From the age of 18 months Janine has danced the night away and although many years have passed nothing has changed. Trained in the ATOD, CSTD and Les Griffiths Syllabi, Janine completed examinations with exceptional marks in Ballet, Tap and Jazz. She became a student teacher at the age of 14 and completed both her ATOD Junior teachers certificate at 16 and ATOD Associate Teachers Diploma at the age of 18.
Janine has always loved teaching students of all ages and taught at various local schools within the community. Her down to earth nature has encouraged students of all ages and abilities to experience the joys of dance.
Janine has performed in the international dance review at Hotel Hyukomungoku, Japan; Warana Dance Spectacular Brisbane Riverstage; Expo ’88; National Character performer in Coppelia at Gold Coast Arts Centre; Various Dance Parades; ATOD scholarships; and numerous eisteddfods.
Although Janine’s passion for dance has never waived, she took some time out and completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting. She pursued a ‘Day Job’ as an accountant and became a mum of 2 but the dance bug bit again in 2010 in the form of Zumba which revived her passion for everything dance and saw her begin instructing by January 2011. Then in 2013 Step Right Dance opened its doors to the first intake of students and now caters for students 2yrs right through to adults.
Janine loves sharing her passion with everyone and is a certified instructor in Zumba Fitness, Zumba Toning, Zumba Gold, HotHula Fitness, VeraFlow, PoundFit, Certified Acrobatic Arts Instructor as well as holding a Cert iii in Fitness, Cert iv in Dance Teaching and Management.