Our Team will also include Guest Choreographers. (current and ex industry professionals)
Our Team
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Kealy Fouracre - Artistic Director
Kealy grew up in Oak Park, Victoria. At age 12, she received a six-year scholarship to the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS). She later attended Tanya Pearson’s Classical Coaching Academy in Sydney for further formal training.
Kealy then travelled to Hungary, where she studied with the Hungarian Dance Academy for six months before returning to Australia to complete her Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
After graduating, Kealy was immediately offered a contract as a Junior Artist with Melbourne City Ballet in 2014. She was promoted to Company Artist in 2015 and performed numerous soloist roles, most notably Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the Bluebird Pas de Deux in Sleeping Beauty.
In 2019, Kealy joined Masters of Choreography while also taking on the role of Director at Turning Pointe Dance Academy Melbourne. She has performed in Masters of Choreography productions including Beats on Pointe, Music Box, Raise the Barre and Wanderlust. Her performances have taken her across Australia and internationally, including London’s West End, the United States and Asia, as well as headlining at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland.
Alongside her extensive dance career, Kealy has also completed a Diploma in Clinical Pilates.
Kealy is also now performing the principal role of Cinderella in Ballet of Lights: Cinderella, touring across Australia.
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Audra Tory - Associate Director
Audra fell in love with dance at a young age. Having trained in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz and Musical Theatre she graduated from The McDonald College, Sydney Australia before moving to New York City where she further trained with Akjun Ballet Theatre. From there she performed professionally with Atlantic City Ballet in New Jersey before returning to Australia.
Since returning home she has performed with Sydney Ballet Theatre, “Le Ballet Rock” and “That 70s Dance Explossion”. She then moved in 2015 to Victoria to work with Melbourne City Ballet, where she worked until July 2019, concluding her time with the company as a Solo Artist. She has since performed with Masters of Choreography in their production entitled Music Box as well as various projects.
Audra also has a passion for choreography that has seen her choreograph; Ballet, contemporary and various dance works on both professionals and students, along side her performance career. Some of her choreographic highlights include her piece entitled 'Inertia' on Melbourne City Ballet dancers in 2017 as well as her work 'Abyss' performed by Sydney Choreographic Centre in 2022.
In 2022 Audra enjoyed the wonderful opportunity of completing a mentorship under Francesco Ventriglia at the Sydney Choreographic Centre.
Audra has 20+ years of teaching experience; that varies from young students to professionals, expanding down the east coast of Australia and the U.S.A. She is a passionate and versatile teacher sharing her knowledge in a wide range of dance disciplines, acting and production. In 2023 Audra also completed her Pilates Instructor Qualifications.
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Tanya Singh
Tanya Singh has a passion for teaching and developing the love of dance. With 25 years of teaching and putting students through RAD exams Miss Tanya as a registered Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) teacher also mentors for the RAD Classical Ballet Teachers Program (CBTS) where she mentors teachers on the Royal Academy’s Teachers Program helping with teaching skills, execution of work and preparing for their final practical teaching exam to gain their registration. Miss Tanya has taught and put through students from Pre Primary the very first exam through to Solo Seal the final exam of RAD.
Miss Tanya believes that exams are a wonderful way of developing students in all areas of life from ballet technique to learning how to prepare and build all skills that will help not just in dance but in outside studio life.
After studying full-time Classical Ballet at the prestigious Marie Walton Dance Academy in Newcastle, Tanya successfully gained a scholarship at The London Studio Centre (England) where fell in love with performing arts and musical theatre learning the art of contemporary along with hip-hop, tap, drama and vocals, making her not only a diverse performer but also a diverse teacher. Upon returning to Australia Miss Tanya moved to country Victoria to start her teaching career owning and operating her very own studio for 14year having a family and then eventually moving to Melbourne to freelance teach. Miss Tanya also Adjudicates comps and has been lucky enough to Adjudicate at some big competitions such as ComDance formerly known as the CSTD Festival, Phoenix Dance Festival and Victorian Performing Arts Challenge among others.
Tanya has had the pleasure of sharing many success stories of students developing and for fulfilling their dreams of studying full-time dance and/or working in the industry with some of Australia’s biggest dance companies.
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Ruby Ayliffe
Ruby began dancing at the age of six, joining Clifton Dance Studio in 2011. Since then, she has developed a strong passion for dance.
Ruby has completed all Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) graded ballet examinations through to Grade 8, as well as vocational examinations through to Solo Seal. In addition to ballet, she has trained in jazz, tap and contemporary dance. She has performed in annual showcases, troupe competitions and productions with the Melbourne Youth Ballet Company (MYBC).
Her performance highlights include the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (TPDA, 2022), Cinderella in Cinderella (TPDA, 2022), the Rooster in La Fille Mal Gardée (MYBC, 2023), the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker (MYBC, 2023), Tinker Bell in Peter Pan (2024), and Masters of Choreography’s Spook Night showcase (2025).
Ruby began teaching in 2019 with Pre-Primary Ballet. From late 2021, she expanded her teaching experience by assisting across Primary Ballet and Ready Set Dance classes. She now teaches Primary and Junior RAD Ballet levels, as well as Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) Ruby continues to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with younger dancers.