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Shana Dwyer

Travis Roberts

 

 

shana@dancelements.com.au
 

Shana Dwyer - Principal/Co-owner

 

With 20 years teaching experience, Shana has taught children from the tender age of 2 through to the golden age of 67 to dance. Running a studio independently for 14 years, and preparing students for Examinations has rewarded her credibility as a teacher with a 100% pass rate from all participating students. Students have won and or placed in various Dance Scholarships, Competitions, and have been accepted in auditions for dance tours to Hong Kong for the annual Dancexpo, representing ATOD.

With the help of ATOD, Shana has travelled widely over Australia as a Demonstrator of Syllabus work. Shana has been sent as an ATOD Syllabus Demonstrator to Indonesia (2005) and Singapore (2006), where the syllabus is also studied. which is also an ATOD teaching tool nationally and internationally.

Shana has worked with Etienne Khoo and Shane Clarke from DVP in Melbourne on Australia's 1st Hip Hop Syllabus. She has also filmed with Shane Preston and Paul Davis from "Tap Dogs" on the new Street Tap Syllabus devised for ATOD.

Shana will continue to deliver her passion to all students who are willing to learn well into the future.

 

Travis Roberts - Hip Hop Teacher/Co-owner

Travis started teaching in 2002, specialising in street and hip-hop and trained with the best in Australia the Trick Nasty Crew. In 2000 he completed the C.A.D. (Centre of Artistic Development) program at Macgregor State High, a 2-year program majoring in drama as well as travelling to Hong Kong to dance at the world dance expo. Competing in competitions in night clubs around Brisbane he met up with TNC in 2002. He trained intensively throughout 2003 for Australian Hip-Hop Championships in Adelaide placing 2nd only to be beaten by his trainers. Then selected to compete in the World Championships to represent Australia in 2004. He has also danced in numerous film clips, just recently the "Britney Spears" of Asia, Hirsho.

 

 

Liam Masters aka B-Boy Fongo - Break Teacher

9 years experience in Break Dancing, Hand Balancing & Acrobatics
Achievements - 2008
- 2nd place Crew Australasian Titles

- 2nd place Crew Australian Titles

 
Achievements - 2009
- 1st place 3 on 3 Australian Titles
- 1st place solo Qld Titles
- 1st place Australian Crew Titles
 
 

Sunday Lucia - Open Jazz Instructor

Achievements
1999 - Awarded the Cecchetti Society Big Brother Award to study dance in the UK
2000 - BA in Dance at QUT
2008 - Choreographed and produced Sundance Steps Out, a cabaret show that premiered at the start of the Brisbane Festival, July 2008
Has worked with choreographers such as Leigh Warren, Natalie Weir, Harold Collins and Jamie Redfern.
 

Sacha McNaughton - Acrobatics

Achievements
Competitive gymnast from the age of 4 through to 13
Has been a Gold Coast Titanette for the past 3 years
- 4 years of gymnastics coaching experience
- 3 years of acrobatics teaching experience
 

Emily Hosking - Musical Theatre / Singing

Achievements

2007 - BA of Arts Griffith University

2007 - Starred with Rob Guest and Kellie Dickerson in the production of "Sweeney Todd" at the GCAC

2008 - Played "Liza Minnelli" in "The Boy from Oz" at the GCAC