OUR HIDDEN TREASURE: ZAN O’KELLY

Posted on 4 September 2024
OUR HIDDEN TREASURE: ZAN O’KELLY
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...
 

Born to Perform - ComDance Wrap up Blog Post

Posted on 18 July 2024
Born to Perform - ComDance Wrap up Blog Post
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...
 

JOKSOD Dancers featured as rising star dancers in Herald Sun

Posted on 6 June 2024
JOKSOD Dancers featured as rising star dancers in Herald Sun
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...
 

How to support your dancer when practising at home

Posted on 30 April 2024
How to support your dancer when practising at home
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.  &...
 

JOKSOD students in The Australian Ballet ITP 2024

Posted on 3 April 2024
JOKSOD students in The Australian Ballet ITP 2024
At JOKSOD we are so fortunate to have had numerous students through the years that have successfully auditioned to be part of the prestigious Australian Ballet School Intra/Interstate & International Training Program (ITP). All of these students have successfully auditioned to be part of the program alongside dancers across the whole country in the school's National Audition Tour.  ITP, as explained by The Australian Ballet School, is a great benefit to enhance a studen...
 
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