BALLET / CONTEMPORARY
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OWNER
Pretty sure Meg is one of the most passionate dance people about!!
Royal Academy of Dance Qualified Ballet Teacher. Certificate IV in Performing Arts (Brent Street Studio’s, Sydney) Qualified Pilates Instructor.
Meg has been in the dance industry for over 30 years. Training in many styles from Ballet to Hip Hop all over the world. LA, NYC, London, France and Sydney. Meg spent 2 years travelling in America and Europe discovering dance in all its colours.
She is an advocate for the arts and that is her role now at MDH.
Meg is committed to Dance in QLD and is especially committed to unearthing talent here in Brisbane.
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CONTEMPORARY
Jacob Watton is a Brisbane-based choreographer and performer. Recently graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance at QUT. His choreographic credits include: Into the Blender, 2014 supported by the RADF and Queensland Government, Here, In My Bed, 2015 and Human (read Humane), 2016 at the DIY Festival, Loops, 2016 as part of the dance film series ‘Motion Capture’ and the development of and JULIET at the FAST Festival and QUT’s NEXUS series of original dance work. Most recently he premiered his first full length dance work, and JULIET, at the Supercell Contemporary Dance Festival in Brisbane.
Jacob has danced in works by Richard Causer (We Are Schadenfreude), Gareth Belling (Before), Yolande Brown (The Tipping Point, The Tipping Point: Beijing Dance Tour), Jen Murray (Brief Encounters, Vacancies of the Heart), Matthew Lawrence (A Short History of Life), Csaba Buday (Pack), Lucas Jervies (Smile), and Jack Chambers (Until Late).
Most recently Jacob is undergoing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at QUT where he is investigating choreographic practice and transdisciplinary collaboration.
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BALLET
John is a former dancer of Introdans company (the Netherlands) and the Staatstheater am Gaertnerplatz (Germany) and from 2017-2021 was the Director of the Melbourne Conservatoire of Ballet. He is currently a freelance ballet teacher in the Brisbane area and has taught for MAD, Griffith University - Qld Conservatorium, guest taught at QUT, former Expressions Dance Company and many ballet schools. John has a Degree in Ballet Pedagogy from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, Germany.
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BALLET POINTE
Cherie’s early dance training began in Mildura, Victoria and Mount Isa Queensland where she took classes in Ballet, Irish Dance, Contemporary, Jazz and Tap. She had regular exposure to classes, competitions, workshops and performance opportunities across Eastern Australia with dancers and tutors from companies including the Australian Ballet, Queensland Ballet and Dance North.
After moving to Toowoomba to attend university, Cherie continued her dance studies and teacher training under Dale Coles at the Toowoomba School of Dance. She taught Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Irish Dance and Street Funk in both Toowoomba and Stanthorpe and continued to perform across South East Queensland with a number of local troupes and performance companies including the Toowoomba Philharmonic Society and USQ Opera. A highlight was being cast as Louise in Roger and Hammerstein’s “Carousel”.
Cherie moved to Brisbane after graduating from university and has continued to teach and choreograph on a freelance basis across Southern and South East Queensland. She has been teaching at MDH since 2016 and is passionate about teaching adults of all ages and levels of experience.
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BALLET / CONTEMPORARY
Hannah Kelly trained in classical ballet and contemporary dance at the New Zealand School of Dance and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Queensland University of Technology. She has built an extensive career in the performing arts, working as an independent artist in Australia before relocating to Europe, where she performed with various companies in theatre houses including SemperOper Dresden, Landesbühnen Sachsen, Theater Basel, Staatstheater Cottbus, and Staatsoperette Dresden, as well as in numerous independent productions.
In recent years, Hannah has transitioned into offstage roles and worked as rehearsal director and director’s assistant on productions with SemperOper Dresden, Landesbühnen Sachsen, Staatsoperette Dresden. She served as permanent Rehearsal Director for Tanz Company, Theater Regensburg from 2024–2025.
Hannah has taught ballet and contemporary technique extensively for both professionals and beginners, and is excited to share her passion for dance through her classes. After 15 years abroad, Hannah has returned to Brisbane and is thoroughly enjoying reconnecting with the local arts community.
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BALLET, CONTEMPORARY
Clare is an emerging artist based in Meanjin, Brisbane, with a focus in contemporary dance and dance theatre.
Clare formally trained in full-time ballet in Western Australia during her late teens, followed by tertiary education at the Queensland University of Technology. Upon graduating with a Distinction in Performing Arts, Clare has since developed a growing independent practice grounded in movement and collaborative performance-making.
Clare has participated in a number of festivals and events, including Anywhere Festival, Backbone Festival, Horizon Festival, HOTA Underground, soloist in Stephanie Lake’s Colossus, Studio1’s Testing Site, and recently as a performer and collaborator for BAHALA/O at Metro Arts.
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CONTEMPORARY
Georgia has a tertiary degree in dance from QUT. She is an independent contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher in Brisbane. Georgia has an effervescent personality, is down to earth and mightily skilled and dedicated to her practice. She has danced in festivals locally and internationally including Elektra (Montreal, Canada) Arts Electronica-(Linz, Austria) Supercell Dance Festival in Brisbane.
Georgia centres her artistic practice around playfulness, which she encourages in her classes as well. Most recently, she has worked in development with Phluxus2 Dance Collective, performed in Voiiid Collective's premiere work, LAMINA, and had her short dance film Housesitting selected for La Danza in 1 Minuto's international online competition.
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BALLET
Kohei Iwamoto is a Japanese-born former ballet dancer who began his training at the Sadamatsu Hamada Ballet Studio in Hyogo. He later received a full scholarship to The Australian Ballet School after competing at the Youth America Grand Prix in Japan.
Kohei launched his professional career with the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2010, where he performed Principal roles in numerous major classical ballets, and took part in new creations by renowned choreographers including Liam Scarlett, Ethan Stiefel, Johan Kobborg, and Alexander Ekman. In 2018, he joined Queensland Ballet as a Soloist and was swiftly promoted to Senior Soloist just two months later by then Artistic Director Li Cunxin AO. During his time with the company, Kohei performed a wide range of leading roles, earning acclaim for his artistry, versatility, and stage presence.
With over 15 years of international performance experience, Kohei now dedicates his energy to teaching and coaching. He brings a wealth of knowledge, creativity, and care to his work with emerging dancers, nurturing the next generation with the same passion that fuelled his own career.
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BALLET, CONTEMPORARY
After completing an Advanced Diploma of Dance at the Australian Ballet School Anastasia began her professional career in ballet with the Queensland Ballet. She then moved to Europe and after a short stint with the Graz Opera Ballet, joined the Norwegian National Ballet where she danced both principal and soloist roles.
Following this Anastasia joined Sweden's Gothenburg Opera Ballet, performing works by renowned contemporary choreographers including Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Tero Saarinen and Ohad Naharin.
Returning to Australia, Anastasia joined The Australian Dance Theatre and danced in works by Gary Stewart including Birdbrain, Held and the Age Of Unbeauty.
After retiring from performing, and 11 years and 3 kids later, she returned briefly to dance with Expressions Dance Company at the age of 40.
Anastasia is also an Australian Memory Champion, the first female to be named as having the best memory in Australia. She holds several Australian memory records. She has adapted these memory techniques and can teach dancers to quickly create and accurately remember newly choreographed movement sequences. Anastasia regularly appears in the news and on radio as a memory expert, and was a contestant on Australian Survivor. She also holds a Bachelor of Economics, is a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo and is a keen Yoga enthusiast.