"Isaiah's movement style is empowering and is exactly what I needed to improve my confidence in dancing and otherwise."
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Hey Hey There, Bae
How Would You Like
How Would You Like
To Spend A Day With Zay?
Dance training, events, and brand collaborations, all led by Seattle choreographer Isaiah Rashaad.
Choose Your Experience
Make Moves
Dance
Beginner heels series, performance training, drop-in classes, and more.
Open the door → Make MemoriesEvents
Host your event, bachelorette, or corporate offsite with energy that fills the space.
Open the door → Make StatementsBrand
Brand collaborations, content, and partnerships that fit Zay's audience.
Open the door → Become a BAEZay's BAEs
Zay's advanced training and performance team, available to hire for your event.
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Brands I've Worked With
Zedot Glasses
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On the Mic
Choreographer's Corner
Zay's podcast with Kristen Grace on art, dance, business, and life. Start anywhere.
Episode 1
Conversations About Art, Dance, Business and Life
How KG and Zay met, and why they built a space for beginner and intermediate dancers to thrive.
Listen on Spotify → Episode 2Preparing for Performance Opportunities
Getting your first performance opportunity and booking your first job: where preparation meets opportunity.
Listen on Spotify → Episode 3Advanced to Professional
What advanced dancers need to go pro: the professional package, auditions, agents, and getting paid.
Listen on Spotify → Episode 4Industry Insights with Cameron Lee
What actually makes a great dance educator, and why teaching choreography alone is not enough.
Listen on Spotify → Full SeriesChoreographer's Corner on Spotify
The full podcast with KG and Zay. Follow to catch every episode.
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Get in Touch
Reach Out
Questions about training, an event, a collaboration, or a brand partnership? Send a note and Zay will get back to you.
What's Running
Train, Drop In, or Book Zay
The full class and event calendar. The live schedule syncs from Zay's Google Calendar once connected.
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Meet Zay
Isaiah Rashaad
Zay is a Seattle choreographer who builds two things at the same time: a room where real confidence can grow, and technique taught with real rigor. Neither one runs ahead of the other.
His students walk in shy and walk out doing things they swore they couldn't do. The promise is not perfection. It is transformation, and the kind of fun that makes people want to show up week after week.
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The Method
Rigorous and Warm.
Every ZB class is building two things at the same time. One is a room where real confidence can grow. The other is technique, taught with real rigor. Neither one runs ahead of the other, and you need both to move like you mean it.
One pillar is the room itself: safe, no shame, full of permission to try. Zay names the fear out loud so nobody has to carry it alone, and level is set by what a dancer can demonstrate, not by how long they've been showing up. It is how someone can stand shy in the corner on day one and be rolling on the floor, hair flipping, by day six.
The other pillar is technique, built in a deliberate order. The foundation and the bevel as home base. Conditioning so you are steady, not wobbling. Texture from day one, then walks, then floorwork once you've earned it, and a small first combo to bring it together. Nothing rushed, nothing faked, and always the fun found right there in the foundation.
One System, Foundation to Performance
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Foundation
The bevel, pointed feet, and the line from hip to toe. Your home base.
2
Conditioning
Ankle and core strength so you are steady, not wobbling.
3
Movement
Walks, transitions, floorwork, and turns, built on the foundation.
4
Expression
Texture, intention, and presence. The feel that makes it yours.
5
Performance
Putting it together with presence, and finding the fun.
What They Say
Hear From Dancers Just Like You
"He won my doubting and jaded heart. I am grateful for you, Zay."
May
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"I really loved the mindset taught alongside the technique. I began to learn not only how to dance and walk in heels, but also the confidence to believe I could."
Nicole
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"I can't believe how empowered I feel wearing and dancing in heels now."
Niharika
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"He is energetic and knowledgeable about all things movement."
Arya
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"Isaiah's positive uplifting energy and his choreo. He's the best."
Angela
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"Living out your 'hairbrush in the mirror' fantasy as an artist."
That is the energy he builds.
Whether you are stepping into heels for the first time or pitching to industry stages, you will move like you mean it.