Dana’s career began at the age of 9, when she played Gypsy Rose Lee as a child in the musical ”Gypsy” at ‘Her Majesty’s Theatre’ Melbourne. Dana then went on to train at the Victorian College of Arts, where she received a number of Scholarships to further her career. Before travelling overseas, Dana danced with the Victorian State Opera and the Australian Contemporary Dance Company.

Dana then moved to London, where she spent 10 years between 1989 – 1999 dancing and choreographing in the UK, Europe, Scandinavia and Japan. Her credits include Wayne Sleeps “Hollywood and Broadway” UK Tour, “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, “Song and Dance” UK & Europe tour, “Royal Variety Performance”, British Music Awards, National Music Express Awards London, “Shall we Dance”tour, Winter Olympics Norway, various fashion and Hair shows UK and Japan, TV, Film, Video clips and World Pop Tours. She has worked with such artists as Ray Charles, Madonna, Gloria Estefan, East 17, Cliff Richards, Prince, Ewan McGreggor, Gloria Estefan, Alexei Sayle, Ronnie Corbett, Hale and Pace, Michael Ball and Michael Crawford to name a few.

Dana returned to Australia as Resident Choreographer on Susan Stromans “Showboat” for which she received a Green Room Award Nomination. She has since worked as a freelance teacher and choreographer as well as setting up her own entertainment company “Voltage International Productions”.

Some of Dana’s credits include choreography for an Australian Pop Artist signed to Liberation Records, The Diva Awards with Bob Downe, and Resident Choreographer for the Australian productions of “ We Will Rock You,” and “ The Producers.“

Dana’s work includes choreography for various television promo's and commercials, including Bert’s Family Feud and The Footy Show , channel 9 network , choreographer and movement consultant to Melbourne City Councils Moomba Waterfest and Parade 2006/07/08, the workshop of a new  Australian musical “ Nostradamus”, and the Australian production of “Respect”, with Rhonda Burchmore and director Roger Hodgman. Dana has choreographed 5 Musicals for The Production Company at The Arts Centre, Melbourne, including “Anything Goes”, “Kiss Me Kate”, Thoroughly Modern Millie”, “ Little Me”,  “Follies”, and in 2009 will choreograph "Dirty Rotten Scoundrals".

Dana worked in Kuala Lumpur in 2007 & 2008, where she was invited to choreograph The Citrawarna Colours Of Malaysia, Street Festival, where she worked with a cast of 2,500 dancers, and puppeteers. On her return in 2008, she choreographed a new show for Rhonda Burchmore “Everybody Loves Rhonda”, for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, directed by Gary Young, and will choreograph once again for Rhonda's opening number at "Immerse," at the Forum Theatre. In 2009, Dana was invited to choreograph for "So You Think You Can Dance," Australia.

Dana is in high demand as a dance teacher for full time performing arts courses, including Jason Coleman's Ministry Of Dance, and Spectrum Dance, as well as a private dance coach, and runs her own professional level master classes.