Carolyn was the marketing coordinator for the past symposiums and is responsible for the wonderful reels and short clips you see lots of, we are so lucky to have her back. Carolyn is a TV director and videographer based in Auckland. She’s been dancing her whole life and has no intention of stopping any time soon.

Jacqui skillfully and with passion, took care of you all in 2021 and 2023 as our accommodation and transport coordinator. She will be back to help in more ways than one in 2025. Jacqui started dance classes at age 6 with Gladys Bushell in Christchurch and later joined Lorraine Peters School of Dance where she danced until she was 16. In that time, she participated in many competitions and Royal Ballet examinations with some exciting successes and certainly had a lot of wonderful fun! The highlight of her dance experiences came when she danced with the NZ Ballet in their production of Prince Igor - an exciting initiation into performance, backstage, makeup, costuming and the like. Many of her current friendships were forged in those early days which says a lot about mixing with like-minded folk. She is delighted to have been part of REBOUND for that very reason – celebrating our enjoyment of life through dance. In her late teens, she ventured into the Jazz scene when she took up cabaret dancing with George Williams and was part of the Shoreline nightclub dance troupe for four years while she was studying at Canterbury University – this provided a much appreciated source of pocket money as well as some enlightening insights into life on the cabaret scene! After that, she enjoyed performing in the Christchurch Operatic Society musicals in the 70s – her favourites being Desert Song and My Fair Lady. Marriage and children then occupied a great chunk of years before joining REBOUND in 2011. I LOVE it!!

An intuitive groover since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, Sara's earlier years flowed between martial arts, drama and other creative outlets. Sara entered formative training in her 20s after dabbling in a wide variety of dance styles. Her contemporary dance journey first began with Hagley Dance Company in 2013, followed by the Bachelor of Dance Studies at UoA, graduating in 2016. If she's not dancing, you'll find her with her feet in the ocean or in a patch of sunshine with a book, nurturing her plant babies or spending time with her nearest and dearest. "I'm feeling amped to be a part of the Seasoned team again for 2025. With another fabulous line up I can't wait to be moving and grooving with you all - it's going to be so much fun!"

Returning for a second time Juanita is advising us on tikanga and te ao Māori, we are beyond thrilled to welcome her back. Juanita walks around in a perpetual state of confusion telling yarns to find peace. She has some letters after her name, MMIL, GDip Tch & Ln, BA Acting. Juanita is a haututū, māmā and self proclaimed artivist. When not lecturing, writing, curating, producing, directing, performing, advising, mentoring, adapting, dramaturging, or māmā-ing, she reads reference books, plays capitals of the world on sporcle, gets pleasantly lost in the notion of there being no free will and rote learns Māori and latin names for NZ native plants.