MADDY YEAMAN

ASSOCIATE DIP. ADA (JAZZ AND TAP), RST ADA

Maddy began her dance journey, age 3, in the 2001 pre-schooler class and has taken classes in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary and Irish over her 20-year association with CSOD. Maddy has completed all ADA Jazz exams culminating with Bar to Gold Star Jazz in 2014 and progressing onto complete ADA teaching qualifications, currently holding her Associate Diploma in Jazz and Tap as well as Intermediate Teaching Certificate in jazz. Maddy has also completed all RAD Ballet Exams to Advanced 1 and Irish Exams to Grade 12. In 2014, Maddy began teaching with CSOD and has loved sharing her passion for dance with the students.

Maddy has been privileged to be involved in performances for various community events and groups, AFL games, eisteddfods as well as performing in the USA for all three of CSOD’s Disneyland USA tours in 2011, 2014 and 2017. A highlight of Maddy’s dancing career was qualifying for and competing at the 2017 and 2018 Irish Dancing World Championships in Dublin and Glasgow. In 2019, Maddy was successful in her audition to attend the Riverdance Summer School and participated in the week long program in Boston USA, learning the choreography from the show taught by lead dancers and was involved in the showcase at the end of the program.

Maddy has a current working with children check and first aid certificate.

Maddy holds a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy and completed a Masters of Disability Studies – Sensory Disability in 2020.

“Dance has taught me discipline, dedication, perseverance, respect, how to relate to others, passion, coordination, expression, appreciation, organisation, friendship and so much more. It has been a significant part of my life and some of my best childhood memories are of moments in class, performances and the journey CSOD has taken me on. I have been privileged to be a student at CSOD for so many years and I’m thankful every day for the faculty and friends I have made through dance. I’m honoured to be a part of the teaching faculty and it gives me great joy to work with the next generation of dancers and I hope I can instil in them the same love and appreciation of Dance that has been instilled in me.”