Teachers

Belinda Adams - Principal
The Studio Principal, Belinda Adams shares with students nearly 30 years of dance experience. Belinda has danced since a very young age, where she studied Ballet, Jazz, and Tap. She has completed exams in all genres with outstanding results. Through her dancing years Belinda has performed at Eisteddfods, performed at various public performances, attended dance workshops around Australia and overseas and studied the theory and safety of dance. Being a CSTD qualified teacher and a member of the CSTD Qld Committee, Belinda is always kept up to date with the dance industry news and the current trends while being able to help enhance CSTD for the future.

In 2011 Belinda travelled to New York to attend an intensive teacher workshop run by Broadway Dance Centre. Here she learnt from top choreographers and dancers including Wade Robson, Rob Hoffman, Gil Duldulao, Laurianne Gibson and Desmond Richardson. This fully accredited and certified course gave Belinda an array of knowledge across all dance genres and fresh choreography and techniques to bring back to NSD students.

At Northside School of Dance, Belinda provides students of all ages with a fun and nurturing environment to learn the discipline of dance. Her aim is to pass on her passion, energy and enthusiasm for dance to her students and instill in them the necessary foundations and techniques for this timeless art form.

Marc Clayton - Senior Teacher
As the senior teacher at Northside School of Dance, Marc brings over 25 years of dance experience, along with an impressive performance background. Marc’s performance resume includes; Qld Ballet, Australian Ballet, Ballet Theatre Qld, Disneyland, Universal Studios along with various eisteddfods and public performances around Australia. Marc is a fully qualified personal trainer and has also completed exams in the RAD and CSTD dance syllabus with excellent results. Marc constantly attends workshops and classes to stay up to date with current trends and the latest styles. He has a love of hip hop and musical theatre which keeps him returning to New York regularly for inspiration.

With his extensive performance and educational background, Marc provides NSD students with high quality dance education. He brings an energetic and fresh approach to all classes and is eager to help students perfect their skills across all dance styles.

Stacey Butler - Acrobatics
Energetic and passionate, Stacey brings over 10 years acrobatic experience to NSD. She started acrobatics training at the age of 14 and previous to that has studied jazz, tap and ballet and has completed CSTD Exams for all styles (including acrobatics). Stacey is also a professional performer with the Brutal Ballet Company which tours both throughout Australia and overseas. Her passion for acrobatics enables her to stay up to date with the new and exciting tricks all of which she is able to demonstrate tricks for her students. Stacey takes great pride in enforcing strength gaining in students as well as teaching students how to safely and correctly spot tricks.

Janet Theil - Tap & Musical Theatre
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