About Us
Established in 2004 with 2 classes, JC Dance has grown steadily to become a trusted and respected dance school offering quality dance tuition to children and adults from the age of 2.
Our pupils thrive in their dance lessons taught by highly qualified, experienced and caring teachers who create lessons which are confidence boosting, creative, fun and place high value in social interaction.
Pupils and their parents love our annual showcase and pupils can also choose to take part in further performance and community based opportunities throughout the year.
Our Story
JC Dance started in Sept 2004. At the time, having graduated from Dance college I was freelance teaching at a brilliant dance school in Lancaster and locally at a theatre school whilst also starting my second year of my degree with the Royal Academy of Dance which was a BA hons in Dance Education. I had no intention of starting a dance school; I was teaching an adult tap class at the school in Lancaster and simply thought I should set one up in Poulton as it would be nice and convenient for me!
The first two classes were a “Pop” class for teenagers and a Beginners Adult Tap class. The venue I chose was literally across the road from my home and I would wander across with my stereo and bag!
After graduating and with more time on my hands, but still adamantly not wanting a dance school I approached some local primary schools and set up after school dance clubs. These went along fine until one afternoon a little girl told me she would be leaving to go to a “proper” dance class…
This was quite a turning point. I re evaluated and then started to add syllabus classes to the timetable, introduced uniform and generally refocused into creating and growing a dance school, this was September 2007.
Fast forward almost 20 years and JC Dance now offers over 30 classes a week plus, Summer Schools, Holiday Activities, Parties and dance services to local Primary Schools.
Our team bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to each dance class. Having lived "dancing childhoods" we know how magical it can be and strive to make our pupils "dancing childhoods" as memory filled and fun as possible.
We have the credentials to do this and between us have a long list of qualifications, CPD trainings and initials to our names!
For your children's safety our team are all paedeatric first aiders and DBS vetted.