Wow! What a start to the dancing year we had with our JOKSOD Summer School! It was a complete collection of fun, learning, new experiences and new friendships for everyone involved and we were so thrilled to see all the beautiful smiling faces turn up at the studio. The two-day event began with our beautiful little beginners who had such a wonderful time learning new genres of dance that they have not had the opportunity to do before. They also got to dec...

After being unable to run our programs at full capacity due to the restrictions over the last two years, we’re thrilled to be able to announce our Summer School program for 2022 on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th January! It’s a great way to start the year and we have some incredible and inspiring guest teachers joining us for the program that includes, classical ballet, contemporary, jazz, musical theatre, Lyrical, composition, hip hop and stretch! We love that our holiday progra...

So, you’ve decided you want to enrol your little one in dance or ballet classes. What a great decision! Dancing is a beautiful introduction to extra-curricular activity where your child gains so much joy from movement and self-expression. But there are so many dance schools out there with different offerings, how do you choose the best one for your child? Most of the time it isn’t best to focus on location and cost, because if your child falls in love with dance (which many do) y...

                      We did it! We accomplished what we dreamt about, we managed to deliver a magnificent concert with just four weeks in the studio to prepare! And what a concert it was, thanks to all the hard work and perseverance from our beautiful students and the JOKSOD community. We thought it would be a scaled down version, but it really wasn’t and we are so unbelievably proud of everyone. Thank you to the wonde...

Joanne O’Kelly School of Dance presents “Sollemne”     Latin for ‘Celebration, Festival, Triumph and Ceremony’, “Sollemne” promises to be a performance like no other, as it epitomises our excitement to return to the stage and showcases the dedication, resilience and talent of our beautiful students following the most challenging two years. We’re thrilled to be able to bring you this performance that involves our entire school b...