ADTC Staff Members .....
Miss Nicole - MECh
Studio Manager
Pre-School Performing Arts (Monday & Saturday)
Miss Nicole has been teaching at the ADTC for over 17 years. A former school teacher from Jewells Primary School, Nicole has a lot of experience teaching all ages, and ability levels (training several State and National Champion Dance Aerobic teams whilst at Jewels), however her main love is the Pre-School aged students. Nicole is also a mum to toddler Ashton and baby Ryan, so she certainly has plenty of first-hand experience with children!! We are pleased to let everyone know she has returned to teach the Monday and Saturday PSPA groups again!!
In her spare time, Nicole completed the renowned CBTS course for ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance (London) and is also a Tap Teacher with the LGTDA. I am sure you will all agree, she's one very talented and multi-skilled teacher!
Miss Felicity
Head Tap Teacher
Miss Felicity is the Head Tap teacher at the ADTC, has her Teaching Certificate with the LGTDA, and has been teaching for over 20 years. As a student, she studied Tap, Jazz, Classical Ballet and Contemporary, and was a student of the famous Les Griffith (creator of the LGTDA syllabus).
A former Queensland State Champion for Tap Dancing, Miss Felicity has said that one of her most memorable performances was at the Opening Ceremony for the Sydney Olympics in the spectucluar tap item choreographed by Dein Perry.
She has been a Guest Choreographer for workshops thorughout Queensland, and students of ADTC (from Juniors to Advanced) have enjoyed her innovative routines for over 16 years!!
As if she's not busy enough, Miss Felicity is also a mum to twin boys Cameron and Morgan, has a degree in Information Science and works full time as an IT Consultant. Wow, you get tired just reading it all!
Miss Jacqui
Classical Ballet, Jazz & Contemporary Teacher
Miss Jacqui is a well-known Newcastle dancer who last year completed her RAD Classical Ballet Teaching Studies (CBTS) course, with outstanding results. She is an inspirtational teacher, who strives to see all her students reach their full potential. She was selected from thousands of hopefuls as an entertainer on the famous Royal Caribbean Cruise lines. Miss Jacqui has a huge future in the classical ballet world, both as a teacher and a performer, and we know she will be an amazing success when she travels to London in April to further her career. ADTC is so fortunate to have been involved with Miss Jacqui's teacher training, and the students are very lucky to have her guiding their learning.
Miss Nicole (Mitchell)
Classical Ballet Teacher
Nicole began her dance studies in 1998 with the world renowned ballet teacher, Tessa Maunder OAM.
Nicole received High Distinctions in all of her examinations with the Royal academy of Dance Syllabi from Primary to Advanced 2.
In 2008, she gained first place in the Wenkart Foundation Ballet Championship, as well as the Dance Championship. In the same year Nicole also earned a position in the finals of the highly competitive Royal Academy Bursary Event.
You may recognise this beautiful dancer, as she is currently working as a featured dancer on ABC’s Television Program, ‘Dance Academy’. She is also performing with the up and coming electric pop band ‘VEEN’ as a dancer in their live shows and video clips.
Miss Emma
Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Technique
Emma has trained in various styles of Dance including Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, National Character and Repertoire. Emma had success in many National and International competitions. She was a semi-finalist in the Genee International Ballet Competition in Hong Kong and a finalist in the McDonalds Ballet Scholarship. Emma has completed all her Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) examinations and was awarded the highly prestigious Solo Seal Certificate. After completing her training in Sydney, Emma was accepted into the Central School of Ballet in London. Whist there she completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Professional Dance and Performance through the University of Kent. During this time, Emma toured and performed with Ballet Central. She performed works by renowned choreographers David Bintley (Birmingham Royal Ballet,) Richard Alston (Richard Alston Dance Company) and the late Christopher Gable (founder of Central School of Ballet). In addition, she was involved in the creation of new works from dancer/choreographers Matthew Hart (Royal Ballet) and Mikaela Polley (Rambert).
Emma has recently returned home to attend the University of Newcastle and remains passionate about dance. She is particularly interested in 'dancer training' and looks forward to working with students from Australian Dance and Talent Centre.
Miss Alex
Musical Theatre, Show Troupe, Jazz
We would like to welcome Miss Alex firstly to Newcastle AND to the ADTC!! Miss Alex is what they refer to in the industry as a 'Triple Threat' ... a singer, dancer and actor.
She completed a full-time course at Jason Coleman's Ministry of Dance in Melbourne in 2009 studying Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Contemporary, Ballet, Ballroom, Tap and Musical Theatre. She is also a four time winner of the Calisthenics State Championships and was Assistant Choreographer to Jason Coleman for the AFL Grand Final entertainment in 2009.
