JOKSOD recently had the most wonderful time at West Gippsland Dance Festival, this year. It is always such a special competition and so well organised and all our students always have such a memorable experience and we feel so lucky to be a part of it.  Our students absolutely outdid themselves with the wonderful performances we saw shine on the stage and it was beautiful to see all the results of their hard work and effort leading up to the event,  We shared lots of beautiful mem...

We are so unbelievably proud of ALL our students that presented for their Cecchetti Ballet Australia exams in July and August this year! Every student worked so hard and put so much effort into these exams, we could not have asked for more.  We are so delighted to announce that so many of our beautiful students received Honours for their exams and 22 students scored 95 and above - which is absolutely incredible! We also had eight special students achieve 100, a...

The year continues to fly by and before we know it we are at the end of Term 3!  Once again we had a jam packed term 2 and 3 for our dancers with lots of wonderful and special events happening. Here is a round up of all these events and results from May to August 2023.   JOKSOD Spotlight Stars Term 2!   Each term our beautiful teachers decide which student in each age group should be presented with this encouragement award. We are delighted to announce the follow...

Wow! We’ve loved our week at Phoenix Festival this year and we are so proud of all our students growth and their outstanding performances. Every dancer has worked so hard in class and rehearsals on their technique and the quality of their routines. You were all an absolute joy to watch and you left everything out there on the stage. We loved seeing all your beautiful smiles and encouragement of each other even when there were no prizes. The JOKSOD spirit was high this week and the cama...

The word ‘technique’ is thrown around a lot in the dance world, from scholarship auditions to dance competitions and the weekly dance class, dancers are encouraged to work on their ‘technique’ as a marker of how they can improve and be a successful dancer. But what does this mean? And why is it important? Technique is about the execution of your artistic work, it’s the foundation of the movement to ensure that as you grow and improve you are using the correct p...