ALL FLAMENCO MADURO DANCE CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY AN EXPERIENCED FLAMENCO DANCER AND INSTRUCTOR SUSAN MINSHULL. SUSAN BEGAN HER LIFELONG ASSOCIATION WITH DANCE AT THE AGE OF 5 YEARS WITH THE STUDY OF CLASSICAL BALLET. WORKING HER WAY THROUGH THE RAD CLASSICAL BALLET SYLLABUS, SHE ALSO STUDIED TAP JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPLETING AN ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA IN PERFORMING ARTS AT KELVIN GROVE CAE IN BRISBANE IN 1982. FROM THERE, MOVING TO MELBOURNE TO JOIN THE AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY FURTHER ENHANCED HER EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING AND PERFORMANCE THROUGH INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGHOUT VICTORIA AND IN THEATRE PROGRAM PERFORMANCES. MOVING UP TO SYDNEY IN 1984 SHE FURTHER HONED HER SKILLS WITH CLASSES THROUGH THE SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY, BODENWEISER DANCE CENTRE AND ONE EXTRA DANCE COMPANY AND WORKED AS A MEMBER OF DARC SWAN CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY. AFTER SEEING FLAMENCO FOR THE FIRST TIME SUSAN BEGAN FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES IN THE LATE 80'S STUDYING WITH ANTONIO VARGAS AND DIANA REYES AND DOING WORKSHOPS WITH VISITING FLAMENCO DANCE ARTISTS. SHE BEGAN WORKING WITH A FLAMENCO GROUP IN 1993 PERFORMING REGULARLY AT LA CAMPANA SPANISH RESTAURANT IN SYDNEY FOR THE NEXT 6 YEARS GAINING VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE IN THE ART OF FLAMENCO THROUGH WORKING WITH SOME OF THE BEST FLAMENCO ARTISTS IN AUSTRALIA INCLUDING DANCERS ELENA VARGA AND VERONICA GILMER, GUITARISTS ROBBIE VARGA AND MANUEL JAEN. SINGERS ANTONIO CARMONA AND RAFAEL ALCOLEA. DURING THIS TIME SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP FLAMENCO DREAMING, A CONTEMPORARY FLAMENCO FUSION GROUP, WHICH COLLABORATED WITH A VARIETY OF ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS PERFORMING REGULAR THEATRE SHOWS. SUSAN HAS SINCE BEEN TEACHING AND CHOREOGRAPHING IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, LITHGOW , BATHURST, ORANGE AND NOW BRISBANE.