Mordialloc Dance Studio Teachers
Emma Green
Dance coordinator
Emma started dancing at 5 and has trained in tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip hop and musical theatre. When she was sixteen, Emma began training at Patrick Studios Australia where she was in the Senior Elite program for two years. After finishing her VCE, Emma began her Full Time Dance training with PSA in the Performing Arts Course and gained her Certificate 3 and 4 in Dance (2013).
Emma transferred over to the Musical Theatre Course in 2014 and graduated with a Diploma in Musical Theatre at the end of 2015. Emma performed in the show ‘Spring Awakening’, ‘Twisted Broadway’, and played the role of Cassie in ‘A Chorus Line’.
This is Emma’s 7th year teaching at MCC and has now taken on the roleas Dance Co-Ordinator. Emma is passionate about dance and cannot wait to meet all the smiling faces at MCC.
Jess Cogley
Jess began training in jazz and tap at the age of 9, and eventually picked up all other styles throughout her teenage years. Jess obtained her Certificate 3 in Performing Arts (Dance) at DanceWorld Studios, graduating in 2010, before beginning her full time dance training at Patrick Studios Australia in the Professional Development Course in Performing Art (Dance). Through this course, she trained extensively in jazz, commercial, contemporary, hip hop, lyrical, musical theatre, tap as well as singing and acting training; learning from some of the best teachers and choreographers in Melbourne.
Jess has performed at many corporate and charity events around Melbourne, gained experience in dance in television and has competed throughout Australia. Jess is a qualified Exercise Scientist, after having completed her Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science at Deakin University in 2017. In 2018 she will be commencing a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) at Monash University. Jess took on the position of Dance Coordinator in 2017, and has been teaching at Mordialloc Community Centre the past 9 years.
Tamika Sheehan
Tamika started as a gymnast here at MCC from 2003-2014 working all the way up to WAG level 7.
Tamika then pursued her other dream of becoming a dancer!
Tamika danced at MCC for 6 years before being accepted into full time dance at Spectrum School of Dance in 2019. Tamika worked at MCC as an assistant dance teacher whilst studying her course. Tamika has now been teaching as a dance teacher since 2020.
Ruby Paterno
Ruby is a Melbourne based dancer and artist. She is passionate about following creativity through dance.
Ruby has recently graduated from Transit Dance’s Pre-Professional Contemporary Pathway with a Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance) and a Certificate IV in dance teaching and management. She is also currently studying a 200 hour vinyasa yoga alliance accreditation to become a yoga teacher.
In the future, Ruby hopes to pursue a freelance dance and art career, creating contemporary dance works and continue expanding her teaching skills and knowledge.
Kathleen Pope
Kathleen has been dancing as a student at Mordialloc for 17 years in a range of classes including ballet, jazz, acro and contemporary and been an assistant the past few years. Alongside teaching, Kathleen will be studying communication design at RMIT. The studio has become a second home and she is so excited to create a fun and safe place for students to grow just as Kathleen’s teachers have done for her.
Assistant Dance Teachers
We also have an enthusiastic team of assistant teachers helping in our junior classes. These assistants are students of ours who are now able to learn the skills of teaching dance from their senior teacher. Our assistant teachers this year are; Ella Bater and Tia Roberts
