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▫️Tap Dance Artist
▪️Artistic Director @studio_stocks
▫️Former Dancer - The Australian Ballet

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Another Tuesday night Adv class combo from a few weeks back.

🎶 Beat It - version @bencepetermusic ✨

Drop in classes each Tuesday during term

▫️6:30 INT
▪️7:30 ADV
📍location 39-59 Green St Prahran (NICA building)
$ 25

Come share the floor 👞

#tapdance taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @garry_stocks

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🔥 6 WEEKS TO GO 🔥

The countdown to Melancholia is on.

Following its celebrated premiere, Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company, Studio Stocks, returns to @chapeloffchapel for three performances only.

Expect rhythm. Movement. Emotion. And tap dance like you’ve never seen it before.

📍 Chapel Off Chapel
🗓️ October 1, 2 & 3
🕗 8PM
🎟️ Tickets are on sale now.

If you’ve been thinking about seeing Melancholia, now is the time to book.

Three nights. One extraordinary work. Don’t miss it.
🎫 Tickets via the link in the Studio Stocks bio or the Chapel Off Chapel website.

#Melancholia #StudioStocks #ContemporaryTap #TapDance #melbourne taken in Chapel Off Chapel by @garry_stocks

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2 months ago

⚡️ TAP IS BACK THIS TUESDAY ⚡️

👞 Classes resume July 22nd

Whether you’re looking to reconnect with your rhythm or push your tap to the next level - come drop in and dance with us!

▫️INT 6:30 - 7:30 pm
▪️ADV 7:30 - 8:30 pm
📍39 - 59 Green St Prahran (@nicaaustralia )
$25

Book via link in bio or at www.garrystocks.com

Everyone is welcome! Come see what it’s all about and share the floor together.

#tapdance taken in National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) by @garry_stocks

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a year ago

🖤 TWO WEEKS TO OPENING NIGHT

Our Artistic Director Garry Stocks sat down with company artist Lucas Thomson to chat all things Melancholia.

From Lucas joining the company at just 17, to Garry’s journey from The Australian Ballet back to his first love of tap, they talk about the creation of the work, the opportunities it can provide for young dancers, what surprised Lucas most about Melancholia, and what audiences might discover about tap dance when they leave the theatre.

🎥 Watch the full conversation and go behind the scenes of Melancholia.

In just two weeks, Melancholia returns to the stage.

🗓️ 1–3 October 2026
📍 Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran
🕚 8pm

Friday & Saturday are selling fast.

🎟️ Book now via the link in bio.

#StudioStocks #Melancholia #tapdance taken in Chapel Off Chapel by @garry_stocks

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ARTIST FEATURE | GARRY STOCKS

Garry Stocks is the founder and Artistic Director of Studio Stocks, and a Melbourne-based tap dancer, choreographer and educator.

His dance journey began in Bathurst, NSW, where he started tap dancing at the age of seven. At 15, he moved to Melbourne to study at The Australian Ballet School before joining The Australian Ballet, where he spent 10 years performing across Australia and internationally.

After stepping away from professional dance due to a challenging injury, Garry eventually found his way back to tap - the style he had started with as a child. That return completely changed the way he thinks about movement, sound and expression and ultimately led to the creation of Studio Stocks.

Garry has been a faculty member of the @australiantapdancefestival since 2019, including teaching masterclasses and leading an Advanced Residency in 2022. He has also taught and trained internationally through festivals in Stockholm, Chicago and Barcelona, and is returning to the Australian Tap Dance Festival faculty again in 2026.

Alongside his performing and choreographic work, Garry teaches tap and ballet at performing arts institutions across Melbourne, including @patrickschoolofthearts , @transitdance , stagedooracademybayside and is a highly sought-after private coach.

In 2024, Garry founded Studio Stocks with a vision to create professional contemporary tap dance and challenge perceptions of what tap can be. Melancholia became the company’s first full-length work, premiering in 2025.

With Melancholia returning to the stage this October, Garry is incredibly excited about the next steps for Studio Stocks - continuing to create new work, develop artists and explore what contemporary tap can become within Australia’s contemporary arts landscape.

We’re incredibly proud of what Garry has created with Studio Stocks and can’t wait to see what comes next. 🖤

📍 Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran
📅 1–3 October 2026
🎟️ Three performances only.

#tapdance #studiostocks taken in Chapel Off Chapel by @garry_stocks

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Another Tuesday night banger ☔️

🎶 Umbrella @badgalriri

Drop in classes each Tuesday during term

▫️6:30 INT
▪️7:30 ADV
📍location 39-59 Green St Prahran (NICA building)
$ 25

Come share the floor 👞

#tapdance taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @garry_stocks

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT- Garry Stocks

Garry is a passionate and dynamic artist with a rich background in tap, classical ballet, and contemporary dance. From 2005 to 2015, he performed with The Australian Ballet.

