Throughout the year Dance Base offer residency opportunities to professional choreographers, companies and individual artists who want to develop their work. The selection is not highly competitive but we will choose artists who we believe will make the best use of the facilities we have built for dance and who may also have a positive … Continued

Over the last two years, Creative Scotland and Young Scot have been working together to support a National Youth Arts Advisory group (also known as YAVS – Youth Arts Voice Scotland). The group has been playing a significant role in determining the priorities of youth arts at a local, regional national level and are looking … Continued

The National Theatre of Scotland Starter Programme is an initative designed to seed ideas through the offer of eight artist residencies that come with a budget of £2,500, in-kind space and equipment, access to technical advice and producing support from the Artistic Development department. This opportunity is open to artists across all performance backgrounds (including … Continued

Mabou School of Cape Breton Step Dance July 24-28, 2017 Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia This week of instruction in Cape Breton step dance will be led by Melody Cameron, a Mabou based fiddler and dancer with over 40 years of experience.  It will also feature some of the island’s finest dancers as guest … Continued

A creative practice for these times 7 – 9 April 2017 | Edinburgh Join Interplay leaders Mairi Campbell, Meg MacLeod, Sophia van Ruth, Annegret Zander and Bernhard Staudt for a gentle immersion in InterPlay, a system that offers easy entry into five core ways of expression: movement, voice, language, stillness and social connection. You’ll discover a tool kit … Continued

Dance Development Officer Uist 18.5 hours per week Salary £21,000 (pro-rata 0.5 fte) Ceolas offer an exciting post for an experienced Dance Artist Educator to develop dance within the community.   The post to cover the islands of Eriskay, South Uist, Benbecula, North Uist and Berneray.    The contract will initially be for a 12 month period. … Continued

For over 35 years, Wolfgang has been the Artistic Director of Amici Dance Company, UK’s first inclusive dance company. Consequently, he is well known in the field of dance and disability, both in the UK and around the world.   The course is designed to enhance the skills of the course participants on the subject … Continued

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th March | Cecil Sharp House, London This specialist conference will focus on morris dancing within the British Isles and its history up to recent times. As an enduring feature of British culture across more than six centuries, research in, and understanding, appreciation and practice of, our vernacular dance genre is worth … Continued

Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band: Ceilidh Nights reimagine the 18th-century ceilidh, in a four-part series running from 14 December to 27 March in Glasgow venues The Glad Cafe and Oran More Inspired by the father of the Scottish dance band, Nathaniel Gow, Concerto Caledonia collaborates with some of the creative powerhouses of Scottish traditional music, including … Continued

To all budding aerialists, dancers and Ceilidh-goers around Edinburgh! Marie Williamson is searching for people with a love for ceilidh who may have a dance and/or aerial background that would like to join her on her first ever residency at Dance Base. During her residency she will be researching and developing a… flying ceilidh!  • The residency … Continued