This school in Warragul, Victoria, is creating community magic.

After dancing professionally for 19 years, teaching felt like a natural pathway once this former ballerina retired from the stage.

Naomi Hibberd has been teaching for just over 10 years. What would be her one main line of advice to pass on to pupils?

Following an Australia-wide call out for nominations for country schools and teachers, we have highlighted four schools from a list of about 150 sent in from around the country. Proudly sponsored by One Music Australia

Matthew Lawrence rediscovers the colourful life of the Greatest (choreographer) Of All Time.

For Australian dancer Leilani de Marco it seems the world truly is her oyster.

Trained: Alegria Dance Studios, Sydney Now: Graduate Year at Elmhurst Ballet School, in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, UK

Trained: ED5 International, Sydney Now: Swing for ‘Beauty and the Beast, the Musical’

Trained: Annette Roselli Dance Academy, Brisbane Now: English National Ballet School, London.

Studied: Adelaide College of the Arts (ACArts) Now: Australian Dance Theatre

Studied: McDonald College and the Royal Ballet School (UK). Now: Principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet

Trained: Terry Simpson Dance Studios, SA Now: Royal Ballet of Flanders, Belgium

Trained: Amanda Bollinger Dance Academy, Qld Now: The Joffrey Ballet, USA.

Trained: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts Now: Dancer in ‘Jurrungu Ngan-ga: Straight Talk’ for Marrugeku

Trained: Tanya Pearson Academy Now: Croatian National Theatre (HNK, Zagreb)

Trained: Queensland College of Dance Now: Apprentice, Stuttgart Ballet, Germany