Nickely Burke
Teacher and Contemporary Coordinator
Nickely has been teaching at BDC Dance Studios since 2012. Prior to this she was based in the UK where she opened Oxford Contemporary Dance School in 1994 and worked…
View ProfileLocated within the City of Ashwood, BDC Dance Studios is a comprehensive dance facility for students from preschool age to adult.
We have a range of dance styles on offer. Students can join as a fun hobby, participate in RAD exams or join our performance teams to step out in front of a crowd.
The teachers at BDC Dance Studios have a vast range of experience across disciplines. Our collective approach is to share our love of dance in a nurturing, empathetic and enthusiastic environment.
As well as dance lessons, we offer DANCESTEP, an assistant teacher training program to students aged 10 and above to assist and teach dance classes.
Enrol your child for group lessons or book private sessions with one of our teachers.
We believe in communication through kindness, empathy and enthusiasm.
All interactions within our community are based on kindness and empathy. We want all who join us at BDC to have a positive experience.
From the way our teachers interact with students to the information sent to parents from our admin staff, and our expectations of how students treat each other. Even in times of conflict there is always a choice of how to approach a resolution. We choose to be kind.

We dream of promoting sustainable practices for our bodies and the world we inhabit.
With the right outlook, the gift of dance can last a lifetime. We take safe dance practice and injury management seriously, even at a recreational level. Our students learn about how to look after their own bodies to work with their individual strengths and around limitations. An injury does not mean game over for dance, it means a dancer needs to develop more sustainable habits to heal and progress beyond a setback.

For the world around us, we use sustainable practices within our business to lead the younger generation by example. A few include:
We don’t need a few people doing Zero Waste perfectly, we need thousands of people making small changes that will influence others. BDC Dance Studios is committed to making those small changes.
We create opportunities for educating minds and bodies to grow amazing human beings.
The majority of our student base is children and young adults. It is a huge privilege to be entrusted with the care of these young minds.
The teaching staff at our studio approach all our students with a combination of kindness, empathy and enthusiasm to encourage learning and skills acquisition in a holistic manner that highlights the role of dance in the development of the whole person; physically, mentally and socially.
We are aiming to help little humans develop life skills that will serve them in the long run, we just happen to be teaching these skills through the medium of dance because that’s what we love. Many of our students feel that dance is their second home. It’s their escape – worries and stresses are left at the door and the distractions of the world outside or on their phone disappear while they dance.
