DANCE & ACTING STUDIOS
MEET THE DANCERS
Alfred "Pollo" Perez
Featured Dancer
Alfred Perez (aka Pollo) was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, and started dancing at age 4, learning Salsa and Merengue. During high school, Pollo started learning breaking and became part of a hip hop crew, "Fresh". After high school, Pollo pursued breaking further and started to travel around the US entering battles, including Bboy Summit where Pollo made top 16 out of 40 crews. This inspired Pollo form his own crew, "Natives With Attitude" (NWA). In 2014, Pollo became a "Mighty Zulu King" (MZK), joined Bronx crew "Ready To Rock" (RTR) and won battles Citybreaks and Bboy Ultimatum. The following year, Pollo won Rock For Supremacy, Rumble or Tumble, Hunter Breakdown and Cypher King at Breakbeat Cowboy. In December 2015, Pollo was awarded the "2015 Up & Coming Dancer Award" at the NYC Dance Awards by Rep Your Styles. 2015 - 2016, Pollo worked on the Netflix Original Series "THE GET DOWN" (Created by Baz Luhrmann, Produced by NAS) as the main actor's dance double and various other roles. Pollo wishes to continue to grow as a dancer and performer, pursuing his passion for breaking and the arts. He finds joy in sharing his craft and knowledge by teaching kids, inspiring the younger generation, and in pushing the true hip hop culture as well as pushing himself as an artist.
Layla Gooley
Featured Dancer
Layla Gooley began her dance and acting training at the age of 3 and has trained through the A.D.A. and the R.A.D. Syllabi. Layla has had over 13 years of training in dance and TV, film & stage acting, Layla has starred in TV commercials, short film projects, music videos and numerous dance performances around Brisbane & Gold Coast including QLD Film Network events, corporate functions, Warner Bros Movie World, Red Carpet fashion events and more.
Charlotte MacKenzie
Dancer
Since the age of 3, Charlotte MacKenzie has been involved in BJP Physical Culture where she competed and placed at a state and national level both individually and as a team. In 2015, she decided to expand her dance ability and began dancing at SJJ Creative, where she was able to explore out of her comfort zone. She also participated in Creative Generation as a featured dancer in 2015 & 2016. Charlotte has performed for many events & corporate functions, Paniyiri Greek Festival, Education Qld's SAT awards, Movie World’s White Christmas & Carnivale, QLD Film & TV Network and more. Charlotte is currently involved SJJ's Performance Team where she has continued to grow as a dancer and performer.
Kiara Bloomfield
Dancer
Kiara has a had a passion for performing since the age of 3. She began her training at Fitness and Dance in 2004, moving onto Wild Child Acting and Dance Studios in 2012. Currently training in her forth year at SJJ Creative, she continues to learn and express herself in diverse styles of dance, improve her skills and perform alongside her teammates. Kiara has been provided with countless opportunities to showcase her talent, participating in various events across Brisbane and Gold Coast such as Harvest Rain's production of Grease: The Arena Experience, Movie World's Carnival and White Christmas Parades, Corporate Functions, QLD Film & TV Networks and many more. Continuing her 15 year journey, Kiara wishes to grow as a performer and explore her creative outlet even further.
Annabelle Grace
Featured Dancer
Emma McDonald
Dancer
Kamea Cetinich
Dancer
Liliana Endean
Dancer
Lydia Kivela
Featured Dancer
Beginning her journey at the age of 5, Lydia Kivela, now 19, has since developed her abstract and unique character through her training with Wild Child Acting and Dance Studios, SJJ Creative and GoldenCoastline. Lydia has been involved in multiple dance & video projects, battles and performances across Brisbane and the Gold Coast including many events and corporate functions, backup dancing for Australian artists such as Frankie J Holden and Australian/Japanese band NEREUS at Splendour in the Grass. Lydia won “All Girls 7 to Smoke” (Gem Battles) and has recently expanded her creative outlet into modelling, walking for Undress Runways and therebelcollective.
Craig "Tyga" Mtongana
Featured Dancer
Craig Mtongana (Aka Lil Tyga) is a freestyle dancer based in Brisbane. He started dancing at a young age in Africa where he learnt styles like Pantsula and Skhothane. When he moved to Australia, he looked into making a fusion of hip hop and the African styles he had already learnt. He's been entering battles and performing with his crew 'Hot Chocolate' around Brisbane. He recently won "TEST YOUR MIGHT" QUALIFIER pt2 battle.
Madison Gooley
Dancer
Madison Gooley started her dance and acting training at the age of 3 and has since become a very versatile performer in many areas. Madison completed a Cert III in Performing Arts at MSIT TAFE and also completed her Jazz & Tap Teaching Examinations with the A.D.A. Syllabus. Pursuing acting at a young age, Madison has starred in over 15 TV Commercials, appearing in her first commercial at the age of 3. Madison has also starred in theatre plays, short and feature films. Madison has been involved with numerous dance projects all over Brisbane and Gold Coast, including several back up dancing projects for Australian artists, corporate events and fashion parades.
Isobel Ryan
Dancer
Isobel Ryan pursued her passion for dance at age 10, beginning training at Wild Child Acting and Dance Studios where she began learning many different styles through both the performance team, A.D.A and R.A.D exams which she continued with SJJ Creative. Since then, she has had the ability to grow as dancer and has been able to take part in many different opportunities and projects such as Movie World's White Christmas and Carnivale Parades, Wet 'n' Wild Performances, RAW Natural Born Artists Events, Red Carpet Fashion Shows and more.
Maddie Wensor
Dancer
Since the age of 3, Maddie started her passion for dance at Wild Child Acting and Dance studios. Now continuing on at SJJ Creative she has been involved in many events such as Movieworld's Carnivale and White Christmas, Red Carpet events, performing as a backup dancer for Frankie J Holden and Wilbur Wilde and more. Maddie was involved with Creative Generation for 5 years and was selected to perform at Qld's SAT awards. After completing all of her dance exams, Maddie continues to grow as a performer with the SJJ Creative Performance Team.
Paikea Larkins
Dancer
Sofia Grcic
Dancer
Marli Cetinich
Dancer
Maddi Gann
Dancer