In the past decade, Garry has returned to his first artistic love—tap dance—emerging as a vital force in the art form as a performer, choreographer, and mentor. A faculty member of the Australian Tap Dance Festival since 2019, and faculty member for Stockholm Tap Festival in 2025 and 2026.

Most recently, Garry founded Studio Stocks, a contemporary tap dance company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of rhythm and movement. In February 2025, the company premiered Melancholia, an evocative new work exploring the expressive power of tap dance. Studio Stocks is focused on creating more opportunities to advance tap dance and ensure this art form continues to be represented on stage and more visible in our communities.

Be sure to register for classes with Garry and head to @studio_stocks to book tickets to the encore season of Melancholia by @garry_stocks

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2 months ago

🎟️ TICKETS ARE NOW LIVE! 🎟️

Melancholia returns this October for a strictly limited season.

Following its celebrated premiere, @studio_stocks brings its powerful contemporary tap dance work back to @chapeloffchapel for just three performances.

📍 Chapel Off Chapel
🗓️ October 1, 2 & 3
🕗 8:00pm

Whether you joined us for the premiere or are experiencing Melancholia for the very first time, now’s your chance to experience this powerful work live.

🎫 Tickets are available now via the link in the @studio_stocks bio or through the @chapeloffchapel website.

Seats are limited, so gather your friends, secure your tickets, and join us this October.

#tapdance #studiostocks #melancholia taken in Chapel Off Chapel by @garry_stocks

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3 months ago

Last Adv class for term 2 🧙🏻‍♂️🔮🪄

Playing around with a little Harry Potter jazz band!

Thanks again to everyone who came out and had a dance on a Tuesday night this term. Always a pleasure to be in this room with you all 🫶🏻

#tapdance taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia by @garry_stocks

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4 months ago

⚽️ WORLD CUP TAP DANCE CELEBRATION FEATURE ⚽️

🇦🇺 From AUSTRALIA: Garry Stocks 🇺🇸

👞 @garry_stocks ⚽️

Australia, also in Group D, is playing against the USA as we speak.

Garry Stocks is a Melbourne-based tap dance artist. Whether it be teaching, performing, or creating new work, he welcomes them equally with passion, dedication, and artistic freedom. His dance journey began in the little country town of Bathurst in New South Wales, and since then he has spent his life surrounded by dance. Initially, he was drawn to the fascinating world of tap dance and began his training as a 7-year-old with the Les Griffiths Tap Dancing Syllabus. As the years went on, he began exploring any style of dance he could participate in, and ballet became a new challenge and artistic expression he wanted to explore to its fullest.

Garry decided to move to Melbourne at the age of 15 to study at @theaustralianballetschool and after graduating, in 2005 he joined @ausballet, under the direction of David McAllister AC. Garry has performed on iconic stages all around the world, including NYC, London, Paris, and Tokyo, Shanghai and Auckland, as well as home stages such as the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne’s State Theatre. After 10 years performing with @ausballet, he has returned to his first dance style in which he now finds himself focused on bringing deep and impactful percussive dance work to the stage and educating the next generation of passionate artists.

His career with The Australian Ballet allowed him to dance both modern and classical works by some of the world’s leading choreographers such as Graeme Murphy AO, Jiri Kylian, Alexei Ratmansky, Krzysztof Pastor, Rudolf Nureyev, Stanton Welch, John Cranko and Kenneth Macmillan.

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#WorldCupTapDanceCelebration #TapDanceAcrossTheWorld #tapdance #tapdanceandsoccer #AustraliaTapFam taken in Melbourne, Australia by @garry_stocks

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4 months ago

✨ MELANCHOLIA returns ✨

After an incredible response to its premiere season, Studio Stocks’ critically acclaimed contemporary tap work returns to the stage for a strictly limited season:

🗓️ October 1, 2 & 3 - 2026.

Raw, rhythmic and emotionally charged, MELANCHOLIA pushes tap dance beyond expectation - blending movement, percussion and human feeling into an immersive theatrical experience.

ONLY 3 performances will be presented.

Tickets go on sale in early July, with limited seating available across all performances.

Join the mailing list via link in @studio_stocks bio to be the first to know when tickets are released.

More details coming soon 👀

👞 Coinciding with the @australiantapdancefestival Studio Stocks presents MELANCHOLIA, offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience contemporary tap theatre as part of a wider celebration of tap dance in Melbourne.

#tapdance # Studiostocks #Melancholia #austapfest taken in Chapel Off Chapel by @garry_stocks

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Celebrating International Tap Dance Day 🫶🏻

Sharing the floor with the wonderful artists with an excerpt from @studio_stocks “Melancholia”

#tapdance #billbojanglesrobinson by @garry_stocks

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