Dance Base

Summer Term timetable! 📆 20 April - 28 June 2026. Bop to Bollywood on a Monday, hop into Hip Hop on a Tuesday or shimmy to Cuban Salsa on a Thursday. Here comes the sun...let's boogie! ☀️ [Images: six cream tiles, decorated with yellow, illustrated dancing figures, list Dance Base's weekly classes. All information available on the Dance Base website.]

Summer Workshops and Sunday Sessions! ☀️ Creative Dance & Movement With Alan Greig (@alangreigdance9 ) Join Alan for a fun, creative workshop, where you will work together with other dancers on improvisation and learning compositional scores. 📆Saturday 2 May 🕒13:30 (120 min) 🩰 All Levels Social Ballroom Series Marina Delicata Two technique workshops for Ballroom dancers looking to bridge the gap between our Beginner and Intermediate Ballroom classes. 📆Sat 3 May & Sat 28 June 🕒10:00 (90 min) 🩰 Improver Youth Workshop: Introduction to Classical Indian Dance Theiya Arts (@theiyaarts ) Join South Asian dance specialists, Theiya Arts, for an introduction to Classical Indian Dance for young people! 📆Sun 10 May 🕒11:30 (90 min) 🩰 Young People New Jack Swing – A Hip Hop Party Workshop Ashley Jack (@ash_jack8 ) Join Edinburgh Hip Hop and House dance legend Ashley Jack for this high energy New Jack Swing workshop. 📆Sat 23 May 🕒13:30 (90 min) 🩰 Improver See you in the studio! 📸1. Alan Greig, image courtesy of the artist. 2. Ballroom at Dance Base. Image credit @stuartarmitt . 3. Theiya Arts. Image credit: Point of View Photography. 4. Ashley Jack, image courtesy of the artist.

Summer Professional Workshops! ☀️ Tumbling, Power Moves and Advanced Floorwork Lewis Major @lewismajorprojects 📆Sat 25 Apr 🕒15:00 (120 min) Exploring ESPE With Jen Wren @jenwrendance 📆Thu 30 Apr 🕒11:00 (90 min) Professional Aerial Dance Harness All Or Nothing @allornothingadt 📆Thu 19 May 🕒12:00 (120 min) Embodied Sound: Movement Choreographies Mele Broomes @melebroomes 📆Sat 23 May 🕒15:00 (120 min) Flow Work Tony Mills @tonythrills 📆Sat 27 Jun 🕒15:00 (120 min) Jams and Contact Improvisation 🏵️ Out of Class In partnership with @curiousseeddance 📆Saturdays 2 May, 6 Jun 🕒15:00 (120 min) Contact Improvisation Class Katie Dymoke, Skye Reynolds @skye.reynolds.31 & Bryn Thomas @brynthomasdance 📆Sundays 26 Apr, 31 May & 14 Jun 🕒Class: 11:00 (120 min) 🕒Jam: 14:00 (180 min) Contact Improvisation Two-Day Intensive Makisig Akin @makisigakin & Anya Cloud @anya.cloud 📆Saturday 11-12 Jul 📸1. Lewis Major. Image credit: Stephen A Court. 2. Jen Wren. Image courtesy of the artist. 3. All Or Nothing. Image credit Jo Paterson. 4. Mele Broomes. Image courtesy of the artist. 5. Tony Mills. Image courtesy of the artist. 6. Contact Improvisation.

🌴 Summer Rumble! ☀️ Join us for Summer Rumble - our annual Summer Showcase and your chance to see the amazing work of our in-house performance companies and community groups. Featuring: ✨ Lothian Youth Dance Company ✨ PRIME ✨ Inclusive Dance With special guests: ✨ 24 Carat Gold ✨ Community Company X (Alan Greig) ✨ Multicultural Youth Dance Company ✨ Theiya Arts With a film by Clifftop Projects (@clifftopprojects ) 📆 Sunday 21 June 🕐18:00 Head to the Live Events page on our website for more information about the line-up and to book your ticket! 📸1. Lifelines performs at Summer Rumble 2025. Image credit @stillmotionarts [Images: 1. Purple text on a black background reads: "Summer Rumble, Sunday 21 June. Featuring: Lothian Youth Dance Company, PRIME, Inclusive Dance. With special guests: 24 Carat Gold, Community Company X (Alan Greig), Multicultural Youth Dance Company, Theiya Arts. With a film by Clifftop Projects." 2. Three dancers on stage, dressed in brightly coloured clothes, jump with their arms outstretched.]

