Janine grew up in South Africa, Cape town, and fell in love with dance at the age of four. She went on to train at the prestigious Performing arts school in Cape Town, The Waterfront Theatre School, where she culminated her Licenciate Qualifications from the Imperial Society of Teachers, London, both in Modern and Jazz.

After Performing professionally, Janine joined the staff at the Waterfront Theatre School as a senior teacher teaching up to Advanced levels. She also headed up the corporate events as well as being Senior choreographer and Production Manager for annual Musicals and Dance Performances. Janine has a love for teaching Musical Theatre and has a great passion for Jazz and Contemporary dance.

She has been teaching in Dubai since 2014 and has expanded her teaching in RAD Ballet, as well as working in Events and choreographing for Expo 2020.