Our Teaching Staff

KIELAH ROBINSON - Principal & Teacher

Kielah has been dancing since the age of 3 and she has always had the natural passion to dance. At the age of 16 Kielah went to The BRIT School of Performing Arts (Croydon) where she was trained in all dance styles. After gaining a Triple Distinction in her BTEC National Diploma in Dance Theatre, Kielah went on to Performers College in Essex (one of the top performing arts colleges in the Country!) on a Full Scholarship.

Over the years Kielah has danced in many shows accross England. These include pantomimes with Anita Dobson, Denise Nolan, Mark Wingett and many more. Kielah has also performed in shows such at Night at the Musical (tour), Woman of the Future Awards, Caberet, a Sir Alan Sugar Charity Event. Kielah has danced in international TV commericals and travelled to Disneyland Paris to be 'best friends' with Princess Tiana and dance in the Parades and Shows in the Disney Park.

Kielah has taught dance at her previous dance school as an assistant and tap teacher. She has also taught classes at St Giles and Priory, schools for children with disabilities. Kielah now teaches and has after school classes at primary schools throughout the borough of Croydon.

Kielah is ISTD trained in Tap & Modern and is also a fully qualified personal trainer. Kielah is also an Acrobatics Arts qualified teacher.
Kielah is DBS checked, First Aid trained and has a Chaperone Licence.

CELENA GAYLE - Teacher

Celena has been dancing since the age of 4 and started assisting ballet classes at her local dance school at the age of 13. This ignited a passion for dance, so to further her dance education at the age of 16 Celena went to The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. After the BRIT school she went to the prestigious Central School of Ballet, London Studio Centre and Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. During her studies Celena performed with Surrey Youth Ballet (Epsom Play House), National Youth Ballet of Great Britain (Birmingham Hippodrome and Theatre Royal Dury Lane) and Mark Elie’s Classically British. She was a Ballet Black Associate and trained at the London Russian Ballet School under teachers from the Bolshoi Ballet. Celena has taught in many dance schools, after school clubs and gymnastic clubs throughout the years. She has recently qualified as an ISTD Modern Theatre Dance Teacher, and also has a Level 1 British Gymnastics coaching qualification, DBS checked and First Aid qualified.

ALENA ROBINSON - Teacher

Singing teacher Alena Robinson has been singing and dancing since the age of 7. After several years training at a Local musical theatre school, Alena landed her first roll in London's West End at the age of 10 As original cast in the award winning musical Billy Elliot. She went onto perform in the musical for 3 years, with performances on TV show Strictly Come Dancing and GMTV, along with performing for the likes of Michael Jackson, Elton John and Busted.

Shortly after, Alena landed a place at Trinity Laban conservatoire of music and dance in their Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) scheme. She went onto to perform in various location around london including The SouthBank Centre and The Royal Ballet School.

At the age of 16 Alena landed a place at The Brit School of Performing Arts where she studied Music and Music technology alongside extra curricular dance gaining a Triple Distinction. She then went onto Backing sing write songs for various projects within the music industry.

Her skills have led to become extremely passionate about singing and is excited to teach the students of ZDA and pass on her knowledge to the next generation of singers.
Alena is a registered teacher with ABRSM.

Alena is DBS checked and has a Chaperones Licence.

SHANNICE BEPOT - Student Teacher

Shannice