Love Dance? Aged 14-21? Want to gain new skills and confidence in technique and performance? Book your FREE space in our upcoming workshop audition. 🗓️Sunday 14 June ⏰ 10:30 - 12:30 📍Dance Base, Edinburgh Book Now - Link in Bio   Image Credit: LYDC performing Do:Not choreographed by Marc Brew at Dance Base Summer Rumble 2025, photographed by Brain Hartley   [Image 1: A dancer is bent over in a spotlight with their arms stretched out. Their long brown hair is blurry, suggesting they have been moving at pace. Above them is red writing that says ‘Lothian Youth Dance Company’ and white writing beneath that that says ‘Workshop Auditions’. Image 2: A group of dancers dressed in blue, grey and red are within a white square of light. They are in angular positions, with their arms and legs reaching out towards the edges of the light box. Above them is white writing that says ‘Book Now’ and below that is red writing that reads ‘Sunday 14 June, 10:30 - 12:30’]

Pro Workshop: Exploring ESPE with Jen Wren ✨ On Wednesday 27 May, join Jen for a multidisciplinary workshop themed around her current project 'ESPE'. Taking influence from cultural and artistic practices of Scottish, Cape Breton, Irish and Spanish traditions, ESPE tells the tale of a traveller through dance, song, text, crafts and music. The work explores themes of identity, heritage, belonging, neurodiversity and bullying, and is emerging through sharing work-in-progress with communities in different geographic and social contexts. During the workshop you can expect to be guided through some of the processes Jen uses to explore and develop new thematic movement material that sits at the intersection of traditional and contemporary dance, integrating storyline, rhythm and song or text. 📆Wednesday 27 May 2026 🕐11:00-12:30 🎟️Free Book your spot! Link in bio. [Images: 1. A purple tile with large black shapes and black text reading: "Exploring ESPE, professional workshop with Jen Wren". 2. An up close photograph of a dancer dressed in purple, with brown hair swirling around their face.]

Call Out! 📢 Eadrainn / Between Us - International Residencies Dance Ireland and Dance Base Scotland are delighted to offer two fully resourced reciprocal residencies for one Ireland-based and one Scotland-based artist. Eadrainn / Between Us is a programme of creative exchange that builds on the existing relationship between Dance Ireland and Dance Base Scotland to provide an opportunity to connect artists across both organisations and countries, to share practice, and to develop an ecology of exchange and collegial support. Artists will receive: - Artist Fee of €1,560/£1,350 - One week residency 16 – 20 November 2026, at either DanceHouse, Dublin (for Scotland-based artist) or Dance Base, Edinburgh (for Ireland-based artist) - Four additional days of reflection and networking time - Travel costs, accommodation and per diems for the residency week - Networking, advice and support from the host organisations Deadline for applications: Tuesday 2 June by 17:00 Find out more, link in bio. With thanks to funding from the Scottish Government in Ireland, and the Consulate general of Ireland in Scotland. [Image: Two photographs of a single dancer on stage, spliced together on the diagonal. Overlaid over the photographs are the Dance Base, Dance Ireland, Scottish Government and Consulate General of Ireland Edinburgh logos, and white text: "Eadrainn / Between Us - Choreographer Residency Exchange."]

This Sunday: Youth Workshop - Introduction to Classical Indian Dance! 💫 Join South Asian dance specialists, Theiya Arts, for an introduction to Classical Indian Dance for young people! 📅 Sunday 10 May 🕝 11:30 (90 min) 🎟️ Tickets: £10 🩰 Level: Beginner (12-18 yrs) In this playful exploration of India’s classical dance forms, you will learn different ways to move and communicate creatively—grounded in strong technique, rhythm, and storytelling. Specially designed for young people aged 12-18. Book now - link in bio!

