The International Academy of Modern Jive is a dynamic, professional international dance company engaged soley in the excellence of the teaching, teacher training, development, national and international promotion of Modern Jive to adults, teenagers and children.

The International Academy of Modern Jive is recognised, endorsed and aligned with the Australian Dancing Society (ADS), a leading Australian professional dance teachers' society. The International Academy of Modern Jive is the only professionally endorsed Modern Jive training organisation that provides high quality comprehensive teacher training at all levels exclusively for independent dance teachers. The International Academy of Modern Jive, in conjunction with the ADS, provides a complete syllabus for all grades of Medal Tests and Professional Examinations.

Patrice Calleja, Co-Founder and Director of The International Academy of Modern Jive, is a professionally qualified dance teacher and is a Member of and Examiner with the United Kingdom Alliance for Professional Teachers of Dancing (UK), a Member of the International Dance Teachers Association (UK), Member of and Examiner (Modern Jive) with the Australian Dancing Society (Australia), a Member of the Queensland Associated Dance Studios (Australia).

Patrice specialises solely in Modern Jive and is a leading international authority on the dance. She has been invited by several professional dance societies to present and conduct seminars, lectures, teacher training workshops, medal presentations on Modern Jive at their annual conferences throughout the UK and Australia. In addition to being the author of the Modern Jive Teacher Course Pack, The Modern Jive Cue Cards and the Teaching Points Booklet she has written numerous articles and she has also made TV appearances on the dance.

Patrice Calleja and Chris Chainey established and operated their own highly successful Modern Jive dance company in England in 1996. She has taught Modern Jive in the top dance schools in London and throughout South-East England. She was instrumental in the writing, promotion and eventual accreditation of the Modern Jive syllabus in the UK. She wrote and compiled the Australian Modern Jive syllabus and was the driving force behind its accreditation with the ADS.