Meet the Team | Mosman Dance Academy

FACULTY

Miss Jasmin

Principal & Founder

Jasmin has over 24 years experience training students in classical ballet. She has travelled to ballet schools and companies across Europe including The Royal Ballet School, The Royal Ballet Company and The Birmingham Royal Ballet Company for education and training. She has also served on the Royal Academy of Dance Regional Advisory Panel for over 2 years.
At 18, Jasmin founded Mosman Dance Academy which has grown

into one of Sydney’s most successful dance schools. In 2011 she founded Sydney Ballet School, a full-time classical ballet training school, to prepare young ballet dancers for a career in classical ballet. Since then her students have won major international and local classical ballet competitions and have been accepted into The Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School, The Dutch National Ballet Academy, Queensland Ballet School, Zurich Ballet School and The Australian Ballet School. Jasmin’s passion and dedication to her students enables them to achieve the highest standards in technicality, musicality and artistry.

Miss Emma

Classical Ballet, Private Coaching

Miss Emma started ballet at a very young age and studied full time from the age of fifteen. In 2010 Emma toured Europe auditioning for vocational and accepted a position at the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague under the direction of Vim Broekx. At the conservatoire Emma was trained under ex soloist of the Paris Opera Ballet Pierre Darde. Miss Emma had the privilege of performing such pieces as 'Jewels' by George Balanchine, Over Grown Path by Juri Kylian, she performed at festival Classique

dancing 'planets' by Thom Stuart and performed with a junior company ' De Dutch Dance Division' in a soloist roll of their production of 'Abdullah'. Emma is a qualified Royal Academy of Dance teacher after completing her certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies in 2017.

Miss Tessa

Classical Ballet, Lyrical, Private Coaching

Miss Tessa started ballet at age 3 and began training at Mosman Dance Academy in 2011. She has completed all of her RAD examinations and achieved distinctions in all examinations up to Advanced 1. At the age of 8, Tessa was accepted into the Australian Ballet School interstate training program and continued in this program for 5 years. She has competed as a soloist in various competitions such as Sydney Eisteddfod and has won multiple awards for classical ballet, demi- character, contemporary and lyrical. Miss Tessa has always been passionate about dance, and always wants to share her love of dance with her students.

Miss Lauren

Classical Ballet | Private Coaching

Miss Bianca has trained in all styles of competitive dance for over a decade in New York USA. Bianca moved to Sydney in 2021 and completed her accelerated HSC dance certificate, receiving a band 6 mark and callback nomination. Following this she completed a undergraduate qualification in dance, and studied to become an Acrobatic Arts instructor. Miss Bianca is registered to teach Acro Arts from pre school up untill pre professional 2. Additionally, Bianca teaches a wide variety of dance styles, and is a certified and

practicing Pilates instructor. Miss Bianca is passionate about teaching students proper alignment and technique, so they are able to support their bodies and passions for years to come.

Miss Sofia

Classical Ballet, Jazz, Private Coaching

Miss Sofia started her training with ballet at Mosman Dance Academy when she was 2 years old. During her time at MDA she has completed RAD examinations and achieved distinctions in all exams up to Advanced Foundation. Miss Sofia has won numerous awards at competitions both as a group eisteddfod member and a soloist for over 10 years, in styles such as classical ballet, demi-character and contemporary. Alongside her classical training, Miss Sofia has developed a love for broadway jazz and modern

contemporary. She continues her training with the Sydney Dance Company and at Sydney University where she studies theatre and performance. Miss Sofia has always loved dance and hopes to encourage younger generations through her coaching.

Miss Bianca

Jazz, Private Coaching, Choreography

practicing Pilates instructor. Miss Bianca is passionate about teaching students proper alignment and technique, so they are able to support their bodies and passions for years to come.

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Miss Sabine

Classical Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Private Coaching

Miss Sabine is an accomplished triple threat, trained in dance styles of classical ballet, jazz, hiphop, musical theatre, contemporary and tap. Although currently completing a Diploma of Musical theatre at Brent Street, she owes her love of dance to Mosman Dance Academy. After being a student at MDA for over a decade, she returned to teach in 2023. Miss Sabine has completed her RAD ballet examinations up to Advanced 1, choreographed award winning competition solos, and loves creating connections with all students at the school.

Miss Buya

Classical Ballet, Private Coaching

Miss Buya began her ballet training in Mongolia at the age of six. She later moved to Australia and from 2022 has trained both part-time and full-time with Mosman Dance Academy and Sydney Ballet School. During this period she achieved High Distinction in her RAD Advanced
2 examination and performed extensively as both a soloist and esiteddfod member, earning multiple awards at competitions. Miss Buya is an Isobel Anderson Award finalist and Asian Grand Prix

finalist, and was accepted into the Dutch National Ballet School professional program. Since joining the teaching faculty in 2025, Buya has focused on sharing her passion for ballet and supporting students as they build technical skill, confidence, and a genuine enjoyment of dance.

