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Ashley and Levent explore stories around loss, loneliness, social anxiety and passive aggression. In The Unkown these stories are expressed through dance and clowning, using hip hop theatre practice and culture.

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The Dance House's adult dancers perform at theatre nights, festivals, shows and events, including at venues Three Sisters Bar and Edinburgh Street Food, events such as The List's Hot 100 Party, National Museum Lates, Leith Festival, Hidden Door Festival, Breakin' Rules and more!  Multiple advanced adults crews and companies are based at the Dance House including Monarchy, WAMNAM, K-OW and HD Company - these companies have their training base at the Dance House, perform at Dance House productions such as IGNITE and the Princes St Gardens Summer Show, and are available for external performances, from high-energy event performances of hip hop, breaking, commercial, k-pop and more, to thought-provoking, impactful theatre works.

 

The Dance House's talented Youth Dance Companies, the Groundbreakers and Out of the Box, are highly regarded and have often been invited to perform hip hop theatre pieces at prominent events around Scotland such as Breakin' Convention (Edinburgh tour date), IGNITE hip hop theatre night, Breakin' Rules, Leith Festival, Meadows Festival, the Scottish Parliament's 20th anniversary celebrations, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

All of the Dance House's young dancers have the chance to take part in The Dance House's annual Summer Show, held at the Ross Bandstand in Princes St Gardens – a vibrant day showcasing the students' talent!​

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If you have an upcoming event or theatre night and are interested in performances from our dancers, please get in touch!

THEATRE AND PERFORMANCES

MONARCHY

MONARCHY DANCE COMPANY

The inimitable Monarchy dance company give a high-energy performance to our 1000-strong Summer Show audience!

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Performed at: 

  • Dance House Summer Show, Princes St Gardens, 2025

SUMMER SHOW 2025

GROUNDBREAKERS YOUTH COMPANY

Our Youth Dance Company the Groundbreakers gave an electric performance at the 2025 Summer Show in Princes St Gardens.

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Performed at: 

  • Dance House Summer Show, Princes St Gardens, 2025

IGNITE 2025

HYDROGEN x DANCE HOUSE DANCERS

Hydrogen founder Kelsey 'Hydro' Miller choreographed and created new theatre work, 'Snooze' for the Dance House adult dancers, performed at Ignite hip hop theatre night in 2025: A dreamstate with a touch of reality. A variety of abstract realities blend with diverse textures and feelings while in the flow state between sleep and waking. Each section of the piece emulates different energies within hip hop and street dance.

This joining of Hydrogen and Dance House led to the creation of HD Crew and HD Company, comprising adult Dance House dancers and led by Kelsey Miller.

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Performed at: 

  • IGNITE, Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh, April 2025

IGNITE 2025

GROUNDBREAKERS YOUTH COMPANY

Choreographed by Max Evans (WAMNAM, MXV CREATIVE), 'Break the Mould' was created for the Groundbreakers for IGNITE 2025: What makes you, uniquely you? In a world that rewards sameness, it takes guts to move differently. 'Break the Mould' is a high-energy piece that explores the pressure to conform and the courage it takes to stand apart. Blending hip hop, house, locking, physical theatre and more, it dives into the tension between freedom and control, and what it means to find your own rhythm. Performers: Aitana Spears-Rodriguez | Alex Cooke Ribes | Dominic Korniyenko | Ellis Oattes | Ever MacAninch | Isabella Gosden | Jack Thomson | Lucy Spoor | Osian Wolff | Rosa Lytle | Sofia Addison | Yasin Lowe | Yasmin Idan

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Performed at: 

  • IGNITE, Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh, April 2025

FESTIVALS 2024

DANCE HOUSE ADULT & YOUTH DANCERS

A recap a fantastic summer of performances and workshops at Festivals around Scotland by our Youth Dance Companies and adult dancers, including at Leith Festival, the Meadows Festival and Fringe by the Sea!

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Performed at: 

  • Festivals around Scotland, Summer 2024

IGNITE 2024

DANCE HOUSE ADULT DANCERS

Adult companies based at the Dance House took to the stage in February 2024 for the inaugural edition of our annual hip hop theatre night, IGNITE. The first edition was held at the Traverse theatre in Edinburgh, and featured WAMNAM, TMRW Crew, Scottish Breakers, Out of the Box and the Groundbreakers. IGNITE returned for 2025 at the larger Church Hill Theatre, featuring 8 performances of impactful hip hop dance theatre work, created in Scotland.

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Performed at: 

  • Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, February 2024

THREE SISTERS BAR

DANCE HOUSE ADULT DANCERS

Cabaret-style performance for high-energy, one-hour street, club and funk style dance show, with audience interaction. Performed on several show dates by Gabriele Bruzesse (breaking), Rita Hu (waacking, locking), Leila Capasso (waacking, salsa), Marco Barot (house, hip hop), and Kijean Dill (commercial, salsa). 

 

Performed at: 

  • Three Sisters Bar Cabaret space, Edinburgh, November 2022

URBAN CREATIVE

DANCE HOUSE YOUTH COMPANIES

Pieces performed by Dance House youth company members Bella, Bogdan, Georgia, Isla, Katie, Maisie, Martina, Maya, Mia, Rei, Tymon, and Jackin' the Box members Aidan, Amber, Raphael, Alex and Fraser. Pieces choreographed by Ursula Manandhar.

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Performed at: â€‹

  • Urban Creative, Leith Arches, 2023

ESF - HEELS

DANCE HOUSE ADULT DANCERS

A confident, powerful performance in high heels, merging the clean lines of jazz with the energy of hip hop.  Choreographed by Lorna Brown.​

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Performed at: â€‹â€‹

  • ESF, Edinburgh, May 2023

ESF - YOUTH

YOUTH DANCE COMPANIES

An energetic, fun performance from our younger youth company, choreographed by Ursula Manandhar. â€‹

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Performed at: â€‹â€‹

  • ESF, Edinburgh, March 2023

ESF - COMMERCIAL

DANCE HOUSE ADULT DANCERS

Drawing on hip hop, jazz and more, an impactful, energetic dance performance from our Commercial dancers!  Choreographed by Lorna Brown.​

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Performed at: â€‹â€‹

  • ESF, Edinburgh, August 2023

LEITH FESTIVAL

YOUTH DANCE COMPANIES

Energetic, upbeat performance!  Choreographed by Ursula Manandhar.​

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Performed at: â€‹â€‹

  • Leith Festival, Edinburgh, June 2022

NATIONAL MUSEUM

DANCE HOUSE ADULT DANCERS

A high-impact performance with breaking (Ilja Dubrovins), hip hop (Ursula Manandhar) and waacking (Rita Hu) styles, plus a fun join-in session of commercial and hip hop with Yasmin Doak!​

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Performed at: â€‹â€‹

  • National Museum Scotland, Edinburgh, October 2022

ROCK WHAT YOU GOT

YOUTH DANCE COMPANIES

An energetic, upbeat performance choreographed by Ursula Manandhar.​

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Performed at: â€‹â€‹

  • Rock What You Got battle event, Edinburgh, August 2021

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