Glen Waverley Ballet

How Glen Waverley Ballet comes across

Glen Waverley Ballet — properly the Jacinta Murphy School of Dance — comes across as a focused, single-discipline ballet studio shaped closely around its founder. The public framing is narrow by design: Royal Academy of Dance classical ballet, taught in "an enjoyable and encouraging environment," with the stated primary focus being "a first class education in dance to all children." The personal scale is the through-line — founder Jacinta Murphy, with "20 years teaching experience," opened the school in January 2017, and the copy emphasises "nurturing and encouraging each individual so they can reach their full creative potential." There is little here about competitions or multi-genre breadth; instead the repeated language of artistry alongside technique suggests a studio prioritising the recreational-to-serious ballet student over a broad commercial menu. The impression is of a small, founder-led RAD ballet school pitched at local families wanting a warm, technically-grounded introduction to classical dance.

An editor's impression, drawn from the school's own website and public materials, 13 June 2026. Not a review — if it misses the mark, the school or a parent can tell us via the form below.