Sally Peterson
Lyrical Head Coach
Sally has been involved in the industry for 30 years. She trained with Lynda Mathis before finishing school with VCE Dance Excellence and attending full time training with Tony Bartuccios, Danceworld and Dance Factory.
During which time Sally had a successful dance career for over 10 years, participating in prestigious events and performances throughout
Melbourne and Australia.
Sally has had a teaching career for over 25 years, teaching all styles of dance. She has taught at many schools including: Mordialloc Dance Centre Director, Bartuccios Dance Centre, Electric Dance Connection, The Peninsula School, Elizabeth Murdoch College, Sandringham Secondary College, Monash University Dance and our club since 2019.
She has been Head Coach for Mathis Dance studios for over 6 years, choreographing and training two teams for the All Star competition season and also representing Australia at the IASF Dance Worlds in 2017 & 2019.
Michelle Taledo
Hip-Hop Head Coach
Michelle started her dance experience with the prestigious Hip Hop program at Haileybury and continued expanding her knowledge by training with the National Champion award winning premier Hip Hop team at Monash University "Hercules" since 2019 and joined our Open Hip Hop team "Sirens" during 2020.
Michelle is currently coaching with Haileybury dance program,, the Old Haileybury Association (OHA) Hip Hop crew "Imperial, as well as the Youth and Junior Hip Hop teams at Mathis Studios.
She was a part of the Monash team that travelled to United States to compete at the ICU University World Cup Cheerleading Championships (WUCC) in January of 2023, where she obtained a silver medal with her team "Hercules".
We are very excited to have Michelle guiding the future of our Sirens for this new year..