Friday 16 – Sunday 18 October 2026
To mark 25 years in our unique, purpose-built home on the Grassmarket, we’re inviting you over for a celebration weekend!
Try a class from the past, explore the history of Dance Base, see a brand new work commissioned for the occasion, or find your groove at Hip2TheHop with TMRW Crew.
Class from the Past
16-17 October 2026
Turn back the clock and take a class from the past. Maybe you were there the first time around, maybe you’re just curious about leg warmers. Either way, check out these stone cold classics, back for one weekend only!
Friday 16 October
18:00-19:30 – Dance Throwbacks with Paul Wood
Saturday 17 October
10:00-11:30 – Barefoot Ballet with Kirsty Pollock
11:30-13:00 – Destination Jazz with Chris Stuart Wilson
Image: “Dance This Way” Dance Base brochure cover, 2008.
Dance Base Connections: 25 Years
Saturday 17 October
18:30-20:00
Join us for an evening of reflection and performance with Agnes Ness and Benoît Egloff to mark 25 years on the Grassmarket.
Hip2TheHop: Own the Circle
Sunday 18 October
Workshop: 10:30-12:00
Battle: 14:00-18:00 (sign-ups from 13:00)
Dance Base and TMRW Crew are bringing you Hip2TheHop: Own The Circle—a full day event featuring a workshop and all styles dance battle.
Use code CIRCLE5 to get £5 off your ‘Own The Circle’ tshirt.
Image: Gab and Rita of TMRW Crew. Photo credit Francesca Morrison.
Film Archive
Friday 16-Sunday 25 October
As part of our Celebration Weekend, we will also be sharing films from our archives, including the 2020 lockdown project ‘Now Here This’, alongside ‘Skimming the Archive’ by Matthew Hawkins. These will be available to watch in Meeting Room 2.
Image: Film Still of Alan Greig in ‘Now Here This’, 2020.
Support Us
Dance Base is a charity on a mission mission to help dance flourish and change lives in Scotland and beyond. Support us to bring the health and wellbeing benefits of dance to people of all ages and abilities, deliver dance classes and performances for all, and help Scotland’s dance artists to thrive.
