Dance

Our school offers dance groups to support student learning. We engage an external company called Groove Nation to run our dance groups. Our dance groups participate in school, local and state events throughout the year.

About dance

The 2026 Dance Ensembles will be taught by qualified and experienced teachers from Groove Nation and supervised by your school’s teachers. Students will attend weekly lessons that will involve a warmup, working on technique and expression and putting together a performance routine.

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Dancing smiles
One girl dancer with hands on hips
Dancing pose
A group of dancers on the stage performing
Performing at the Sutherland Shire Schools Music Festival
older students performing on the stage
Performing at the Sutherland Shire Schools Music Festival
a group of students performing on the stage
Performing at the Sutherland Shire Schools Music Festival
2 boys smiling
Performing at the Combined Schools Concert
3 dancers smiling
Performing at the Combined Schools Concert
4 dancers smiling
Performing at the Combined Schools Concert

Groove Nation

In 2026, Groove Nation will be organising costumes for students at the cost of $90.00/student.

Dance Ensemble
Time
Year 1
Mondays 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Years 2 - 3
Tuesdays 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Years 3 - 4
Thursdays 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Years 4 - 6
Mondays 8:30 am - 9:00 am

Program commitment

The program will run from Week 5 Term 1 - Week 5 Term 3 2026.

Your child’s group will be performing at a variety of events, which will be confirmed in 2026 by the school. As such, involvement in the ensemble requires full program commitment and attendance at all scheduled lessons and performances.

Please be aware that all performers need to pay for lessons, costumes & transport by bus to and from performance venues.

Program fees and booking cut offs

Rate
Cost
Cut off
Early bird
$10 per lesson
Cuts off day of 1st lesson
Regular
$11 per lesson
From 1st lesson , cuts off day of 2nd lesson
Last minute
$12.50 per lesson
From 2nd lesson, cuts off day of 3rd lesson
Costume
$90
Payable with lesson fees
Booking cut off - If program fees have not been paid for by the 3rd lesson, students will not be permitted to continue the program.

Creative kids vouchers

Groove Nation accepts Creative Kids Vouchers. If you have a voucher to use, please:

Step
What to do:
1.
Buy your dance group ticket first (pay in full)
2.
Email Groove Nation your Creative Kids Voucher
3.
Groove Nation will process your voucher and you'll receive a $50 refund into your account.
All dance enquiries regarding payments please contact Groove Nation
parent@groovenation.com.au (preferred) or 0478 888 606 (urgent only).

Local Festivals

Each year our school enters the Sutherland Shire Schools Music Festival. This festival combines over 50 of our local schools in the area together and they perform choral pieces and dance items over 2.5 weeks. These performances are usually held in August.

Groove Nation also hosts a Combined Schools concert for students who learn from their company. We join with other local schools in the area to perform our dance items. These performances are usually held in October.

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State Events

At Jannali East Public School we believe that the Creative Arts are important for all our students. We often participate in State based festivals such as The Schools Spectacular (every second year), Southern Stars, Pulse Alive, State Dance Festival and workshops provided by The Arts Unit.

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