Our Instructors
Jaymie Haskell
Jaymie was born and raised in the US but moved to Australia to manage a dance school and never looked back. The king of analogies - Jaymie can make a dance lesson out of anything! He is also the every-dance man and believes variety is the key to being a good social dancer. In his professional dancing, Jaymie is a Smooth and Rhythm champion but prides himself most on his Top Teacher awards. Jaymie is both an instructor and the co-franchisee at Arthur Murray Inner West.
Caitlin Hosking
Caitlin has taught and competed in Australia and in the United States over the last 15 years . Her passion is seeing the lightbulb moments when her students click with a new concept or step. As a professional dancer, she has titles in both Rhythm and Smooth but at the end of day - she’d always prefer to be on the social dance floor, playing with musicality and partnering. Caitlin is both an instructor and the co-franchisee of Arthur Murray Inner West.
Scott Lamb
Scott is an enthusiastic and supportive instructor. He has a background in ballroom and latin, tap, jazz and musical theatre. His knowledge of teaching expands outside the arena of dance, with experience in teaching high school music, dance and English.
Stella D’Esposito
Stella is a bubbly, energetic and passionate teacher with a background in contemporary, ballet and ballroom dancing. Stella hails from Naples, Italy and while she likes every dance, she has a particular fondness for the Street Latin styles of Salsa, Bachata and Merengue.
Matthew Adami
Matthew comes from a long teaching career in dance, specialising in his favourite styles - Swing, Lindy Hop and Balboa. His approachable and friendly demeanour on lessons put his students at ease while his attention to detail keeps them feeling progress toward their goals.
Jad Queras
Jad brings his knowledge and expertise from the hip hop dancing world into ballroom and social dancing. His understanding of movement and range of teaching skills developed over the years help him to make dancing accessible to anyone.
Jad is from a big family and spends most weekends at family gatherings, playing games and having cookouts.
Hanna North
Hanna started dancing at 5 years old with Ballet, Tap and Jazz. She was immersed in dance growing up at Newtown Performing Arts and still loves learning and developing her skills today. Her favourite dance style is Salsa and when she’s not dancing you’ll find her out and about in nature or playing songs on the ukulele.
Courtney Lyall
Courtney is an enthusiastic dancer and teacher, who loves crafting unique and personal routines. Her background and experience performing in many styles has shaped her into a wonderful wedding dance specialist. Her friendly and encouraging nature will make her your no.1 supporter. When she’s not dancing (which is not often), Courtney is at the beach or spending time with her family in Newcastle.