Arts in Rotherham - Dance

New: Regional Database for dancers

South Yorkshire Dance Hub iscreating a database of South Yorkshire Dance practitioners available to hire for workshops.  The database will be housed on the Youth Dance England website.  To get your details on the database, please email rhiannon.lister-coburn@rotherham.gov.uk  and ask for a dance practitioner form.

Rotherham Dance Network

The recent meeting of local dancers and dance groups and agencies was very successful and people reported it was very useful. For full details of the meeting or to be included in future Dance Network pmeetings please call Rhiannon Lister-Coburn on 01709 823636 or email  rhiannon.lister-coburn@rotherham.gov.uk 

Rhiannon is also interested in hearing from dancers and dance leaders who are not part of the groups and classes already listed below, to be added to a database of dance practitioners for the region. If you are a local dance practitioner,  we would be pleased to promote your work and include you in the database.

For news of youth dance opportunies in the region, don't forget to sign up for the  Youth Dance Newsletter

Youth Dance Festival

Your group can  apply to perform at Youth Dance England's national U.Dance event in London; a three day extravaganza at The Southbank Centre from 12 - 15 July 2012. Further details can be found at U.Dance

Dance Groups and classes in Rotherham

Adam Hague School of Dance

• Details: Classes for ages 3 to adult in community venues across the borough in street, ballet, musical theatre, disco, jazz and freestyle, plus adult zumba, keep fit and rock n roll.
• Contact: Call Adam on 07534248640 or email adam_hague@hotmail.co.uk

David Lewin School of Dance

• Details: Various classes for adults and children, including salsa and latin, evenings and Saturdays.
• Venues:Kimberworth Children's Centre or The Black Hut, Kimberworth Park Community Centre.
• Contact: Call 07963194058 or 07748534149 or 01709 556313 or email lewindavid@live.co.uk

Dawn Oscroft Dance Studio

• Details: Classes for all age groups in ballet, tap, street dance, salsa and musical theatre
• Venue: St. Paul 's Church, Kimberworth Road , Rotherham (opposite Ferham Clinic) S61 1HG
• Contact: Find out more at Dawn Oscroft Dance Studio.com   

DTA North

• Adult classes - details:  Evening dance classes  in  Zumba , Salsa and Burlesque led by Rebecca Hill.
• Venue: Wednesdays, (Zumba only), The Park Rehabilitation Centre, Badsley Moor Lane, Clifton (£3.50); Thursdays, ( Zumba, Salsa and Burlesque) Liquid & Envy Nightclub, Main Street , Rotherham (£4).
• Children's classes - details: Saturday Classes for all age groups in dance, drama, singing and musical theatre.
• Venue:  Herringthorpe United Reformed Church, Wickersley Road , Rotherham
• Contact: For times and contact details visit DTA North

Gillian Banks Theatre School

• Details: The school provides a purposed built studio and specialised equipment and facilities to offer modern jazz, theatrecraft, tap dance, Irish Hard and Soft Shoe, line dancing, ballet, ballroom, Latin American, gymnastic, street and freestyle dance, also aerial work, trapeze and ring. Qualified by 5 national examining boards including IDTA
• Venue: Grange Lane, Maltby, Rotherham S66 7DA
• Contacts: Find out more at Gillian Banks Theatre School  

Janet Mitchell School of Dance

• Details: Classes run for all ages in street, jazz, tap and ballet dance, also Pointe and DanceFit.
• Venue: The Basement Studio (under Sainsbury's Supermarket), The Brecks, East Bawtry Road , Rotherham S66 1WR
• Contacts: Find out more at Janet Mitchell School of Dance

Julie Turner Stage Academy

• Details: Stage Academy offers classes in all aspects of stage dance in 2 dance studios and now also singing, musical theatre and street-cheer as well as open classes in tap, lyrical & ballet and baby ballet classes for mums and toddlers.
• Venue: 32b & 77a Laughton Road , Dinnington, S25 2PN
• Contact: Find out more at  Julie Turner Stage Academy 

Learn to Dance with David Webster

• Details: David teaches sequence and ballroom dancing; there is a social dance each evening following the classes. Levels vary - please contact David before attending
• Venue: sequence/ballroom dancing at Swinton Civic Hall Station Street, Swinton, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday - all start at 7:00pm and Brampton Bierlow Parish Hall on Thursdays,
• Contact: Call David on 07932628931 or email davidrothm@hotmail.co.uk

