Five things, each proven by a job she has already delivered. Choreographer, movement director or creative consultant, for clients worldwide. Planned months ahead or called the week before.
81 sourced credits · 11 styles · UK and international · six clients on record
Every credit on this page was delivered under a real deadline. That is what a producer is booking.
For camera, stage and arena. Commercials, music videos, festival sets, awards shows.
Dance captain for Stormzy and Burna Boy at the BRITs. Choreographer for Tems at Afro Nation. Hired to teach company groups around the world; this class was hers in Los Angeles, May 2026.
Making artists, presenters and casts look natural in two takes. A director's brief turned into movement that survives the edit.
Featured on The Masked Dancer, Dancing on Ice and eight seasons of children's television.
Concept, cast, location and choreography delivered as one job, by one person.
Hot Wuk, 2026: choreography and creative direction, fourteen dancers, one studio, one night.
One-to-one and small-group coaching for artists, presenters and actors who need to move well on camera, plus creative consultancy on a brief that is not yet a routine.
Carried from her own listing at zararichards.co.uk: from large dance stage productions to movement coaching, working with award-winning directors, photographers, videographers and clients worldwide.
A trained company on call. Seven dancers in twenty-four hours is on record. Flash mobs and branded performance experiences too, cast from her own company.
Three separate clients say she supplied the full cast. One says she found the location too.
Answers to the questions producers ask before booking. Rates are quoted per brief.
Seven dancers were cast and rehearsed in twenty-four hours for a music video after another choreographer dropped out. A routine for Will Smith at King's Cross was learned by the dancers in under a day. Months of notice is better. Days is possible.
Yes. A trained company of adults on call, plus a wider network across London and Hertfordshire. Three clients on the testimonials page say she cast the whole shoot.
Hip-Hop, Locking, Commercial, Lite Feet, House, Afro, Dancehall, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary. Afro and Hip-Hop are the two she is best known for on stage.
Yes, through Warriorz Performing Arts Academy, her own school in Hertfordshire, with full safeguarding. Agencies with U18 clients book her for exactly this.
London and Hertfordshire. She has worked in Portugal, South Africa, Australia, Paris and Malta in the last three years.
Dancers Inc and I.N.C Artists for performance, Mass Talent for choreography, and direct for creative direction and events.
It has happened more than once, and the job still happened. One producer was let down seven days before a shoot; Zara organised seven dancers within twenty-four hours and they arrived on time and ready. Will Smith at King's Cross was learned in twenty-four hours too.
Yes. Movement direction is making people who are not trained dancers look natural on camera. She has presented eight seasons of children's television herself and has worked on live television formats including The Masked Dancer and Dancing on Ice.
Yes. Creative direction covers concept, cast, location and choreography as one piece. Hot Wuk in 2026 is an example: fourteen dancers, one studio, one night.
Yes. Dance captain for Stormzy and Burna Boy at the BRIT Awards, part of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham, and dancer and choreographic team for Davido's Timeless Tour at the O2 Arena and in Paris.
Yes. In the last three years she has worked in Portugal, South Africa, Australia, Paris, Malta and Romania, as well as across the UK. She is also hired to teach company groups around the world, and taught in Los Angeles in 2026.
Yes. Alongside choreography she founded the XDC competition, judges for 101 Events, SdI, Hip Hop Unite and Unified, and hosted the Rep Your Country Party at Pioneer Plays Malta.
Choreography, movement direction and creative storytelling for music videos, live shows, commercials, theatre, fashion, television and brand campaigns. UK and international.
Booked again by Tems' team after the 2023 tour · Seven dancers cast in twenty-four hours for a shoot that lost its choreographer