| Established | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Director | Lucas Newland |
| Address | Building 101/122 Lang Rd, Moore Park , , |
| Website | https://brentstreet.com.au |
Brent Street Studios (colloquially known as Brent Street) is an Australian independent tertiary education provider specialising in the performing arts. Based in Sydney, Brent Street operates out of the Entertainment Quarter at Fox Studios. Brent Street offers full-time courses, as well as recreational and elite programs. [1]
Brent Street also offers a specialised Academy Program (Brent Street Academy, BSA). This functions as a performing arts high school equivalent for students interested in excelling in elite dance and performing arts. This program runs from years 7-12, and offers a Certificate IV in Dance for students in years 11-12.
Brent Street was founded in 1986 by Jacqui, Karen, and Marianne Howard, originally located at 'Brent Street', Drummoyne, Sydney. Due to class size demands, the studio then moved to a larger premises in Rozelle, then to Camperdown. The studio was then based at Waterloo until 2007, when they finally settled at Fox Studios. [2] In 2015, Lucas Newland took over the company, as has been the owner and artistic director ever since. [3]
Brent Street's creative team have founded two agencies that they work closely with, namely Focus Talent Management, and Brent Street Agency. The latter is a children's agency that represents actors, singers, and dancers. Focus Talent is the studios adult agency who represents four key divisions; actors, dancers, musical theatre and creatives. [4] [5] [6]
In 2024, Brent Street participated in the 19th season of America's Got Talent and ended as a finalist. [7] [8] [9]
Brent Street is a Registered Training Organisation [10] that offers accredited dance and performing arts courses. The courses offered include full-time Contemporary, Musical Theatre, and Performing Arts courses. Both the contemporary and performing arts course offer an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance) upon completion, while the musical theatre course offers a Diploma of Musical Theatre upon finishing the course.
The contemporary course involves the practice of internationally recognised techniques such as: Graham, Horton, release technique, partner work, floorwork, and tumbling. [11]
The musical theatre course offers education in: classical ballet and jazz, jazz technique, theatre jazz, tap, acting, ballet, voice work, ensemble singing, and workshops with industry professionals. [12]
The performing arts course students take classes in: jazz, commercial jazz, musical theatre, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, classical ballet, tap, latin, heels, fitness, conditioning, technique, singing and acting. [13]
Brent Street also offers a part-time program for children aged 2-6, and a recreational program for students aged between 7-16. [14]
The Academy Program students are offered further training outside of typical school in the form of a Performance Training Program (PTP) and is included in Academy tuition. It also offers regular ATAR and HSC senior subjects alongside performing arts training.
Brent Street is partnered with SocietyOne to offer student loans. [15]
Dance Life is an unscripted docuseries that follows 10 dancers from the Brent Street full-time class of 2022 as they navigate their final year with the academy, and follows their journey up to their graduation performances. [16] Dance Life was released originally on Amazon Prime Video in January of 2024, and then was additionally released on ABC iview. The class of 2022 were all interviewed and auditioned for a chance to be on the show. [17] There are five episodes in season one, all directed by Luke Cornish. All five episodes received ratings between 9.2-9.6 out of 10. [18] [19]
In 2025, it was announced that there would be a second season being filmed with 10 dancers set to graduate in 2026. [20]
Notable alumni include:
Brent Street has also produced members of the following bands:
Notable staff of the institution have included [3] :