Our Teachers and Staff

Miss Apryl  - Principal
Stage Classes, Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern, Trios, Duos and Solos

Apryl has achieved her Certificate 3 in Live production, Theatre and Events (CUE30203.) 

At TAFE she completed her “Community and Services Certificate for the units of Care For Children (CHCCN2C)” with Distinction, as well as the “Work Effectively with Families in caring for their child (CHCRF1C)”.
Apryl completed her Dance Teaching Apprenticeship Certificate in 2009. Since then her stand out achievements is Head Dance Coach of the Northern Sydney Scholastic and Sports Academy and becoming the ever popular Principal of Vibe Dance Studios.
Among her other accomplishments are:
  • Australian Performer of Dance USA Tour in 2007 - Performer and Dance Captain of the Interstate K Mart Girl Express Tour to Melbourne, Queensland and New South Wales.- Dance Captain of Warringah Rats Cheerleaders 2009/2010 and Manly United Cheerleaders Dance Captain 2008 - 2010.
  • Dance Captain and performer in the Australian launch of the films "Fame" and "Sex and The City"
  • She has worked at numerous Northern Beaches dance schools between 2009 and 2011, as their Hip Hop, Contemporary and Tap Teacher.  Apryl also works at local high schools like Cromer and Elevate Performing Arts (Strathfield) as their Hip Hop, Jazz and Tap teacher in 2011. This school is part of the Meriden Anglican School for Girls dance program. 

As a dance teacher Apryl designs her classes to motivate boys and girls alike. She designs her dance classes to be progressive, safe, effective and fun.

Children are encouraged to strive for, and reach individual goals. Apryl always takes great pride in her teaching and with her experience as a teacher she encourages and broadens their love of dance and music.
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Miss Nerissa 
R.A.D Ballet Examination Classes

Nerissa began her dance training at the age of 4 at Glen Street Academy of Performing Arts. Here she studied Classical Ballet, Modern Contemporary, Jazz and Tap dancing.

In 1993, Nerissa completed her Bachelor of Arts in Dance at the University of Western Sydney. Nerissa has performed at leading club venues and promotional events throughout Sydney, including performing abroad in Japan and on Star Cruise liners.

In 1997 Nerissa completed her Royal Academy of Dancing teachers certificate with Distinction and has been teaching Classical Ballet in Sydney for over 16 years. Nerissa’s exceptional teaching ability allows students    
                                                          growth and success within the RAD syllabus.
Miss Toni 
Ballet, Jazz and Tap 

Asking to go to class at age 3 Toni brings a lifetime of passion for dance to her classes. Training from test 1 to teacher in Jazz, Tap & Ballet, adding Contemporary, Hip Hop, Scottish & Irish to expand her knowledge.

She has performed nationally with the Surfers Paradise Meter Maids & internationally with Atod. 

Toni draws on her passion for all things dance to inspire beautiful dancers out of her students. Toni has 30 years dance experience with local dance schools as well as 15 years teaching experience. She has 14 years of choreographic background as well as extensive experience with dance school concerts and dance Eisteddfods.
Her Professional Development includes, ADAP Syllabus Major Certificate 1, ATOD Syllabus Junior Jazz Teaching Certificate, ATOD Syllabus Jazz test 1 to Advanced, ATOD Syllabus Tap test 1 to Gold Bar.  RAD Syllabus Classical Pre-Elementary and Elementray. Les Griffit Syllabus Tap gold medal to gold bar.
Miss Michele 
Stage Classes, Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern, Solos

Completed RAD Ballet Examinations Grade 4 - Advanced 2, Gymnastics Level 4 & Irish Dancing
Studied - Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap, Ballroom, Acro, Partner work, Choreography
Professional level in - Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Contemporary

Appeared on So You Think You Can Dance Australia 2009 Finale, Choreographed and performed in Prescence Conference 2005-2010, 1st place in various Hip Hop Competitions and Call back for HSC Dance 2007
 
Singing Experience - Performing Arts Course IV, Brent Street, Australian Youth Choir, Various Singing teachers, Brent Street Choir and CCC Prescence Choir
Mr Chris 
Acrobatics, Hip Hop Foundation and Solos

In 2011 Chris completed his Cert IV Performing Arts, Sydney, Australia at Brent street and Mango Dance studio Dance. Chris is comfortable teaching many dance styles from Hip Hop, Break dancing, Bollywood, Tango to Jazz. 
2014 
• His worked included being a Dancer and Choreographer in the commercial for the “Toyota Campaign” for Japan.
• He was also the Assistant choreographer and dancer for "Australian Arabian equestrian Finals".
A few of his other works include:
• Lead Male Dancer for “Shut up and Dance” Video clip by Linda Wood and the Immaculate Crew.
• Choreographer and performer for "R.J Chops" music video.
• Performer at "Turn up the music" held by Brent Street at the Seymour Theatre .
• Performer at "Dance like the Last Dance" held by Brent Street at NIDA Parade Theatre.
• Represented and Performed for Mango Dance Studios at "Australian Dance Festival".
Miss Felicity
RAD Ballet Teacher 
BA, Dance, Munich. PDPTC, RAD, Berlin and London.

