Dance Jobs in Southampton
Teaching and choreography work across Southampton and the Hampshire coast — freelance, self-scheduled, paid from £22 an hour, and designed to sit alongside the performing you already do.
Join Our Southampton Team
There is more work in Southampton than we can currently cover — regular weekly classes, Saturday-night hen groups, first-dance couples and workshops in schools, all wanting professionals who can actually run a room.
Paid Properly
Classes bring in £22 an hour and up, with hen and wedding choreography at £25 plus — the figure is agreed the moment you take a booking, and it reaches you on schedule, no chasing required.
Around Your Career
Tell us the slots you can cover and we schedule into them, nothing more. Our Southampton dancers might do two hours some weeks and a packed timetable others, all worked around auditions and touring — and we simply pause you when a contract turns up.
Room to Build
Grow a weekly class of your own with our promotion behind it, get early pick of paid casting from the events side of the business, and slide between teaching roles as your range widens.
Positions Available
There are three role types here, and you can hold one or juggle all of them. Whoever teaches across the most styles gets first dibs on the Southampton rota.
Hen Party Instructor
From £25/hrRun themed sessions for hen parties, either in a city-centre studio or at whatever place they have booked — the most upbeat and best-paying weekend slots we hand out.
- 38+ themes, choreography provided
- 1–1.5 hour sessions
- Studios & come-to-you across Hampshire
- Weekend availability essential
Wedding Dance Choreographer
From £25/hrShape first-dance numbers for couples one pair at a time, behind closed doors — steady, encouraging teaching wins this job far more than an eye-catching résumé.
- 1-hour private lessons
- Your schedule, their song
- Song editing support provided
- Beginner-teaching experience essential
Regular Class Teacher
From £22/hrLead a weekly slot in whatever style is yours, gather your own regulars, and let it snowball — our promotion does the job of filling seats while you focus on teaching.
- 20 styles on the timetable
- Evening & weekend slots
- Adults & children's classes
- Marketing support included
Current Dance Job Opportunities
Live dance teacher and dance teaching vacancies in Southampton — put yourself forward for any of the roles listed here.
| Position | Type | Pay |
|---|---|---|
| Ballet teacher wanted for classes around Guildhall Square | Part-time / Full-time | From £22 p/h |
| Street dance instructor needed across the Southampton suburbs | Part-time / Freelance | From £22 p/h |
| Salsa teacher wanted for weekly Latin nights in Southampton | Part-time / Evening | From £22 p/h |
| Contemporary teacher for Cultural Quarter studios | Part-time / Full-time | From £22 p/h |
| Hip-hop instructor wanted for Above Bar sessions | Part-time / Evening | From £22 p/h |
| Jazz teacher for city-centre Southampton classes | Part-time / Full-time | From £22 p/h |
| Ballroom teacher needed for Southampton evening classes | Part-time / Weekend | From £22 p/h |
| Commercial dance instructor for Southampton studio classes | Part-time / Freelance | From £22 p/h |
| K-pop teacher wanted for classes in Southampton | Part-time / Evening | From £22 p/h |
| Tap teacher for classes across Hampshire | Part-time | From £22 p/h |
| Bollywood instructor needed in Southampton | Part-time / Weekend | From £22 p/h |
| Heels instructor wanted for Southampton classes | Part-time / Evening | From £22 p/h |
| Burlesque teacher needed for Southampton classes | Part-time / Evening | From £22 p/h |
| Wedding dance choreographer needed across Hampshire | Freelance / Flexible | From £25 p/h |
| Hen party instructor wanted for Southampton weekends | Part-time / Weekend | From £25 p/h |
What We Offer & What We Need
What We Offer
- Between £22 and £25-plus an hour by role
- Hours that fit entirely around your availability
- City-centre studios and classes out across the suburbs
- Set choreography and music handed to you for hen bookings
- Marketing that keeps your classes full
- Priority on casting calls from our events side
- A team of working professionals, just like you
- An immediate start if you want one
What We Need
- Professional dance training, or the experience to stand in for it
- A teaching qualification is a plus, never a must
- The presence to hold a room full of strangers
- Reliability that copes with Southampton's cruise-day traffic
- A DBS check for any children's work — we'll help sort it
- Public liability cover, or the willingness to arrange it
- The right to work here in the UK
Immediate Start Available
Recruitment is open right across the styles and right across the region — from the city itself out to Eastleigh, Romsey and the Waterside. If you can begin soon, drop your details in below; we answer every applicant personally within two days.
Apply to Teach in Southampton
Send the form over with a bit about you and your dancing. A real person looks at every submission, and a reply lands with you inside a couple of days.
Or send your CV & showreel to:
jobs@dancecentreuk.co.ukYour Application
A quick picture of your training and the hours you could cover.
Dance Jobs Southampton FAQ
The stuff applicants most often check on before signing up with us in Southampton.
Do I need a formal teaching qualification to apply?
Handy, but never a must. The role goes to whoever can genuinely command a room, backed by proper training or time on stage. A fair number of our best teachers arrived with a performing CV and no teaching certificate at all.
What's the pay for dance instructors in Southampton?
Standard classes come in at £22 an hour and choreography for hens and weddings at £25. Whatever the number, it is locked in before you start the booking, lands when it should, and climbs as your workload does.
Which styles are you actually hiring for?
The whole timetable is fair game — everything from ballet, ballroom and tap to street, K-pop and heels — alongside hen party leads and wedding coaches. The dancers who teach several of those book up their diaries quickest.
Would this be freelance or a fixed contract?
It is freelance, shaped entirely by what you can offer. One teacher might run a solitary weekly class; another crams in classes, Saturday hen sessions and school workshops most weeks. You never lose anything by taking less.
Can I keep auditioning and performing while I teach?
Precisely the people we look for. A big chunk of the Southampton roster are gigging performers who slot teaching between jobs. Sketch out your typical availability and we work with it — then clear the diary the moment a tour lands.