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Teacher Sue Harvey with Kingaroy ballet students, front to back, Cassandra Kucks, Riley Priaulx, Gabby Ball, Shiloh Cannell, Emily Brooks and Zahni Dugdell (Photo: Marcus Priaulx)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 26, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marcus Priaulx<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Harvey begged her parents to let her dance and hasn\u2019t stopped spreading her passion for the art since.<\/p>\n

Her father Lionel wasn\u2019t keen to let his six-year old pursue it at first.<\/p>\n

He thought it would be a costly fad for the youngest of his four children.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll little girls want to dance,\u201d he said. \u201cStick her in and she\u2019ll last six months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly 35 years on, Sue is still in love with dance.<\/p>\n

After a professional career she is now teaching it at her DanCentrix Academy in Enoggera.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s had former students selected for the Australian Ballet School and others who have performed with senior companies in Australia and New York.<\/p>\n

In the past month Sue has taken her instruction to children in Warwick and Kingaroy, where she hopes to continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But Sue said teaching dance was more than just preparing a child for a career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have children who are never going to be dancers but it offers them life skills,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey learn about preparation, grooming and get confidence to sit in front of people and present themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives them a sense of achievement and it\u2019s about all the steps along the way; the preparation, the hard work. They learn dedication a lot of kids struggle with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dance also gives children focus outside of their everyday life and builds neurological pathways in the brain that school work and everyday use doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

It makes children physically fit and emotionally happier and Sue is willing to travel hundreds of kilometres to Warwick and Kingaroy to spread the benefits.<\/p>\n

Sue is working with the Dance Centre school at Warwick to mentor the new owner and teacher, Leah Doherty, and has linked with Ally Walker\u2019s Miss Ally\u2019s school in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

Sue also had children from Nanango and Murgon dance schools attend during her introductory session in Kingaroy last Sunday (June 22).<\/p>\n

\u201cI came to Kingaroy after parents brought their young daughter to me in Brisbane because she was keen to become a professional dancer,\u201d Sue said.<\/p>\n

The cost of regular travel and lessons for the family would have been a lot and after discussion Sue suggested she come to Kingaroy if more budding dancers wanted to join her classes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue is now keen to continue with the lessons on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt brings a different aspect of teaching to the town,\u201d Sue said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have guest teachers come to my DanCentrix Academy at Enoggera all the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you teach your students you can build personal relationships and teach them a bit differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cA fresh set of eyes can pick things up that you might have overlooked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also stops the children from getting stale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sue is now hoping to build on the partnerships she is forming with dance schools in the bush.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I come out it can give fuel to the kids and something for them to work on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I can make an impact, I hope it\u2019s to inspire them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I come back next time I\u2019ll see the improvements they\u2019ve made and then give them some more fuel for when I come again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about spreading the love of dance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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