Janine began dancing at the age of four with her mother, Patricia Veale, who ran, and continues to run, the Keyford Dancing School in Keynsham. At the age of sixteen, Janine was offered a place at the Arts Educational Schools in London. Here she undertook a three-year dance course studying ballet, tap, modern, contemporary and jazz. On leaving Arts, Janine travelled to Portugal on her first professional contract to obtain her Equity card. Subsequent contracts took her to Spain where she toured with different companies and choreographers for the next seven years. Janine’s dance experience includes both television and theatre productions. Returning to England in 1996 with her two-year-old daughter, Janine’s career as a dance teacher began. She initially taught for teachers in the Bristol area, including Maire Campbell of the Chew Valley Dancing School. In 1998 Maire decided to move on from dance teaching and Janine took over as principal. A year later, Janet Hazell retired and passed the Avon Dance Academy on to Janine.