MEET YOUR

ZERO GRAVITY DANCE TEACHERS

MEET MISS KATIE

Miss Katie has been teaching children for many years, and is also a local teacher who has taught at several local dance studios in the past. 

Luckily, she has made her way to Zero Gravity Dance Company for 3 years now where she has already made a huge impact! 

We are so proud to have Miss Katie as the newest addition to the ZGDC family. 

She is focused on helping dancers improve technique, rhythm, and expressions! 

Miss Katie has trained hundreds of young athletes to push themselves and express their passion through dance. 

She has won many awards for her unique and creative choreography from jazz, modern, tap and more! 

 

After finding her home at ZGDC, she has taken on several new teams such as Modern and Tap, 

and has even taken over our ZGDC production team so everyone knows Miss Katie!!

You can find Miss Katie on Thursday nights teaching Musical Theater, Modern, and TAP!


 

MEET MISS CALIE

Miss Calie has been trained to dance in ballet/pointe, lyrical, modern, contemporary, jazz, tap, and musical theatre since the age of 3 and competing since 5 years old! Her favorite styles of dance are contemporary, modern, and lyrical. 


Miss Calie has trained under SYTYCD Season 12 Virgil Gadson and the "World of Dance" Season 2 winners the Les Twins, as well as many master classes with the American choreographer and judge on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance" Mia Michaels. Miss Calie has even attended classes at the Braswell Arts Center in Switzerland. She attended DeSales University. While at DeSales she has been in many shows and has had the chance to choreograph many pieces. She just graduated in May of 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance. 



You can find Miss Calie teaching jazz, lyrical, and contemporary!


MEET MISS SHAKAY

             

Miss Shakay started dancing at the age of 7 and went to several dance studios until she found her passion for dance at Zero Gravity. 

She was a competitive cheerleader for her high school and New Jersey Spirit Explosion, and also a competitive dance student & student teacher at Zero Gravity until graduating from Cheltenham High School in 2012. She has since trained at many dance institutions and universities, including The Juilliard School, Broadway Dance Center, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She currently has a degree in Dance with a focus on Jazz and Modern Arts. 

After returning to the area from college, she re-joined the ZGDC team as one of our awesome teachers since 2016. She is known for her competition hip-hop team and their award-winning choreography.  

She is well-trained in Acro, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Modern/Contemporary, Tap and Cheer.
Her favorite style to teach is Hip-Hop!



You can find Miss Shakay on Wednesday nights teaching Senior Company Hip-Hop and Senior Company Jazz!!

MEET zgdc's RISING STAR STUDENT TEACHERs:

sAMARA B. 

Samara enjoys helping kids and cleaning! Her favorite color is dark green.
You can see Samara dance in Senior Lyrical team!

Ani a.

Ani enjoys playing softball and coloring... and of course, dancing! You can watch Ani dance in Senior Hip Hop team!

THANK YOU ZGDC STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!

- Love, Miss Liz