Over The Moon Dance Studio PO Box 64, Castlemaine 3450
ph: (03) 5470 5061

Edna Reinhardt came to Australia as a five year old with her parents from Israel. At thirteen she had her first introduction to yoga. From that time, yoga discipline with its unique focus on the connection between mind and body, has been an integral part of her personal and professional life. Edna studied yoga and creative dance under the highly esteemed educator, Dorothea Mangiamele at Mangala Studios in Melbourne. Mangiamele’s distinctive style of creative dance was underpinned by Yoga. This association profoundly influenced Edna’s approach to yoga and dance education.

Edna established her first school of yoga and dance in New South Wales in 1980 and in 1990 opened Over the Moon Dance Studio in Castlemaine, Victoria; a school whose central theme still rests on the compliment of yoga to dance. The school has become quite a cultural hub in the local community, hosting a wide range of movement disciplines, workshops and dance forms. Some 300 people ranging from toddlers to seniors attend Over the Moon weekly.

Edna continues to share her skills and experience with students and educators around Australia as an artist in residence in primary, secondary and early childhood settings. She regularly presents as a workshop leader for Department of Education professional development workshops and has worked as a teacher of Early Childhood Movement and Music at the Bendigo Regional Institute of Technology and introduced the concept of using Yoga in Early Childhood Education to this course.

Having taught many young people on an ongoing basis, from early childhood through to young adulthood, Edna has a unique insight into the influence that Yoga education can have on the development of young people. This has led to a belief in the importance of helping young people to develop a healthy relationship to their body and mind in creative ways.

Liz has been teaching the ballet classes at Over the Moon for about 12 years. The style of ballet taught at OTM is gentle to young bodies and does not emphasise the 180° turn of the feet or include point work. Liz teaches Creative Dance as well as the ballet and conducts the adults' class each week.

Liz trained with Kathy Gorham in Melbourne and studied the Royal Academy of Dancing syllabus to Advanced Level.

As well as being a Dance Teacher, Liz works as a Printmaker and exhibits her etchings both in Australia and Overseas.

See her website at www.lizcaffinprintmaker.com

Seung Hi Lee is a Bendigo based performer, teacher and choreographer, originally from South Korea. She has trained extensively in modern/contemporary dance and obtained advanced training in traditional dance ,from the Korean Dance education system at the Busan Woman's College. After finishing her training, she has worked on a variety of projects and toured nationally with the 'Hang Kyung' Modern Dance Company based in Busan, Korea, before coming to Australia to complete her Post-graduate & Master of Choreography, at the Victorian college of the Arts from 2003-2004.

Since arriving in Australia, Seung Hi has performed in works by many choreographers as well as creating her own dance performances. A highlight of her Australian career was obtaining a scholarship of Choreography at the Performing Arts Centre of Box-Hill TAFE.

Seung Hi currently teaches contemporary dance and is also a member of KITA Performing Arts Company www.kitacompany.com, a Melbourne based group, which presents Asian traditional & contemporary cultural experiences, performing and teaching in schools, at community, corporate events and creating original professional works.

Marie Feigl conducts International Folk Dance Classes for adults at Over the Moon. Marie holds a Graduate Diploma in Movement and Dance, IECD (now Univervsity of Melbourne), and a Recreational Folk Dance Teachers Certificate, Austrralian Dance Council (Ausdance)/Margaret Walker Institute. With over 20 years of experience in dance teaching, Marie loves to share her love of dance with others.

Megan has taught contemporary dance at Over the Moon since 2006.  She is a graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts School of Dance and also holds a Graduate Diploma in Choreography and a Masters Degree from the College.  In 2006 she completed a Diploma of Education.

Since 2001 she has developed several works for both the Melbourne Festival and Melbourne Fringe festival and is an integral member of two Central Victorian contemporary arts organizations – Punctum and Fourcast. She has choreographed and performed in 5 Punctum works since 2003, performed in the Castlemaine State Festival 2005/07, and is a freelance 3D digital animator whose work is now being commissioned nationally. Megan is currently teaching VCE and VET dance at Bendigo Senior Secondary School whilst developing her contemporary dance works in Central Victoria.