Kim Traynor Senior Vaganova Teacher


Kim trained at Scully-Borovansky attaining her RAD Solo Seal award at the age of 16. She continued her studies at The Royal Ballet School in London and then joined the Deutsche Opera Am Rhein in Dusseldorf.

Upon her return to Australia, she joined the Australian Ballet Company and toured extensively through China, the Middle East and Europe.

Together with Mr Kelvin Coe OBE and Miss Donna Traynor, Kim founded the NSW College of Dance, servicing the professional dance community with their junior school in Sydney. She has lectured at the Victorian College of the Arts in classical dance and currently freelances throughout Sydney, Newcastle, Victoria and New Zealand. She also adjudicates senior eisteddfods.

Kim has taught at the NSW International Ballet Academy for more years than anyone cares to remember and is a valued member of our professional faculty.  She specialises in the Vaganova Method of training, having studied the method in Russia.