JOKSOD News

Joanne O'Kelly School of Dance presents its dance concert for 2024 "La Perle". Join us in celebrating 30 years of excellence with Joanne O'Kelly School of Dance as we present our anniversary concert, La Perle. The pearl, a symbol of purity, wisdom, and integrity, beautifully represents our journey and the values we hold dear - dedication to pure technique, honesty, and a deep love for the art of dance. Over three decades, we've grown, learned, and shared exceptio...

We're revisiting this appreciation post for our Zan O'Kelly, the heart of our studio as she celebrates her 80th Birthday this month and being part of our JOKSOD community for 30 years!!!   We’d love to introduce everyone to the true heart and hero at JOKSOD, my mum Zan. Without her we could not possibly operate as a successful studio. Zan does so much for everyone as well as me and I wanted to dedicate a blog post to her, because I cannot thank her enough for all that she...

Our first time competing in Born to Perform -ComDance and what an incredible experience we had! Our solo students have given absolutely everything this week in all their performances and we could not be more proud We cannot express how proud we are of every single dancer in our competition team, you all put everything on the stage and gave your all in your performances. You showed us true teamwork and camaraderie, whilst exhibiting all the hard work you’ve put into your classes with b...

We were thrilled to see some of our dancers chosen by the Herald Sun newspaper this week as Rising Stars of the future! What a proud moment for JOKSOD and a huge congratulations to these dancers and we can't wait to see what happens in their future careers.  Click here to read the full article online!   Here are the snippets of our dancers that were featured:     Photo supplied: Tammy Lee Photography   Photo supplied: Belinda Strodd...

We are in the thick of our preparation for our first competition! Term 2 is always so busy for our students and so much excitement is in the air. We understand that students will want to practice their dances at home, particularly solos and troupes which we really encourage. However, we often get asked what is the best way to support dancers as we want to ensure they are practising safely and with the best outcomes? Here are our tips for supporting practice at home:   1.  &...