Joanne O'Kelly School of Dance

What a career highlight for our amazing Miss Ella! 💞

Ella McMillan choreographed and featured in the new Josh Pyke music video which also included vocals from Missy Higgins 🫶

An absolutely outstanding performance Ella - your JOKSOD family is so proud of you and this incredible piece you created 👏👏

Won't be Heavy feat. Missy Higgins - Josh Pyke 'Won't Be Heavy' Featuring the incredible Missy Higgins, this trac...

🧑‍🩰Mondays are for Transition 🧑‍🩰

Our day program students are looking forward to a fabulous day of learning today 🥰

JOKSOD Transition Program days occur a few times each term for students that want to enhance their training and prepare for full time dance.

The day consists of:
🩰 Conditioning and Pilates to start
🩰 Ballet class with industry leading guest teachers
🩰 Variation studies
🩰 Private coaching with guest teachers

It’s a perfect mix to prepare dancers for a future career in dance.

You can apply for this audition-only program on our website. Open to students from other schools.

https://bit.ly/JOK_JTPJEP_EOI

🌿 Dancer Wellness 🌿

As we head into the final weeks of term, we're focused on supporting the wellbeing of our dancers especially our seniors balancing exams, training, solos, rehearsals and competition season.

At JOKSOD, we know that great dancers need more than strong technique. Strength, recovery and mental wellbeing are just as important.

This term we've introduced a range of wellness initiatives, including myotherapy treatments, increased Pilates and conditioning sessions, and a special Yoga & Meditation reset for our senior dancers.

A huge thank you to Andy from Meraki Langwarrin for creating such a calm and restorative experience for our seniors. It was the perfect chance to pause, reset and take care of both body and mind.

At JOKSOD, we strive to build dancers who are not only strong performers, but also healthy, balanced and supported through their journey 🩵

✨ Expressions of Interest – 2027 VCE VET Dance ✨

Thinking about combining your passion for dance with your VCE studies?

JOKSOD's VCE VET Dance program offers students in Years 10–12 the opportunity to gain nationally recognised dance qualifications, with the option for scored assessment contributing to their ATAR.

Why choose JOKSOD?
🩰 Purpose-built studios
📚 Practical work that complements existing training
⏰ Convenient Monday after-school classes
🤍 A supportive group of dedicated dancers
⭐ Smaller class sizes with individual feedback

Led by Ms Kristina Hardner, our qualified VCE/VET Dance teacher, this program is ideal for committed dancers with prior training experience.

Interested in 2027? We'd love to hear from you - enquire via our website: https://bit.ly/JOKSOD_VCEVET

👑 World Ballet Crown 👑

We’re so excited to announce that all three of our dancers that were successful in reaching the Victorian State Finals event have all been selected as National Finalists for

A huge congratulations to
🩰 Elise S - Emerald Division
🩰 Kayla P - Saphire Division
🩰 Ava S - Ruby Division

These dancers will travel to Sydney in August to participate in masterclasses with world renowned teachers and choreographers and take part in a National semi-finals event. Only 30 dancers from across the country in each age group have been selected for this event so this is such a wonderful achievement for our dancers 💖

We wish them all the best and cannot wait to follow their journeys in August! Your JOKSOD family will be cheering for you all, keep dreaming, keep believing and keep achieving beautiful dancers 🌟

🩰 Tutu Tuesday 🩰

Celebrating our Senior classical troupe with the beautiful formations and stunning performance quality from our dancers ✨

We can’t wait to watch you shine at comps this year 🫶

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✨ Cecchetti Medal Awards ✨

What a beautiful evening of dancing at the Enrico Cecchetti Medal Award Finals - the biggest event in the annual Cecchetti calendar!

We are so proud of all our students that successfully auditioned for the finals amongst so many dancers across the state 👏👏👏👏

Rose Medal finalists
✨Lexi H
✨Abigail D
✨Ella M (not pictured)

Bronze Medal finalists
✨ Elise S
✨ Laikyn M (now at VCASS 2026)

Silver Medal finalists
✨ Indigo C
✨ Kayla P

A special congratulations to Laikyn M, Elise S and Kayla P who were selected by adjudicator Jayne Beddoe to perform their second dance. Well done to Laikyn awarded Runner up and Elise and Kayla awarded Honourable Mentions in their sections.
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It was also a fabulous experience for our Noelle Aitken award winners, Lily M (Gr 2) and Capri M (Gr 3) who had the opportunity to perform a classical solo at the event 🩷

Elise was also asked to perform her classical solo as winner of the Rose Medal last year! 🌹

Bravo to our former student Macey A (now at VCASS) who also received an Honourable Mention in the Silver Medal and performed her classical solo as winner of last years Bronze Medal.

Keep dreaming, keep believing, keep achieving gorgeous dancers 💞💞

Cecchetti Ballet Australia
Cecchetti Ballet Victoria

🩰 It’s not too late to join our pre-school classes for 2026! 🩰

Give your child the opportunity to shine on stage and discover a love of dance.

Our pre-school classes are filling up as we make sure our classes sizes are not too big for the best learning environment.

Come and see why our students thrive in a safe and supportive community ✨

FREE TRIAL class for all new families
Enquire today: [email protected]

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