Your pathway to the industry

Jess Innes is the Founder and Director of 100% DANCE in Sydney, encompassing a leading dance academy, full-time pre-professional training and nationally accredited Diploma program, premium entertainment company, and talent management agency representing performers on contracts around the world.

With more than 20 years of industry experience, Jess has built an extensive career as a choreographer, performer, creative producer and educator. Her screen credits include Netflix’s Motown Magic (executive produced by Smokey Robinson), Channel 7’s The Morning Show, the Emmy Award-winning ABC series Hardball, Bump, Colin From Accounts and Four Years Later, alongside commercials for Toyota, KFC, ABC Kids, Love Island, KIIS FM and StarTrack Express.

Her live entertainment credits include creating the half-time entertainment for the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Grand Final, NRL Bulldogs and Wests Tigers Cheerleaders, Sydney Mardi Gras floats for Google and Sydney Dance Company, and the Australian premieres of Spirited and Argylle. Her work extends across fashion and major brand activations, with movement direction for Lululemon, P.E Nation, Nagnata, Sass & Bide, SHEIKE, Under Armour and the national BONDS x Iggy Azalea campaign launch, alongside large-scale corporate entertainment for Apple TV, Facebook, LinkedIn, Optus, David Jones, Dell, Crown Group, PwC, Janssen, City2Surf, Laing+Simmons, Zeekr and more.

Alongside her creative career, Jess has dedicated more than two decades to dance education, sharing her knowledge and industry experience with the next generation of performers. She has been a member of the teaching faculty at Sydney Dance Company and the Australian Dance Festival, inspiring dancers through both technical training and commercial choreography.

For over a decade, Jess also worked with the Australian School of Performing Arts through its not-for-profit Girls from Oz program, delivering dance education to girls and young women in remote Indigenous communities across Australia. This experience further strengthened her belief in the transformative power of dance to build confidence, connection and opportunity.

As an educator, Jess is passionate about nurturing individuality, developing versatile performers and inspiring young dancers to reach their full potential. Through 100% DANCE, she has created pathways from early dance education through to professional training and employment, with graduates securing contracts with Universal Studios and Disney, and performing across music videos, film, television, commercials, international sporting events and premium live entertainment productions both in Australia and overseas.

Koki is a Japanese-born hip-hop dancer, performer and instructor with over 10 years of experience in the dance industry.

With a strong foundation in hip-hop culture, Koki has built his experience through live performances, music video appearances and working as a backup dancer. Alongside performing, he has developed a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge of hip-hop with dancers of all ages and skill levels.

His teaching focuses on groove, musicality, foundations and individual expression, encouraging students to develop confidence, creativity and their own unique style.

Bringing his experience, energy and passion for hip-hop culture into every class, Koki aims to create an engaging and supportive environment where students can enjoy the process of learning, growing and expressing themselves through dance.

Originally from Adelaide, Sarah moved to Sydney to study fulltime in the Contemporary Dance Stream at Brent Street Performing Arts in 2016 graduating with a Certificate IV in Dance. Throughout her life as a performer thus far she has performed in several productions in Australia and Europe. In 2017 she completed an apprenticeship with the Melbourne Ballet Company. In 2019 and 2021 Sarah performed in West Side Story the Musical playing Jet Girl ‘Clarice’ and Onstage Swing for the female ensemble. In 2022 Sarah performed as a female ensemble member in the cast of Phantom Of The Opera on Sydney Harbour. In 2022/2023 Sarah performed in the female ensemble of Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In 2023 Sarah also performed in AIDA with Opera Australia in the female dance ensemble. Most recently Sarah was part of ‘The Deb’ Movie directed by Rebel Wilson as an ensemble dancer.

Naomi started her ballet training at the Qld Conservatoire of Ballet where she studied Vaganova, Cecchetti, and R.A.D syllabus. She completed two years at the New Zealand School of Dance where she received her Diploma of Dance before moving to New York to perform with Ajkun Ballet Theatre for a year.

She moved to London and furthered her training at the International College of Musical Theatre and performed in productions in various theatres in the West End. Some highlights include performing as a ballerina in one of Andrea Bocelli’s live performances and playing the ballerina body-double for a feature film set for release in 2026.

During her years in London, her passion for teaching developed as she taught daily children’s and adult classes at the London Russian Ballet School before being appointed as head of Contemporary for the Vocational school. She ran dance outreach programs at various primary schools in the UK and in 2023 started a business running adult dance workshops.

She is passionate about helping and inspiring others to achieve their goals.

