Our Instructors

Jaymie Haskell

Jaymie was born and raised in the US but moved to Australia to manage a dance school and never looked back. The king of analogies - Jaymie can make a dance lesson out of anything! He is also the every-dance man and believes variety is the key to being a good social dancer. In his professional dancing, Jaymie is a Smooth and Rhythm champion but prides himself most on his Top Teacher awards. Jaymie is both an instructor and the co-franchisee at Arthur Murray Inner West.

 

Caitlin Hosking

Caitlin has taught and competed in Australia and in the United States over the last 15 years . Her passion is seeing the lightbulb moments when her students click with a new concept or step. As a professional dancer, she has titles in both Rhythm and Smooth but at the end of day - she’d always prefer to be on the social dance floor, playing with musicality and partnering. Caitlin is both an instructor and the co-franchisee of Arthur Murray Inner West.

 

Scott Lamb

Scott is an enthusiastic and supportive instructor who has won multiple Top Teacher awards. He has a background in ballroom and latin, tap, jazz and musical theatre. His knowledge of teaching expands outside the arena of dance, with experience in teaching high school music, dance and English - so he knows how to break down material in a way that leads his students to success.

 

Stella D’Esposito

Stella is a bubbly, energetic and passionate teacher with a background in contemporary, ballet and ballroom dancing. Stella hails from Naples, Italy and she has a particular fondness for the Street Latin styles of Salsa, Bachata and Merengue. Her teaching super power is bringing lightness and fun to technique, making it more engaging for her students to practice and improve.

 

Matthew Adami

Matthew comes from a long teaching career in all styles of partner dance, specialising in his favourite dances - Swing, Lindy Hop and Balboa. His approachable and friendly demeanour on lessons put his students at ease while his attention to detail keeps them feeling progress toward their goals. Matthew always makes new faces to the studio feel extra welcome and is passionate about making the new student experience the best it can be,

 
Dance Teacher - Arthur Murray Inner West

Jad Queras

Jad brings his knowledge and expertise from the hip hop dancing world into ballroom and social dancing. His understanding of movement and range of teaching skills developed over the years help him to make dancing accessible to anyone.
Jad is from a big family and spends most weekends at family gatherings, playing games and having cookouts.

 

Cole Harrington

Cole joins us from across the pond after spending 15 years in Europe chasing her dreams. After catching the “dancing bug” as she calls it, as a young girl, Cole loves to share her passion for ballroom dancing with anyone and everyone who will listen. She’s patient and kind as a teacher and loves showing people with “two left feet” that anyone can dance!