Margaret Huntley School of Dance

• Details: Classes and private tuition in latin, tango, quickstep, salsa and ballroom etc
• Venue: Lyric Theatre, Dinnington
• Contact: Find out more at Margaret Huntley School of Dance

Nikki Lynam School of Performing Arts

• Details:Well known through their Britain 's got Talent finalist group ICE, the NLSPA classes run from Monday to Saturday in singing, drama, gymnastics, breakdance, lyrical hip hop and streetdance
• Venue: 8-12 Doncaster Gate, Rotherham S651DJ
• Contact: Find out more at  Nikki Lynam School of Performing Arts

 The Park Activity Club for Kids (PACK)

• Details: Dance classes incorporate many different styles from lyrical to jazz to street, creating routines that are fun to dance and help build balance, flexibility and skill. Performing Arts classes include music and movement, singing, drama games and activities and more to build team work and confidence.  
• Times: Dance and Performing Arts Saturday mornings (term time) 9am Dance for ages 3 and above; 10am Performing Arts for ages 6 and above; 11am Dance -for ages 7 and above.
• Venue: Park Centre, Badsley Moor Lane, Rotherham
• Contact:  For details email carolynalison@googlemail.com  call 01709 302323 or visit their facebook page.

Parent and Toddler Dance Classes and Infant Dance Classes at Rotherham Arts Centre

Due to the future relocation of Cultural Services to the new Riverside building,  the Arts Centre is no longer able to host these classes. For activities for this age group led by the dance leader Sam Tennick, please see her listing under 'Sam's Dance'.

Rotherham Dance Centre

• Details: classes are available in ballet, tap, gymnastic, disco and modern jazz dancing.
• Venue: 154 Wickersley Road , Rotherham S60 3PT.
• Contact: Call Jean Watson on 01709 361542

Rotherham Youth Dance Network

• Details: Rotherham Youth Dance Network The RYDN consists of groups across the borough, offering weekly dance sessions to 7-11 and 12-16 year olds. Around 200+ young dancers, age 7-16 from all over Rotherham, are involved in the Network, learning Contemporary, Creative and Street Dance techniques, and groups erform at an annual Showcase at the Civic Theatre.
• Contact: Email: Adele Wragg at info@rotherhamyouthdance.co.uk  or call the Community Arts Service on 01709 823636.

 Sam's Dance

• Details Groovy Movers: For ages 1 - 4.  Thursdays, 3.30pm - 4.30pm.  A fun, friendly and imaginative way to encourage your child to move to music and develop confidence.
• Details  Street dance / Contemporary Fusion:  For ages 4 - 9 . Thursdays,  4.30pm - 5.30pm. Learn how to put steps together to create funky dance routines.
• Venue: The Unity Centre, St Leonard's Road, Rotherham S65 1PD
• Cost all classes £3 per child (parking free at rear of building)
• Contacts: call Sam Tennick on 07984 713972 or email samtennick@hotmail.co.uk

Steppin' Out 

• Details: classes in Ballet, Tap, and Theatre Craft for anyone from 2years upwards.
• Venue: 12a and 12b Northside Road , Wath-upon-Dearne, S63 7RX
• Contact:  visit Stepping' Out for details.

We hope you find this information useful; if you know of new groups or changes in any of these details, please let us know. You may also find it useful to search for a group you are looking for the the Help in Hand on-line database of local groups and resources, held by Rotherham E-Library Services.

These websites may have useful information on the subject:

• Dance UK The national voice for the dance profession, including students, choreographers and all those working in the area, to improve the conditions in which dance is created, performed and experienced.
• Yorkshire Dance works to develop dance, dance artists and dance audiences, and champion excellence and innovation across the region. Sign up to their  mailing list
• Youth dance in Yorkshire The portal for all Youth Dance England's national schemes, such as U.Dance, Dance Links, Stride, Young Creatives and the annual national conference. This hosts the Youth Dance Directory, a FREE national interactive resource aimed to connect all people and organisations involved in children and young people's dance.
• ADAD is a national organisation supporting the practice and appreciation of dance of the African Diaspora, to support the development and raise the profile of talented dance artists.
• The Foundation for Community Dance is the professional organisation for anyone involved in creating opportunities for people to experience and participate in dance.
• Danceworks UK Danceworks is South Yorkshire's leading dance promotion agency Producing, presenting, promoting UK & International dance as well as developing and retaining audiences for the venues of South Yorkshire.

• International Dance Teachers' Association  IDTA is the professional examinatio board for dance. It also has a directory of local dance leaders.