DANCE & BALLET IN MANCHESTER
DANCE & BALLET IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Dance & Ballet in Manchester
Varna International Ballet - Swan Lake
The Bridgewater Hall
Tue 6 - Wed 7 Jan 2026
English National Ballet - Sleeping Beauty
Palace Theatre
Wed 19 - Sat 22 Nov 2025
Venture Arts - Experiments in the Lab
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Tuesday 8 - Tuesday 15 July 2025
Venture Arts set up shop at MIF25 with a pop-up open studio - featuring artist-in-residence Michael Beard. Join Michael for a live painting session with dance from Company Chameleon and music from Manchester Camerata. How might their w...Floridita Dance - Free Bachata Taster Class
On Bar, Manchester
Tuesday 8 July - Tuesday 18 November 2025
Ever wanted to learn Bachata but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their co...The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 8 - Thursday 31 July 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer for Primary and Secondary Schools. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. Held either at The Lowry or in scho...Lowry Youth Dance Project
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 10 July 2025
Calling young people aged 9-16 who love to move! Take part in this inspiring dance project to develop your dance ability and unleash your artistic creativity. Experience how dancers train at Lowry. All genders and abilities welcome! In ...Strength Body And Mind
7 Hampden Rd Sale M33 7ub Uk, Manchester
Thursday 10 July - Saturday 25 October 2025
The Strength Body and Mind Class is ideal for anyone looking to build physical strength while also calming the mind....Try for FREE - Salsa Dance Class - Beginner
Maracas 100 Chapel Street M3 5dw Manchester, Manchester
Thursday 10 July - Thursday 28 August 2025
Why not try something fun and exciting, for FREE....Burn The Floor with Dianne & Vito - Red Hot and Ready
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 11 July 2025
Strictly professionals Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola star in brand-new stage show, Red Hot and Ready! Created by BAFTA award recipient and world-renowned choreographer Jason Gilkison, Red Hot and Ready builds on the acclaimed performance ...Anton & Giovanni - Together Again
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 13 July 2025
The nation's favourite double act, Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice, are Together Again in 2025 with a BRAND NEW SHOW. Anton & Giovanni - Together Again is going to be the smash-hit tour of the summer... More fun, more dance, more song...Floridita Dance - Free Salsa Taster Class
On Bar, Manchester
Monday 14 July - Monday 17 November 2025
Ever wanted to learn Salsa but never danced before? Now's your chance! Start with Floridita Dance's FREE taster class designed just for absolute beginners. No partner is required. After that, you can keep growing your skills through their c...Quadrophenia - A Mod Ballet
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Presented by Sadler's Wells and Universal Music UK Meet the new generation... In 1973, guitar smashing rock genius Pete Townshend wrote QUADROPHENIA. Recorded by The Who - it quickly became an iconic and multi-million selling album. Quadrop...Shockout Live
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Thursday 17 July 2025
Shockout Live is a dance and creative showcase celebrating the talent of Shockouts graduate performer. Hosted at The Opera House in Manchester, this dynamic event brings together bold choreography, expressive performances, and emerging arti...Rhythm of the Dance
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 18 July 2025
Rhythm of the Dance has brought audiences around the world to their feet for over two decades and is returning with a brand new production. Rooted in Ireland's rich culture and heritage, Rhythm of the Dance takes a different perspective on ...PQA Warrington Summer School
Bridgewater High School (lower), Warrington
Monday 28 July - Friday 1 August 2025
With two action-packed experiences to choose from, the only question is... which side will they choose? Musical Theatre or Film & Television?...Summer Training Day
0161 Studios, Manchester
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Join Luke Whitefoot and Alice Lupton for an exciting 4-hour dance training day at 0161 Studios in Manchester, 5th August....Riverdance
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 23 - Wednesday 27 August 2025
Since Riverdance first emerged onto the world stage, its fusion of Irish and international dance and music has captured the hearts of millions worldwide. The Grammy award-winning music and the infectious energy of its mesmerising choreograp...
