Our Gracious Teachers
Mordialloc Teachers
~ Miss Lou Lou ~ Miss Brianna ~ Mr. Troy ~ Miss Elise ~
~ Miss Casey ~ Miss Jo ~ Miss Elysia ~ Miss Vanessa ~
St Kilda Teachers
~ Miss Lou Lou ~ Miss Jo ~ Miss Tegan ~
~ Miss Billie ~ Miss Natalie ~ Miss Vanessa ~ Mr. Brad ~ Miss Jessica ~
Northcote Teachers
~ Miss Lou Lou ~ Miss Neroli ~ Miss Tess ~
Miss Lou Lou!
Also known as Miss Honeycomb!
Expertise in Tap Dancing, Glamour, Sharpie Dancing, 80’s Dancing and Channel Nine Dancing!
For Miss Lou Lou’s FULL HISTORY click here.
In 2003 when Miss Lou Lou founded Glittery Tapping Wonderland, Miss Lou Lou worked untiringly at building a dance studio where children and adults alike can feel happy and nurtured and can express themselves through dance without feeling inhibited.
The Glittery Tapping Wonderland has gone from strength to strength, starting at a church hall in Parkdale with a couple of Tap Dancing classes, to glamorizing a run down old factory warehouse into fabulous dance studio that offers a glorious array of classes for all ages.
August 2007 Miss Lou Lou brought her Glittery Tap Dancing to a Church Hall in Armadale and Caulfield Sth and began her expedition back into town where she began nearly 25 years earlier.
Opening her brand new studio in St. Kilda July 2008, Miss Lou Lou gave her Armadale and Caulfield Sth students a glittery and glamorous palace to dance.
Recently Miss Lou Lou has set up a new studio on High St in Northcote another pink glittery Palace of dance!
Her new studio’s are growing everyday and has a program of original and creative styles of dance on offer.
Miss Lou Lou adores all her fairies and loves sprinkling a little sparkle, glamour and adding a dash fantasy into their day.
Miss Brianna!
Also known as Miss Twinkle Toes!
Expertise in Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap Dancing, Ballet, everything!
Miss Twinkle Toes started dancing at the age of four, studying many styles of dance such as Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Contemporary and Funk.
After finishing school Miss Brianna trained full time in Performing Arts/Dance at The Dance Factory in Richmond. Covering Jazz, Classical Ballet, Tap, Funk, Musical Theatre, Contemporary Dance, Acrobatics, Singing and Drama!
She graduated in 2007.
Recently Miss Twinkle Toes has been performing in corporate events, awards shows and children’s entertainment.
Miss Brianna met Miss Lou Lou on the set of the Silverchair video clip “If you keep losing sleep” where she was an extremely glamorous Tap Dancer and joined Glittery Tapping wonderland instantly!
Miss Twinkle Toes adores her fairies and loves teaching in such a nurturing and creative environment.
The girls with Silverchair and Rove!
Mr. Troy!
Also known as Mr. Downtown!
Expertise in Dance and Choreography, Hip Hop, R&B, Funk, Pop.
Mr. Troy has been dancing for over 8 years, choreographing for numerous dance troupes including “DTK” and “Not Bad”.
He has performed with dance troupe called DTK – Delivering Total Kaos – for over 2 years at Chapel off Chapel in Prahran, in which he also gave solo performances.
Mr. Troy has performed routines at Festivals including Clayton South Festival and the Mordialloc food and wine festival.
Mr. Troy has also choreographed solo and troupe routines for various dancers around town.
He is very happy to be teaching at the Glittery Tapping Wonderland and isn’t bothered by all the pink, one day we may see him in a pink tee shirt! (Kidding!)
Mr. Troy is keen to teach other funky techniques alongside Hip Hop, such as Hat, Cane and Chair routines!
Miss Elise!
Expertise in Tap Dancing, Funky Jazz, Giggling and Glamorousness.
Elise started dancing when she was five years old. She ‘debuted’ on stage as Winnie the Pooh in a lovely brown leotard with matching ears and hands!
She danced on and off throughout her school years at a number of different dance schools, dabbled in a few exams and competitions here and there but ultimately she just loves to dance for the fun and enjoyment of it!
At the end of 2005, Elise discovered Miss Lou Lou and the Glittery Tapping Wonderland and she joined with her friend and hasn’t looked back since!
She has enjoyed gracing the stage as a mermaid, waitress, beautician and most recently (and appropriately?!) a princess and she looks forward to portraying many other wacky and wonderful characters in the future!
Elise is now a qualified Primary School teacher and she just loves teaching the ‘little ones’ during the day and the ‘big ones’ at night!
Miss Elyssia.
Also known as Miss Marigold!
Miss Elysia has an enormous passion for dance, growing up she was trained solely in Classical Ballet studying the Cecchetti method. At the age of 15 Miss Marigold began studying Classical Ballet full-time at the National Theatre Ballet School where she obtained a diploma of dance in Classical Ballet.
Miss Elysia, has traveled the world performing to an ecstatic, yet relaxed crowd on some very glamorous cruise ships. Miss Marigold as since docked in Melbourne and is delighted to be teaching at the Glittery Tapping Wonderland.
Miss Neroli! (Rhymes with Merrily!)
Also known as Miss Lollipop!
Neroli Jamieson started dancing at an early age and was trained in ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap and national character. At 16 years old she completed her British Ballet Organisation (BBO) Advanced exam with Honours and was awarded a scholarship to attend The McDonald College in Sydney. She graduated in 2004 with the Highest Academic Achievement in both Music and Drama.
Neroli furthered her studies at the Queensland University of Technology and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) with Distinction.
In 2008 she appeared in The Shape of Things to Come, an installation piece by Shaaron Boughen and The Mud Basin by emerging choreographer Ianthe Goodwin-Brickhill for the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts Bell Tower II Series.
2009 has seen Neroli move to Melbourne to further her dance career. She performed a self-choreographed piece Stay With Me for Revive – Victorian Bushfire Appeal as well as two short works Carried to The Table and Aguanile with The Latitude Group. She is currently involved in freelance teaching and choreography as well as working with emerging company Look Left Dance Theatre.
Neroli is enjoying being part of the Glittery Tapping wonderland and loves sharing sparkling energy with so many little fairies!
Miss Tegan
Also Know as Miss Petal Pie!
Miss Petal Pie has been dancing for over 14 years. She has been trained in jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, acrobatics and musical theatre! (She can do everything!!)
Tegan’ s favourites are ballet, contemporary and fairy dancing as she is such a girly-girl and loves pink!
Tegan has competed in dance competitions ever since she started dancing and competed in Hobart, Ballarat, Brisbane and Sydney.
Miss Petal Pie has performed semi professional musicals such as Les Miserables, Rent and Cats.
She moved from Hobart to Sydney in 2008 to do a Certificate IV full time dance course at Brent Street Studios. I made the finals of the McDonald College Challenge and performed at the Opera House.
Last year Tegan settle in Melbourne and filmed numerous TV ads and had a role in Katie Holmes’ new movie “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” which is coming out this year!
Miss Petal Pie loves teaching at the Glittery Tapping Wonderland as it has no resemblance to the schools she grew up dancing with, she loves the glittery shoes and the happy caring atmosphere.
Miss Natalie!
Also known as Miss Apple Blossom!
A new local to Melbourne, Miss Apple Blossom relocated to explore new opportunities in the dance world. She was based in Brisbane for four years training in contemporary, ballet and choreographic techniques at Queensland University of Technology. Miss Natalie graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) with distinction in November 2008 and has been involved in independent dance projects since then. Prior to this she was based in Perth at The Academy of Ballet and Performance.