Stickers! ⭐ To celebrate 25 years in our purpose-built home on Edinburgh's Grassmarket, Dance Base has commissioned artist Thea Bryant to create some bangin' stickers - available by donation at the Dance Base front desk! Donations will help us maintain our home for many years to come - grab yours today! 📸 @neilhannaphoto [1. A Dance Base staff member holds three brightly coloured stickers out to the camera. The middle sticker is purple, and reads' Dance Base' in fat, curly writing. The left sticker is a green dancing figure, and the right is a yellow dancing figure. 2. A close-up photo of the stickers, held in a pair of outstretched hands.]

🌟 Three new shows added to Dance Base Festival 2026 in partnership with Assembly Festival! 🌟 DeRuWa/Hazy by The Busan International Dance Festival Organizing Committee 26-30 August | 13:15 (60 min) The next generation of Korean choreographers takes centre stage in a double bill featuring Kim Hyung-min's DeRuWa, where five dancers are propelled by an accelerating beat, and Hwang Jungeun’s intimate and captivating solo Hazy. HK Soul Showcase: Gemini and Romantic 4.48am by Justyne Li and Blue Ka Wing 7-16 August | 17:30 (60 min) A Hong Kong Soul double bill, with Justyne Li (@neojustyne )'s new contemporary dance work Gemini and Romantic 4:48am, Blue Ka Wing (@bluekawing )'s exploration of interpersonal dynamics in high-density living. Les Échos de la Rue and Sab'r by Detours Festival 7-16 August | 15:50 (60 min) Two award-winning pieces from Detours Festival (@detours_festival ): Sab’r, a powerful solo Krump work, and Les Échos de la Rue, starring five breakers who transcend urban and personal struggles. All now on sale - get your tickets! 📸 1. Hwang Jungeun's 'Hazy', image courtesy of the artist. 2. Hin Hon. 3. Jérôme Vorzanger and Courtesy of the artist. [Images: 1. A dancer kneels alone on stage, head and long hair thrown back. 2. A lockup of two photographs of two sets of dancers dancing on stage. Both images are upside-down to create to create a dizzy effect. 3. A lockup of two photographs. In the top left corner a group of dancers hold the arms of another dancer, lying on the floor. In the second a dancer makes angular shapes with their arms. https://loom.ly/OU-Qzzw

DEBS call out! 📢 We are on the lookout for four emerging dance/movement artists to join our Dancers Emerging Bursary Scheme (DEBS) - a supportive programme of mentoring, guidance and practical support led by Dance Base and our 2026/27 mentor, dance artist Thomas Small (@smallthomassmall )! Deadline: Monday 15 June, 11:00 Find out more and apply on the professional opportunities page of our website. 📸DEBS 2025/26 cohort with mentor Marc Brew. Image credit @paulandrewsphoto . [Images: six photographs of the 2025/26 DEBS cohort dancing in the studio with mentor Marc Brew. One graphic tile. with black text on a purple background that reads: "Dancers Emerging Bursary Scheme (DEBS), deadline: Monday 15 June, 11:00"]

💫 Creative Dance & Movement | Contemporary Workshop with Alan Greig This Saturday, join the legendary Alan Greig for a fun, creative workshop, where you will work together with other dancers on improvisation and learning compositional scores. American dance pioneer Alwin Nikolais said that improvisation is "instant choreography and instant performance". Improvisation is the practice of creativity. It is one of the best trainings and preparations for the art of performing. In this workshop you will experiment with your own unique movement style: alone, in duets and in collaborative groups. Bring an open mind and a willingness to play and interact. 📅 Saturday 2 May, 10:00-12:00 🩰 Level: All Levels 🎟️ Tickets: £15 (£12.50 concession) 📸 Alan Greig, image courtesy of the artist. [Images: 1. A purple tile with large black shapes and black text reading: "Creative Dance & Movement, Workshop with Alan Greig, Saturday 2 May, 10:00-12:00". 2. A photograph of a group of dancers in a dance studio.]