Our Team

Ballroom Baby Geelong is run by a team of dedicated staff who love to dance. We have a variety of experienced instructors and assistants, as well as contractors who teach at our studio. Read the profiles of our senior staff below. Interested in working for us? Click here.

Zac - Director / Instructor

Zac is the director of Ballroom Baby Geelong and an instructor.

Zac started dancing at age 10 and came from a family of ballroom dancers - his grandparents owned the Merv Lance Ballroom at 109 Swanston Street, Melbourne. Zac trained in Melbourne with the best instructors and competed around Australia and overseas in Ballroom and Latin. After living in Melbourne and a brief stint dancing in Europe, Zac returned to Geelong in 2016, and wanted to create a place where people of all ages could enjoy ballroom dance, whether they wanted to dance socially or take on the competition scene.

Specialising in the New Vogue category (sequenced dances), he is a qualified instructor and adjudicator with Dancesport Australia.

Zac leads our adult social, advanced and experienced classes and is available for private lessons, particularly in the ballroom and new vogue styles for competition and high level medals.

Justine - Instructor

Justine has been dancing for over 40+ years. She has studied a wide variety of genres over that period and had success both as a competitor and professional dance teacher/choreographer. Justine has additional experience with Musical Theatre and Dance Curriculum within the educational sector. 

Thanks to years of extensive training, brilliant and renown teachers Justine’s proficiencies include:

  • Ballroom – Standard, New Vogue and Latin

  • Tap, Jazz, Lyrical

  • Contemporary and

  • Musical Theatre to name a few.

Justine contracts for choreography and movement within educational settings, theatres and studios.  Her philosophy emphasises well-being and self-assurance and she excels with special needs and autistic children.

Justine is available for private lessons, particularly in the latin style for competition and high level medals. She also heads up our kids classes and performance classes.

Tammy - Instructor

Tammy began dancing later in life, training in Melbourne and completing medals in all styles including latin and street latin.

After teaching in Melbourne, Tammy operated her own studio in Bendigo for a number of years before moving to Geelong and joining Ballroom Baby. Tammy loves teaching and sharing her knowledge with all the new people at Ballroom Baby.

Tammy leads our introduction dance classes. She is available for private lessons for social dancing, weddings and medals.

Melinda - Instructor

 Mel has been dancing since age 3 and ballroom dancing since age 14. Having trained in Queensland, England and Melbourne, Mel now resides in Geelong and teaches at Ballroom Baby Geelong. Mel is also a regular participant in Dancesport competitions.

Mel leads our advanced dance classes, as well as debutante training programs. She is available for private lessons, for social dancing, weddings or medals.