World Class Teachers & Staff

Len Humphreys OAM

Founder of Humphreys Dance Studio in 1967.
Len & Pam competed for 24 years winning all Western Australian titles plus Australasian and South Pacific titles in Exhibition dancing.
In 1977 they undertook a period of fulltime study in England.

  • Awarded the Order Of Australia Medal in the Queens birthday honors list of 2003 for services to dancing.
  • Past President and Life Member of Dance Masters International Association.

Len has proven to be one of Australia's most outstanding Dancesport coaches having trained multiple champions at all levels including Juvenile, Junior, Youth, Amateur and Professional over many years.

Previously an Examiner with DMIA, Len now also trains many students for the theory section of Accreditation exams.
Considered to be one of Australia's most experienced Adjudicators having judged all major National Championships over many years.
Amongst his International Adjudicating appointments Len was appointed to judge the Worlds Professional Ballroom Championship in Germany.

Glen Tierney

  • Competitor Credentials
  • Coaching Credentials
  • Adjudicating Credentials + Lectures, Congress, Dance Camps, etc

Glen Tierney has been described as one of the finest Ballroom dancers Australia has ever produced.
Glen's history as an international dance star includes being twice British (closed) and twice West European Amateur Ballroom Champion and Undefeated Australian, South Pacific and Australasian Professional Ballroom Champion.

Glen, who is a 3 times winner at Blackpool, is the recipient of an award from the Australian Dancing Board for Outstanding International Achievement and has also been named "Australian Professional Competitor Of The Year".
Glen is the only Australian in history to have won the British Open Modern Sequence Championships at the famous Wintergardens Ballroom at Blackpool in England.

Following on from Glen's retirement from the competitive world, he continued his success into the world of coaching and teaching.
Glen has trained State, National and International Ballroom champions again and again over the past 20 years and, as recognition for his achievements, was named "Australian Coach Of The Year".

Glen is accredited with Dancesport Australia as a Level 3 Coach and Adjudicator (Dancesport Australia's highest level).
He is a multiple World Championship Adjudicator having judged both Amateur and Professional World Championships in Ballroom, Latin American and Ten Dance including the World Professional Ballroom Championships at the home of dancing, Blackpool, England.
Glen regularly teaches and adjudicates in Asia and has conducted Dance Camps, lectured at Congress and trained National Squad members in many countries throughout Asia including China, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
Glen is also a regular Adjudicator at local and National Championships within Australia.

In addition to Glen's competitive coaching he is also a very accomplished social teacher from beginners through to medal candidates and also teaches many children within the Humphreys Schools program.

Glen is a very complete Professional who also makes a contribution to the administrative side of Dancesport by being a member of the Executive Committee of Dancesport W.A.

Debbie-Anne Tierney

Turned Professional at the age of 16.
Australian Professional Rising Star Champion.
Debbie-Anne and Glens commitment to the world of dance has been at the highest level and prior to retiring from performing to raise their family, Debbie-Anne traveled with Glen to demonstrate and lecture extensively throughout Australia and Asia.

Debbie-Anne's reputation as one of Australia's leading lady teachers is evident when one sees the champions of today who started in the children's class with Debbie-Anne over the years.

Her infectious personality together with her amazing dance knowledge makes her a real favorite with children and adults alike.

Pamela Humphreys-Martin OAM

Founder of Humphreys Dance Studio in 1967.
Pamlea & Len competed for 24 years winning all Western Australian titles plus Australasian and South Pacific titles in Exhibition dancing.  In 1977 they undertook a period of fulltime study in England.

  • Awarded the Order Of Australia Medal in the Queens birthday honors list of 2003 for services to dancing.

Pamela, whilst spending less time in the studio these days, co-ordinates the very successful Schools Program.
This program, now in over 100 schools around W.A has been operating for the past 40 years and was one of the main reasons for Pamela and Len receiving the Order Of Australia Medal.

