Teachers

Samantha was born into a family run dance studio and so commenced dance classes at the age of 18 months old.
She has been fortunate enough to learn from some of the best and well respected teachers in WA at both Jody Marshall Dance Company and Lets Dance Entertainment.
She has been trained in CSTD Jazz, CSTD and Glenn Wood Tap, CSTD and RAD Classical Ballet, Acrobatics, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hiphop and Singing, completing her examinations up to and including Teaching Certificates. She has also successfully competed in local, state and national level competitions and has trained students and troupes to National Champion level. Samantha had the honour of being on the leadership team of the Variety Youth Choir on the panel, musical direction and as Choreographer which enabled her to choreograph and perform in floorshows for countless major corporate events and televised performances. This opportunity also took her to Sydney to perform with the first season of “Australian Idol” for the Variety International Convention. She has also been employed by the Education Department to conduct dance and performing arts workshops across rural WA which took her to places such as Newman, Perenjori and Eneabba to name a few.
At the age of 19, Samantha was also fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to take over the directorship of her family run dance studio, passing on her passion and love for dance to her students. During this time she took many groups over East to participate in international workshops and classes to broaden their horizons, had many students successfully audition for further training programs nationally and internationally and was also very successful in CSTD and RAD examinations and in local, state and international competitions in solo, duo and troupe divisions. Upon the schools closure in 2013, Samantha was very fortunate to be offered many teaching and adjudication opportunities across WA. She is now a sought after freelance teacher, teaching across 4 performing arts schools in Perth in the styles of Tap, Jazz, Acrobats, Ballet and Lyrical. She loves having the opportunity and versatility to teach from 2 year olds to advanced professional level in different learning environments (examinations, competitions, general open class and receration classes).