From a young age, Celena Gayle trained in ballet, modern theatre dance, tap, singing and drama.  At the age of 13 she started assisting her ballet teacher in classes and this ignited a passion for dance.  She continued her education at The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology and from there progressed to Central School of Ballet.  During her studies, she performed with the Surrey Youth Ballet, the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain, 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.

After having her daughter, Celena trained as an Early Years Practitioner and started working in schools and nurseries where she shared her love for dance and the performing arts with the children she worked with.  She spent a period of time away from professional dance and then decided to complete her ballet and modern theatre dance exams. After achieving Distinction in both her Grade 8 and Intermediate Ballet exams as an adult, her passion for ballet was thoroughly reignited and she decided to train as a dance teacher.

Celena now holds a Level 4 Diploma in Dance Education (ISTD Modern Theatre Dance) and a Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies with The Royal Academy of Dance.  She has worked at the RAD Headquarters as an assistant within the Dance School and Examinations Department where she gained more knowledge and experience in teaching ballet.  She is also a British Gymnastics Instructor and freelances as a dance teacher and gymnastics coach with different private dance and gymnastic clubs and local primary schools.  She has recently taken her Advanced 1 RAD ballet exam.  Celena continues to gain more knowledge to share with her students and has plans to further develop her teaching qualifications.