Meet the Teachers: Miss Ella McMillan

Posted on 27 February 2023
Meet the Teachers: Miss Ella McMillan
It's time to meet the next teacher in our Meet the Teacher series for 2023! This week it is the fabulous Miss Ella McMillan. Majority of our beautiful JOKSOD community would recognise Miss Ella as a previous JOKSOD student from just two years ago, who has gone on to study dance full time at Patricks School of the Arts!  Ella has always been a treasured member of our JOKSOD family, giving so much to the studio and being a wonderful role model to our younger students.  We ...
 

Adult Ballet Class - starts Mon 27th Feb!

Posted on 20 February 2023
Adult Ballet Class - starts Mon 27th Feb!
We are so excited to bring back Adult Ballet classes this term! These classes are open to anyone, whether you have done ballet before or never, we cater for all levels of ability - everyone is welcome! We always have such a fun time at these classes together, learning, moving and having a laugh.  If you have children that dance, come and see what all the fuss is about and learn a bit about what they are doing every week.   Date: Monday 27th Feb Time: 6.15pm to 7.15pm Location:...
 

Introducing our JOKSOD Cecchetti Scholars 2023

Posted on 16 February 2023
Introducing our JOKSOD Cecchetti Scholars 2023
  Each year Cecchetti Ballet Victoria provides a Scholars program for students that are excelling at their craft and provides a monthly subsidised extension class at Cecchetti headquarters with world-renowned teachers in the industry. Dance schools across the state send a selection of students to audition and only 14 are chosen from each age group, Junior and Senior. It is a very special honour to be selected to be a Cecchetti Scholar and we have had many students attend this prog...
 

Meet the Teachers: Miss Jess Mortlock

Posted on 14 February 2023
Meet the Teachers: Miss Jess Mortlock
Welcome to our 2023 Meet the Teacher series!   We have a number of new teachers joining the JOKSOD team this year and we'd love to introduce them to you so you can get to know them a bit more.  Kicking off 2023 is our fabulous, Miss Jess, who is not a new face to the team but part of the family for over 11 years as our intermediate and senior contemporary teacher. Jess has such a special eye for choreography and incredible expertise in technique and training from her bac...
 

Ben Cure Lyrical Masterclass

Posted on 9 February 2023
Ben Cure Lyrical Masterclass
We are beyond excited to welcome back Ben Cure to our studios to run a Lyrical Extension Masterclass!    Date: Saturday 18th Febraury Time: 1.00pm - 2.15pm Dancer: Must be doing Grade 6 Ballet and above Cost: $18.00   To book into this class please email us info@joanneokellyschoolofdance.com.au to register.   Ben Cure Benjamin Curé was born and raised in Melbourne, training on full scholarships at both The Edge Performers School and the Sp...