Inara trained in Brisbane with Charles Lisner OBE, the founder of the Queensland Ballet and then with Phyllis Danaher MBE. At age 15, Inara was the youngest student accepted into the inaugural year of The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. An acclaimed performer, Inara performed with Borovansky Ballet, J.C. Williamson in musicals, and The Australian Ballet with Fonteyn and Nureyev. She has also performed soloist roles with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and principal roles with the Ballet Theatre of Queensland under Phyllis Danaher MBE. Her contemporary performances include with the Queensland Modern and Contemporary Dance Co. As an accomplished dancer, choreographer and costume designer, Inara began teaching dance. She was appointed Assistant Artistic Director of BTQ and the Artistic Director of QMCD while continuing choreography with The...
CDA Teaching Team
Founder
Directors
Director of Ballet
Glynnis Gordon-Eames
Glynnis Gordon-Eames is a fully qualified and registered Royal Academy of Dance Ballet teacher with over 30 years of dance teaching experience in Australia and internationally. Glynnis was principal of her own successful dance school in Johannesburg, South Africa for over 15 years and entered students for RAD Graded and Vocational Graded Examinations, Annual Performances and Eisteddfods achieving outstanding success. Glynnis attended the Johannesburg National School of Arts and graduated with a Distinction in Ballet. Glynnis trained and studied various genres of dance under the expert tutelage of Hilary Kaplan (RAD Examiner and Spanish Dance Society Examiner), the late Reina Berman...
Director of Tap & Jazz (On leave)
Rosanna Evola
Rosanna Evola is a seasoned dancer and dance teacher with over 28 years of experience to the stage. Starting as young as 2.5 years old, Rosanna has trained in a diverse range of styles, including Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Musical Theatre. She has studied under the Royal Academy of Dance ballet curriculum and Comdance Jazz and Tap syllabi. Additionally, she holds credentials in both Comdance and a bachelor’s degree in education, with a minor in Middle Years Dance. At the age of 19, Rosanna took a leap of faith and opened her own dance studio, which...
Director of Tap & Jazz (Acting)
Belen Sobarzo
Belen has been teaching for a period of 10 years and has been lucky enough to pass on her passion and knowledge of all things performing arts to hundreds of children across Brisbane and Sydney. Belen graduated from ED5International in 2015 with her Diploma in Performing Arts, and has since also gained qualifications in instructing Pilates, Progressing Ballet Technique, Acrobatics and in 2022 obtained her COMDANCE Jazz and Tap Teachers Certificates. Belen is excited to be teaching Jazz and Tap to the students of CDA this year.
Dance Instructors
Jamie Manton
Teacher
Jamie trained at the Queensland Dance School of Excellence (QDSE), and the National Theatre Ballet...
Kei Ishii
Teacher
Kei Ishii started dancing at The Ritz at the age of 7yrs. In his teens,...
Kylie Ganko
Teacher
Kylie is a registered classical ballet teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance. Kylie’s love...
Sandra Chen
Teacher
Originally from Sydney, Sandra has been involved in dance and the performing arts from a...
Lyn Beard
Teacher
Lyn has enjoyed an eclectic mix of dance all her life. Her first and enduring...
Alyssa Romano
Teacher
Alyssa Romano has trained in all styles in dance from the age of 4. In 2018...
Sofi York
Teacher
Sofi has been a valued member of Centenary Dance Academy since 2013, commencing as a...
Zoe Teys
Teacher
Starting in 2022, Miss Zoe has been coaching Aerial classes at CDA. Zoe has experience...
China Tautali
Teacher
China has been dancing for 20 years, starting her training in CSTD ballet, tap, jazz,...
Megan Peacock
Teacher
Megan started dancing with CDA in 2003, and continued her training in Jazz, Ballet and...
Abbey Adams
Teacher
Abbey has been dancing since the age of 6 and has been a part of the...
Les Livesey
Teacher
Les has had a long and successful career delivering performances in a wide range of corporate...