At the age of 3, Jenny began Physical Culture classes taking part in annual competitions.
This continued on for 7 years, until she came across the local dance school at the
age of 9 – then known as The Variety Stage School. The excitement of dance classes
took over and Physical Culture became a thing of the past.
During her younger years,
numerous genres were covered. There were many Eisteddfods to compete in, exams to
practise for, shopping center shows, fashion parades, festivals, fetes, carols by
candlelight’s and end of year concerts to perform in.
As a teenager Jenny was given
the opportunity to become a student teacher. Whilst at this studio Jenny was co-
Jenny has studied various dance syllabi
including; FATD, CBAA, RAD, ATOD and GWT. Obtaining honours plus and honours with
distinction in many exams.
She has been working with young children for over 15 years and has a Certificate
III in Children's Services and a current 1st Aid certificate.
Step In Time was established
in 2002 and is a dream come true. Starting with only 11 students the studio has grown
over the years and continues to be a very friendly place for young students to realise
their potential as a performer.
As part of her ongoing professional development Jenny
has attended workshops with choreographers such as William Forsyth, Fiona Gage, Kelly
Abbey, Glenn Wood and the ATOD 2009 & 2010 syllabus workshops.
Jenny flew to the USA
in July 2010 to take classes at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City.
Jenny
also attended the 'Come Together Dance Convention' in Melbourne in October 2009 where
she participated in the Rhee Gold workshops. Rhee is publisher of Dance studio Life
magazine USA and is a highly respected industry leader.
An inspiring aspect of this trip was meeting Li Cunxin and Justine Summers. Li is
the author of Mao's Last Dancer and former Principal Dancer in the Beijing Ballet
and Justine Summers is a former principal of the Australian Ballet. Jenny also had
the privilege of attending an open day at the Australian Ballet School.
Jenny will attend this convention again in 2012 to gather even more knowledge to
pass onto her students and teachers.
Jenny has been a dedicated member of Holroyd
Musical and Dramatic Society, since 1996. Favorite roles include ‘The Wicked Queen’
in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs the pantomime, ‘Cinderella’ in Cinderella the
pantomime, ‘Giggling Gertie’ in Oklahoma the musical, ‘Diane’ in Big the musical,
The NSW Premier and Soul Girl in Jesus Christ Superstar. Jenny has also choreographed
for the Holroyd Musical and Dramatic Society and served on their committee.
Singing has also been a big part of life as a dancer. Jenny has been given many opportunities to choreograph, sing and perform at Australia Day events. Other performances include the Small Business Awards and The Sydney Sings Spectacular with the Beethoven Society of Australia at Sydney Town Hall.
It had been a life long dream of Jenny's to open a dance studio. That dream came
true in 2002.
Jenny is totally dedicated to providing stimulating and challenging
learning environments for her students and looks forward to the future of Step In
Time Talent Studio.
