Miss Karlee

Karlee began dancing at the age of 3, and has been teaching at JLD Dance Studio for over 10 years.

She began dancing at Bathurst School of Performing Arts, which was later bought by Jessica Turnbull. This is when JLD was born, in which Karlee continued to train as a student, and then working as a teacher.  Under this training, Karlee has completed examinations (RAD, ADA (formerly FATD)), and competed in eisteddfods as a soloist and group dancer.  Throughout this time, Karlee was also personally trained by Glenn Wood (Glenn Wood Tap), as a solo and exam student, and was invited by Glenn to be part of his performance troupe. She has performed in local productions and performances, as well as larger productions such as ‘School Spectacular’ as part of her school dance groups and the state selected Tap Ensemble. Karlee has also performed in 3 of the 4 JLD USA Tours, and as a teacher and choreographer for the 4th.

At the age of 16, Karlee successfully auditioned for Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where she moved to Sydney on her own to complete her Year 11 and 12 schooling. She was lucky enough to not only study Dance, but also Classical Ballet as a HSC subject. During this time, Karlee prepared and completed major RAD ballet examinations under Hilary Kaplan at Alegria Dance Studios.

After finishing school, Karlee moved back to Bathurst and began her focus on her career in dance teaching.  She completed her ADA teaching exams, as well as her Certificate IV in Dance Teaching and Management. Karlee also is a certified Barre Attack instructor, and completed her Diploma in Early Childhood, with over 10 years of experience in this field.

Miss Taylor

The creative genious behind the scenes of the studio. Taylor began dancing at a very young age, with her first time on stage at just 18 months old! While dance was not always her only passion, she grew up in the studio, completing exams in ADA and RAD.  As she got older, her dance interest grew, and she has been in the studio every week both as a student and a teacher for the past 5 years!

Taylor has performed in all 4 USA tours, representing JLD Dance Studio in Florida, California, and Hawaii. She is our resident Lil Groovers teacher, busting out all of the moves with some of our tiniest dancers! 

Her Diploma of Beauty compliments the dance world, sharing her expertise through hair and make up. 

She also is the queen behind our merchandise, costuming and marketing, and when she is not in the studio you will find her creating the next piece of DanceGlow merchandise.