2024 Term 2 Registrations now open!

April 15th - June 28th

3 age groups:

• 5-8 years old

• 8-12 years old

• 12+ years

Tony Keeble

Tony Keeble has an infectious passion for the performing arts which shines through his teaching, performance, and choreography work.

Tony holds a Bachelor of Dance from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), University of Melbourne and a Master of Teaching (Secondary) from Victoria University, Melbourne. With a strong background in Jazz, Contemporary, Classical Ballet, and Acrobatics, his skills extend to both choreography and teaching. As a professional dancer, Tony has performed in various projects and productions with companies such as Opera Australia, Ausdance Victoria, FX Entertainment, Puffing Billy, and Vertical Shadows Dance Company. He has also been featured in Dance Train Magazine.

As a Choreographer, Tony has worked on numerous musicals in secondary schools, in addition to his role as National Coordinator at Wakakirri, which provides regular story-dance programs and workshops as part of Australia's largest Performing Arts events for schools.

His desire to share his love of dance with the next generation creates a nurturing and welcoming classroom for students of all ages.

Ming-Li “Minx” Turhan

At the heart of Minx's brand is a passion and respect for the history and culture of street dances. As a creative and storyteller, she encourages her students to be strong advocates for dance culture and effortlessly creates an environment for everyone to express their own individuality and style.

With over 15 years teaching, choreography and judging experience, Minx is a versatile dancer who specialises in all styles of street dance from Hip Hop to Dancehall to Salsa, but is especially known for her prowess in Reggaeton and Latin Fusion. She has had the privilege of performing and teaching in Europe, North America, Asia and all over Australia.

Her proudest dance achievements include five Australian professional solo Reggaeton titles and featuring in So You Think You Can Dance Australia’s top 100 dancers. Her competition troupe, MFassis Crew, has won 15 National titles to date and continues to entertain crowds worldwide. She was also the youngest recipient of the “Award of Excellence for her commitment to the Australian Latin dance scene” in 2019.

As the founding director of The MBassy Dance Studio and with over a decade of experience in national event management amongst various street dance communities, Minx has the vision to strengthen the Melbourne street Latin scene through community-driven and collaborative projects.

Gökay “Kai” Turhan

Melbourne and Australia is lucky to have an international talent like Kai with his unique and gentlemanly style of Salsa On2!

With over 10 years’ experience in dance, Kai has a versatile background in ballet, modern, funk, and street jazz, however, he found his true calling and fell in love with dancing salsa On2. An eight time National champion in Turkey, Kai has also taught at and directed international dance festivals.

Kai’s teaching repertoire includes salsa, bachata, chachacha, kizomba, and men’s styling, and his prowess as a dance instructor and coach is attested by the scores of national champions nurtured under his guidance.

Kai is passionate about sharing his views on musicality and fusion of dance through Mambo Moderna with the Australian dance community.