Throughout her 3 years of contemporary dance at Deakin University, Jade trained in various forms of movement including hip-hop dance, breakdance, capoeira, circus skills, yoga and taekwondo.
Jade is also a qualified yoga teacher, zumba teacher, level 2 strength and conditioning coach, and level 1 sport aerobics coach. She participated in Sport Aerobics competitions in her youth, reaching State championship level and went on to train many young athletes in this sport. Now her main passions are yoga, dance and hula hooping and she performs her solo hula hoop act both in Australia and internationally.
Jade is passionate about teaching underprivileged children, travelling overseas several times throughout 2006-2011 to voluntarily teach dance, circus and yoga to impoverished children in Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia and India. She has been teaching her many skills to children for 20 years and loves sharing her skills and watching her students shine as they make small achievements.... and big ones!
Baus’s dance career has led him to many performance opportunities, touring in America over various theme parks, working as an official JD Sports dancer in Melbourne, and as the main entertainment at NBL’s Melbourne United seasonal home games. Baus has also performed alongside his crew annually at the Moomba Festival, at sporting events like the Australian Open and Australian Cricket’s big bash and countless corporate and private events.
Baus is an inspirational and energetic teacher and prides himself on his consistent delivery of engaging classes. Baus currently teaches close to 20 classes per week spread out to different dance schools. When he's not training, performing or teaching, he's completing his studies to become a myotherapist.
Dee is part of two competitive hip-hop crews who compete internationally. Her crew 'Raw & Rugged' placed as Grand Finalists in Australia’s Got Talent in 2016, 2nd is Los Angeles for World of Dance 2016 and placed 1st as the 2017 National Champions for Australia for the Hip Hop Internationals. They then represented Australia in USA to come 2nd overall.
Dee loves to perform and share her love for dance with others. She teaches at dance schools, festivals, dance competitions and at Primary and Secondary schools.
Dee loves to get your kids grooving, get funky and most of all, have fun!
Tia started breakdancing in San Francisco in 2011 and learned from the best breakdancers in the Bay Area. She appeared in a music video of Mellow Man Ace, an ex-member of D12. One of the best B-girls on the block, Tia was the runner up of Ryugi Bgirl battle in 2019 and also runner up of Uprock in 2016. She placed Top 8 in Taiwan for the BOTY B-girl battle.
Tia has more than 7 years of teaching experience, teaching all ages and levels at various studios in Sydney and overseas. She's taught workshops in Malaysia, The Philippines and The US. Tia loves breaking down steps to make them simple for kids to learn. She loves to see their face light up after they master the moves.
Aside from her love for teaching, Tia also loves being a mum, sewing and chilling with her cat.
Jewelz has been spinning hoopy happiness and laughter yoga around Sydney and the world since 2009. From 1 hoop to 20, she spins, dances and creates fun moments both nationally and internationally - wowing audience and teaching hula hoops to people of all ages. Jewelz has taught everyone how to hula hoop, from pre-school children to 88yo cancer survivors.
Beyond hoops, Jewelz also teaches other circus props for beginners: juggling balls, poi, flower sticks, spinning plates, and ribbons. Two of her most memorable moments are teaching social circus to impoverished children in Asia and in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
More than simply fun, Carolyn’s yoga and mindfulness classes include authentic yoga poses, breath work, meditation and ancient yogic philosophy. All delivered with warmth, fun and experience. Carolyn lives in Melbourne and is the mother of two children, one small dog and two chooks. She also run yoga classes, courses and retreats for adults.
Hazel is a Melbourne based performer/teacher and has been passing on her skills to enthusiastic students of all ages for over 15 years now; teaching in schools, vacation care programs, community events and within circus schools.
She's performed with established circus companies including four years with the internationally acclaimed Circus Oz, multiple tours with Circus Quirkus and guest spots with Circus Monoxide and CIRCA. Most recently she has been performing with GOP on the German variety circuit.
Hazel specialises in Juggling and Foot Juggling (lying on her back and manipulating objects with her feet). This is one girl with a set of very clever toes.
Isaac loves the 'battle' aspect of the dance and has traveled to multiple countries to battle in big competitions and learn from the pioneers of the dance, including Singapore and several countries in South America where he has also been a special guest judge for local battles. When Isaac isn't training for the Paris Olympics, he loves to give back to the community by sharing and teaching the dance styles he loves.
Shona is passionate about sharing circus to people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. She has worked professionally in the industry since 2013 in both Australia and overseas. Shona has taught in various circus schools as well as company tours across New Zealand, Europe and the UK.
Shona has a passion for creating ridiculous, energetic, engaging and interactive work for audiences both young and old which has led her to be a cast member in critically acclaimed Australian company Dummies Corp. in their newest, award-winning children’s show Don’t Mess With the Dummies. She has toured Australia and Internationally with this show.
Shona is also a sought after cabaret artist and street performer and is a favourite face at the unofficial home of street performance, Covent Garden (London, UK).
A natural at all things circus, he was invited to train with the famous Flying Fruit Fly Circus in Albury at the age of nine. During his training at NICA, Kirra developed particular strengths in Wire walking, Diabolo and tumbling. He has also developed a great love of learning and professional development which he has transitioned into a passion and enthusiasm to teaching others. Kirra regularly teaches at various schools and circus schools, teaching from young children to adolescents.
Alice has worked with students of all ages, both with her circus and dance teaching and also leading groups in outdoor recreation and working with adults with learning disabilities. One of Alice’s most rewarding experiences was working as a youth worker in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, creating and facilitating circus, art and recreation programs.
