Terry Simpson Studios - Junior School

Two former Terrys Simpson Studios' students were included in this recent article Remi Wortmeyer and Nicola Wills
Remi also mentions another former student in his interview, singer, actor and entertainer, Hugh Sheridan
Although the Advertisert incorrectly mentioned that he is based in New York while he is now based in Columbus Ohio as Artistic Director for BalletMet
Excerpt from Remi's interview as follows:
South Australia has long been a breeding ground for exceptional talent, infiltrating industries around the world.
And while some are well known, like our celebrated actor Sarah Snook or top singer The Kid LAROI, many fly under the radar.
SA Weekend wanted to list the top rising stars currently shining on the world stage. Let’s go …
Artistic director
REMI WORTMEYER
Based: New York
Adelaide ballet graduate from Terry Simpson Studios, Remi Wortmeyer, is at the top of the international world of dance after his appointment as artistic director of America’s BalletMet.
After a multi-month search among elite international dancers and choreographers, a once bullied, ballet-mad boy from Glenelg is the new artistic director of America’s BalletMet.
Remi Wortmeyer will join the company, based in Columbus, Ohio, in early September, leaving the Netherlands where he has worked for the past 14 years as principal dancer, choreographer, costume designer and teacher with the Dutch National Ballet.
Speaking from The Hague, Wortmeyer laughs now but growing up in Adelaide he changed school multiple times because he was bullied for being a ballet boy. Starting at Seaview Downs, he went to Goodwood Primary School – which he liked – then Adelaide High School and Charles Campbell College, followed by home schooling.
“School wasn’t the best place for me,” Wortmeyer says.
He was bullied for loving ballet and because as a child he modelled with Tanya Powell modelling agency and did fashion parades.
Still, he says, things could have been worse.
“It wasn’t like the stories I’ve been hearing now … because with social media, children never have a moment’s rest,” he says. “But it wasn’t great. And funnily enough, it wasn’t the boys, it was the girls.”
He excludes from the bullying his years at Goodwood Primary School and Charles Campbell College, and his time with Terry Simpson Studios in Gay’s Arcade. He cannot praise Simpson enough as an incredible person, mentor and dance teacher who treated all of her students equally.
“That was great; ballet was always the refuge and the students who went to ballet were always so great – it was just a safe space for me,” Wortmeyer says. “I know that ballet gets a really bad rap but for me it was a safe haven.”
Wortmeyer went to his first ballet class, incredibly, aged 2½, after his mother, a callisthenics champion, saw him doing moves in front of the TV.
“I wouldn’t say that I was a rising star at 2½ years old but I did learn good feet and bad feet,” he laughs.
Wortmeyer left Adelaide to finish his schooling at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne – just ahead of Adelaide’s Hugh Sheridan who he already knew from Terry Simpson Studios – and graduated as dux before joining the Australian Ballet Company and later spending time at the American Ballet Theatre.
“Going to New York really did open my eyes because growing up you hear of the (London) Royal Ballet such a lot and a career in England was in my head,” he says. “But when I went to New York I realised there was a much bigger world than just Australia and England. It was really invigorating and I got the travel bug.”
In more than a decade at the Dutch National Ballet, which he says has one of the best repertoires in the world, Wortmeyer danced and became a costume designer and choreographer, completing his first full-length ballet, Picasso’s Ballerina, about Picasso’s wife Olga who danced with Ballet Russe.
He and his husband, Perth writer and director Malcolm Rock, who he met at the Spiegeltent in Melbourne, will now move to Columbus, a college town in Ohio with a dance-loving audience and a history of embracing new works alongside classics.
He will create new full-length ballets along with one-act pieces and he wants to tour the company more internationally, including potentially to Australia. “Let’s get that idea out there,” he says.
Columbus is the fastest-growing capital city in America and Wortmeyer – who still visits nieces and nephews in Adelaide and his father in Wayville – is excited to be part of a growing community with a strong cultural base.
“As an Australian, and a creative from Europe, I think that the beautiful thing about America is there is so much possibility and people are excited about that,” he says.