Erin Thomas

She has been teaching at Humphreys since turning professional with husband Jason Thomas in 1999. She is available to teach/coach individuals, couples or groups in Ballroom, Latin American or New Vogue on a social or competitive level.

Achievements:

  • 3 times undefeated Australian Professional New Vogue Champion
  • 2 times undefeated South Pacific Champion
  • Undefeated Australasian Professional New Vogue Champion
  • Australian Professional Modern Finalist
  • Australian Professional Rising Star Modern Champion
  • Selected as the sole representative for Australia (with previous partner) in the 1998 World 10 Dance Championship in
  • Copenhagen, Denmark.

Craig Denham

Currently ranked No 2 in Australia in Open Amateur Dancesport, Craig has been a National and International Dancesport Star through all age categories since beginning his dancing career at Humphreys at the age of 7.

He is qualified and accredited with Dancesport Australia and is an outstanding teacher for all levels in Ballroom, Latin American and New Vogue. Craig is always a hit in teaching the kids classes and is also terrific at Salsa.

Former:

  • Australian Juvenile Champion
  • Australian Junior Champion
  • Australian Youth Champion
  • World Championship Finalist (Youth)
  • British Open Championship Semi-Finalist (Youth)
  • South Pacific Open Amateur Champion
  • Australian Championship Finalist
  • World Championship (Moscow), Australia's Representative
  • W.A. Sports Star Of The Year Nominee.

Humphreys Dance Studio student since the age of 7, Humphreys Dance Studio teacher since 2002.  We are very lucky to have Craig as a member of our team and teaching many of our advanced classes.  Please call the studio if you would like to book a private lesson with Craig.

Tegan Short

We are very pleased to have Tegan join our teaching staff.  Since she began dancing at aged 8, Tegan has been a Dancesport Champion through all age categories.  Most significantly, Tegan and Craig achieved the honour of being World Championship Representatives in 2007 and in 2008. Tegan currently coaches Juv, Junior and Adult couples.   Craig & Tegan were undefeated in Western Australia in Modern throughout their entire partnership and were 2005 Finalists in the Asia Pacific Dancesport Championships (Hong Kong)

2005, 2008 Australian Representatives for Asian Pacific Championships (HongKong)

2005, 2006, 2007 Runner-up, National Capital Championships (Canberra)

2005, 2006, 2008  WA State Champion

2007, 2008 Australia’s Representative to the World Dancesport Championships (RUSSIA in 2007, VIENNA in 2008)

2008 Runner-up Australian Champion

Please call the studio to book your private lessons with Tegan.

Lauren de Rozario & Sean Van der Poel

Lauren & Sean, both accredited dance teachers with Dancesport Australia are WA Open New Vogue Champions and National Finalists. They are one of WA's top couples in Ballroom and New Vogue and are a shinning example to younger dancers.

Lauren starting dancing in the children's classes at Humphreys Dance Studio when she was 10 years old before beginning her quick climb up the competitive Dancesport ladder when she was 13.

Sean came to Humphreys in 2003 after starting his dancing at another studio and has gone from strength to strength in that time.

Sean & Lauren are wonderful members of our teaching staff who have an extremely bright future as Dancesport competitors and are very capable teachers of all styles at various levels.

Jason Thomas

Jason has been teaching at Humphreys since turning professional with wife Erin Lowe at the beginning of 1999. Jason has coached all ages in all levels of Dancing and has had success coaching numerous competitive couples to top rankings within their respective age groups.

Achievements:

  • 3 times undefeated Australian Professional New Vogue Champion
  • 2 times undefeated South Pacific Professional New Vogue Champion
  • Australasian Professional New Vogue Champion
  • Australian Professional Rising Star

Todd Annett's

Todd was first introduced to dancing when Humphreys introduced their school dance program to Lesmurdie High School back in the early 1980's, and is still with us to this day. Todd studied for his degrees over several years.

