2024 Term 4 in progress!
Our Teachers
joanne barton
OWNER, SA
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
I have been teaching dance for a very long time and the thing I like the most is seeing the progression of a students confidence and skill from their beginning of their dance journey for the years to come.
I live on a property between Williamstown and Kersbrook in SA and we grow our own goats and sheep. I have taught dance and choreographed for shows and flash mobs in Adelaide and Kalgoorlie. H2J first started in North Haven when I had 2 daughters (Hannah and Hayley) so I named my dance school H2J for Hannah Hayley and Joanne. I then had another daughter whilst living in Kalgoorlie and H2J then stood for Hannah Hayley Hermione and Joanne. I am a qualified dance teacher through CSTD, qualified in Acrobatic Arts and Novice & Level 1 AASCF Cheer accreditation. I started dancing at 3 and had a few years break when I joined the Navy at 27. I then started again when Hayley was a few months old, she is now 19. I love having fun at dance but there is also a time for learning and concentrating. I hope that my classes have a good mix of everything.
hannah crowther
NSW DIRECTOR, NSW
I am 21 years old and started dancing when I was 2 years old. I started in Kalgoorlie, WA which is and outback mining town like broken hill. I started dancing competitively at the age of 3 and stopped competing at 16 to focus on my year 11 & 12 school studies, however still continued dancing. While competing I did troupes, trios, duos, solos and solo championships.
I have done Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Musical Theatre & Acro and my preferred style is Lyrical or Tap. I have done both exams & competitions in all the genres previously mentioned however have only learnt cheer in the past 5 years.
I have my cert II & III in dance and am a fully credited novice, one and two cheer coach. As we develop as a cheer school, I plan to continue my accreditations and dance education so I can be knowledgeable and safe.
I moved to South Australia when I was 10 and danced at many well known and respected schools in Adelaide.
I started student teaching at 8 through to 15 and started teaching my own supervised classes at my mum, Jos’ SA location from 15 onwards.
I came to Broken Hill and worked on stations as a Govie between 2020-23 and fell in love with the Far West Division.
I finally moved to Broken Hill in May of 2023 & starting a third H2J studio location. A dance & cheer school in Broken Hill was not what I had previously planned, however I am so grateful of how far we have come and what I envision for us all to achieve. I already feel so proud of and connected with all of our students at H2J and am so appreciative of this opportunity that feels to have slipped into place.
I look forward to developing and growing with our students in the near future.
madison lambert
TEACHER, NSW
coming soon
ALANA WILKINSON
TEACHER, WILLIAMSTOWN
Miss Alana has been teaching at H2J as a relief teacher since 2023. Alana is qualified in AICD Ballet and we love when she comes to teach!
