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IT'S DANCE TEACHER TUESDAY!! Today you will be meeting fabulous FRANCES GALEA!! Miss Frances discovered her passion for dance at the age of 6. She loved the way dance made her feel; the freedom of dance, the thrill of working towards a goal and the electricity of showing family and friends what she had learnt at the end of year performance. ​ Miss Frances' dance training ranges over 17 years where she has trained in the styles of Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Contemporary and Character. ​ It was in her late teens that Miss Frances realised she wanted to turn her passion for dance into a career where she could share her love of performing and hard work with others. Miss Frances then studied a Diploma of Dance Teaching and Management at Box Hill Institute where she learnt safe progressions for students in Ballet and Jazz, Childhood and Adolescent Development, Stage Craft and Business Management. ​ Miss Frances has since worked at many dance schools across Melbourne, teaching a variety of styles and age groups. ​ In 2016, Miss Frances had the privilege to perform at LA Disney, Universal Studios and Hollywood Boulevard. This was the trip of a lifetime. Miss Frances and a group of hardworking young people worked for 9 months on a show stopping 22-minute routine to take overseas and perform to LA crowds. During this experience Miss France had to opportunity to participate in workshops at the Edge Studios, Disneyland Performing Arts, LA Clippers Spirit Cheerleaders and Abbey Lee Dance Company LA. Miss Frances got to work along side professional dancers and learn from them. She can’t wait to bring all she has learnt into the classroom at MDS in 2017 😄😄😄

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🌟🌟🌟 It's SURPRISE SATURDAY!!! We are so super excited to introduce you to VANESSA NORTHCOTT 🌟🌟🌟 Vanessa Northcott, 20 years old, has recently graduated her 2nd year of Full Time dance training, receiving her Diploma of Dance as a Pre-Professional student, at Transit Dance. Primarily majoring in contemporary under the direction of Paul Malek, Vanessa has trained in a variety of additional styles including the Cecchetti Classical Ballet Syllabus where she completed her Intermediate examination, attaining the ‘Athol Willaby Award’ in 2011. In addition to maintaining a solid foundation of ballet training, Vanessa studied at Patrick Studios Australia for 4 years, graduating year 12 from Patrick Studios Academy of Performing Arts in 2014. Throughout Vanessa’s final school year she was successful in receiving a result of 50 for her VCE VET Dance studies. She was then selected to perform as a candidate of the VCE Season of Excellence as a Top Class Dance Performer. In 2015, Vanessa completed her 1st year as a Full Time Performing Arts student at Patrick Studios under the direction of Todd Patrick. Throughout these years Vanessa was able to reach a high level of skill in commercial work and core jazz technique. Alongside her dance training, Vanessa has spent 10 years as a National stream gymnast, achieving National Level 7 in a competitive training squad. She also has 2 years experience training in the position of a flyer cheerleading team, enabling her to progress her acrobatic ability to complement her dance training. Vanessa has now been a freelance dance teacher for 3 years, educating and choreographing solos and group dances in a vast variety of styles. Recently, Vanessa has been awarded Runner up in the Youth Choreographic Competition ‘Dance Architect’ where she was awarded residency at Transit Dance to develop her piece further in 2017. We are so excited to have Vanessa joining MDS teaching team in 2017, bringing with her wealth of knowledge and experience in the dance industry.

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IT'S DANCE TEACHER THURSDAY!! Today you will be meeting the amazing NICOLE KELLY!!! Nicole began dancing as a young child and has trained in all styles of dance. She is a qualified secondary school teacher, holding a Graduate Diploma in Education, and has also obtained her Diploma of Tap Dance Teaching with the T.A.A.D. Nicole began teaching at the age of 18 and for the past 6 years has taught dancing at a number of dance schools around Melbourne, to students of all ages and levels. She also coordinated the Mordialloc Dance Studio for 4 years before stepping down to pursue her school teaching career. Nicole is passionate about dance and childhood development and strives to teach dance classes of the highest standard in an inclusive and nurturing classroom. She is excited to be returning to Mordialloc Dance Studio in 2017 for her 7th year. We've also got a special announcement coming up on Saturday, so keep an eye out for that one 😄😄😄

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IT'S DANCE TEACHER TUESDAY!!! Over the next couple of weeks we'll be introducing you to the MDS teachers for 2017. Today we're meeting JESS COGLEY. Jess began training in jazz and tap at the age of 9, and eventually picked up all other styles throughout her teenage years. From the age of 15, she was partaking in classes both locally in the bayside area, and at inner city studios. Jess obtained her Certificate 3 in Performing Arts (Dance) at DanceWorld Studios, graduating in 2010, before beginning her full time dance training at Patrick Studios Australia in the Professional Development Course in Performing Art (Dance). Through this course, she trained extensively in jazz, commercial, contemporary, hip hop, lyrical, musical theatre, tap as well as singing and acting training; learning from some of the best teachers and choreographers in Melbourne. Jess has performed at many corporate and charity events around Melbourne, gained experience in dance in television and has competed throughout Australia. Jess has been working at Mordialloc Dance Studio for the past seven years, along with teaching at many other bayside dance schools. She is super excited to be taking on the dance coordinator role, as well as continuing to teach at MDS in 2017. Keep an eye out for the rest of the teachers coming up, and even some surprise announcements 😄😄😄

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🎆HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎆 Loving these memories from 2016, and can't wait to see what 2017 will bring #dance #mordiallocdancestudio #mds16 #mds2017 #happynewyear

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Merry Christmas from everyone at Mordialloc Dance 💚❤️ We hope you have a relaxing break and can't wait to see you all back again in 2017 xxx #mordiallocdancestudio

One Million Stars to End Violence

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DVDs are out tomorrow!! Available for collection from MCC tomorrow between 9am and 12pm. Can't wait to see it!! 😄 #mordiallocdancestudio #mds16 #mdsconcert16

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This week I got to reflect on my incredible dance teaching journey 😊 Thank you to the Dance Writer for the opportunity! Enjoy 💕

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Congratulations to Eloise Robertson who was presented with the Dance Coordinators Scholarship last weekend 🌟 She's pictured here with Nicole at the MCC Christmas Party ❤️ #mordiallocdancestudio #mds16

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Road to One Million Stars - Dance Concert 2016!