Andrea Noebauer
Andrea has performed extensively in Linz, Vienna Austria) with ballet and hip hop groups and also additionally for radio channels and television. Since 1997 Andrea has also performed in summer training (open classes and workshops) at Wolfsegg (Austria) as well as dance weeks in Vienna (Austria), Cologne (Germany) and Cannes (France).
She was a participant in Open Classes (Ballet, Hip Hop, Jazz and Modern) at the Broadway Dance Centre and additionally at The Alvin Ailey School, New York/USA (from Oct-Nov 2003). She was also the Winner of the International Dance Challenge in Las Vegas, USA and in 2005 in “Production Number” with the dance group Tanzwerk Wels (Austria). This dance group is known for its broad variety of dance styles (modern, hip hop, ballroom dance).
Apart from dance Andrea is also a Pilates teacher, trained to conduct Mat and Reformer classes in Vienna, Austria. Andrea is also a qualified Physiotherapist.
Katie Chown
Katie Chown has strong foundations in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance techniques, having trained full-time since the age of 9 at the Graduate College of Dance and Terri Charlesworth Ballet Centre, Perth. She expanded on her Contemporary training and performance experience during her studies the Rotterdam Dance Academy, The Netherlands for the years 2003-2005.
Since returning home to Perth, Katie has worked a year full-time with Link Dance Company in association with the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, completing a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. She has been involved in performances with Youth Ballet W.A. and projects with choreographers such as Kim McKarthy, Annabelle Bonnery and Lucinda Coleman, as well as creating her own works with independent groups, artists and students.
Katie teaches ballet, contemporary and creative dance to schools around Perth and is currently a student of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University. Katie enjoys sharing her views of dance and her experiences with people who love to move and want to grow.
Nathan Hoyle
Nate, or Kid Drama as he is known, has been Breaking for seven years and has travelled internationally, enjoying everything Breaking and Hiphop has to offer. He represents Fresh Sox crew, Australia’s finest BBoys, as well as Crash Stomp Nastyboys, a local outfit of Bboys and DJs. Drama has battled consistently for the last four years and plans to keep rocking until the DJ stops…
In his classes, he aims to leave students with a good understanding of what makes Breaking work – the music, the fashion, the moves. Students will gain a solid foundation in toprocks, drops and footwork, and will have plenty of time to discover what they love about the dance.
Julia Preece
Julia has been dancing at SCAPA (formerly Southern Cross Dance) for 11 years now. Julia has been a star student and has trained in our top classes in Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz and Ballet. In 2007 Julia realised how much dance was a part of her life and that she had such a passion for it, she couldn’t help but dance. Julia knew that she wanted to pursue dance more and give it her all.
In 2008 Julia was trained as an assistant teacher, and completed a year apprenticeship in dance school management, event management and concert organisation.
In 2008, Julia completed the top level Jazz exam in the Christian Jazz Syllabus at SCD, and she became a dance teacher and also the Co-Leader of the SCD Contemporary performance team ‘Dare to Dance’, choreographing numerous performance pieces for experienced dancers and performing at different churches and special events across Perth. Julia has also performed at Project Dance Sydney, and has been part of a variety of Masterclasses from numerous teachers in many dance genres. Julia has such a passion for dance and would love to one day travel the world, learning more about dance.
Nicole Meyer
Nicole Meyer is the kids acting teacher at SCAPA, as well as teaching hip hop. Nicole is studying at Mount Lawley University/WAAPA, doing a double major in Theatre Studies and Contemporary Performance. Through her course she has had the opportunity to work with people such as Justice Crew, Jessica Mauboy, and Tsvet Productions.
Nicole has played lead roles in both screen and stage productions. She danced at Project Dance, Sydney, in 2010. She currently works for Azure Entertainment, performing with the Lady Velvet Cabaret Girls (LVC) and hosting Hen’s nights for them.
Nicole is also currently involved with a kids entertainment show called The Lulus, doing hosting and mascot work. In 2011 Nicole has also focussed on her singing, performing in several musical theatre shows including ‘Boy from Oz’.
Nicole is a fun-loving, energetic teacher, with a strong faith that helps her to be an amazing role model to those she teaches.
Sheena Meyer
Sheena started taking dance classes at high school because it was the only subject that had no homework! Much to her surprise she loved it and had the chance to perform several times at the Octagon Theatre. This sparked her passion for performance.
Having gained this new passion Sheena realised that she needed to learn more about dance, and so she joined classes at SCD. Through SCD she had the opportunity to perform many times in the church and the local community. Having increased her training she was asked to found a performance team, with her sister Nicole, and they began ‘Breakin’ Groundz’, a thriving performance team based in SCD. This gave her an outlet for her choreography.
In the last 12 months Sheena has been offered a position in ‘Lady Velvet Cabaret’, performed at Project Dance Sydney, taught Hip Hop at SCD and Ellenbrook Christian College, and she also hosts Hens Nights. She cannot get enough, wherever there’s a dance floor Sheena is on it. Sheena has participated in Masterclasses by top Hip Hop and dance artists such as Marko Panzic and Phly Crew in Sydney.
This year Sheena is excited to be teaching Hip Hop for high school students.
Bethan Smille
Bethan was introduced to the world of dance at just 3 years old, taking jazz, tap and ballet classes at her local dance school. These classes soon blossomed into a passion that had her dancing at every opportunity. Bethan took part in yearly exams to develop her technique and annual competitions that allowed her to work on her performance skills. During this time Bethan taught young children’s dance.
While she loved all styles of dance, Ballet proved to be her passion. After a year off from dance to concentrate on her year 12 studies, she was thrilled and humbled to accept an offer of a teaching place at Southern Cross Dance. The atmosphere and vision of SCD seemed a perfect fit, allowing Bethan the opportunity to continue learning and developing her own dancing, while also being able to pass on her experiences in the dance world to the students.
Claire Lowes
Claire danced throughout her childhood, and since adulthood has danced at Michelle Babicci’s School of Christian Dance. Claire has been part of Eagles of Praise dance group for ten years, and has toured extensively with this group. Claire is new to SCAPA in 2012, and will be teaching the younger jazz classes.