Miss  Felicity trained in Sydney with Marilyn Jones, Tanya Pearson & Amanda Clerke as well as the Royal Ballet and Australian Ballet Principals at Chambers de Maria Ballet as well as with Professor John Mullins.

She received all Honours marks for her RAD exams and was the youngest to graduate and the youngest to ever gain a contract at Munich Ballet. 

Her many awards have included Dancer of the Year, Publikum’s Liebling Award and International Critic’s Award. Also very recently, the rarely awarded Lifetime Achievement Award for her artistry as dancer, actress and choreographer, awarded by the German Government. 

After completing a highly successful 25 year career as Leading Soloist and Principal Artist, as well as a Resident Choreographer at 3 of Europe's most prestigious Ballet Companies; Felicity has now relocated to her home town of Sydney. She now looks forward to passing on her expertise to her new students at Vibe Dance Studios. 
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Miss Tannealle               
RAD Ballet Teacher  
Bachelor Of Arts (Honors), Diploma in Dance Performance from National College of Dance 
Masters in Performance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance London
            
Originally trained as a full time classical dancer in Australia by Tanya Pearson and Marie Walton-Mahon (now National College of Dance), Miss Tannealle travelled around Europe with Transitions Dance Company.     

Since retuning she has taught at several dance schools in the Sydney area preparing students for RAD ballet exams and group/ solo competitions in both contemporary dance and ballet.         
​Miss Veronika 
Ballet and Jazz
Bachelor Degree - Major in Dance and Performance

​Veronika started dancing and performing at the age of 4. She studied all style of dance including: ballet, hip hop, jazz, tap, contemporary, lyrical, ballroom dance, disco dance and majorettes. 

In 2011 she won the Annabel Catt Memorial Performing Arts Award.

Veronika competed in Slovakian, European and World Dance Championships around the Europe including Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Poland etc. The biggest achievement so far was the 2nd Place in World Dance Championship in Bremen- Germany.  

In 2009 Veronika auditioned and was accepted into a full time 6 year course at the Ballet Conservatory.

Apart from dancing, Veronika loves drama and was a part of several Australian feature films, short films, TV commercials, music videos, promotional videos, web series etc.

Veronika has a lot of experiences with teaching and Choreographing and in 2015 Veronika Completed her Bachelor Degree Major in Dance and Performance at Macquarie University- Sydney.

She loves to work with kids and see their reach their full potential. 
​Miss Megan
Jazz, Limba and Contemporary

Megan completed her HSC at Newtown Performing Arts School in Sydney, furthering her training, she completed her Cert IV at ED5 international in 2003 and Urban Dance in 2010.
 
Megan was in one of the first cast to dance at the Venetian Casino, Macau. Continuing her stay in Macau, she joined the cast of ''Della Notte'' then moved over to the Sands Casino as a ''Glamour Girl'' under Bor Productions. She has toured India free styling in clubs over Mumbai, New Deli and Bangalore, returning once more for a cabaret tribute show to launch Jet Airways airline. 
 
She has performed in many corporate events both in Sydney and Overseas including John Legends after party and Snoop Dogs pre entertainment at the Star, Sydney.Megan danced for Princess Cruises over 4 years completing 6 contracts traveling the world in the many of there production shows.

Megan has been in TVCs including Toyota, KFC, Vodafone and for LLBean clothing which was aired in the USA.
She enjoys sharing her love and wealth of knowledge of the performing Arts to anyone who is willing to learn.  
Simeon D’Arcy
Director Vibe Dance Studios

From a very young age I danced or have been involved in the dance and art world. Starting with ballet and then moving on to modern/contemporary, I loved to dance at any opportunity. Growing up in an extremely creative home made my pull towards the arts even stronger. I continued to dance for the next 15 years for the pure love of the movement and expression dance afforded me. I never lost the passion for dance, always immersing myself in the dance world through theatre productions and now through my children and of course through Vibe Dance Studios.

I am blessed to have two children that share my passion for dance and I have the unique perspective of being a parent at Vibe Dance Studios as well as running things in the background. With this perspective I am able to improve issues that we face from both angles, thus making it an amazing dance school for my staff as well as my students!

My education background is in Psychology where I obtained my Psychology Honours degree (Cum Laude) and then went on to qualify as a Psychometrist, while also counselling individuals and couples.  My need to broaden my horizons took me overseas and I eventually settled in England where I honed my administrative skills by becoming an Executive Assistant in the Banking Industry. However, I soon realised the corporate world was not for me as I longed to work with children and I needed to be around creative people.

Working with children has always been my dream, I just had to find a way to make it happen! When I managed Vibe Dance Studios in 2012, I realised that this was a perfect balance of my administrative background, while fulfilling all my other wish lists and more! Not forgetting my talented team of teachers, who I rely on heavily for their extensive dance knowledge and talent, I am able to own and run this amazing dance studio! With the support of my family, our teachers and students we can only go from strength to strength at Vibe Dance Studios.

Please join us as we grow and learn as the Vibe Family.