Team Luxe

Hayley Allen-Freeman

STUDIO OWNER / CHOREOGRAPHER / COACH / TEACHER / MENTOR / Movement practitioner / DISABILITY Dance coach

With over 38 years of experience in Ballroom, Latin American and New Vogue dance, Hayley Allen-Freeman is a passionate, dynamic force in Australia’s dance industry. Beginning her journey at just 7 years old, she first thrived in jazz and physical culture before discovering her lifelong love—ballroom dancing—at Foley’s Dance Studio in her hometown of Wagga Wagga.

By the age of 10, Hayley was already competing nationally, and by 19, she was representing Australia on the international stage, earning top placements in major Ballroom, Latin, and 10-Dance competitions. Throughout the 2000s, she ranked as one of Australia’s leading 10-dance couples and was a consistent finalist at the prestigious Australian DanceSport Championships.

Hayley’s dance career expanded beyond competition to include theatrical and cabaret performances. She was cast as a Feature Ballroom Dancer in Dion & Randall’s Tempo Rouge at Jupiters Casino and spent five years as a Star Performer aboard the world’s most luxurious 6-star cruise liners, bringing joy and elegance to audiences across the globe.

In 2014, Hayley’s versatility and charisma landed her a coveted spot in the Top 50 of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, where she was handpicked from thousands of dancers and featured prominently on the national stage.

Inspired by a deep desire to give back to her local community, Hayley returned to Wagga Wagga to establish Luxe Dance Studio—a welcoming space where students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities can share in the joy of movement.

Hayley is also a certified Movement Practitioner (Dance Health Alliance / DanceWise) and a qualified Disability Support & Inclusion Coach, allowing her to deliver evidence-based programs that support physical and cognitive wellbeing for mature movers, seniors, and people of all abilities. Her classes are inclusive, music-driven, and grounded in the belief that everyone deserves to feel the magic of dance—regardless of age, ability, or experience.

With over 25 years of professional experience, Hayley’s mission is clear: to inspire, uplift, and connect people through dance. Luxe Dance Studio proudly embodies her open-door philosophy—a space where joy, creativity, and community come together on the dance floor.

LES FOLEY

ADJUDICATOR / CHOREOGRAPHER / COACH / TEACHER / MENTOR

Les commenced his dancing career when he was a young boy living in Wollongong, the year was 1968 and he was only nine years of age. 

The competition bug caught him, as not long after he starting ballroom dancing he was competing at a National level. He placed in many prestigious competitions though out the age groups of Juvenile, Junior, Adult and the Professional ranks between 1970-1991. Some of these major competitions are the “South Pacific Championships” and “ The Australian DanceSport Championships”, as both an Amateur and Professional he made the open finals and placed in our countries most renowned competitions.

Dancing can really take you places! Through the 80’s, Les lived and competed in the United Kingdom. He felt very privileged to have learnt off some of the best coaches in the world. This period in Les’s dancing career he got to travel to many different countries on tours and competitions with the highest ranking dance couples in the world. Les and his partner at the time represented Australia well and after a long stint in the U.K gathering a wealth of knowledge, he turned Professional in 1986 and it was time to come home and pass on this knowledge to his Australian family. 

The time now was to settle down and to start a family of his own and once it hit 1988, “Foley’s Dance Studio” was established right here in the heart of Wagga. Dancing was at a peak at this stage with the famous movie “Dirty Dancing” being released, there was a massive influx of students and not only was Foley’s Dance Studio one of the biggest studios in Wagga…It was one of the studios with most students in Australia. Throughout the years of Foley’s Les has been a part of so many students careers and lives, who themselves have gone on the have illustrious careers in the industry. These spectacular careers include: Multiple times Australian DanceSport Champions, Australian DanceSport Champions in New Vogue, Ballroom and Latin. “Dancing With The Stars, America” Producer and also Professional Dancer. “Dancing With The Stars, Australia” Professional Dancer. “ So You Think You Can Dance, Australia” Professional Dancer and also students who have now gone onto teaching and being studio owners themselves. Les himself has had experience on Television when he made it on the show That’s Dancin. This was a fabulous show which was prime time throughout Australia on the ABC television network. The show was filmed in Melbourne’s San Remo Ballroom, it was co-produced by FMTV’s Brian Finch and Peter Regan. Each episode showcased dance couples in a competitive format, judged by a panel of professional experts. That’s Dancin’ preceded many similar shows worldwide, such as Dancing With The Stars and Strictly Come Dancing. In 1989, The Age newspaper reported that the show was the ABC’s highest rating series ever in the Sunday 7.30pm time slot. In 1991, it achieved the national broadcaster’s largest ever audience against Channel Nine’s perennial hit, Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Les and his partner really put Wagga Wagga on the map and represented our town well.

Not only has Les taught students and competition couples from his hometown of Wagga, but many couples around Australia and America. He has won numerous Pro/Am  Championships with his students in the 90’s. Even after retiring Les was still very active in dance, teaching, choreography and competing with his students. It was only natural the he would then move onto Adjudicating! Les has been an active Adjudicator since 1990, judging at many major National Championships and has Adjudicated Internationally and most recently America. He prides himself on being a Level 2 Coach and Adjudicator in all three styles. Not only this, he is qualified with DanceSport Australia in Ballroom, Latin and New Vogue.To add to his wonderful attributes, he is also a qualified examiner with the “Australian Dancing Society”.

Les has been responsible for producing a lot of talent that has come out of Wagga, he has certainly put our country town on the map and his wish is to continually do so. Luxe Dance Studio and its pupils are extremely lucky to have Les as a part of its team, his wealth of knowledge and passion for dance is unsurpassed.