Dancespace383 Directors and Instructors
Meet our friendly and experienced staff members!
Alan Shingler - Director
A ex-pat Englishman, Alan has embraced the wonders of Australian lifestyle, and in exchange is here to give back by dancing! Alan's acheievements in Ballroom Dancing make him one of the most famous Ballroom Coaches in the World. Alan has been a World and British Champion in the Ballroom style - competing, demonstrating and lecturing in over 45 different countries. He teaches Ballroom private lessons. Alan is a Director for the Federal Association of Dancing and a Director on the board of Dancesport Australia.
Donna Shingler - Director
A local Thirroul girl and part of a proud, local dancing lineage. After living in the Uk for over 22 years and travelling the World competing, performing, and lecturing - Donna is back to train the next generation of champions. Donna has been a World and British Champion in the Ballroom style. Donna along with her husband Alan Shingler have performed all over the World. Appearing on the BBC, GMTV, Albert Hall in London the famous Budokan in Japan, and performing for royalty, just to name a few. She teaches Ballroom private lessons. Donna is a Director of Dancespace Wollongong.
Tina Finch Marshall
Tina comes from a long family history of dancers. Tina’s grandparents and great grandparents were in fact stage and performance dancers over a 100 years ago.
Tina started ballroom dancing at the tender age of 8 in London, England. She completed all her junior medal with high marks and distinctions, competing in many competitions. She stopped dancing as a teenager to concentrate on her school studies and in the time
she migrated to Australia. After finishing High school she decided to return to dancing she found that she had lostnone of her previous skills and it was suggested that she might like to train as a dance teacher. She did so with great enthusiasm and energy also studying and performing in other styles of dance.
As she started teaching she realised that she had a passion to teach people that do not believe they could ever dance, regardless of age culture or disabilities, learning to dance really has no boundaries and this makes everyday coming to the studio a new adventure.
Tina has now been teaching in Wollongong for over 25years she is a fully qualified coach and adjudicator. Tina is a well established and much loved member of our dancing community!