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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

💫New Jack Swing | A Hip Hop Party Workshop with Ashley Jack

Want to take your House dance skills to the next level? Join Edinburgh Hip Hop and House dance legend Ashley Jack for this high energy New Jack Swing workshop!

From Tony T to TLC....Boyz II Men to Bobby Brown! The New Jack Swing era was the House Party era! Learn old school Hip Hop party steps to New Jack Swing music and be prepared to party like the 90's. Wear your 'Fresh Prince' outfit and be sure to bring water as this workshop will be high energy!

📅 Saturday 23 May 2026
🕜 13:30-15:00
👟 Level: Improver
🎟️ Tickets: £15/£12

Book your spot! Link in bio.

[Images: 1. A purple tile with large black shapes and black text reading: "New Jack Swing | A Hip Hop Party Workshop with Ashley Jack". 2. A collage of photos of New Jack Swing artists including Tony T, Boyz 2 Men, TLC, Bobby Brown and Will Smith, as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. 3. Ashley Jack dances in a light blue tshirt.

💫New Jack Swing | A Hip Hop Party Workshop with Ashley Jack

Want to take your House dance skills to the next level? Join Edinburgh Hip Hop and House dance legend Ashley Jack for this high energy New Jack Swing workshop!

From Tony T to TLC....Boyz II Men to Bobby Brown! The New Jack Swing era was the House Party era! Learn old school Hip Hop party steps to New Jack Swing music and be prepared to party like the 90's. Wear your 'Fresh Prince' outfit and be sure to bring water as this workshop will be high energy!

📅 Saturday 23 May 2026
🕜 13:30-15:00
👟 Level: Improver
🎟️ Tickets: £15/£12

Book your spot! Link in bio.

[Images: 1. A purple tile with large black shapes and black text reading: "New Jack Swing | A Hip Hop Party Workshop with Ashley Jack". 2. A collage of photos of New Jack Swing artists including Tony T, Boyz 2 Men, TLC, Bobby Brown and Will Smith, as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. 3. Ashley Jack dances in a light blue tshirt.

💫New Jack Swing | A Hip Hop Party Workshop with Ashley Jack

Want to take your House dance skills to the next level? Join Edinburgh Hip Hop and House dance legend Ashley Jack for this high energy New Jack Swing workshop!

From Tony T to TLC....Boyz II Men to Bobby Brown! The New Jack Swing era was the House Party era! Learn old school Hip Hop party steps to New Jack Swing music and be prepared to party like the 90's. Wear your 'Fresh Prince' outfit and be sure to bring water as this workshop will be high energy!

📅 Saturday 23 May 2026
🕜 13:30-15:00
👟 Level: Improver
🎟️ Tickets: £15/£12

Book your spot! Link in bio.

[Images: 1. A purple tile with large black shapes and black text reading: "New Jack Swing | A Hip Hop Party Workshop with Ashley Jack". 2. A collage of photos of New Jack Swing artists including Tony T, Boyz 2 Men, TLC, Bobby Brown and Will Smith, as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. 3. Ashley Jack dances in a light blue tshirt.

Hello, hello! 🌞

Today marks exactly THREE months until the world premiere of ‘not for glory’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of Assembly Festival at Dance Base (DB3)

⚠️ 11 - 23 AUG, 19:45 ⚠️

not for glory is a rebellious unravelling of traditional dance and music. Its bodies and bagpipes, kilts and queerness, a battering, flinging skirl.

This dance-theatre gig resuscitates tradition, dissects heritage, not for glory - but for what?

🎟️ TICKET LINK IN BIO 🎟️

Concept, Deviser & Performer: Jack Anderson
Lighting Designer & Production Manager: Emma Jones
Access Consultant: Nelly Kelly
Composer, Deviser & Performer: Malin Lewis
Costumer Designer: Cloe Rose McCabe
Creative Producer: Helen McIntosh
Concept, Deviser & Performer: Charlotte Mclean
PR Associate: Joy Parkinson
Marketing Associate: Serden Salih

Footage: @lewislandini
Chopped up by meeee

Co-commissioned by The Place
Supported by Creative Scotland, The Work Room, Dance Base, Traditional Dance Forum Scotland, Ullapool Village Hall

🎵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️🎻🇮🇪🎶

✨This week, we have Hannah Draper in residence, working on 'the slower we go, the faster we get there'.

Hannah will explore improvisation as a way to access different states safely and exploratively – letting the body reveals things before the mind knows them, or logic can decide what happens next.

How can resilience and understanding be built through the body and in relation to one another? How does improvisation practice support us to move safely through different states of nervous system activation in the body? How do we stay connected through difference, difficult feelings and change? How can dance resource us, how can we resource the dance?

Join Hannah this Friday 22 May for a residency sharing - book on the Artist Residencies page on our website!

📸 @emily_nicholl_

[Image: a dancer all in white lies face-down on a rocky hillside.]

🌴 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.]

🌴 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’]

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.]

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."]

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.]

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

🌟 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

🌟 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