Growing up in Canberra Jodi was a typical ballet ‘bun head’ with the original Canberra Youth Ballet. She performed with the Canberra Dance Ensemble and the Australian Opera Ballet Company. Over the last thirty years, she has taught dance and choreographed in both Australia and America.  Since returning to Canberra a few years ago, Jodi has choreographed for a variety of local theatre productions including Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, Wizard of Oz,  Playhouse Creatures, Once Upon a Mattress, Barnum, Oliver! The Musical, The Little of Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music (twice) and the National Opera's staging of Alcina.  Her next production is Queanbeyan Players Pirates of Penzance.