Dance Jobs in Portsmouth

Teacher and choreographer roles right across Portsea Island — pick your own freelance hours, earn from £22 an hour, and keep the performing career you already have front and centre.

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Come and Teach on the Island

Portsmouth's teaching diary keeps filling out — there are weekly classes to run, hen dos most weekends, first-dance choreography and school workshops, and every one of them wants a pro dancer who can genuinely hold a room.

Paid Fairly

£22 an hour to start on weekly classes and £25 on hen and wedding work — settled before you begin, paid on the dot, and no chasing invoices around.

Fits Your Career

You tell us when you are free and we fill the gaps. Most of our Portsmouth teachers do anywhere from a couple of hours to ten a week, worked around auditions, tour dates and contracts — and put it on hold when a job calls.

Space to Grow

Build up your own weekly class with our marketing pushing it, grab casting leads off our events board, and shift between roles as your range widens.

Roles on Offer

Three kinds of role — do one or stack all three. Whoever covers several styles gets first shout on the Portsmouth timetable.

Hen Party Instructor

From £25/hr

Teach themed routines to hen groups in a Southsea or city-centre studio, or wherever they happen to be staying — the loudest, best-paid weekend work we have going.

  • 38+ themes, choreography provided
  • 1–1.5 hour sessions
  • Studios & come-to-you across Portsea Island & SE Hampshire
  • Weekend availability essential

Wedding Dance Choreographer

From £25/hr

Choreograph first dances for couples across quiet one-to-one lessons — a calm, patient manner counts for far more here than a flashy CV.

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

Regular Class Teacher

From £22/hr

Take a weekly class in your own style, gather a regular crowd, and grow it from there — with our marketing doing the job of filling the room.

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

Live Teaching Vacancies

Dance teacher jobs and dance teaching work open across Portsmouth at the moment — put your name to any of the roles below.

Position Type Pay
Ballet teacher wanted for classes in Southsea Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Street dance instructor needed across Portsea Island Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
Salsa teacher required for Latin nights in Southsea Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Contemporary dance teacher for city-centre studios Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Hip-hop instructor wanted for Somerstown classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Jazz dance teacher for Guildhall-area classes Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Ballroom teacher needed for Portsmouth evening classes Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Commercial dance instructor for Southsea studio classes Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
K-pop dance teacher wanted for Portsmouth classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Tap dance teacher for classes in Fratton Part-time From £22 p/h
Bollywood dance instructor needed in Portsmouth Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Heels instructor wanted for Southsea classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Burlesque dance teacher needed in Portsmouth Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Wedding dance choreographer needed across SE Hampshire Freelance / Flexible From £25 p/h
Hen party dance instructor wanted, Portsmouth weekends Part-time / Weekend From £25 p/h

The Deal, and What We Look For

What You Get

  • £22–25+ an hour depending on the role
  • A diary shaped entirely around your free time
  • Studios across Southsea, the city centre and beyond
  • Routines & playlists handed to you for hen work
  • Marketing that genuinely fills your classes
  • First dibs on castings via our events board
  • A crew of working pros, same as you
  • You can start more or less straight away

What You Bring

  • Solid dance training, or the stage experience to match
  • A teaching qual is a plus, never a must
  • Real presence — you can command a room full of strangers
  • The reliability to cope with Portsmouth traffic and match days
  • A DBS check for any children's work (we help you sort it)
  • Public liability cover, or the willingness to arrange it
  • The legal right to work in the UK

Start Straight Away

We are hiring hard across every style and every corner of the city — if you are based on Portsea Island or anywhere across SE Hampshire and can start soon, send your details below. Every application gets a personal reply inside 48 hours.

Put Yourself Forward

Fill in the form below and tell us a bit about you. Every application is read by an actual person, not a bot, and you will hear back within 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

Tell us about your dance background and availability.

Teaching Job Questions

The questions dancers most often put to us before joining the Portsmouth team.

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

Helpful, but never a dealbreaker. What lands you the work is strong training or genuine performance experience, plus the knack of holding a room. A fair few of our best teachers picked up the teaching side by dancing first.

What do dance instructors actually earn in Portsmouth?

Weekly classes open at £22 an hour, and hen party or wedding choreography starts at £25. Every rate is agreed before the booking, paid promptly, and nudged up as you take on more.

Which dance styles are you recruiting for at the moment?

Every one of the twenty styles we timetable — ballet and ballroom through to street, K-pop and heels — plus hen party leaders and wedding choreographers. Teachers who cover several styles book their weeks out quickest.

Is this a salaried job or freelance work?

Freelance and flexible, shaped around whatever you can give us. Some teachers keep to a single weekly class; others pile classes, weekend hen dos and school workshops into near-full weeks, and a quiet spell never counts against you.

I still perform and audition, so can teaching work around that?

Precisely the people we want. Most of the Portsmouth team are working performers teaching between contracts. Give us your availability and we build around it — then hit pause the moment you land a tour.