Revid visited relatives in Melbourne in 1932, and stayed to give dance performances[4] and teach dance at her own studio,[5] the Sonia Revid School of Modern Art Dance, later known as the Sonia Revid School of Art, Dance, and Body Culture,[6] the latter name reflecting her shift towards dance as a public health project.[7] One of her students was Australian dancer and choreographer Louise Lightfoot.[8] She spent a year teaching and performing in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1938 and 1939, under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).[9][10][11]
Revid took an interest how dance might improved the lives of needy children in Melbourne,[12] and offered free dance and health classes to children in the Fitzroy neighborhood. She gave benefit recitals, and published a pamphlet about her ideas on the subject, "Do Slum Children Distinguish Light From Dark?" She created a didactic dance programme on oral hygiene, titled Little Fool and Her Adventures, with music by Gounod and Saint-Saëns.[7] She created another topical dance piece, The Bushfire Drama (1940),[13] referencing the severe bushfire season of 1939 in Victoria.[14][15]
