Jack Johnson & Joanne de Jager
Jack Johnson and Joanne de Jager are professional Ballroom and Latin dancers, qualified coaches and adjudicators, and competition organisers based in Western Australia.
With more than 40 years of combined dance experience, Jack and Joanne have spent much of their lives involved in Ballroom Dancing. Their partnership has taken them throughout Australia and internationally, competing, training and developing their dancing with leading coaches from around the world.
They have represented Australia at World Championships and competed successfully at national and international level.
After turning professional in 2017, Jack and Joanne continued their competitive careers while increasingly focusing on coaching, adjudicating and contributing to the development of dancing in Western Australia.
Today, they coach dancers across a wide range of levels — from people taking their very first steps through to medal students and competitive dancers. Their approach combines strong technical knowledge with practical experience gained through many years of training and competition.
Jack and Joanne are the principals of Bunbury Dance Club and Perth Dance Club, where they provide Ballroom and Latin dancing for adults and children, including beginner classes, medal training and competition coaching. They are passionate about creating opportunities for dancers to progress from learning their first steps through to competing at the level they choose.
Beyond their own studios, Jack and Joanne are actively involved in the wider dancing community as adjudicators and competition organisers. They organise the Perth Ballroom Challenge and are involved in the delivery of other major Ballroom Dancing competitions and events in Western Australia.
While their roles within dancing have continued to grow, Jack and Joanne remain active dancers themselves. They continue to train, compete and develop their own dancing internationally, bringing that experience back into their coaching and the dancers they work with.
Dancers. Coaches. Adjudicators. Organisers.
Jack Johnson
Jack, late to the party, started dancing at the ripe old age of 13.
He quickly became enthralled by the Ballroom world and much to the distress of his parents, told them that at age 13, having danced for six months in kids classes and completed two medals exams, that he was prepared to leave high school and pursue the life of a professional dancer.
Joanne de Jager
A local gal’, born and bred in Perth; Joanne started competing in Ballroom competitions at age 10 and found great success early on, becoming an Australian Juvenile and Junior Champion.
Joanne was lucky enough to come from good Ballroom dancing stock, her Father previously worked as a Professional Ballroom Dancing teacher, and her parent’s previously owned and operated the Swan Ballroom in Midland – dancing is in her blood!