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Dance Workshops for Schools
Book engaging dance workshops for schools with RISE Youth Dance. Boys’ dance workshops and creative choreography sessions available 9–14 March.
Primary Teacher CPD: Teaching Dance with Confidence
Primary Teacher CPD focused on teaching dance in primary schools through movement, creativity, and inclusive practice. No specialist dance training needed.
Dance Teacher Continued Professional Development Workshop
Dance Teacher Continued Professional Development focused on creating and choreographing with young people. Practical, collaborative training for experienced practitioners.
Exploring Bristol Through Movement: RISE Youth Dance Creates Virtual Reality Dance Postcards With Bristol University
his year, RISE Youth Dance collaborated with the University of Bristol and choreographer Jess McCormack to produce something truly groundbreaking: a series of Virtual Reality Dance Films created using a 360-degree camera.
Homegrown: Bringing Bristol’s Young Dancers Back to Their Creative Roots
The Homegrown project took place across one powerful week. RISE brought together eight dancers — spanning a ten-year age range — who all began their journeys within the organisation. Though they trained in different eras of RISE and moved into different corners of the dance world, they share a deep connection rooted in Bristol and in their early training with RISE.
U.Dance 2026: One of the Leading Youth Dance Opportunities in UK – Apply with RISE
Discover U.Dance 2026, one of the top youth dance opportunities in the UK. Apply to the RISE South West Regional Platform by 10 December 2025.
“RISE deliver excellent, high quality teaching for young people. Their approach and delivery is second to none and are able to bring out the best in both skilled dancers and those for whom dance in a new experience. We have worked with RISE on large scale, outdoor participatory residencies and more traditional weekly session – they are simply a great partner”
News Archive
RISE Youth Dance is seeking new board members to help shape our future and support our mission to make high quality dance experiences that are inclusive and accessible to children and young people across Bristol. What We’re Looking For?We’re looking for people who are:● Passionate about creative work with children and young people● Interested in … Read more
RISE Youth Dance have been successful in receiving funding to enable us to offer a limited amount of bursary places for Early Risers and RISE Juniors dance classes
Hannah recently spoke to our Engagement Practitioner, Kenzi and asked her a few questions. Here’s a little bit about Kenzi, her journey and her work. What is your background in dance, how did you start dancing and where has your dance journey taken you?My professional dance training began at a young age as a Junior … Read more
Would you like to dance as part of our Performance Group? Join our Audition Workshop on Saturday 14th September
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £5000 from The Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement
Next month RISE Youth Dance will be part of a 20 strong cast in a whirlwind of dance, music and absurdity as they join Bath Spa University students in a collaboration with TrashDollys.
As the year comes to an end, we say Goodbye and Good Luck to our four Performance Group leavers.
We are looking for a freelance Engagement Practitioner to work with our Director, Helen Wilson, and the rest of the team to increase participation in dance in Bristol.
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected for U.Dance on Screen 2023.
We are delighted to announce we have been awarded a significant grant from Arts Council England.