It has been said that with his knowledge and experience he is one of the most complete teachers of Adult and Children Social and Medal level dancers in Australia. Todd is a true Professional and is most at home teaching large classes and medal exam candidates. He can also be counted on to help coach graded competitors when necessary.

Callum Hawes

Callum's dancing commenced with Humphreys back in 2002 when he joined the Saturday kids classes. Keen to improve as quickly as possible he joined the Medal Classes to develop his quality and technique. Since that time Callum has worked his way through the medal exam system and in 2005 started competing in Dancesport competitions.
 
Callum has since competed in many local and interstate competitions, including travelling to Canberra and Melbourne for the National Dancesport Championships and the Australian Dancesport Championships respectively. Along with his partner Francesca they have ranked in the top 12 in Australia in their level for both standard and latin american styles and are aiming even higher in the upcoming competitions.
 
Along with competing, Callum has also gained his level 0 accreditation and is currently available to teach medalists and social dancers as well as eventually hoping to coach competitive couples in the future.
 
Callum is also a member of the Humphreys Schools Program and enjoys teaching school children all across the Perth metropolitan area.

 

 

Arkady Bakenov & Rosa Filippello

Current Australian Latin Champions

Latin Specialists of the highest order, Arkady & Rosa have been a wonderful acquisition to the teaching staff.

Together they are World Class dancesport competitors and the best couple in Australia.

They are reigning Australian Latin Champions, WA Open Latin Champions, Finalists in all major Australasian Championships and with an impressive international record of achievement.

Individually . . . . .

Rosa

Rosa was an Australian Champion from the age of 11 and was also a Semi Finalist in Open Amateur Latin at U.K and International Championships in England.

Arkady

Arkady is a graduate of the WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

His exceptional ability made him the Winner of the Finlay Award.

Arkady & Rosa spend time travelling and competing internationally but are always available for coaching and teaching at Humphreys whenever they are home.

Jacky Shue

Jacky began her dance career as a salsa dancer and has since moved into the world of social Latin & Ballroom with ease.  Jacky is a valued member of our studio family and can been seen both teaching and assisting in our social and medal group classes.  Admin support, promotions and customer service are also among her responsibilities and we invite you to send Jacky an email any time if you have any queries about Humphreys.  Jacky also arranges Corporate Functions and Private Social Dance Evenings at Humphreys and can often be seen hosting our regular social club groups for a fun night of dance and laughter. She is a very relaxed and easy going social dance teacher who is available for social beginner and bridal private lessons.

Lisa-Viola Passalacqua

Lisa joined Humphreys as a social beginner in 2007 with no social dance experience and since then she has never looked back.  Lisa has become a very committed and enthusiastic member of our Humphreys family both as a social dancer, a teaching assistant in both social and medal classes and also a very easy-going and comfortable teacher of both bridal and social beginner private students.  Lisa adores her role working with kids for the Pamela Humphreys Teaching in Schools program during the day time and is a very valued member of our Studio.

Nicola Sturcke

Nicola Commenced Dancing at age 4 through classes in Scotland at which time she started competitions in Scotland and England with her Juvenile and Junior partner and became champions in both levels.  At age 14 moved to Australia with her family and continued to compete in all styles of Dancesport, Ballroom, Latin, New Vogue and English Old time and was a regular Finalist in the state titles and national titles in Australia.

Nicola and her partner also became finalists in the ABC television competition " thats Dancin".  Upon reaching late teens travelled to and from the UK and ended up with an extended stay of 3  years training and furthering dancing experience.

Upon Returning to Australia retired from competition to concentrate on her business career and raising a family.

We are delighted to have her great personality back in the studio as one of the teaching staff

Lee Smith

Lee began in our Social Dance Classes in 2000 and soon moved into private lessons to achieve her medals in 2001. Lee has since achieved all of her Modern Medals and awards and also danced competitively in 2003. A valued member of our team, Lee contributes to the studio in many ways such as working at reception and greeting all our students, assisting in both social and medal classes and of course Lee is available for private and bridal dance lessons.