Dance Classes in Manchester
20 Styles of Dance Class in Manchester
Every Level, Genuinely
Beginners aren't the odd ones out here — in most sessions they are the room, and every style opens with a starter level where the teacher takes nothing for granted. Dancers with training move into improver classes led by professionals still working the city's stages. Sorting a hen do? The same choreographers run those, on one booking.
Built Around the Manchester Week
Evening and weekend sessions run at studios around the city centre and the Northern Quarter — hop off the Metrolink or a train at Piccadilly and you are minutes away, so a class after work actually happens. Drop in when it suits or block-book to save. Tying the knot? Our wedding dance lessons use the same rooms.
£8 Per Class
Eight pounds gets you into any class — a one-off drop-in and a four-week block cost the same. No sign-up fee, no contract, nothing that renews behind your back — swap styles whenever you fancy. When you are set, drop us a line.
Pick Your Style
Twenty different styles to choose from — each one beginner-friendly and taught by a pro who still performs around the city.
Bachata
Three easy steps, a tap and a roll through the hips — bachata came out of the Dominican Republic and now packs Manchester's student-heavy Latin nights.
Bachata Classes
Ballet
Barre work, centre practice and turnout built slowly — in the city of the RNCM, grown-up beginners and returners are exactly who these classes suit.
Ballet Classes
Ballroom
The waltz, the foxtrot, the quickstep, all carried in a real hold — ballroom is the party trick that keeps repaying you on wedding dance floors for decades.
Ballroom Classes
Belly Dance
Hip circles, layered shimmies and the coin-scarf jangle of raqs sharqi — it welcomes every age and shape, and works your core harder than it lets on.
Belly Dance Classes
Bollywood
Big-screen film hooks, storytelling hands and grinning group energy — all the colour of Rusholme's Curry Mile poured into the happiest cardio on the timetable.
Bollywood Classes
Burlesque
Attitude, a slow reveal of confidence and old-school glamour — everything stays on except the self-doubt, which leaves for good.
Burlesque Classes
Commercial
Chart music-video routines polished for the camera — taught by dancers who work the industry, in the city where MediaCityUK keeps the cameras rolling.
Commercial Classes
Contemporary
Falling into the floor, catching your breath and improvising a phrase from it — contemporary turns weight and momentum into meaning, framed by stages like HOME and the Lowry.
Contemporary Classes
Flamenco
Thundering footwork, sharp hand-claps and a spine you carry proud — it's an exacting style, and we take it apart phrase by phrase so a first-timer never gets lost.
Flamenco Classes
Heels
Strong lines, real sass and styling with bite — begin in flat trainers with zero shame, and channel some of that Manchester swagger the city's guitar-band heyday made famous.
Heels Classes
Hip-Hop
Grooves, bounces and party moves drawn from fifty years of the culture — you don't need rhythm walking in, only a willingness to find it, and we teach it well clear of the street-dance class next door.
Hip-Hop Classes
Irish Dancing
Reels and jigs firing along beneath arms locked rigid at your sides — a good deal harder, and a good deal funnier, than the television ever lets on.
Irish Dancing Classes
Jazz
Kicks, pirouettes and clean theatrical lines — the craft under every touring West End show that lands at the Palace and the Opera House.
Jazz Classes
K-Pop
The point moves and knife-edge formation swaps from the comeback videos, taken apart step by step and filmed at the end — Manchester's huge, international student population packs them out.
K-Pop Classes
Line Dancing
No partner, no problem — just lines of dancers sharing grapevines, kicks and heel-digs, with country roots under a playlist that leans firmly modern.
Line Dancing Classes
Pole Dance
Your first spins, climbs and inverts happen at a proper partner pole studio — strength isn't a prerequisite, it's a by-product of turning up, and every body is welcome from day one.
Pole Dance Classes
Salsa
Rolling Cuban rhythm, a handful of turn patterns and partners circling so no one's left on the side — it's the easiest door into Manchester's lively city-centre Latin nights.
Salsa Classes
Street Dance
Locking, popping, breaking, house — the whole street family under one roof, taught by Manchester's working street dancers in the city that gave British music its swagger.
Street Dance Classes
Tango
Argentine tango's walking embrace — deliberate steps, loaded silences and a focus so tight the rest of the studio simply disappears.
Tango Classes
Tap
Shuffles, flaps and clattering time steps — this is the one dance you hear as much as watch, your feet doing the drumming, and loaner taps are there until you get your own.
Tap ClassesClass Pricing
No contracts, no catches — the same simple pricing on every style.
Drop-In
Turn up, dance, head home — nothing booked in advance.
£8 per classFour-Week Block
Hold your place for four weeks and pay less each time.
£32 £8 per classKids' Classes
Children's classes by age band, taught by DBS-checked pros.
From £8 per classHow to Start
- Pick a style — twenty on the board; the one whose music you can't sit still to is usually right.
- Send an enquiry — the form on that style's page comes back with times, the venue and the right level.
- Turn up ready — comfy kit, shoes you can move in, and zero experience expected.
Where We Teach in Manchester
City-centre and creative-quarter studios for adults, children's classes right across Greater Manchester.
City-Centre Studios
Northern Quarter, Ancoats, Salford & ChorltonAdult classes run at partner studios around the city centre and the creative quarters — most a short walk from Piccadilly, Victoria or a Metrolink stop, with evening slots built for after-work arrivals. We confirm the exact venue once you're booked.
Neighbourhood Venues
Kids & teens, across Greater ManchesterChildren's classes run closer to home in halls and studios right across Greater Manchester — from Salford and Trafford out to Stockport and the southern suburbs. Register interest on your style's enquiry form and we'll point you to the nearest group.
Dance Classes in Manchester FAQ
What people want to know before booking their first Manchester class.
How much do dance classes in Manchester cost?
A class is £8 however you book it — one-off drop-in or a four-week block. No membership, no joining fee and nothing that auto-renews — pick a style and see if it suits.
Whereabouts in Manchester do the classes run?
Partner studios cluster in the city centre and the Northern Quarter, out in Ancoats and over at Salford Quays, with more down in Chorlton — most a short walk from Piccadilly, Victoria or Oxford Road. Each style's page carries the local detail.
Can I reach a city-centre class without driving in?
Easily — the Metrolink, Britain's biggest tram network, runs seven lines through the middle of town, and Piccadilly, Victoria and Oxford Road are all walkable from the studios. Would rather not travel in at all? We bring classes to you right across Greater Manchester.
I've never danced before — what do I wear and will I keep up?
You'll be in good company — most starter rooms are mainly first-timers. Wear something you can move in and flat trainers, bring water, and let the teacher build it up slowly; nothing is assumed in any of the twenty styles.
Do you run classes for children too?
Yes — age-grouped kids' sessions run in most styles with DBS-checked teachers, from the city centre out through Salford, Trafford and the southern suburbs. Street dance and ballet fill first; note your nearest area on the enquiry form.