Dance Base Scotland

- Showcased 170+ live dance performances to 6,500+ audience members; and - Brought public classes to 4,600 people. 📸 @AmySineadphotos 3/3

This year, we: - Delivered specialised classes to 566 people with neurological and mental health conditions, and people who are often excluded from participation in the arts; - Supported 1,500 professional dance artists; 2/3

✨Donate to Dance Base this Christmas 💫 Dance Base is vital to dancers and the Scottish dance sector, but this Christmas we need your help to continue our work. Please donate if you can. loom.ly/pVm9ifk 1/3

An uplifting launch of 'Dancing on' - an exhibition celebrating @DanceBase's work with older dancers - looking forwards as well as remembering absent friends. #ToAbsentFriends

Tomorrow, Ben McEwen leads a session for professional dancers! Join him at @dancebase to explore, through dancing, some of Ben's ongoing questions around notions of care, consent, disturbance, staying-with, complexity, and agency. 5 Oct, 1:30 - 5:30pm dancebase.co.uk/classes/profes…

We're happy to announce this year’s Eadrainn / Between Us residency recipients in partnership with @dancebase, funded by @scotgovireland, and @irlscotland. This programme connects artists across Ireland & Scotland. Congrats to Jack Anderson and Tara Brandel!#CulturalExchange

This Saturday, join Ben McEwen for a Professional Workshop at @DanceBase! Ongoing questions around notions of care, consent, disturbance, staying-with, complexity, and agency will be explored. Sat 5 Oct, 1:30 - 5:30pm dancebase.co.uk/classes/profes…

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s cultural landscape is at risk of collapse. Vital support for freelance artists has been shut down and core funding for nearly 300 organisations hangs in the balance. Please sign our new petition to urge the Scottish Government to act now. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scot…

Read the full letter on our website. dancebase.co.uk/open-letter-to…

If you have signed up as a Friend of Dance Base you can now access early booking, so make some moves over to the website or call us to secure your space now. Friends bookings will pause at 11am tomorrow and all spaces will be back on sale from 12pm. Photo by Stuart Armitt

📣GET UP & GET DOWN 📣 Course bookings for Autumn Term open tomorrow at 12:00 online, in-person and over the phone. Check out what’s coming up on our website and get ready to book! dancebase.co.uk

Book your place on this new course from Wednesday 19 June at 12 noon, or become a Friend of Dance Base for early-bird course bookings TOMORROW at 12 noon. #GetUpGetDown #DanceBase #StreetDance #HipHop #Edinburgh

This class will be available to book as a course option or individually. THREE60 are a professional company based in Glasgow and we are excited to welcome their team to Dance Base to share their love of dance. Follow @officalthree60 on Instagram!

Join THREE60 for Hip Hop Funkamentals on Tuesdays 20:00-21:00. This class is great fun for all levels who love to move, dance and want an exciting insight into the ‘funkamentals’ of hip-hop, street and commercial styles. 📸 Photo by Stuart Armitt

Ready for a new challenge? Book your place on this new course from Wednesday 19 June at 12 noon. Or become a Friend of Dance Base for early-bird course bookings on Tuesday 18 June. #GetUpGetDown #DanceBase Photo by Stuart Armitt

We are delighted to be introducing this class for our dedicated tap dancers to progress their journey with us levelling up technique, artistry and exciting new challenges. This class will be available to book as a course or individually across the term.

New Class for Autumn Term This Autumn, take your tap technique to the next level with our new Intermediate Tap Class with Lindsey Cheyne. Wednesdays 20:00 – 21:00.

Book your place on this new course from Wednesday 19 June at 12 noon. Or become a Friend of Dance Base for early-bird course bookings on Tuesday 18 June. #GetUpGetDown #DanceBase Photo by Stuart Armitt

This class is open to dancers 60+ and will be taught at an improver level so if you have the basics down, join Kirsty for her new class in the Autumn term. This class will be available to book as a course or individually across the term.

New Class for Autumn Term Join Kirsty Pollock for a Tuesday Ballet Vintage Class at 12:10-13:40 Due to demand on our morning programme we are delighted to offer this additional class in our schedule.