About Us
With new owners taking over Expressions Dance in 2025, this long-established studio offers classes in a variety of genres including Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary and Acro.
At Expressions our goal is to create a welcoming, fun environment and share the passion for dance - for kids and adults now too.
Come along and let us help you discover what dance can do for you - let's get moving and express ourselves!
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The studio prides itself in providing a high standard of technical teaching. Teachers are experienced professionals that have excelled in their dance careers, enabling our students to achieve their best. Expressions Dance has a proven history of students excelling with great exam results - following the Ballet Australasia Ltd syllabus for Ballet, Jazz and Tap.
Our Team
Jeri Lomas
Adults / Ballet / Broadway Dance / Cabaret / Barre fitness / Silver Swans
Kat is happy to have with even more classes to teach in 2025. She has danced for 17 years mainly in Ballet and Contemporary dance, and studied at Unitec for her Bachelor's in Performing and Screen Arts (Contemporary Dance) - graduating in 2022. She loves finding new ways to move, think and explain ideas in dance.
Haylee Guy
Ballet / Preschool Dance
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David is a dynamic and passionate dance instructor with 17 years of experience in hip hop and over a decade of teaching. Specialising in a range of hip hop techniques, he brings energy and enthusiasm to every class. David focuses on teaching through demonstration and interaction, ensuring students of all ages and skills stay motivated and engaged.
He is known for his ability to inspire and connect with dancers, he creates a fun yet challenging environment that encourages growth and continuous improvement.
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Students are guaranteed to love David's high-energy, exciting classes!
Aleisha Coleman
Tap
Alex is excited to join the Expressions Dance teaching team for 2025! She has been teaching tap for the past 11 years and holds her ISTD Associate Diploma in Tap Dance. Over this time, Alex has also taught Modern Theatre, Jazz, and Hip-Hop. When she was younger, Alex also trained in ballet, contemporary, and musical theatre. She holds a BSc with a psychology major and a PGDip in Dance Studies, and is currently completing her Master of Dance Movement Therapy at the University of Auckland.
She’s passionate about making dance inclusive, expressive, and empowering for all and looks forward to sharing her passion for dance with you all!
Jeri is our studio manager and new to the teaching team. She is a qualified Ballet teacher with a National Diploma in Teaching of Dance, ISTD Associate in Imperial Ballet and minor Degree in Ballet from Loyola University, New Orleans. More recently Jeri qualified in the Progressing Ballet Technique syllabus and has become a Silver Swan licensee - a ballet instructor for those dancers over 55. Jeri is also a qualified Barre fitness instructor and experienced junior jazz teacher!
Kat Heaven
Ballet / Contemporary / Jazz Acro / Limbering
Haylee has danced from a young age in both Ballet and Contemporary styles. She has trained in RAD, NZAMD, Vaganova, and Cecchetti dance styles and excelled in her examinations for these. Her dancing has allowed her to compete in regional and national competitions and be a part of the New Zealand School of Dance associates program. She was lucky enough to train in New York, Canada, and Australia at a pre-professional level, during this time she was able to work with renowned choreographers and focus on developing both her technique and her artistry whilst performing. She is committed to sharing her wealth of knowledge with the next generation of talented dancers.
David Kamau
Hip Hop
Aleisha has been dancing at Expressions Dance since 2014 and has solo and troupe competition experience and had taken Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical and Contemporary. Dancing has been a passion of Aleisha's from a very early age and in 2024, she discovered a new love for teaching as she began instructing tap classes. Aleisha has enjoyed seeing her students progress throughout the year and has found it incredibly rewarding; She's loved watching them succeed in both their BAL dance examinations and performance opportunities such as Medal Awards and the End of year Concert. Aleisha hopes to continue inspiring young dancers helping them grow in confidence and technique while developing their love for dance!
Alex Reelick
Tap