Dance Jobs in Harrogate

Teacher and choreographer roles across Harrogate and the wider district — freelance hours from £22 that fit around a performing life, not against it.

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Join Our Harrogate Team

Harrogate's diary mixes a steady town-centre class base with a strong hen-weekend market and a deep country-house wedding season — all of it needing dancers who can genuinely teach.

Paid Properly

Classes start at £22 an hour, hen and wedding choreography at £25 — agreed before every booking and paid without ever being chased.

Around Your Career

Offer the hours you actually have — one evening or a full week — and the diary flexes when contracts, tours or auditions call.

Room to Build

Anchor a weekly class our marketing keeps filling, add the better-paid weekend work when you want it, and shift the mix as your career moves.

Positions Available

Three role types that stack in any combination — and multi-style teachers get first refusal as the Harrogate timetable grows.

Hen Party Instructor

From £25/hr

Teach themed hen routines in town or out at the district's country houses — the liveliest, best-paid weekend work going.

  • 38+ themes, choreography provided
  • 1–1.5 hour sessions
  • Studios & come-to-you across the district
  • Weekend availability essential

Wedding Dance Choreographer

From £25/hr

Build first dances with couples in private sessions — patience and warmth count for more than any showreel.

  • 1-hour private lessons
  • Your schedule, their song
  • Song editing support provided
  • Beginner-teaching experience essential

Regular Class Teacher

From £22/hr

Front a weekly class in your best style — we fill the room, you run what happens inside it.

  • 20 styles on the timetable
  • Evening & weekend slots
  • Adults & children's classes
  • Marketing support included

Current Dance Job Opportunities

Dance teacher jobs and dance teaching jobs open in Harrogate now — apply below for any role.

Position Type Pay
Adult ballet teacher wanted for Harrogate beginners Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Street styles instructor for the adult evening class Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
Salsa teacher for Harrogate's beginner on-ramp class Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Contemporary teacher for the town-centre hour Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Hip-hop instructor wanted, adult beginners Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Jazz teacher for Harrogate's theatre-bright class Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Ballroom teacher for social waltz evenings Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Commercial instructor for video-style sessions Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
K-pop choreographer for arranged group sessions Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Tap dance teacher for classes in Harrogate Part-time From £22 p/h
Bollywood instructor for arranged filmi sessions Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Heels instructor for town-centre classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Burlesque dance teacher needed in Harrogate Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Wedding choreographer for the country-house season Freelance / Flexible From £25 p/h
Hen party instructor for Harrogate's busy weekends Part-time / Weekend From £25 p/h

What We Offer & What We Need

What We Offer

  • £22–25+ per hour by role
  • Diary built around your availability
  • Venues across Zones 1–2 and the boroughs
  • Hen routines & edited tracks arrive prepared
  • Marketing that fills your classes
  • Occasional event work as the district's diary grows
  • A team of working professionals like you
  • Immediate start available

What We Need

  • Professional training, or performance experience that speaks for itself
  • Teaching certificates welcome, never a gatekeeper
  • Presence enough to run a room of thirty strangers
  • Reliability that survives Yorkshire weather and A-road diversions
  • DBS for children's bookings — we help arrange it
  • Public liability cover in place, or planned
  • Right to work in the UK

Immediate Start Available

We are recruiting across every style for teachers within reach of Harrogate — the town itself, wider North Yorkshire, or commutable Leeds and York. Apply below; every application gets a personal reply within 48 hours.

Apply to Teach in Harrogate

Fill in the short form and tell us who you are — applications are read by a person and answered inside 48 hours.

Quick response — a personal reply within 48 hours
Immediate start — begin as soon as you are ready
No long contracts — flexible freelance arrangement
All backgrounds — formal qualifications not required

Or send your CV & showreel to:

jobs@dancecentreuk.co.uk

Your Application

Your background, your styles and the hours you could offer.

Dance Jobs Harrogate FAQ

Common questions from teachers considering the Harrogate diary.

Do I need a teaching qualification to apply for dance jobs in Harrogate?

Helpful, never decisive — professional training or genuine performance history plus the ability to hold a room is what wins work here. Many of our best teachers performed first and taught later.

How much do dance instructors get paid in Harrogate?

£22 an hour opens class work and £25 the hen and wedding diary — every rate fixed before its booking, paid promptly, and reviewed as your involvement grows.

Which dance styles are you hiring for in Harrogate?

All twenty timetable styles plus hen instructors and wedding choreographers — and with the district's weekend market strong, teachers who can cover Saturdays fill their diaries fastest.

Is the work full-time or freelance?

Entirely freelance — one weekly class or a stacked week of classes, hens and couples, structured by you. Unoffered hours simply do not exist; nothing accrues and nothing expires.

I perform and tour — will Harrogate teaching flex around that?

That is the roster's entire design — tell us the shape of your months and the diary is built inside them, paused without fuss when a contract lands and resumed when you return.