RUTH
DE AREZ CINTRA

PRINCIPAL

"I have danced since I was 2 and a half years old, and after my professional career and bringing up my family, I decided to use my teaching qualifications to open my own dance school.

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It was (and still is!) very important to me that my school has a community spirit and if nothing else, this has been a huge success.

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At TDA, our community spirit is in abundance and all students are afforded a happy, nurturing environment, in which they can learn, grow, and develop."

DAISY 
SMYTH

HEAD GIRL

Daisy’s main responsibilities include:

• Team Leader for our Mentors and Coaches

• Commercial Coach

• All-round role model for the rest of the school

CHLOE

THOMAS

DEPUTY HEAD GIRL

Chloe’s main responsibilities include:

• Commercial & Tap Coach

• Supporting our Head Girl Daisy with all things TDA

• All-round role model and team leader for the rest of the school

HANNAH

GARLEY

TEACHING ASSISTANT

You’ll see Hannah in our Musical Theatre and Toddler Ballet classes supporting Miss Ruth, and being an all-round superstar and role model.

SOPHIE 
BAILEY

ELITE DANCE CAPTAIN

In charge of our Elite dance rehearsals, Sophie’s role is making sure that their fellow TDA-ers are always feeling confident in their abilities and know the choreo inside out.

Sophie is also a Teaching Assistant in a number of our younger classes, supporting Miss Ruth with Junior Foundation Ballet, Junior & Pre-Elite Commercial, and Tap.

KIRSTEN
CONTE

PRE-ELITE DANCE CAPTAIN

Kirsten is in charge of our Pre-Elite dance rehearsals, looking after the younger students to help them be the very best they can be, and making sure they are also having a huge amount of fun at the same time!

LOUISE
THOMAS

HEAD MENTOR

Louise is one half of our Head Mentor duo, acting as Team Leader for the rest of TDA’s mentors.
 

She primarily mentors our younger students in the Commercial & Tap and Junior & Pre-Elite classes, and also enjoys mentoring our Musical Theatre sessions on a Saturday.

EMILY
THOMAS

HEAD MENTOR

Emily is the second half of our Head Mentor duo, also acting as Team Leader for the rest of TDA’s mentors.

She mentors a whole host of classes including our Commercial & Tap, Junior & Pre-Elite classes, and plays a big part mentoring our younger students in our Musical Theatre sessions on a Saturday.

ABBEY
DAVIS

MUSICAL THEATRE MENTOR

You’ll see Abbey in our Musical Theatre classes helping Miss Ruth with a number of our Saturday rehearsals and acting as Singing Coach.

NATALIE

DE AREZ CINTRA

TDA PRODUCTIONS

Natalie is a core member of our TDA Productions team, taking the lead on a number of our filming and editing projects.​

AMY

MILLER

MARKETING

Amy looks after TDA's Marketing, including:

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• Photography

• Website

• Social Media

• Brand

• Creative content

She also joins Natalie to form part of our TDA Productions team, filming and editing a number of our projects.

FINLAY

MCKEE

GUEST TEACHER

Finlay often runs workshops for our Commercial and Company classes.

MEGAN

JOYCE

GUEST TEACHER

Megan adds to our guest teacher team, with a focus on singing and drama classes.