Liz is an accomplished dancer and highly sought after Pilates instructor specialising in Mat, Barre and Reformer. Her experience in both Dance and Pilates makes her an incredible source of knowledge to train our dancers to care for their bodies in order to ensure a long, safe and successful dance career.

Dominique’s training and experience as a professional commercial dancer has seen her dance for multiple music videos, corporate events and stage shows.

Dominique has been working and teaching in the industry for just over a decade. She grew up training at Constant Groove Dance Studio where she was fortunate to be trained by Danielle Cook, Zoey Black, Daryl Morante, Holly Sheils and Jessica Smithson. When she was 18, she completed her Certificate IV in Dance at Brent Street in 2016 and has continued to broaden her training including the prestigious Dream Show /Business course in 2018 run by Marko Panzic and Katie Sanchez.

Dominique’s performance credits include working as the assistant/dancer/choreographer to grand illusionist Jack Daniels. Dance and choreography for the entertainment company Immaculate Productions since 2018 including live performances and music videos. Dancer in Milan Ring’s Music Video ‘Pick Me Up’ choreographed by Sela Vai, Dancer for the Optus Awards Night 2021, Assistant Choreographer/Dancer for the Google float – Mardi Gras Parade 2023 and a variety of dancer/choreographer jobs for 100% Dance Entertainment since 2021, just to name a few.

Dominique’s studio management/teaching responsibilities at 100% Dance make her a wonderful role model for our students wanting a career in the performing arts both on stage and in the studio.

An explorative creative with extensive training in street styles. Based in Wollongong she has trained for over a decade at the most authentic local street style dance studio, Street Beatz Hip Hop. During her training at this studio she was a part of a hip hop crew that competed interstate and trained alongside peers that have achieved international success in dance. For over a decade Amber has also participated in local and Sydney dance battles which is a pillar of hip hop history and culture. Amber has developed a vibrant artistic profile that is ever-evolving through exploring authentic movement in the freestyle space. Developing a strong sense of movement quality, musicality and connection to music. To further her capabilities and opportunities in dance she completed the pre-professional full time dance program at 100% Dance in 2025. With this additional training and her existing knowledge of street styles Amber has begun to make an impact in the commercial performance scene. Prior to full time Amber had already appeared in two music videos and multiple video projects, but during full time Amber began to secure multiple opportunities as a performer: Luna Park Halloscream highlighted dancer, City2Surf, and Sapphires Bulldogs Cheerleaders – Women’s League. After completing full time her dance career is only continuing to grow. Amber has performed at the grand final for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup and as a member of the UN- production curated by Jacob Yaar. Alongside these performances she has performed at major dance conventions like the Australian Dance Festival and Light the Way.

Amber continues to grow more passionate about educating others about the history of street dances and the importance of providing safe spaces for communities to learn and grow.

Sydney-based choreographer, performer and talent manager Raquel Cannon brings extensive experience across film, television, stage, corporate events and live entertainment. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts from ED5 International and has trained at Sydney Acting Studio and The Actors Station, developing a strong foundation in performance, creative direction and artist development.

Raquel's screen credits include choreographing and performing in the feature film Love You Like That, working alongside John Paul Young and choreographing to his iconic song Love Is in the Air. Her credits also include a national television commercial for Shiseido, The Invisible Man, Channel 10's The Living Room and the SBS series Four Years Later.

Her live performance and choreographic experience includes the Australian Club Entertainment Awards, performances at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion, corporate awards nights and travelling entertainment productions. She also worked as Choreography Assistant for the halftime entertainment at the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Alongside her role in 100% DANCE Talent Management, Raquel is an Acting and Musical Theatre Coach within 100% DANCE PRO, mentoring the next generation of professional performers. Her experience across both performance and education brings valuable insight to her work representing and developing talent.

David Green grew up in Hornsby and started dancing at DanceMax when he was 10 years old. After meeting Don Napalan and Nick Power who introduced him to the world of Breaking he realised that dance could be real career choice. After David finished his HSC he trained at Urban Dance Centre and Village On Broadway a total of 3 years to receive his Cert IV in Dance and Diploma in Musical Theatre. During these years he was selected to perform internationally at many events including the Hip Hop International competition in Las Vegas with the ZBoyz Marfia. David was also a member of the PrettyBoySwagg Crew and performed with them on Show Your Style in China and Australia’s Got Talent. David kept learning new skills in different dance genres and received a unique opportunity to be a part of the show Still Breathing with The Blackguard created by Brady Kitchingham, which focused on fusing styles like Breaking, Krump, Contemporary and Metal Music to tell a story. Kinky Boots The Musical with Packemin Productions gave David another new set of skills to perform where he was dubbed the Break Dancing Angel. David also played Smiler in the OzPanto production of Snow White and was the Assistant to choreographer Neale Whittaker.

