ProDance Leeds

ProDance Leeds A project funded by the Arts Council England, providing affordable classes for professional dancers in and around Leeds. [email protected] See you in class!

ProDanceLeeds is an artist led programme of professional level contemporary classes for dancers. After a very successful Arts Council supported pilot of the scheme, we are pleased to announce that we have gained further funding from the Arts Council to run classes 5 DAYS A WEEK in 2016, bringing you the best of the contemporary dance world. Our previous teachers have included Gary Clarke, Amy Bell

, Yael Flexer, Jorge Crecis, Azzurra Ardovini, Phil Sanger, Anthony Middleton, Eleesha Drennan, Jo Fong, Tim Casson, Joss Arnott and Kristina and Sadé Alleyne, amongst many others. Over the next year we will welcome some excellent new teachers, as well as some brilliant returning artists. Plus we will hold specialised workshops for dancers to really delve into new techniques and styles. Most importantly, we at ProDanceLeeds will be working behind the scenes to try and develop a new model for the classes, in order to make them sustainable. We are passionate about the dance community in Leeds and helping to foster a strong network of independents. We are very excited to see the professional dance community in Leeds grow. Please check our website, Facebook or Twitter for times/locations prior to coming to class. ProDanceLeeds classes run in the studios of our partners: Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Yorkshire Dance, RJC Dance, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Northern Ballet and The Dance Studio Leeds. Studios will usually be open 15 minutes before and after class for warm up and cool down.

30/03/2023
Some more ProClasses in Leeds this week, people!Check out the classes offered by the different artists in residency at ...
10/05/2022

Some more ProClasses in Leeds this week, people!

Check out the classes offered by the different artists in residency at Yorkshire Dance throughout the week!

This Friday @ The Middle Floor ✨
28/03/2022

This Friday @ The Middle Floor ✨

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Hey Dancers!This Friday - 1st of October - we are hosting a Round Table discussion to shape the future of ProDanceLeeds,...
29/09/2021

Hey Dancers!

This Friday - 1st of October - we are hosting a Round Table discussion to shape the future of ProDanceLeeds, so we'd love to hear your thoughts!!

The session will run from 12.30 to 14.30 at the Dance Studio Leeds and you can pop in and out at any point.

You can also join online through the following Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82617034500?pwd=MEFGd1dUSldqQ3BqVUVaNUtmdkpDZz09

Meeting ID: 826 1703 4500
Passcode: 780587

Connect with us at anytime from 12.30 to 14.30 this Friday and let us hear your thoughts on what the future of Dance in Leeds needs!

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Last but not least, Anna Cabré-Verdiell will be facilitating the last week of this block of classes!!Anna’s class aims f...
03/09/2021

Last but not least, Anna Cabré-Verdiell will be facilitating the last week of this block of classes!!

Anna’s class aims for movement and thought efficiency. The session start with a short meditation to get together and suggest an idea to be explored during the class. Then we get moving through relational play; challenging our sense of space, trajectory, rhythm and others in the room. Diving into spatial crossings we work on patterns that progress form the floor up to standing, taking us into phrase work.

Class will run Tuesday to Thursday from 9.30 to 11h at

For booking follow the 'Shop Now' button on our page, the link in our instagram bio or visit www.prodanceleeds.com

See you in the dance floor!

This week Lisa Chearles and George Swattridge will be facilitating PDL under the second round of our Graduate Artist Sch...
30/08/2021

This week Lisa Chearles and George Swattridge will be facilitating PDL under the second round of our Graduate Artist Scheme!

- Lisa’s class is a combination of set material and improvisation, borrowing elements from release, flying low and Gaga technique. The aim of the class is to discover and explore unfamiliar pathways in our own bodies.

Lisa's classes will run on Tues & Thurs at 9.30 at Yorkshire Dance

- George's class begins by offering patterns influenced by Hand-balancing and Asana practice to form a grounded confidence. We then build into playful and dynamic flows, providing challenges that are logical progressions from earlier positions. Towards the end we introduce moments improvisation as a tool to express our individuality alongside our new found confidence with these patterns in motion.

George's classes will run on Wed & Friday at 9.30 at Yorkshire Dance

- Book your ticket through the 'Shop Now' button on our page, our website or our Instagram bio. -

See you in the dance floor!

Next week we have the wonderful Joao Maio leading class for ProDanceLeeds!!João’s class is designed to provide a pleasur...
19/08/2021

Next week we have the wonderful Joao Maio leading class for ProDanceLeeds!!

João’s class is designed to provide a pleasurable journey to the movers, whilst deepening their connection with their individual dancing bodies and space. We will start with finding mobility and freedom of movement through evolving floor-work sequences, progressing to standing work where we will be re-visiting and solidifying those same qualities, alongside grounding and travelling through space.

Click the ‘Shop Now’ button in our page for bookings or visit www.prodanceleeds.com

Our next guest teacher is Alethia Antonia!!Alethia is a freelance dancer, choreographer, teacher and researcher. She has...
14/08/2021

Our next guest teacher is Alethia Antonia!!

Alethia is a freelance dancer, choreographer, teacher and researcher. She has toured internationally and worked for companies such as Russell Maliphant Dance Company, James Wilton Dance, James Cousins Company. Her own work has been commissioned by The Place, NSCD and Fashion Gallery Space. As a teacher, she has taught Scottish Dance Theatre, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Trinity Laban, The Place, LCDS, NSCD, Kingston University. Alethia is currently a Work Place Artist at The Place.

- Please NOTICE that Alethia’s sessions will start slightly earlier than usual, taking place from 9am to 10.30am -

Book your class through the ‘Shop Now’ button on our page and find out more info about Alethia and her sessions at www.prodanceleeds.com

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