Resources

Whether you like to jump or jive, tap or tango, shake your hips or shuffle, dancing really is one of the most enjoyable ways to get moving. As well as being fun, regular dance is great for losing weight, maintaining strong bones, improving posture and muscle strength, increasing balance and coordination, and beating stress amongst other benefits.

Whether you’ve arrived on this page from the NHS Dance for Fitness site or another route, we’re glad that you’re thinking about dance – and we hope you love it as much as we do.  Interested in learning more about dance near you?   We’ve rounded up some amazing dance organisations below that offer classes, resources, and more for dancers of all skill levels and styles.

• Activate. Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole. Dorset South West www.activateperformingarts.org.uk
• Cheshire Dance. Winsford North West www.cheshiredance.org
• Citymoves Dance Space. Aberdeen Scotland www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
• Dance4.  Nottingham East Midlands www.dance4.co.uk
• Dance Base. Edinburgh Scotland www.dancebase.co.uk
• Dance City (DC). Newcastle Upon Tyne North East www.dancecity.co.uk
• Dance East. Ipswich,Suffolk East www.danceeast.co.uk
• Dance in Devon (DiD). Exeter South West www.danceindevon.org.uk
• Dance Ireland Dublin. Ireland www.danceireland.ie
• Dance South Gloucestershire (DSG). Gloucester South West England www.dancesouthwest.org.uk/network/south-gloucestershire
• Dance Xchange (dx). Birmingham West Midlands www.dancexchange.org.uk
• Déda. Derby East Midlands www.deda.uk.com
• East London Dance (eld). London  www.eastlondondance.org/
• Firkin Crane. Cork Ireland www.firkincrane.ie
• Gloucestershire Dance. Gloucester South West www.gloucestershiredance.org.uk
• Greenwich Dance. London www.greenwichdance.org.uk
• Hampshire Dance. Eastleigh South East England www.hampshiredance.org.uk
• Isle of Wight Arts Unit (no Dance Officer) Isle of Wight South East www.isleofwight-arts.co.uk/dance.aspx
• Ludus Dance. Lancaster North West www.ludusdance.org
• Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI). Liverpool North West www.mdi.org.uk
• Pavilion Dance South West. Bournemouth South West www.pdsw.org.uk
• Plymouth Dance (c/o Dance in Devon). Exeter South West www.plymouthdance.org.uk
• Scottish Dance Theatre (SDT). Dundee Scotland www.scottishdancetheatre.com
• South East Dance. Brighton South East www.southeastdance.org.uk
• Surrey Arts: Dance. Surrey South East England www.surreycc.gov.uk/arts
• Swindon Dance. Swindon South West www.swindondance.org.uk/
• Take Art: Dance. Somerset Somerset South West England www.takeart.org/
• The Dance Network Association. Essex. https://www.dancenetworkassociation.org.uk/
• The Place Artist Development. London www.theplace.org.uk
• The Space. Dundee Scotland www.dundeecoll.ac.uk
• The Works. Cornwall Truro South West www.danceandtheatrecornwall.co.uk
• Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London trinitylaban.ac.uk
• YDance (Scottish Youth Dance). Glasgow Scotland www.ydance.org
• Yorkshire Dance Leeds Yorkshire www.yorkshiredance.com