MEET OUR TEACHERS
FOR 2022
Dip.Dance Teaching & Management
Dip. Musical Theatre
Acrobatic Arts and Aerial Arts Module 1 Certification
Cert IV Dance Teaching & Management Certificate inTv Acting
Certificate In TV Acting
Level 1 Calisthenics Certification
Miss Kate Maggs was born in Melbourne and relocated to Laurieton in 2004. She is not only the principal of Allstars but is actively involved in teaching many of the classes held at Allstars, Kate has been involved in dance and performing arts since the young age of 2 years old, growing up in her mothers studio in Melbourne. She has entertained many along the way on stage and behind the scenes with her hilarious personality. Kate began assisting classes at the age of 6 years old and was such a capable teacher she was running classes independently from age 15 years. Kate has a huge passion for dance and teaching, the performing arts in general, movies, musicals and music. She has many TV and stage credits and enjoyed her own professional journey until deciding that her passion laid with choreography. Kate has an eye helping students find their potential and passion for dance and performing and has helped her students lay foundations for professional careers at Disneyland, Jubilee in Las Vegas, The Moulin Rouge in Paris, all of the major American Cruise lines, as well as Musical Theatre productions in Australia, Bollywood films in India and The Wiggles Australia. Kate is proud that Allstars has produced many Teachers over the 19 years of operations and Kate keeps close personal contacts with them all as they spread their talent all over Australia. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Kate honestly believes that dance is for everyone, and loves to push her students and the boundaries with ever evolving choreography and creativity. Kate holds her Cert IV and Diploma in Dance Studio Teaching and Management, Musical Theatre Diploma, Module 1 Certification in both Acrobatic Arts and Aerial Arts and Diploma of TV Acting. Kates students are well known through the state for successful Eisteddfod results in all genres. Kate says if you are looking for the right place to nurture your childs talent, you have found it at Allstars. We will help make this your childs second home.
PRINCIPAL
KATE MAGGS
Miss Meg Squires, was born in Bathurst and started her classical dancing at the age of 5 in her hometown. She is also trained in Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary and Irish dance. Trained in the RAD classical syllabus Meg has completed all levels through to Advanced. At the Advanced level she trained at the Blue Mountains Academy of Dance and also travelled to Sydney each week to train with Ecole Classique under the guidance of now RAD examiner, Mr Kit Lethby. Much of her training was also undertaken at Bathurst Academy of Dance that she later bought and took over as Principal and trained students in all styles of dance including successful performance groups.
In 2015 Meg decided a sea change was in order and moved to the beautiful Mid North Coast where she continued to teach dance.
A registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance Meg now focuses mainly on syllabus work and examinations. She also graduated with honours in Bachelor of Human Movement (Sport and Exercise Science).
This year will mark 22 years of teaching all styles of dance for Meg and Allstars is absolutely wrapped to have her as our Head of Ballet for another year. If you want to see results in ballet, you will under the guidance of Miss Megs Ballet team.
Meg Squires
Miss Emily Ryan has been lighting up the stage since she was 3 years old. She was the little ballerina who instead of standing perfectly still at the bar, tapped and swayed finding the intricate rhythm and dynamic in every song.
This led her towards her love of Hip Hop, Jazz, Bollywood, Tap, Contemporary and all genres that allowed freedom and expression through movement. She has had many successful years competing in Eisteddfods, coming away with multiple awards including scholarships, championships and choreography awards.
Emily has a passion for teaching and will help guide our students to reach their full potential. She make every classe valuable and fun to our Allstars performers, and has the patience and spirit to inspire people of every age and ability. Miss Emily was shortlisted for Royal Caribbean Cruise lines when covid hit and has been home to share her talents with us as a result. Until the world opens up again we look forward to having Miss Emily for another amazing year.
Emily Ryan
Miss Hayley Coenraad began her journey with dance at the age of 4 and has never looked back! She started with the RAD classical ballet syllabus and jazz classes and as she got older, other styles were added into her dance vocabulary such as contemporary, contemporary tumbling, lyrical and tap. Hayley spent her final two years of training with the Allstars family before graduating. These were the most amazing two years of dance training she’d had. Allstars also gave her the opportunity to learn calisthenics and acrobatics, both of which were brand new sets of skills that she was then able to add to her dance vocabulary as she continued to further her technique and refine her skills in all other styles in a truly enjoyable environment. Ballet has always been Hayley’s biggest passion with contemporary coming in at a close second. Hayley studied a Bachelor of Creative Arts in Dance through Flinders University and Adelaide College of the Arts between 2018 and 2020. Her studies were focused on contemporary dance, specifically a fusion of Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham modern dance techniques, contemporary tumbling and classical ballet. Her personal choreography style has been strongly influenced by these ‘gods of the dance world’ and the students of Allstars reap the benefit. Hayley strives to encourage, nurture and inspire her students of all ages and abilities. Hayley is eager to start another year and cannot wait to help guide her students into growing and flourishing into the dancers she knows they can be.
Hayley Coenrad
Miss Sally was born in Melbourne and relocated to Laurieton in 2001, she has been involved in dance and performing arts since the age of 2 years. Sally enjoys singing, acting, calisthenics and teaching classes in the junior age group. Sally’s love of children led her to become a qualified childcare worker and has assisted alongside Kate since Allstars was established in 2004, mainly helping with B teams and the younger students. Sally has taken a bit of a back step from teaching and mainly helps with running the business and accounts. Sally has continued to run classes for the little dancers and Calisthenics.
Sally Cremer
Miss Alana Denley started dancing at 3 years of age with F.L.A.D. in Wauchope. A strong Ballet and Tap start led to Contemporary, Jazz and Musical Theatre where she appreciated every opportunity to dance and learn. Achieving an Intermediate level in both B.B.O. and R.A.D. Ballet she has also trained in B.B.O. Tap, Les Griffiths (Silver Star) and Glenn Wood (Grade 9). In 2011 Alana joined Allstars studio before moving away in 2015 to complete a Certificate IV in Dance and Diploma of Musical Theatre. Fulltime training allowed her to experience many different styles while advancing her training in heel work and Musical Theatre. Though still training in 2016, she performed in Thailand, Bahrain and China with a touring Smurfs stage show then secured a contract with Shanghai Disney Resort in 2017. As a widely trained Entertainment Cast Member her favourite Face Character role was acting and speaking Mandarin in the “Frozen: A Sing-Along Celebration” theatre show. Having recently returned to Aus after 4 years in Shanghai Alana is so excited to be back at Allstars and ready for a great year of teaching! Miss Alana is very passionate about how expressive and full of joy performing should be while building on technique.
Alana Denley
Miss Myanna has been dancing since she was only 17months old with Allstars Studio, Myanna has been enjoying performing for 18+ years, She has studied Ballet (Royal Academy of Dance, Advanced), Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap, Aerial, Acrobatics, Singing and Musical Theatre. Myanna has also completed her Certificate 3 in Elite Performance.
She has loved competing in Eisteddfods and sharing her passion on stage in all the genres and successfully winning multiple Championships and Scholarships along the way, Myanna has recently appeared in Theatre Oz stage show as the leading role in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, furthering her love of performing arts as Cinderella. Myanna loves teaching and choreographing for her students and creating pieces to suit each child and group. Myanna has always loved sharing her knowledge of dance and entertainment and can’t wait to share her skills with the Allstars Team