David Green’s choreography has been show internationally with his Hip Hop Crews as well as in the music video New Sensation with Baker Boy. Recently David and his wife Skye have been choreographing for Luna Park Sydney and their annual Hallowscream and LPITD events.

Sophia Kaloudis is from Sydney Australia and has been dancing since she was just 3 years old and never ever looked back! Sophia is incredibly versatile having been trained in almost all genres of dance including ballet, pointe, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, theatre jazz/musical theatre, tap, hip hop, acrobatics, and pas de deux/partnering.

In 2010, she was awarded Dancer of the Year at Showcase National Dance Championships and won a trip to dance and compete in the USA.

Sophia completed 4.5 years of full time ballet training and has achieved an Elite Diploma of Dance. In 2015 she trained full time at Joffrey Ballet School in New York City where she had the chance to perform in two classical ballet productions, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Sophia has also trained at The Queensland Ballet, and trained in the pre-professional program at Melbourne City Ballet where she had the chance to perform with the company.

Her professional contracts include 3 incredible contracts with Royal Caribbean International Cruise LInes as a dancer/performer and choreographer.

She has been both part of the teaching faculty for Loredo Malcolm’s LOcREaDO Dance Company Programs and a performer for the LOcREaDO Professional Company where she performed in two different Contemporary Shows, Grounded and ARKiTEKNiCiANS.

Sophia was then offered her first contract with RWS in New York City dancing for Holland America Cruise onboard the Eurodam, where she was part of the inaugural cast for the Company.

Since returning home, Sophia works as a passionate dance teacher + choreographer in Sydney.

Liv originally hails from Brisbane and has grown up in a family-owned Dance School on the Northside ( Reilly Dance Academy). Throughout her training, Liv was heavily involved with Brisbane City Youth Ballet and Harvest Rain Theatre Company; she also trained at Queensland Dance School of Excellence.

In 2016 Liv relocated to Sydney to continue her training at Ed5 International, after 2 years of intense full time training, graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts.

Along with Dancing and Singing, Liv has worked on various Film and TV sets of the likes of Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales (Walt Disney Pictures), Mako Island (Jonathan M. Shiff), Reefbreak (ABC studios International DISNEY media distribution) and ELVIS (Baz Luhrmann).

Working closely with industry professionals from Choreographers to Directors to Actors- Liv possesses the tools and knowledge to create artistic pieces and inspire through movement.

Corey is a creative and performing artist with over 2 decades of training, and experience under his belt whilst also teaching for over a decade. Corey started dancing at the age of 4 at Constant Groove Dance Studio, where he trained in many styles, including Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary. His performing, and unique style of choreography have earned him multiple National Championship titles over the years. He’s performed for singers including Anja Nissen, Jai Waetford and Jack Vidgen. Corey’s danced and choreographed routines for countless corporate functions, pop up shows, music videos, concept videos, and flashmobs.

Between 2019 and 2022, Corey was a Showtime cast member at Luna Park Sydney. He was also a member of the kids entertainment group JumpIn Kids, entertaining children through dance, singing and rapping. They reached their audience by touring NSW, ACT, and releasing a limited web series. He’s also a member of the professional thrash/contemporary/krump/break dance company The Blackguard, where he performed in their 2018 sophomore production, Still Breathing. He also taught acting for their training course “The Dark Room”. For over a decade, Corey has been teaching dance to children and adults of all ages across Sydney. Corey has held a number of his own open classes, where he’s had the honour of teaching current industry professionals. Along with teaching advanced level choreography, he also experimented with merging the lines between dancing and acting, guiding people in this space through his “Choreo + Storytelling”series.

No stranger to the dramatic arts, he started taking acting lessons when he was 9 years old. Straight out of high school, he went to sharpen his acting chops at Screenwise, attaining a Diploma of Screen Acting.

Corey credits include – appearing in a number of short films over the years, including the innovative, award nominated Revolutions. His commercial credits include Origin Energy, Mad Mex, Telstra, QANTAS, Fox Sports, Westpac, World Earth Day and Cricket Australia. 2022 was a successful year for Corey’s acting career, which started by performing at KXT in the world premiere of Undetermined Title. He then scored a guest role on the Stan Original Series Ten Pound Poms, and the upcoming feature film From All Sides. He finished that year performing at the Sydney Opera House as an actor in The Australian Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Musical theatre credits include productions of Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, and Shrek the Musical with Packemin Productions, performing alongside the likes of Jon English, Wayne Scott Kermond, and Jay Laga’aia