Mrs Jodie Noon
Principal
As principal & creative director at Dance wEST03, Miss Jodie has shared her love & passion for dance with rural and remote students over the last 18yrs starting in Mitchell where she resides on a rural property 60km south of Mitchell. Being remote herself, she can appreciate the opportunities that may be missed living in isolation and has endeavoured throughout her teaching career to try and provide the same dancing experiences and opportunities as those in the larger metropolitan area. “I love teaching and I love children but best of all I love teaching country children” she says. “They are committed and hardworking and appreciate the opportunities that they have”
Born in Bundaberg, she trained for 12years with the RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) syllabus before finally making the switch to ATOD, (Australian Teachers of Dancing) with whom she now holds her teaching degree. “It’s a wonderful syllabus that nurtures their creativity and develops a holistic dancer” she explains. “The syllabus offers exams in so many different dance genres like classical, hip hop, tap, jazz & national”.
Miss Jodie shares her 33 years of dance experience with students all over the South West and has established schools in Mitchell & Roma.
Kylie Taylor
Miss Kylie has been in the dance industry for 18yrs, training in styles such as hip hop, jazz, street jazz, tap, classical & contemporary. She is also a past student of Dance wEST03 whose passion and enthusiasm for dance and rural Queensland has brought her to the teaching ranks at DW03. Her “cool & street wise” dancing & teaching style, injects the school with a special flavour along with her intricate moves and attention to detail.
Miss Kylie will also be a regular performer for Fierce Entertainment Agency in 2012.
Emma Douglas
Miss Emma rejoins the DW03 teaching faculty once again in 2012 as a student teacher with many years of dance experience behind her including jazz, street jazz, tap, classical & contemporary training. In 2010, she completed dance studies at Fairholme College which has a strong focus on contemporary dance. Miss Emma will be teaching PreSchool Tap & Jazz for the 3yrs+ and Contemporary dance classes to 8yrs+.
Jess Coupe
Dance wEST03’s Dance Captain. Jess was a also the winner of the 2012 Dance West Scholarship Program.
