Jane Stephens
Dancer & Teacher (Northern Beaches, NSW)

Jane grew up at Collaroy Plateau, starting ballet, jazz and tap dancing lessons at the age of eight under Violet Meldrum, with whom she continued her studies into her twenties.

She also studied jazz ballet with Ronnie Arnold, an afro-american dancer who was in the first production of 'West Side Story' in Sydney and who later became the head of The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance Company.

From her mid-twenties to her thirties Jane took a break from dancing to raise a family, later returning to study and becoming a 'music therapist' at Rivendell, an adolescent unit for emotionally-distressed adolescents.

Jane also taught dance and drama over a period of five years at 'The Forward Care' performing arts holiday program at Crows Nest TAFE.

In recent years Jane further upgraded her teaching skills by attaining an Advanced Dance Teaching Certificate at The Queensland University of Technology. She now teaches jazz and tap to adults, teenagers and tots at Balgowlah, Neutral Bay and Narrabeen (The Tramshed Community Centre).

Jane would like to connect with potential dance students, singers, set designers and musicians.

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