Jazz Cats has been operating in Singapore for over 16 years since 2006.
The artistic director and principal teacher Melissa Erez, built the school for children and adults to enjoy the sense of freedom created through the art of dance. With it, gaining positive skills such as poise, co-ordination, fitness, musicality, self-discipline and confidence.
Melissa Erez
Artistic Director and Founder
Melissa Erez has over 20 years of professional teaching experience and is dedicated to sharing her passion for dance; teaching children and adults of all ages across many different genres.
Melissa always dreamed of opening her own studio, and whilst attending a showing of Tap Dogs, she finally gained the courage to open her own. Thus, the name “Jazz Cats”, inspired by the name “Tap Dogs”, was created.
Since then, Melissa has devoted her entire career to sharing her expertise and love for dance to all her students. Her belief that everybody can be a dancer allowed for no student to be turned away. This paved the way for our studio to be centred around giving every student a chance to participate in examinations, concerts, or competitions; focusing on guiding each individual to attain their best, and be better than they were yesterday.
Hailing from Perth, Australia, Melissa attended the Sharon Biddle School of Dance at the age of three where she acquired the foundational skills of Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Theatrical. Her early involvement in the Sharon Biddle School sparked a streak of achievements in the following years. She pursued a further education in dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), before embarking in a wide range of careers within the profession. Melissa attained her Diploma in Jazz and Diploma in Theatrical along with a Certificate in Classical Ballet. Subsequently, she is a Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing Australia (CSTD) certified dance teacher and is also trained in Contemporary and Spanish Dancing; and later attained her Pilates Certification. She has trained and taught dance programmes at various institutions including LASALLE College of The Arts Singapore (Musical Theatre and Acting Undergraduate programme), the United World College South East Asia Dover, Anglo-Chinese Junior College as well as the Junior National Rhythmic Gymnastics team in Japan. Melissa is constantly renewing her style with the latest development in music and dance routines and is always welcoming new ideas in developing her choreography.
Our Teachers
Chloe Lim
Chloe has been dancing since the age of 3, training in the CSTD Syllabus of Jazz, Tap and Ballet. She has worked with preschools, international schools and dance schools, teaching syllabus and modern dance classes.
She enjoys working with children and building a safe environment for them to hone their passion towards dance, whilst continuing to improve her repertoire and complete her CSTD Teacher’s certification.
Chloe teaches multiple genres as a full-time staff in Jazz Cats.
Chelsea Lim
Chelsea has danced with Jazz Cats since she was 3 years old, learning Jazz, Tap, Ballet and Acrobatics with Melissa.
Having completed her Diploma in Dance at LASALLE College of the Arts in June 2022, she now teaches at Jazz Cats and is working toward her Teacher’s Certification with CSTD. She has also taught at Preschools and other dance studios.
Chelsea teaches multiple genres as a full-time staff in Jazz Cats.
Jose Cerda
Jose has worked the stage with likes of Missy Elliotte, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé and multiple radio Disney stars in his early years, but later on realized that his true passion was in teaching children upon getting home from tours.
He strives to help children grow and become confident happy dancers. After getting his masters degree in Arts Pedagogy And Practice, he has fully dedicated his time to the little Hiphoppers and Jazzerina’s that fill his life with joy.
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