Staff

Gayle Middleton, Licentiate UKADance (Highland & Theatre)

Director and Principal Teacher at Dance St Andrews

Gayle is a qualified teacher with UKADance to Licentiate level in both Highland and Theatre branches and holds qualifications in Progressing Ballet Technique. She has danced competitively to World Championship level and performed across the UK and in Europe in theatres, festivals and shows during her dancing years. She has taught in a number of schools before establishing Dance St Andrews in 2019. Gayle has undertaken additional teacher training with the Royal Ballet School (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) and further training in Dance for Older People (2020), Positive Psychology for Dancers (2020), Adolescent Dancers (2021), Proprioception (2021) and Tension and Rigidity in Dance (2024).

Eleanor Gray AUKADance: Teacher (Theatre)

Eleanor started her dance training in St Andrews at a young age, taking dance examinations with BBO and UKA, the organisation with which is she is now completing her teacher training. Eleanor has recently completed her Associate level teaching exams in Ballet and Jazz. She continues to advance her qualifications working towards vocational level tap and Highland as well as Licentiate Ballet and Jazz.

Paula Miles

Paula is our tap teacher and has brought expertise in tap to lift attainment and performance as well as expanding our timetable to include the much-loved adults' tap class. Paula is also a Director of Dance St Andrews.

Ruthie Giovas

Ruthie has over 15 years of experience in dance and is trained in classical ballet (RAD, Cecchetti, Vaganova), Pas-de-Deux, Spanish, Russian Character, Contemporary (Cunningham and Martha Graham) and Jazz. She completed her full time (pre-professional) training under Hilary Kaplan and Archibald McKenzie at Alegria Dance Studios (Australia), before continuing her studies at Joffrey Ballet School (NYC). Prior to moving to the UK, Ruthie ran her own ballet and fitness studio (Evexia Studio) and has experience in teaching both children and adults in ballet, pointe, repertoire solos and PBT.

Ella Grace Worraker

Ella Grace has been dancing for 16 years with a primary focus in classical ballet. Throughout her years of training, she attended various summer intensive programs at leading ballet companies, including the Royal Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre. She has been teaching dance to children for many years and is very excited to be a part of the Dance St Andrews community, teaching and helping with the preschool ballet classes.

Luca Bernardini

Luca has been dancing since she was two years old and did so competitively from eleven to eighteen. Currently, she participates in the dance team at the University of St Andrews. Luca has taught dance to students for the past couple of years at her dance studio at home, and started with Dance St Andrews in her first year here at the University of St Andrews.

Beth McMaster: tap teacher trainee

Beth assists with our Preliminary class on Monday evenings. She is highly accomplished in both tap and jazz having excelled in exams and performances since joining us in 2019.

Gabriella Doherty: teacher trainee

Gabriella is training to teach ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary and Highland. She has undertaken external training with the Royal Ballet School, has performed with Scottish Youth Ballet, and holds national titles in ballet and choreography.

Christina Orr: teacher trainee

Christina has been with DSA since 2019 and is training as a teacher in tap and Highland. Christina combines her dance training with her University studies in Edinburgh and her love of being a competitive equestrian.

Charlotte Fisher: jazz teacher trainee

Charlotte assists with our Friday classes at St Leonards school bringing together her skills as both a dancer and actor. Charlotte appears regularly in the Byre pantomime.

Elspeth Holmes - demonstrator

Elspeth joined DSA in 2019 and has performed with us at shows, care homes as well as obtaining exam qualifications to a high level. She assists with our preschool dancers on Saturdays.

Jocelyn Stillman - demonstrator

Jocelyn demonstrates for our preschool classes on a Saturday morning. Jocelyn has a strong track record across all forms of dance that we teach and joins us for show and performances whenever the opportunity arises.

Ziyan Chen - demonstrator

Ziyan demonstrates for our preschool classes on a Saturday morning. She has a strong track record across all forms of dance that we teach but shows a real strength for contemporary. Ziyan performs with us whenever the opportunity arises.

Mia Miles - demonstrator

Mia demonstrates in our Grade 1 and 2 ballet class on a Tuesday and holds ballet qualifications to pre-professional level. Externally Mia has trained and performed with Scottish Youth Ballet and is a regularly cast member in the Byre theatre pantomime.

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