Studios, Moore Park in Sydney. Established in 1986 it widely regarded as the benchmark in performing arts training in Australia and has a reputation for innovative and exciting choreography and all-round training for its students. Brent Street boasts an incredibly high number of ex-students who have achieved fame in Australia.

History

Brent Street began 22 years ago in 'Brent Street' Drummoyne, Sydney. It was founded by Marianne, Karen and Jacqui Howard who each had resounding successes in the entertainment industry. As students flocked to their school, Eisteddfod awards began to roll in, TV appearances became commonplace and word spread. They quickly outgrew their tiny church hall premises and moved to a larger studio space in Rozelle. Rapidly growing student numbers meant another studio move (just across the street, again in Rozelle) and then another to Camperdown.

The school was then based at Waterloo until early 2007 when they moved premises to Fox studios. The school now consists of six modern dance studios, a theatre and a recording studio, as well as two story admin block which contains offices and a space for the Talent Development High School

They have over 1,000 part time students enrolled, 100 full-time students and 90 Talent Development students who can all be seen regularly on various television shows.

Faculty and Facilities

Brent Street has always enjoyed Australia's best teachers and choreographers due to its close connections to the Australian entertainment industry. Its current faculty includes Jacqui Howard, Kelley Abbey, Cameron Mitchell, Christopher Horsey, Marko Panzic, Leah Howard, Christine Keith, Matt Lee, Drew Anthony and Sarah Boulter.

Brent Street's facilities are first class and the studios are a magnet for artists and groups who are in need of rehearsal space. Major Australian musicals, such as Wicked, hold their auditions there and Human Nature, Marcia Hines and many other stars can often be seen rehearsing in the studios. The feature film 'Razzle Dazzle' used the studios as their principal location and TV shows like Dancing with the Stars, It Takes Two Australian Idol The feature film Mao's Last Dancer used the studios for cast warm up and rehearsals.

What's on offer?

Brent Street offers classes in all facets of performing arts including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, musical theatre, singing, drama and acrobatics. It has a large number of students in its part-time school and has a very large petites department. Students from all over Australia audition each year to gain a position in Brent Street's famous Fulltime Performing Arts Course and its most recent addition is the innovative 'Talent Development High School or TDHS - an elite program for high school students which provides both academic and performing arts training for elite students under one roof.

Past Students

* Nathan Foley-Hi-5
* Sharni Vinson-'Home And Away
* Sharon Muscat and Christine Muscat-Former Pop group Sister2Sister
* Tamara Jaber
* Sam Parsonson-Love My Way
* Matt Lee- Miss Saigon and judge of So You Think You Can Dance
*Rebecca Tapia- Australian Idol and the musical Shout!
* Christian Patterson-Rent the movie, Cirque De Soleil, West Side Story(European Tour)
* Sarah Boulter-"Choreographer
* Tahyna Tozzi- "Blue Water High
* Adam Saunders-"Blue Water High"
* Cameron Mitchell- "Spamalot
* Elle-May Patterson-"The Black Balloon"
* Charlotte Best-"Home and Away"
* Jordan Rodrigues-"Home and Away"
*Marko Panzic- So You Think You Can Dance
*Hilton Denis- So You Think You Can Dance
*Rhiannon Villareal- So You Think You Can Dance