STREET DANCE ACTIVITES
Our street dance activities range from a 5-day international festival, a weekend international festival, a day training and performing together for UK crews and groups, training for those looking at a career in dance and support for professional street dancers.
What’s on offer
Litefest
Festival
The world’s biggest LITEFEET event is happening in Swindon each September/year!
Brace yourself for the ultimate showdown as Litefeet battles take centre stage, bringing you an adrenaline-fueled experience that will leave you in awe. But that’s not all—prepare to be blown away by the Hip Hop & Popping battles, in collaboration with the renowned Kingdom’s League. It’s going to be a clash of titans as dancers go head-to-head and unleash crazy moves.
Get ready to be part of the action, feel the energy, and witness TKO dance moves that will make your jaw drop. This is the event that connects a global community where the dance floor becomes a battleground of straight fire. Don’t miss out on LITEFEST— it’s time to Lock-In!
Come and showcase your best moves and get named a Litefest Champion!
There is no minimum age, although we do recommend minimum 10 years for the workshops, or come with some experience if a younger dancer.
The Jam Festival & West Country Clash
Festival
The Jam Festival & West Country Clash is our annual 5-day international dance festival, including New Kidz On The Block, Litefest and West Country Clash.
This celebration of underground dance includes high quality workshops and events led by top tier dancers of the street dance scene. It definitely won’t disappoint!
Workshops in; House, Hip Hop, Litefeet, Popping, Afro, Choreography and Yoga. Festival evening battles led by; New Kidz On The Block and Litefest, West Country Clash is a day full of crazy dance battles, led by international hosts and DJs, and Judges. Categories include, Hip Hop, Breakin’, Popping. All styles (unders 18s).
It is be held at Swindon Dance at the beginning of the Easter/April break each year and is run in partnership between Swindon Dance, The Jam Movement! And Your Next Move.
Next event April 2025
Prepare yourself for a Jam-packed Easter holiday because The Jam Festival is back for another year of fire! 🔥
Street Dance Connect
Training & performance
Our annual event celebrating the vibrant energy of young street dance talent, from across the south west.
Street Dance crews and groups from across the south west come together to show off their amazing skills, with free workshops taking place ahead of the Street Dance Connect performance.
Dance and share skills alongside with the street dancers on our Centre for Advanced Training, Street Dance Programmes. A prime opportunity to gain insights, engage with our CAT team, get your queries addressed, and witness our world-class instructors in action.
Next event 2025
Training
Centre for Advanced Training - Street Dance
Street Dance Programmes - Swindon and Exeter
The Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) offers pre-vocational training for young street dancers demonstrating exceptional potential and the commitment and passion for a career in dance. There are 9 Centres For Advanced Training in the UK with only 2 offering specialist training in street dance. Our centre consistes of 6 training programmes, 2 in Street Dance based in Swindon and Exeter
Professional support
How we support professional artists & practitioners
This programme is for new to mid-career artists and practitioners from any dance genre or location.
The programme aims to support professional artists and practitioners by reducing the financial pressures a young dancer faces when trying to grow and develop their professional career.
Each participant will receive financial support and guidance to enable them to gain skills development and continued training such as dance technique, creating, auditioning, marketing, creative problem solving, producing and mentoring. A goal plan will be agreed between each participant and Swindon Dance which outcomes will be measured against.
The offer:
2-years of support,
bursary up to £2,000 (£1,000 per year),
tailored support based on each individuals’ goals and aspirations,
one-to-one mentoring and advise,
free rehearsal space and access to the studio’s resources,
marketing and communications support, and
further paid working opportunities at Swindon Dance.
This is not a tutor led course and each dancer will be expected to be self-motivated and be able to research, plan and implement their own plan towards achieving their goals.
The scheme runs from 1st April for two years.
Applications are currently CLOSED. Next round of applications opens summer 2025 for our 2026-28 scheme.
HAVE QUESTIONS?
For further information contact 01793 601700 or email: viv.slayford@swindondance.org.uk