Miss Alex has also appeared on television as 'Rachel' in Saturday Street, which was a pilot series and as a featured dancer and extra on Neighbours.
Miss Alex will be teaching the Junior Show Troupe and several of the jazz classes (including our wonderful Senior Ladies' class on Monday evening)!! She's in for a lot of fun ....!!!!
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Miss Kiri
Receptionist
Well, some people just can't stay away from the ADTC!! Miss Kiri worked here about six years ago (just before Miss Renee started), and only left because she was moving to Queensland to live.
She is very excited to be back working here, and is enjoying meeting all of the new students and their parents (and re-aquainting herself with the 'older' ones)!! She is a qualified beautician, but decided that working at ADTC was exactly what she wanted to be doing now. She is also a mummy too, to little Tommy, who has already come in for his first visit!
Miss Kiri will be working at the Reception desk on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. As Wednesdays are now a little quieter, we ask that students who attend that day either make their payments on another day, or use our Direct Deposit option. Please phone the Centre for information on 4954 9477.
Miss Carmen
Tap, Jazz, Troupe, PSCB
Carmen has been dancing with the ADTC since she was 5 years of age, and has been teaching dance classes for 12 years (we know .... she looks so young)!!
She is an accomplished dancer and choreographer, and teaches Jazz, Tap, Pre-School Classical Ballet and is also a qualified Zumba instructor. Carmen has also been employed as a choreographer for Channel 10 advertisements (and even made a guest appearance in the Cardiff Toyota ad)! She has also worked with Newcastle's own Super Hubert as his Magician's Assistant.
Carmen has a Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Newcastle, and is currently enrolled in the Masters programme at Macquarie University.
She is also employed as a tutor with the University of Newcastle for their Creative Arts course, teaching the 'Dance' component.
Blake Wood
Singer/Dancer/Actor
Blake has been a student at the ADTC for over 10 years, and is now teaching the Boys’ Hip Hop and Junior Singing classes (and a few other surprise classes this year).
Blake has been a featured Solo Vocalist in both Newcastle's Starstruck and the Sydney-based Schools’ Spectacular for many years.
He is also starting to 'dabble' in choreography (as you can see from the video clip on the Home Page), and last year was one of only ten singer/dancers to appear on the Disney Channel's 'My Camp Rock 2' series, after being selected from thousands of talents performers throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Cale Fletcher
Miss Stephanie
Singing Teacher
Stephanie has been involved in the performing arts for over 12 years, which has involved her performing, studying, and teaching during this time.
As a performer, Stephanie has had much success, performing professionaly in both plays and musicals, and working as a master of ceremonies, as well as appearing in television commercials. Stephanie has been nominated for four City Of Newcastle Drama Awards (CONDA’s), winning two years in a row for ‘Outstanding Lead Actress In A Musical’. Later this year she will be appearing in the one-woman show ‘Bombshells’.
Stephanie has a Certificate III in Theatre Performance and Practice, a Certificate IV in Musical Theatre and an Advanced Diploma in Arts – Acting & Musical Theatre. This is the culmination of almost 5 years of full time study. She has trained in music, voice, singing – both musical theatre and modern, dance, movement, acting, audition skills and theatre history. She has taught, and continues to teach around the Hunter Valley teaching private singing, singing groups, musical theatre classes, and drama.
Miss Ashley
Private Singing Classes
Miss Ashley started her own singing and dancing lessons at ADTC as a very young child, and is now teaching Private Singing classes for students who are wanting to extend their training a little further, or who are interested in entering talent quests or vocal eisteddfods.
She thoroughly enjoys seeing her students' confidence improve during each term, and has already had outstanding results in the short time she has been teaching. She has a bright and bubbly personality, and works equally well with young and not-so-young students.
One of the highlights of her teaching career (and just a little bit quirky) was when she was employed to train a bridal couple in a duet that they planned on singing at their wedding reception as a surprise for their guests! Hmmm, the possibilities are endless!!
Miss Jazmyne
Monday Pre-Juniors
Miss Jazmyne started dancing at the ADTC as a student back in 1999.
She is currently studying for her Advanced 1 Certificate with the Royal Acadmey of Dance (London), her Gold Star and Gold Star & Bar Tap Dancing Exam with the LGTDA (Les Griffiths' Syllabus), and also continues to train in Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop and Tap classes.
Miss Jazmyne is a member of our Advanced Jazz and Tap Performance Troupes, and was one of many students who toured Hawaii and the USA in 2006 as a performer, with the highlight being a performance at Disneyland.
The students of the Monday Pre-Junior Jazz and Tap classes are really enjoying Miss Jazmyne's classes, and she loves sharing her passion of dance and performance with all her students.