Dance Jobs in Sheffield

Dance teacher and choreographer work across Sheffield and the wider South Yorkshire region — flexible freelance shifts from £22 an hour that slot around whatever performing you're already doing.

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Join Our Sheffield Team

The Sheffield diary just keeps filling up — regular weekly classes, weekend hen dos, wedding first dances and workshops in schools, and all of it wants a professional dancer who's happy at the front of a room.

Paid Properly

Class teaching kicks off at £22 an hour, with hen and wedding choreography at £25 — every rate confirmed in advance, no chasing invoices, no waiting around for payment.

Around Your Career

You give us the hours you've got and we build the week out of them. A typical Sheffield teacher runs anything from a single class to a near-full timetable, tucked around auditions, contracts and gigs — and drops everything the moment a job pulls you away.

Room to Build

Start a weekly class of your own and build it up — we take care of the promotion that puts bums on the floor. Casting work filters through our events roster as well, and we're all for you stacking extra roles or trying different ones as you find your feet.

Positions Available

Three types of role here — sign up for one or juggle the lot. The teachers with the widest range get first dibs on the best Sheffield slots.

Hen Party Instructor

From £25/hr

Run themed hen routines for groups at our Kelham Island and Devonshire Quarter studios, or wherever they've based themselves for the weekend — the highest-energy, top-paying Saturday work on our books.

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

Wedding Dance Choreographer

From £25/hr

Build and teach first-dance routines for couples booking private, just-the-two-of-them sessions — patience and a reassuring manner count here, not big credentials.

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

Regular Class Teacher

From £22/hr

Head up a weekly class in whatever style is your strongest, pull in a regular crowd and build from there — we run the promotion that keeps the floor busy so you can focus on teaching.

  • 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 are open across Sheffield right now — put your name forward for any of the roles listed here.

Position Type Pay
Ballet teacher wanted for adult and children's classes in Sheffield Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Street dance instructor needed across Sheffield and Rotherham Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
Salsa teacher required for Latin nights in Sheffield city centre Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Contemporary dance teacher for Kelham Island studios Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Hip-hop dance instructor wanted, Devonshire Quarter Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Jazz dance teacher for city-centre Sheffield classes Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Ballroom teacher needed for Sheffield evening classes Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Commercial dance instructor for Sheffield studio classes Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
K-pop dance teacher wanted for Sheffield student classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Tap dance teacher for weekly classes in Sheffield Part-time From £22 p/h
Bollywood dance instructor needed across South Yorkshire Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Heels instructor wanted for Sheffield evening classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Burlesque dance teacher needed in Sheffield city centre Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Wedding dance choreographer needed across Sheffield and Barnsley Freelance / Flexible From £25 p/h
Hen party dance instructor wanted, Sheffield 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
  • Studios in Kelham Island, the Devonshire Quarter and beyond
  • Choreography & music provided for hen work
  • Marketing that fills your classes
  • Casting opportunities from our events roster
  • A team of working professionals like you
  • Immediate start available

What We Need

  • Professional dance training or equivalent experience
  • Teaching qualification a bonus, not a barrier
  • Presence — you can hold a room of strangers
  • Reliability that copes with the hills and the tram timetable
  • DBS check for children's work (we help arrange)
  • Public liability insurance (or willingness to get it)
  • Right to work in the UK

Immediate Start Available

There are openings right now in all twenty styles — if you're based in Sheffield, out in Rotherham, Barnsley or Doncaster, or just over the Chesterfield border, and you can start soon, send your application in below. Every one that comes in gets a reply from a real person inside two days.

Apply to Teach in Sheffield

Complete the form and give us a picture of who you are. Every application is read by a person, and we come back to you 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

A few words on your dance background and the hours you can cover.

Dance Jobs Sheffield FAQ

A few questions instructors tend to raise before they come on board in Sheffield.

Do I have to be a qualified teacher to land dance jobs in Sheffield?

A qualification is a nice bonus and nothing more. What genuinely gets you the job is solid dance training or real performing miles, plus the ability to keep a room with you. Plenty of our best instructors arrived at teaching having spent years on stage, not sat in an exam room.

What's the pay like for dance teachers in Sheffield?

Teaching a regular class pays from £22 an hour, and hen and wedding choreography from £25. The rate is spelled out before each booking, payment lands on schedule, and the number only climbs as you take on more.

What dance styles do you need teachers for in Sheffield?

Pretty much all of it — the whole twenty-style timetable, everything from ballet, tap and ballroom across to hip-hop, K-pop, heels and commercial, and on top of that we're after hen party leaders and first-dance choreographers. Teach a handful of styles and your Sheffield week fills quicker than most.

Would this be a salaried post, or freelance?

Freelance all the way, and the workload is entirely your call. One class a week suits some people fine; others build regular classes, weekend hen dos and the odd school workshop into something close to a full timetable. You're never tied to anything past the sessions you actually agree to.

I've still got auditions and gigs on — will teaching fit around them?

Honestly, performers are the whole reason this exists. Nearly the entire Sheffield roster is out gigging, touring or auditioning and teaches around it — so just hand over the pattern of when you're free, and we'll book classes to fit. The moment a job takes you away, your teaching goes on hold and picks straight back up when you return.