Dance Jobs in Plymouth

Dance teacher and choreographer work across Plymouth and the wider South West — set your own freelance hours, earn from £22 an hour, and keep the performing career you already have.

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Teach With Us in Plymouth

Demand across Plymouth keeps climbing — weekly classes, most weekends a hen party, wedding choreography and school workshops, every one of them after a trained dancer who can teach and command a room.

Fair Pay, On Time

£22 an hour to begin on weekly classes and £25 on hen and wedding choreography — the rate is set before you start, paid promptly, with no invoices to chase.

Built Round Your Career

You tell us your free hours and we do the filling. Most Plymouth teachers cover two to ten hours a week around auditions, tours and contracts — and put it on hold whenever a job comes in.

Room to Grow

Grow a weekly class of your own with our marketing behind it, take casting tip-offs from our events roster, and switch between roles as your skill set broadens.

Roles We're Filling

Three role types, and you can take one or run all three at once. Cover a few styles and you get the first call on Plymouth's timetable.

Hen Party Instructor

From £25/hr

Lead themed routines for hen groups — in a central or Barbican studio, or at their accommodation. It is the highest-energy and best-paid weekend work on our roster.

  • 38+ themes, choreography provided
  • 1–1.5 hour sessions
  • Studios & come-to-you across Plymouth & the South Hams
  • Weekend availability essential

Wedding Dance Choreographer

From £25/hr

Build first-dance routines with couples one-to-one, at their pace — steady, reassuring teaching matters far more here than an impressive show reel.

  • 1-hour private lessons
  • Your schedule, their song
  • Song editing support provided
  • Beginner-teaching experience essential

Regular Class Teacher

From £22/hr

Take on a weekly class in whichever style is yours, build up regulars and expand from there — our marketing does the work of filling the room.

  • 20 styles on the timetable
  • Evening & weekend slots
  • Adults & children's classes
  • Marketing support included

Open Dance Teacher Roles

Live dance teacher jobs and teaching work across Plymouth at the moment — apply for any of the roles listed below.

Position Type Pay
Ballet teacher wanted for classes in Mannamead Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Street dance instructor needed in Stonehouse Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
Salsa teacher required for Latin nights in the city centre Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Contemporary dance teacher for Barbican studios Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Hip-hop instructor wanted for Devonport classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Jazz dance teacher for Mutley Plain classes Part-time / Full-time From £22 p/h
Ballroom teacher needed for Plymouth evening classes Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Commercial dance instructor for city-centre studio classes Part-time / Freelance From £22 p/h
K-pop dance teacher wanted for Plymouth classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Tap dance teacher for classes in Plymstock Part-time From £22 p/h
Bollywood dance instructor needed in Plymouth Part-time / Weekend From £22 p/h
Heels instructor wanted for Plympton classes Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Burlesque dance teacher needed in Plymouth Part-time / Evening From £22 p/h
Wedding dance choreographer needed across the South Hams Freelance / Flexible From £25 p/h
Hen party dance instructor wanted, Plymouth weekends Part-time / Weekend From £25 p/h

What's In It For You, What We Ask

What's In It For You

  • £22–25+ per hour by role
  • Diary built around your availability
  • Studios across the city centre, Barbican and Stonehouse
  • Choreography and playlists handed over for hen work
  • Marketing that genuinely fills your classes
  • First pick of castings from our events roster
  • A crew of working professionals, just like you
  • An immediate start if you want one

What We Ask

  • Solid dance training, or stage experience to match
  • A teaching qualification helps, but is never required
  • Real presence — you can hold a room full of strangers
  • Reliability that copes with a Plymouth commute
  • A DBS check for children's work (we help you arrange it)
  • Public liability cover, or the willingness to sort it
  • Right to work in the UK

Ready When You Are

Recruitment is open across all twenty styles right now, in every part of Plymouth and out into Devon and Cornwall. If you can start soon, send your details using the form below — we reply to every applicant personally, usually well within 48 hours.

Get Your Name In

Complete the form and tell us who you are and what you dance. A real person reads every single application, and you will hear from us within 48 hours.

Quick response — a personal reply within 48 hours
Immediate start — begin as soon as you are ready
No long contracts — flexible freelance arrangement
All backgrounds — formal qualifications not required

Or send your CV & showreel to:

jobs@dancecentreuk.co.uk

Your Application

Tell us about your dance background and availability.

Dance Teacher Job Questions

Common questions from dancers weighing up joining the Plymouth team.

Do I need a teaching qualification to get dance jobs in Plymouth?

Nice to have, but never required. What actually gets you hired is proper training or genuine stage experience and the ability to command a room. A good number of our teachers learned to teach simply by performing for years first.

What does a dance instructor earn in Plymouth?

Regular weekly classes begin at £22 an hour; hen and wedding choreography begins at £25. We fix the rate before each booking, pay it on time, and raise it as your hours build up.

Which dance styles are you hiring for in Plymouth right now?

The full set of twenty styles on our timetable — from ballet and ballroom across to street, K-pop and heels — plus hen party leaders and wedding choreographers. Whoever teaches a handful of styles tends to fill their diary first.

Is this salaried work or freelance?

It is freelance and flexible, fitted to the hours you have free. Some run a single weekly class; others juggle regular classes, Saturday hen parties and daytime school workshops into full weeks — and a slow spell is never counted against you.

I'm still performing and auditioning — can teaching fit around it?

That is exactly the sort of person we look for. Most of our Plymouth teachers are performers picking up classes between jobs and contracts. Tell us the pattern of your availability and we shape the work to fit — then put it on hold the week you go on tour.