The Dance House (formerly known as House of Jack) is a Leith-based dance studio focussing on street dance styles, providing affordable classes and workshops for adults of all levels and kids from Preschool to Professional, as well as youth company training, performances, shows and events.
The Dance House was formed in 2017 as 'House of Jack', to create a new, accessible dance institution in Edinburgh, focusing on street dance styles and welcoming to all ages and level of ability, providing a friendly and unintimidating environment in which to learn to dance.
The Dance House CIC is a non-profit Social Enterprise with a main aim of making dance, and its many physical, social and mental health benefits, as accessible as possible to all!
Children can join The Dance House with no previous experience and may progress to being performing members of youth companies, while those attending adults classes range from teenagers to those in their 60s and beyond, of all levels of ability, from beginners to qualified professional dancers. The Dance House increases the creative development available to early-stage dancers in Edinburgh, through active youth companies, teaching and performance opportunities, free weekly open training space, workshops with renowned visiting dancers, and events to build the street dance community, such as the annual Rock What You Got battle.
As well as dance classes, the studio is also available for dancers to hire as a fully kitted-out rehearsal space, and can also be hired for kids parties, hen parties and other events, offering a large studio space, foyer, changing rooms, sound system and disco lights!
The Dance House's talented youth are highly regarded and are regularly invited to perform hip hop theatre at prominent events around Scotland such as Breakin' Convention (Edinburgh tour date), Breakin' Rules, Leith Festival, the Meadows Festival, and more. In 2019, our youth of all abilities performed a curtain-raiser piece for '10 Soldiers' show at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. Most recently, the Dance House Youth Dance Companies, Groundbreakers and Out of The Box, performed at Ignite 2024 at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