More recently Alice co-devised and performed in a kids comedy show called “Time Out” which received critical acclaim at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Alice is a zany teacher with lots of energy, making her a perfect circus teacher who will always get her classes giggling!
Wether it's on stage or in the class room, Stephanie knows how to bring life to the people around her. She has created a fusion of technique meets Hip-Hop and urban contemporary, bringing dynamic movement, freestyle, structured routines to her classes.
Her 13 years of teaching experience and passion for child education doesn't go unnoticed. What inspires her most is how dance brings people together, watching the confidence grow in each individual from all ages and backgrounds.
Over his 12 years of dancing and 11 years of teaching, Shane has become a member of several different break crews including his latest FUN crew. With FUN crew Shane has travelled to Japan and Singapore and around Australia competing in (and winning!) some of the biggest competitions around.
Shane has taught at Melbourne's top dance companies and he has performed at a huge variety of events, from concerts to schools to weddings! In 2010 Shane travelled around Victoria as a performer with Silvers Circus.
Shane has also trained in hip-hop, locking and popping, Latin dance, acrobatics and martial arts, but his main love is still breaking. One of Shane’s greatest passions is teaching kids and spreading his own passion to others. His goal as a dancer is to travel the world and help his crew make a name for themselves outside of Australia.
Now based in Fremantle, Sarah finds great joy in passing on circus skills to young people in WA and continuing training, creation and performance within the vibrant circus community.
Sarah has 3 young kids of her own and knows that an hour of 'adult yoga' does not cut it with them! Instead, kid's yoga with Sarah means lots of games, interesting breathing techniques, fun partner and team work plus guided meditations. Yoga poses and flows come into them too of course.
Sarah teaches students how to calm themselves down and handle their emotions through breath work exercises. It's amazing how simple steps can help a child or teen for years to come. Discussions on being kind, believing in yourself, letting go of things you don't need, a healthy lifestyle, the environment, personal goals and strengths, being helpful, grateful, happy and many other positive areas of life are woven into her interactive classes. The main focus of her kid's yoga classes is FUN.
Emily has been dancing, singing and acting since she can remember. She's performed since the age of three and feels at home when she's on stage. Emily is also involved in the musical theatre scene and has performed in ‘All Shook Up’ (2016), as Martha Cox in ‘High School Musical’ (2015) and most recently the role of Tzietel in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ (2017 and 2021). Since 2016, she has worked with L2R Dance as dance teacher, emerging artist, youth committee member and professional teaching artist, as well as a performer for professional gigs and events. Emily recently competed in two freestyle battles and took away her first win at the 2v2 ‘Sister Sessions’ battle in December of 2021.
Aside from performing, Emily graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Education (p-12) at Victoria University, majoring in Visual Arts. Emily is also part of professional hip hop crew ‘Superhoodz’ who dance for Melbourne United Basketball. Performing with this crew has led her to touring around Los Angeles to train and perform at venues such as Disneyland, California Park, Knottsberry Farm, Universal Studios and more. Emily has a unique dance style that she can not wait to share with the dance world and beyond.
Alex spent his formative years as a performer onstage with Flipside Circus’s youth performance troupe. Following this he attended the National Institute of Circus Art (NICA). Alex has performed extensively nationally and internationally.
Today Alex spends more time studying to be a clinical exercise physiologist than he does on stage, but he maintains a strong passion of teaching with a particular interest in technical acrobatics and community outreach work in both regional and marginalised communities.
He regularly teaches in primary and secondary schools and at community events. His workshops generally include juggling, poi and staff spinning, co-ordination and teamwork games, acrobatics, movement and floorwork.
Also a qualified personal trainer, Rich has had a lifelong interest in fitness and enjoys finding new movement styles to learn and share with others. This has led to study in a broad range of circus disciplines, dance styles and martial arts.
Claudia’s main goal when teaching is for the students to have fun and to grow. It’s not about being the best, it’s about being their best. Claudia is so thrilled to be teaching with FunFit and to share their passion with the next generation of dancers and actors.
Nerida has a personal yoga and pilates practice that spans over 25 years, so she understands the powerful impact these practices have on her own life and has a passion for sharing these healthy habits with other people of all ages. Nerida will make your experience creative, fun and help children to realise their inner and outer strength; from coordination and balance to trust, respect and self-love.
Analia is a qualified personal trainer and has been working in this field for 15 years. In 2009 she discovered Zumba as a way to build on her latin dance knowledge and fuse it with fitness, which she is passionate about. She immediately became a Zumba instructor and loves teaching this energetic and fun dance style.
Analia is very passionate about sharing her Latin culture, music and dancing with people of all ages. Students love her classes as they truly get the latin feel through her connection to the music and passion for latin rhythms. Her classes are fun and energetic and most importantly, very inclusive.
She has been teaching kids since 2009 and teaches both circus and drama. She has created and directed several kids shows with Aerialize. Bringing together more than 70 students from ages of 5 through the 13 each time.
She started her professional career in the welfare field specialising in disability. She brings this knowledge into her teaching, working with many students with different abilities.
She expanded her movement repertoire with the highly energised dance/aerobic activity Zumba and has been a Zumba fitness instructor and entertainer for 9 years.
Catalina is very passionate about sharing her Latin culture, music and dancing with people of all ages. For her, zumba is about having a good time dancing with the best music! Her classes are fun and energetic and most importantly, very inclusive... we are all part of the fun!!!
