Our Teachers and Staff

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Miss Nerissa 
RAD 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 Tennealle               
RAD Registered 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 Tennealle has qualified to teach the amazing new 
Progressing Ballet Technique programme as well as becoming a registered RAD Ballet teacher.
Miss Sarah
Stage, Jazz and Modern and RAD Registered Ballet Teacher


Sarah began her dance training at the age of 8, training in all styles at Valerie Smith Stage School. Moving to Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy to focus on Ballet and Contemporary dance, Sarah trained in their Transition Program.

After completing her Higher School Certificate in 2018, Sarah began her full time training in Brent Street's Classical and Contemporary stream, gaining her Diploma of Elite Performance focusing on Classical and Contemporary. 
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In 2020, Sarah gained her teaching qualification in the Progressing Ballet Technique syllabus and she has most recently become a Royal Academy of Dance registered teacher gaining her Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies in 2023.

Training
2023
RAD registered teacher
2020
Progressing Ballet Technique teaching qualification
2019
Brent Street 2019 – Diploma of Elite Performance focusing on Classical and Contemporary 2019
Sydney Dance Company Professional Intensive – Five Day Intensive, April 
Dance Teacher in Training 2017 to 2019 – Teaching Grade 3 and 4 RAD Ballet, Assistant teaching RAD Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical and Acrobatics
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2018
Teaching Davidson High School Junior Dance Ensemble
Valerie Smith Stage School 2016 to 2018 – RAD Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz, Musical Theatre and Competition Groups
Miss Jessie 
Stage, Junior and Senior Teacher
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Jessie began her passion for dance from the age of 9 at the mid north dance school, Andrea Rowsell Academy of Dance, training in Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Contemporary and Tap. Completing her RAD Ballet exams from Grade 1 to Advanced 1. Moving to Sydney in 2019 she trained at ED5 International graduating in 2020, where she expanded her skills in singing (under Ainsley Oates) and acting (under Nigel Turner-Carroll, Ed Wightman and Monica Zanetti) and was granted an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts. Her performing and tv credits include: The Arnott’s Foundation Gala Ball 2020 - William A Forsythe, Phillip Filo
Think Brick Awards 2019- Phillip Filo
Australian Dance Festival 2022 - Cody Clayton
Industry Night 2021, 2023 - Cody Clayton 
Pieces of Her - Netflix 
Jessie’s love for dance comes from choreography with commercial jazz being the focal part of her passion. Teaching in schools across Sydney for the past 4 years, she loves pushing her students to be their very best.
Miss Charlize
Musical Theatre, Jazz, Lyrical and Hip Hop Teacher - Solo Lessons
Training:
​Performing Arts Cert 3 in assistant dance teaching with ATOD - Cert 4 in Dance teaching and
management - Cert 4 in Dance - Diploma in Musical Theatre with ATOD at Village Nation.
Dancing WAPPA propel course (2018) Jody Marshall Dance Company (2017-2020) Smash Dance
Company (2006-2021) Village Nation (2022-2023)
Acting Mark Hill/ Nigel Turner-Carrol/ Grace Stamnas
Singing Sarah Bakker/Andrew Bevis/ Rebecca Selley/ Michelle Barr
Special Skills Latin Training, Pas De Deux, Acrobatic Skills, Point work.
Miss Annie and Miss Winnie Co-Teachers
Baby Ballet, Tiny Jazz, Pre-Primary Ballet and Junior Jazz 
Training:
Miss Annie has danced at North Balgowlah School of Dance school since  the age of 4 until her HSC.She did her HSC at Stella Maris college 
She has completed  RAD ballet up to Advanced 1 and ISTD modern up to Advanced 2.

​Miss Winnie (tbc)
Simeon D’Arcy
Director/Owner of 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.