The learning platform for UK dance teachers

For teachers, by teachers.

Courses, a free library of practical guides and the Teach.Dance app. Made by dance teachers who have spent their lives in the studio, for the teachers doing that job today.

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What you get

Everything you need to keep learning

Teach.Dance brings four things together, so you can learn in the way that suits your week.

01

Courses

Step-by-step video courses, from syllabus grades and early years to ballroom, Latin and street dance.

02

The blog

A free library of practical guides, plus a round-up of dance teaching news every Friday.

03

The app

Your courses, the blog and the community on your phone. Free to download for iPhone and Android.

04

Jackie and Jess

Founded by a mother and daughter with 70 years of teaching, school and mentoring experience between them.

Courses

Courses that fit around your teaching

Learn at your own pace and come back to any lesson whenever you need it, on your laptop or in the app between classes.

A good place to start

Teach.Dance graphic with the BDSA logo, a certificate and a ticked shield, headline Safeguarding in dance: Level 1, powered by Teach.Dance

Introduction to Safeguarding in Dance (Level 1)

Free
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UKAdance Modern Jazz Grades 1-8

£180
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Mini Movers Dance – Teacher Training Course & Subscription

£99.99

Our partners

Working with UK dance organisations

We host courses and run projects with partners across UK dance. Each partner page explains what’s on offer and who you pay.

UKAdance

UKAdance Theatre and Modern Jazz syllabus courses.

BDSA

A free BDSA safeguarding course, powered by Teach.Dance.

All Nations Dance

Official set routines for All Nations competitions.

Jump Into Dance

Video-led dance lessons for primary schools.

The blog

A free library for dance teachers

Every Friday we round up the news that matters to dance teachers. In between, we publish practical guides on the things that come up in real studios: safeguarding, music licences, first aid, exams and running your school.

The app

Take Teach.Dance with you

The Teach.Dance app is free to download. It puts your courses, the blog and the community on your phone, so you can check a routine before class, catch up on Friday’s news on the train, or ask other teachers a question.

The Teach.Dance app on a phone, showing a course with lessons and progress
The Teach.Dance app on a phone, showing the blog
Jackie Sanderson and Jess Porter, co-founders of Teach.Dance

Jackie and Jess

Meet the teachers behind Teach.Dance

Teach.Dance was founded by Jackie Sanderson and her daughter, Jess Porter. Between them they have 70 years of experience in teaching, running dance schools and mentoring dance teachers.

For teachers, by teachers.

Jackie Sanderson

Co-founder

Jackie has 49 years in dance and fitness. She founded three dance studios, has written five dance technique books and is a former president of the UKA Dance Teachers Association. She coaches, examines and adjudicates internationally, and her awards include the Carl Alan award.

Jess Porter

Co-founder

Jess grew up in her family’s dance school and became a British Champion at 11. She has been teaching for nearly twenty years, promotes dance events, and puts her energy into supporting UK dance teachers with practical resources and guidance.

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