EDNA REINHARDT

LIZ CAFFIN

MARIE FEIGEL


Edna Reinhardt is the principal and founder of Over the Moon Studios in Castlemaine Victoria.

She studied yoga and creative dance under the highly esteemed educator, Dorothea Mangiamele; at Mangala Studios in Melbourne in the early 1970s.This association profoundly influenced Edna’s approach to yoga and dance education.

Edna has been teaching yoga and creative dance to students from 2 ½ to 20 years old since 1975. She is a regular presenter at conferences for early childhood educators, as well as teachers of primary and secondary students in Australia and overseas.

Edna is the author of the card kit Creative Yoga Games for Kids, the book Creative Yoga for Teenagers. And the audio recording Guided Relaxation for
Teenagers
.

Sharing the fun of yoga and dance, with young people, is an on-going passion.

 

 

 


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


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

SEUNG HI LEE

MEGAN BECKWITH


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.


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.

THAIS SANSOM

JOE & JULIA SCOGLIO


B App Sci, Dip Ed (Dance), Grad Dip Cultural Interpretation


Thais has trained and performed in a range of physical modalities including traditional African dance, indigenous Australian, classical, contemporary, contact improvisation, acrobalance and creative dance.


She currently teaches dance, physical theatre, performing arts in Melbourne and Castlemaine (where she lives and loves!).


Joe & Julia have been involved with the Over The Moon annual performance for the past few years, creating dances with their particular groups of teenage students. They have an extensive background in dance as performers, choreographers and teachers. They have worked in contemporary and ballet companies around the world and have taught in various tertiary dance courses including the Victorian College of the Arts. Joe is also a Shiatsu Therapist and a teacher of T’ai Chi. Julia is a Feldenkrais Practitioner working with people to improve their ease of movement.

Joe Scoglio
Dip Shiatsu & Oriental Therapies S.T.A.A.
T’ai Chi Teacher. M.A. Dance Education

Julia Scoglio
Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner M.A.F.G.
B.Ed. Grad Dip Movement & Dance

 

 

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