27/05/2024
🩰 Thank You Miss Karina & Welcome Miss Amanda 👏💕 We are so excited for your next chapter! Miss Karina will be exiting stage left for a little while (don’t worry she will still be around 🤩) so the lovely Miss Amanda will be jumping in to teach on Tuesdays and Wednesdays! Students have been getting to know Miss Amanda over the last few weeks, but here’s a bit more about her. 🩰🤩
Miss Amanda’s classical training was under the guidance of Jennifer Ham; she was one of her first students when she founded, Ballet Academy Northside in Sydney. Amanda studied RAD Classical Ballet through to Advanced RAD gaining ARAD status, she also studied Character Dance and Contemporary Dance. Well known Miss Rita Dubovsky played a pivotal role in her love for Character Dance and Amanda mastered traditional dances such as Russian, Ukraine and Moldavian under her tutelage.
Amanda’s final years of ballet study were under the guidance of Tanya Pearson OAM at the prestigious Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy in Sydney. Amanda has also been trained by highly regarded teachers including Kim Trainer, Julie Wells and Leslie Abraham. A ballet highlight was being selected as a finalist at the Australian Ballet School auditions.
After school, Amanda’s thirst for knowledge extended beyond the dance studio and she went on to complete a Bachelor of Science at Macquarie University with a focus on Human Anatomy and Physiology. This knowledge proved invaluable as she transitioned into dance teaching, allowing her to explain to students the “how” and “why” behind movements.
Amanda has taught contemporary, stretch and classical ballet classes at Ballet Academy Northside, Ryde Secondary College, where her contemporary-based pieces were selected for the NSW public schools’ Sydney North Dance Festival and Central Coast United Physie where Amanda fostered a love for dance in children as young as 3, guiding them from their first steps to more advanced techniques. Her students were awarded places at Interclub competitions and reached the esteemed National Finals.
We welcome Miss Amanda to the Serenade Team 🩰🤩👏