Artists Director

Justine De Bruyn

Justine began dancing at age 3, studying Tap & Ballet in Lithgow, NSW. Growing up the family moved around a lot, but Justine joined dance studios and performed regularly in shows, performances and regional competitions. She completed her B.A.L syllabus examinations in Elementary Tap and Pre-Elementary Ballet before moving to Darwin where she broadened her studies to include Hip Hop, Irish Dance & Contemporary. Throughout her career Justine has performed for Juniper Tree Dance Company, Tracks Dance & Darwin Theatre Company whilst teaching in several primary and high schools and dance studios. She has also worked for Vibe UK, performing weekly for nightclubs, awards shows, radio roadshows, popstars & back up dancing for several UK pop stars. At the Brent St Performing Arts School Justine gained her cert IV in Performing Arts and furthered her studies in Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Ballet, Drama & Singing, combining her studies with performances on MTV Awards, Westfield TVCs, the Boy From Oz, various music videos for Australia Artists and much more.

Jazz Funk, Hip Hop, Triple Threat

Erin Mcmanis

Erin, or Ronnie as she is well known, is a huge asset to the BPAC community. With extensive dance training and an interest in pilates and dancer strength work she is always a familiar face in the studio.

Classical Ballet

Tracey Deegan

Tracey undertook her studies at Australian Dance Academy for over 10 years before performing for several years with Duprada Dance Company as a company member and soloist. The company undertook several study tours within Australia and attended master classes with members of the Australian Ballet and Australian Dancers Company. After graduating Tracey went on to study at university completing a double degree in business. In 2009 she moved to Broome and began teaching Ballet at DeckArts Studio before joining forces with other powerhouse mums and dancers to create Broome Dance Co-Op, now known as Broome Performing Arts Co-op.

Classical Ballet

Hannah Anderson

Hannah started dancing when she was about 4 years old and fell in love with Classical Ballet. This soon became her passion and she was dancing full time by the time she was 17. Hannah studied and completed the whole RAD syllabus as well as studying Cecchetti and Contemporary. Throughout her training, she performed with the WA Young Dancers company and represented West Australia in National Competitions. Hannah's dancing was unfortunately cut short after an injury, but she returned to teaching a short time later. After 3 years of teaching Hannah left to have her own kids and her family found their way to Broome in 2021.

Tap Jam

Karin O'Grady

Karin started classical ballet at the age of 4 and like most dance addicts added jazz and tap shortly after. Training under Barbara Everson's Northern Ballet Academy and Young Friends of the Ballet inc, Karin grew as a well rounded performer but her love of tap dancing always shined through. Karin began tapping with BPAC in 2024 and joined the teaching team in 2026.

Triple Threat

Bex Youdale

Bex has called the Kimberley home since 2007 and is a very talented, versatile performer. She brings her vocal talents and teachings to our Triple Threat students.

Tricks

Will Tredinnick

Well known in the Broome community for his acting and circus talents. Will supports BPAC kids in Tricks classes.

Lyrical

Tara Gower

Tara Gower is a Yawuru woman from Broome, who returned home in 2020 after dancing professionally with Bangarra Dance Theatre for 15 years.  Bangarra is Australia’s leading Indigenous Dance Company.  Tara currently has a youth dance crew that performs regularly at local events for the past 4 years.  Tara has always known she would return home to share  her movement sills combined with First Nations story telling with her community.

Classical Ballet

Cara Bracknell

It is an honor to have Cara teaching at BPAC. She is a prefessional dancer with extensive training and a passion for classical ballet.

Classical Ballet, Jazz

Sydney Ford

Sydney has grown up within the BPAC community and is a much loved teacher for the next generation of kids.