The Return of the Legends
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 14 September 2025
Following their sell-out tour in 2024, Strictly Come Dancing legends Brendan Cole, James Jordan, Pasha Kovalev, Vincent Simone and Ian Waite return with a brand new show for 2025. Prepare for a night of Latin, ballroom, tango, rumba and so ...Yeh Dosti - Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay
Darwen Library Theatre, Blackburn
Sunday 14 September 2025
Yeh Dosti: Celebrating 50 Years Of Sholay will feature mesmerising dance performances choreographed to Sholay's legendary soundtrack. Experience the unforgettable dances and songs that have defined Bollywood cinema! A talented cast of dan...An Evening with Oti Mabuse
HOME, Manchester
Monday 15 September 2025
Hosted by writer and literary critic, Sarah Gwonyoma, join Oti for an evening of romance. As one of the most instantly recognisable faces in the UK and one of the country's most beloved broadcasters, presenters and talent show judges, Oti M...Rambert x (LA)HORDE - Bring Your Own
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 16 - Thursday 18 September 2025
RAMBERT X LAHORDE Bring Your Own We're crashing an after-party; you coming? Bring Your Own is gritty, sensual, and fiercely real. Will you dive into the chaos or shy away? Will you feel everything, and maybe nothing, all at once? In this e...Ella Tighe - Disco Queen
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Step into the high-speed, full-throttle world of competitive disco freestyle with Disco Queen! Inspired by competitive disco freestyle, a form of dance born out of the iconic 1970s film Saturday Night Fever, this captivating show brings t...Liam Francis Dance Company - Alchemy
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Liam Francis Dance Company debuts with Alchemy: a deeply personal double bill exploring identity, community, and transformation. In the solo 'Was. Once. Now. Next', the former Rambert dancer and Dance Europe 'Dancer of the Year' nominee, Li...VENUS 2.0
HOME, Manchester
Friday 3 - Saturday 4 October 2025
Follow the scandalous true story of a Suffragette-turned-Fascist in this time bending cabaret. VENUS 2.0 is a high-octane dance theatre experience exploring the chaos and turmoil of the early 20th century. Six chameleonic dancers take you o...Hannes Langolf - How About Now
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 4 October 2025
Inspired by Max Frisch's timely play 'The Arsonists' and directed and choreographed by Olivier Award nominated choreographer Hannes Langolf (in collaboration with Ermira Goro and Ed Mitchell), HOW ABOUT NOW is a fast-paced and thought...Chisato Minamimura - Mark of A Woman
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 4 October 2025
Mark of A Woman is a performance project by deaf performance artist Chisato Minamimura, celebrating and exploring personal histories and authentic accounts of the undertold relationships between women and tattooing cultures. Using Visual Ve...Reckless Sleepers - Binary Opposition
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 7 - Wednesday 8 October 2025
Reckless Sleepers make contemporary theatre somewhere between dance, theatre and visual art. On stage there is a large construction that resembles two rooms with identical walls and floors. A dividing wall, with the same configuration of do...Birmingham Royal Ballet - Black Sabbath
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 8 - Saturday 11 October 2025
Carlos Acosta turns up the volume on Birmingham's musical legacy as he brings Black Sabbath - The Ballet to Lowry for the first time. Black Sabbath - The Ballet delivers a spectacular theatrical experience featuring thrilling dance alongsid...Mufutau Yusuf - Impasse
Lowry, Salford
Friday 10 October 2025
A compelling exploration of ethnicity, identity, and the experience of the Black diaspora. Mufutau Yusuf's Impasse is an attempt to understand the politics of the Black body in a contemporary western society, interrogating notions of repres...Second Hand Dance - The Sticky Dance
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 11 October 2025
Second Hand Dance present The Sticky Dance, an interactive, engaging and colourful performance installation for children aged 3-5 years old and their families. Three dancers' shimmy through the audience weaving a tapestry of sticky tape in...Hofesh Shechter - Theatre of Dreams
Lowry, Salford
Friday 24 - Saturday 25 October 2025
This new full-length evening showcases the physicality and complexity of Hofesh Shechter's choreography and his inimitable dancers, as they take the audience on a wild headfirst dive into the theatre of dreams. The production opened in Par...Crown Ballet - The Nutcracker
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Friday 24 October 2025
A wonderful treat full of glitter for the whole family, and an ideal introduction to audiences of any age to the magic that is classical ballet, Moldova's Crown Ballet returns to the UK to enchant you with their delightful production of an ...
