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With a passion for dancing from an early age, Dana began dancing at the age of 6 in Far North Queensland. With many years of study and hard work, Dana has studied and achieved formal qualifications in jazz, acro, ballet, lyrical and contemporary. Dana has had experience working with many syllabus having completed examinations in R.A.D, Cochetti, Living Dance and CSTD.

Growing up in small communities, Dana was offered her first assistant teaching role at the age of 12 here at JaBaT in 2012.  From here she has continued to grow and learn and was appointed Principal teacher in 2019.  

In 2015 Dana travelled to Sydney and achieved her teaching qualification in the Living Dance syllabus.  At just 15 she had to do a further year of assistant teaching to be granted her qualification as she was the youngest student to achieve such a qualification.  As an affiliated member of ComDance, Dana continues with her formal training and development opportunities under the CSTD syllabus.
In 2022, Dana completed her Acrobatic arts teaching qualification. 

With experience teaching every genre from Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Contemporary and Hip Hop and everything else that has been thrown her way, Dana continues to educate herself so that the students are continuously reaching their full potential and learning to be the best that they can be.
Dana aims to create a positive and safe environment for every student at the studio.  With a firm belief that every student should be encouraged and nurtured to be their best self.  Having added to her family with the birth of her son in 2022,  Dana is looking forward to what the future has to hold.  Her love of dance has taught her that the opportunities are endless.

Jacinta began dancing at the age of 4 and has studied many styles including Jazz, Tap, Hip hop, Ballet, Contemporary and Musical Theatre. Jacinta has studied under the F.A.T.D and R.A.D syllabi and completed several examinations. While in High School, Jacinta competed in NSW regional competitions, interschool competitions and at eisteddfods. Performing highlights include dancing at CAPERS in Tamworth, NSW, and the School Spectacular in Sydney, NSW. 

From the age of 19 Jacinta began teaching jazz and branched out to other genres from there. As a teacher, Jacinta aims to provide a safe and fun environment for students to learn, feel confident and enjoy dance. 

Outside of dance Jacinta balances working in mining with being a mum to twin girls (who have inherited her passion for dance). 

Zoe started her dancing journey at a young age with dance being a massive part of her life ever since. Growing up in Far North Queensland, Zoe fell in love with dance and studied Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Contemporary under the Southern Federation of Dance Syllabus. 

Zoe has completed multiple exams across diverse genres and pursued opportunities to expand her knowledge and understanding participating in developmental workshops and a wide range of performance events from eisteddfods and local dance festivals through to musical theatre productions.

Zoe has continued to dance and complete exams under the CSTD Syllabus since starting at JaBat in 2022 whilst working and undertaking tertiary studies. 

Zoe is passionate about sharing the enjoyment of dance with others and is excited about what is in store for 2024.  

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