Listed: The next gen of SA superstars making waves overseas South Australia has long been a breeding ground for exceptional talent, infiltrating industries around the world.

Chookas to all Terry Simpson Studios’ students undergoing their Royal Academy of Dance Graded and Vocational exams this week

May it be a most enjoyable experience for you all

Congratulations to all Terry Simpson Studios’ students who performed so beautifully at recent 2024 South Australian RAD awards held last Sunday 28-July
Special mention also to those of our students who were awarded the following:
Jacqueline Tucker Award for Grades 6, 7 & 8
Winner: Chloe But & Runner Up : Ayrlie Cook
Terry Simpson Encouragement Award
Winner: Thomas Hobbs
Sir Robert Helpmann Award for Intermediate and Advanced Foundation
Winner: Bundjalung Coker & Runner Up: Ayrlie Cook
Kathleen Short Memorial Cup for Advanced 1, 2 and Solo Seal
Winner: Leila Morales
Eileen Hogarth Award
Winner: Leila Morales
Lorraine Irving OAM Scholarship
Winner: Bundjalung Coker
Photos below by Suzanne Opitz and Philippa Lynas

Congratulations to former Terry Simpson Studios student, Remi Wortmeyer on his appointment as Artistic Director BalletMet in Columbus Ohio USA
So proud of you Rem!
Best wishes from all in Terry Simpson Studios School Communnity

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We've been keeping a secret from you...Meet our new Artistic Director, Remi Wörtmeyer!!

We are so excited to announce Remi Wörtmeyer as our new Artistic Director.

"I am honored to join this incredibly capable and innovative company. The dancers, staff, and board have already been so warm and welcoming to me and my vision for further expanding our beloved art form both within and beyond Central Ohio. I'm looking forward to settling into my new home in Columbus and working hard to offer spectacular, unforgettable performances and experiences to the community."

👋 Meet Remi and learn more about him https://bit.ly/3xczMEf!

Terry Simpson Studios
Vocational & Grades Examination Winter Workshops

Some valuable coaching is provided in preparation for students' RAD Vocational & Graded exams at our annual Vocational & Grades Examination Winter Workshops

Week 1 - 8-12 July 2024: Higher Grades & Vocational Levels

Week 2 15-22 July 2024: Pre-Primary to Grade 5

More more info go to: www.terrysimpsonstudios.com.au

For more info go to: https://www.terrysimpsonstudios.com.au/vlt80548.htm

or Contact Us:
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Welcome to Terry Simpson Studios Terry Simpson Studios, Adelaide Dance School, Mitcham Dance classes for kids, Tel(08)82234374, Ballet classes, Contemporary dance, SACE, Hip Hop, Jazz Dance, Tap

Welcome to Terry Simpson Studios Terry Simpson Studios, Adelaide Dance School, Mitcham Dance classes for kids, Tel(08)82234374, Ballet classes, Contemporary dance, SACE, Hip Hop, Jazz Dance, Tap

The Australian Ballet presents the timeless classic, broadcast live to Palace Nova screens for one session only on Friday September 29. Event details and tickets on sale now at http://palacenova.com.au

We at Terry Simpson Studios ard so proud of former student, Raven Loan, who has joined Milwaukee Balllet

Toi! toi! Raven Bird!!

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23/24 NEW ARTISTS // Raven Loan is one of five Milwaukee Ballet II dancers we're thrilled to welcome to the Company this season. Raven joined Milwaukee Ballet II for the 2022/23 Season, during which she performed as Princess Aurora in MBII's staging of "Aurora's Wedding" and danced in Company productions in the Swan Corps of 'Swan Lake', as a Snowflake and Flower in 'The Nutcracker', and as a Lost Boy in 'Peter Pan.' Welcome to Milwaukee Ballet, Raven!⁠
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(All photos Rachel Malehorn.)
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