Sung Im Her - 1 Degree Celsius
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Through her signature electrifying movement style, pulsating music and dynamic light design, South Korean dancer and choreographer Sung Im Her's Her Project's exhilarating new production 1 Degree Celsius invites us to consider the question:...Crown Ballet - Swan Lake
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 13 November 2025
The UK Premier of this ballet company from Moldova, Crown Ballet presents the most famous ballet of all time and the greatest of all romantic ballets with music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. The compelling legend of a tragic romance in which a ...A Fairytale for Christmas
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Monday 17 - Tuesday 18 November 2025
'Tis the season to be jolly as the ultimate Irish Christmas concert is back. After four back-to-back sell-out tours (as Fairytale of New York), and successful runs in the USA and Europe, A Fairytale for Christmas has gained thousands of ...English National Ballet - Sleeping Beauty
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 November 2025
For wonder and enchantment, look no further than this classic fairy tale ballet: Kenneth MacMillan's The Sleeping Beauty will leave you spellbound. Experience all that is grand, gleaming and gorgeous with English National Ballet in this stu...Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 November 2025
A timeless fairytale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has captivated audiences and inspired generations of dancers with its powerful tale of obsession, possession and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. V...Top Hat - The Musical
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Tuesday 25 - Saturday 29 November 2025
You're invited to the musical equivalent of the finest vintage champagne. Based on RKO's classic 1935 Motion Picture which starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Matthew White & Howard Jacques' stage adaptation's West End premiere won th...Disney On Ice - Find Your Hero
AO Arena, Manchester
Wednesday 10 - Sunday 14 December 2025
Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero, an adventure filled with tales of heroism from your favorite Disney stories. Join fearless wayfinder Moana and demigod Maui as they bravely voyage into uncharted territories to return the stolen heart ...Christmas with Anton du Beke & Friends
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Journey into a festive wonderland and enjoy Christmas with Anton Du Beke! The ballroom king and Strictly Come Dancing judge joins forces with a troupe of extraordinary dancers, along with vocalist Lance Ellington and his dynamic live band, ...Varna International Ballet - Swan Lake
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 6 - Wednesday 7 January 2026
The greatest romantic ballet of all time is brought to life by Tchaikovsky's haunting and unforgettable score. From the impressive splendour of the Palace ballroom to the moon-lit lake where swans glide in perfect formation, this compelli...Varna International Ballet - The Nutcracker
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 7 January 2026
This most famous of fantasy ballets for all the family begins as night falls on Christmas Eve. As snowflakes fall outside, the warm glow of the open fire sends flickering shadows across the boughs of the Christmas tree and all the present...Dita Von Teese
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 26 - Tuesday 27 January 2026
Dita Von Teese, the ever-dazzling International Queen of Burlesque, is returning to the UK with the most lavish touring burlesque show in history. With Nocturnelle Dita will be combining the glamour with theatrical magic and the high-art...Motionhouse - Hidden
Lowry, Salford
Friday 30 January 2026
Jaw-dropping dance-circus from internationally renowned company Motionhouse, with its brand-new production Hidden. Hidden explores how, in an increasingly divided world, light can come out of darkness in times of crisis. At times narrat...Vincent Simone - Tango Passions
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Argentine Tango King and Strictly Come Dancing legend, Vincent Simone, returns to thestage with his brand new show... 'Tango Passions'. Accompanied by world-class Argentine Tango specialists, let the original Italian stalliontake you on a j...BalletLORENT - Snow White
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 14 February 2026
A classic fairytale is reimagined in this magical, family-friendly dance-theatre production of Snow White - a captivating experience perfect for everyone aged 5 and over. In a kingdom built on beauty and wealth, a powerful Queen becomes ...Stars for Tonight
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Sunday 1 March 2026
Showcasing the talent from local students on the big stage, NW Productions present Stars For Tonight, a variety showcase giving students some memories to last a lifetime. ...
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Don Quixote
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 5 - Saturday 7 March 2026
In this first revival of his 2022 production Birmingham Royal Ballet Director Carlos Acosta delivers entertainment for all ages. Don Quixote introduces us to Cervantes' famous knight himself, lovers Kitri and Basilio, and a host of s...Diversity
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Wednesday 15 - Friday 17 April 2026
Diversity is set to take to the road on a major new tour of the UK and Ireland in spring 2026. The UK's most successful dance group will bring their new concept tour SOUL to 31 towns and cities, performing over 60 dates between February and...Craig Revel Horwood
Waterside, Manchester
Tuesday 26 May 2026
The star of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing is taking to the road with his debut solo tour! Join Craig as he talks about his life from Australia to the West End to Strictly, reveals a wealth of backstage gossip with his trademark wit and cando...Northern Ballet - Gentleman Jack
Lowry, Salford
Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 June 2026
Masters of storytelling Northern Ballet bring to the stage the extraordinary story of Anne Lister - better known as Gentleman Jack. A powerful Yorkshire woman, it was only after her death when her secret diaries were decoded that a truly...Lord of the Dance
