Belinda Williamson CSTD/MJ - Principal

The Studio Principal, Belinda Williamson shares with students over 30 years of dance experience. Belinda has danced since the age of 3, where she studied Ballet, Jazz, and Tap. She has completed exams in all genres with outstanding results. Through her dancing years Belinda has performed at Eisteddfods, performed at various public performances, attended dance workshops around Australia and overseas and studied the theory and safety of dance.

Belinda holds her CSTD Modern Jazz Teachers diploma and is a member of the CSTD Qld Committee. She is always kept up to date with the dance industry news and the current trends while being able to help enhance CSTD for the future. Belinda also holds a BA Business majoring in IT and marketing. In 2011 and 2012 Belinda travelled to New York to attend an intensive teacher workshop run by Broadway Dance Centre. Here she learnt from top choreographers and dancers including Wade Robson, Rob Hoffman, Gil Duldulao, Laurianne Gibson and Desmond Richardson. This fully accredited and certified course gave Belinda an array of knowledge across all dance genres and fresh choreography and techniques to bring back to NSD students.

Having grown up in Clayfield and attended Clayfield College, Belinda is very in tune with the needs and demands of children within the area. At Northside School of Dance, Belinda provides students of all ages with a fun and nurturing environment to learn the discipline of dance. Her aim is to pass on her passion, energy and enthusiasm for dance to her students and instill in them the necessary foundations and techniques for this timeless art form.

Marc Clayton CSTD/MJ - Senior Teacher

As the senior teacher at Northside School of Dance, Marc brings over 25 years of dance experience, along with an impressive performance background. Marc’s performance resume includes; Qld Ballet, Australian Ballet, Ballet Theatre Qld, Disneyland, Universal Studios along with various eisteddfods and public performances around Australia. Marc currently holds his CSTD Modern Jazz Teachers Diploma, is a fully qualified personal trainer and has also completed exams in the RAD and CSTD dance syllabus with excellent results. Marc constantly attends workshops and classes to stay up to date with current trends and the latest styles. He has a love of hip hop and musical theatre which keeps him returning to New York regularly for inspiration. Marc is also a certified Progressing Ballet Technique teacher.

With his extensive performance and educational background, Marc provides NSD students with high quality dance education. He brings an energetic and fresh approach to all classes and is eager to help students perfect their skills across all dance styles.

Sophie Macrossan - Jazz & Acrobatics

Sophie has been dancing with Northside for over 10 years. She has a passion for acrobatics and is a certified Acrobatics Arts Teacher. She also holds her Teaching Certificate in Modern Jazz and will complete her Diploma in 2019. Sophie brings a wonderful enthusiasm and energy to the studio and loves helping students to achieve their goals.

Candice Conway - Classical Ballet

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Owain Kennair - Acrobatics

Owain Kennair is a Brisbane based Dancer/ singer/ actor who discovered dance from a young age. Owain has studied a huge collection of styles including: Musical theatre, Commercial Jazz, Hip Hop, Acrobatics, Tap, Salsa, House, Singing, Drama and many more.

After high school, Owain completed a Diploma in Musical Theatre with Raw Dance Company - opening his mind and body up to the world of dance. Owain has performed and taught with RAW on many occasions including at the Brisbane Convention Centre and the Gabba as half time entertainment for the Brisbane Lions.

Owain is one of the newest members of RAW METAL and is wishing to take on the world one hit spring at a time. So far, he has toured in Canada in 2016 and 2017 with RAW METAL, he performed in the Untapped tour all throughout Queensland in 2017 and he has performed at corporate gigs in nearly every capital city of Australia. He is really excited to share his passion for dance with with you and your students!