Hi, I'm Jacki (or Miss/Mrs Jacki to the students) I'm a classical Ballet teacher, from Northland in New Zealand. I work for Mrs Tess Graham, who has taught dance in New Zealand for over 55 years. She was my first teacher, and is still teaching me today. She was my true inspriration to become a teacher, along with her husband Wally. She was ultimate expectation, and he was ultimate faith when I was dancing as a student. I wanted to do my best to prove to her I could, and make hime proud. Now I work for them. I teach RAD ballet, and BTDA Ballet, Lyrical and Contemporary. Our studio is the basement of my bosses home and I teach the junior students (kinder to grade 3).

Dancing is like an extra heartbeat - you don't know you have it till its gone and then you'll do anything to get it back.