Miss Vittoria

Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Private Coaching

Miss Vittoria began dancing at Mosman Dance Academy at the age of 3, dedicating 15 years to developing her passion for dance. Completing RAD examinations up to Advanced Foundation. She competed in numerous eisteddfods, including the Sydney Eisteddfod, participating in group and solo performances across classical ballet, contemporary, demi-character and jazz, receiving multiple awards for her performances. Miss Vittoria developed a particular love for contemporary dance, performing and

choreographing her own solos. She also held dance leadership and captaincy roles during her final years of school. Miss Vittoria hopes to inspire students to build confidence, embrace their individuality and experience the joy of performing, creating special memories and discovering their own love for dance, just as she did.

Miss Evie

Classical Ballet, Private Coaching

Miss Evie started ballet at MDA when she was four years old, continuing with the school for ten years under the tuition of Jasmin, Paris and Celine Bobyk. She has competed in both soloist and group competitions since the age of six, winning awards across ballet, demi-character, contemporary and lyrical categories. She has been a Sydney Eisteddfod finalist. Miss Evie attended the Queensland Ballet Summer School for many years, and was

accepted to the Queensland Ballet Guest Associate Program which she participated in for two years. She completed her Royal Academy of Dance examinations with Distinction up to Advanced Foundation, additionally being selected as a finalist for the RAD Joan & Monica Halliday Awards and the Isobel Anderson Awards.

Miss Celine

Guest Teacher

Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Private Coaching, Choreography

Miss Celine has studied classical ballet since the age of three and trained with MDA for over 10 years. She has studied RAD classical ballet, Cecchetti ballet, contemporary, Martha Graham contemporary, jazz and hip hop. She has completed all RAD examinations up to and including Advanced 2 with distinction. Miss Celine also had the valuable experience of

studying classical ballet full time and travelled Europe auditioning at prestige ballet and contemporary schools. Junior soloists and groups trained by Miss Celine have won local competitions and eisteddfods including two gold, two silver and two bronze medals at this years Sydney Eisteddfod.

Miss Heidi

Guest Teacher

Classical Ballet, Private Coaching

Heidi Blackburn moved to the Gold Coast at 14 to study classical ballet full-time under RAD examiner and doyen of ballet Prudence Bowen. In 2016, Heidi founded Atelier Australia, a boutique studio that became one of the most successful schools in South/East Queensland. She has had students compete in and reach the finals of international ballet competitions such as the Prix de Lausanne, Genee International Ballet Competition (now known at The

Fonteyn International Ballet Competition) and the Alana Haines Australasian Awards. Her students have gone on to train at the Royal Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, English National Ballet School, John Cranko Schule, Australian Ballet School, Queensland Ballet Academy, Brussels International Ballet School, Orlando Ballet School and the New Zealand School of Dance.

Miss Arisa

Guest Teacher

Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Private Coaching

Miss Arisa began her training at Mosman Dance Academy in 2005. During her time at the school she achieved a distinction in all of her RAD examinations and was awarded her Solo Seal. She was also accepted into the Australian Ballet School’s Interstate Training Program at the age of eight and was later offered a scholarship to the school in 2013. The following year she attended the Royal

Ballet Summer Intensive. Arisa was a two time semi finalist at the Genée International Competition and a finalist at the Japan Grand Prix. After graduating from Sydney Ballet School in 2016, she would continue her training with the Alberta Ballet School. There she completed Advanced 2 in the Cechetti method and had the chance to perform in the Alberta Ballet Company’s production of The Sleeping Beauty. This year she graduated from their Post Graduate Program.

Miss Naomi

Guest Teacher

Classical Ballet, Private Coaching

Naomi started ballet at Mosman Dance Academy when she was 5 years old and commenced full time training at Sydney Ballet School in 2014. At the age of 8, she was accepted into the Australian Ballet School’s Interstate Training Program. Naomi has won numerous awards in competitions in Classical, Contemporary and Demi-character dance. She received the Tessa Maunder Encouragement Award for the most promising female of the year

in 2013. She also received the Sydney Eisteddfod Robert and Elizabeth Albert Junior Classical Ballet Scholarship as the runner-up in 2013 and winner in 2014. In 2014 she was accepted into the Royal Ballet School’s International Summer School and was also a finalist at the Japan Grand Prix where she received scholarships to prestigious ballet schools in Europe. Naomi was also selected as a candidate for the Prix de Lausanne in 2014 and 2015. She has achieved high distinctions in all of her Royal Academy of Dance Vocational Examinations up to Advanced 1.