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Motsi Mabuse surprised Zumba instructors at ZIN Academy in Manchester

Ad Feature Motsi Mabuse wows crowd with surprise Zumba performance

The number of people working as dancers and choreographers has fallen by 32 per cent since 2019

Next generation of dancers are being priced out the industry

Dad's Army tribute group. Southwick Revival in the rain
Picture: Chris Moorhouse (060626-49)

Spirit of D-Day alive as well as Southwick Revival returns - pictures

Dance Live! 2026 heats at Portsmouth Guildhall - 28/01/2026 - Mayfield School Seniors (Picture: Vernon Nash)

Thrilling culmination of talent as winners of Dance Live! are crowned

Purbrook Park Performers on the Main Stage at MOVE IT

Purbrook Park School makes history at MOVE IT Dance event

Spinnaker receive a first in the Barbershop class at Chichester Festival.

Glorious day for Spinnaker Chorus at the Chichester Festival for Music, Dance an...

Dance Live heats

Pupils shine in heats at Dance Live! - in pictures

Creamfields have announced they're launching a new record label to champion a new generation of electronic artists.

Creamfields launches new record label, Creamfields Recordings

Dancers in photo (from left to right) Back line – Isabelle Watson, Daisy Althorpe, Alice Downs, Robyn Federico, Charlotte Losh, Daisy Barrow, Samantha Shaw, Eleanor Weston, Jessica Wise, Chloe Jones, Isla Warner, Neive Runalls Middle line – Lilly Lines, Emily Allen, Ceia Howard, Holly Langley, Isabelle Hosmer, Jaidan Rabaud, Jessica Collings, Greta Alsford, Harper James, Megan Federico, Amelia Cook Front line – Maria Belanina, Isla-Rose Martin, Marlow Mae Brown, Alice Bucchi, Emily Perkiss, Evee Dymond, Holly Turner, Sophie Hobbins, Latisha Rayment

Portsmouth Dancers to Shine in Prestigious Ballet Production

Gemma Collins sparked a frenzy after 'accidentally' sharing wedding details on Instagram.

Gemma Collins sparked a frenzy ‘accidentally’ sharing wedding details

ANYMA takes centre stage on the APEX_ stage as this year's set times for Creamfields 2025 are revealed.

Set times and stage clashes ahead of Creamfields 2025 in August

What are the 19 most sought after dance releases on vinyl, according to users of Discogs?

19 most wanted vinyl from the world of dance, according to Discogs

Day Fever will head out on tour once again in September 2025, offering a more sociable time for some of us to go out clubbing at 23 new venues across the UK.

Day Fever adds 23 new club nights across the UK throughout September

The flashmob saw dancers tell the story of the history of the railway over the past 200 years in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. City of Portsmouth College has coordinated the group, from a range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) organisations, assisted by funding from Great Western Railway's Customer and Community Improvement Fund.

Passionate dancers in wonderful costumes surprise city with flash mob

Loaves of Love class: our participants and the Chefs.

A Night of Celebration & Community!

Dance superstars Diversity are heading this way with huge new 2026 UK tour Soul

Ad Feature Diversity are stepping this way in 2026 - here's how to get tickets!
Dance superstars Diversity today announced a huge new futuristic dance tour called SOUL and they are stepping this way in spring 2026.
Graham Walker

A bride given less than six months to live after losing her leg to cancer made it down the aisle to marry her partner -for the second time.

I lost my leg and was given six months to live...I just got married

Katie Tonkinson as Raven & Glenn Adamson as Strat in BAT OUT OF HELL, credit Chris Davis Studio

Bonkers, brilliant celebration: Meat Loaf classics in Bat Out Of Hell

The Natural History Museum’s Dinosaurs Live! is among the shows with January sale discounts

Full list of every theatre in the UK with huge January sale savings

Kwadwo Baah is booked against Pompey

Watford celebrate Baah provoking Pompey faithful as he’s sent off

Strictly star Sam Quek reveals her 2024 winner after exit from show

Simone Tai, owner of Mini Moony Pamper Parties, was inspired by her daughters to create a space for kids to hang out, relax, talk, and dance.
Picture: Sarah Standing (141124-5563)

Local woman inspired by her kids to start new party business

A study in 2010 demonstrated that there are parallels between our music listening tastes changing and clocks going backwards each year.

Explainer Why do our listening habits change when the clocks go back each year?

Contestants from Dance Floor Heroes, and inset: Ian Waite and Vincent Simone hosting the charity event at Blackpool Winter Gardens.

64 year old Strictly superfan lives her dancefloor dream on TV

The View lives up to its name

Boardmasters 2024: Cornish coast festival shines once again

Los Bitchos at Boardmasters 2024

Los Bitchos: Colombian folk music thrives in upbeat Newquay set

What is the deal with the Watashi Wa Star TikTok trend? (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

What parents need to know about TikTok’s Watashi Wa Star trend
Your kids might be going on about it 🐱‍👤
Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Two-year-old Toby dances along with father’s Morris dance group.

Watch: Two-year-old boy dances along with father’s Morris dance group

An exciting creative arts festival is coming to Gosport this month, celebrating local heritage and culture and involving more than 1,000 schoolchildren from the town.

Festival to take place this summer to celebrate local Gosport culture

Live at the Bandstand is a free programme of summer music events held anually in Portsmouth. Head to Castle Field, Southsea on Monday, May 28 to see performances from Alice Milburn, Creature and Beatroot. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/LiveAtTheBandstand/.

Live at the Bandstand returns - weekend line-up revealed

Ad Feature It’s just a short hop to a summer of fun: check out what’s on in Ryde!

Britain’s Got Talent’s Bruno Tonioli breaks Golden Buzzer

Watch: Britain’s Got Talent’s Bruno Tonioli breaks Golden Buzzer

Highlights from the Dance Live! 2024 finals and heats

Thousands grace the stage as winners of Dance Live! 2024 are crowned - pictures

Britain's oldest dancer, Dinkie Flowers, 103, who practices every day.

Watch: Britain’s oldest dancer, 103, who practices almost every day

Construction site at Fareham Live, Osborn Road, Fareham

Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 120324-04)

Major celebrities lining up to open Fareham Live with iconic shows

Peel Common Infant School and Nursery Unit has maintained its good Ofsted rating.

An infant school in Gosport has maintained its good Ofsted rating

Dance Live! Credit Vernon Nash

Dance Live! makes a return to Portsmouth

The News, Portsmouth reporter Joe Buncle has a go at pole dancing.

Watch: Reporter tries pole dancing for the first time

Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Meet West End’s Layton Williams

The top 10 Dad cringe list includes bad ‘Dad jokes’ and ‘Dad dancing’

DJ Casper - real name Willie Perry JR - was diagnosed with kidney and liver cancer back in 2016 - Credit: YouTube

Breaking DJ Casper - creator of 2000s dance classic Cha Cha Slide - dead at 58

Live at the Bandstand 2023 will fill the summer with music and fun, and it is usually packed out with people looking to spend a day in the sunshine. The event has been moved indoors this Saturday due to severe weather.
Picture: Keith Woodland

Free live music event moved due to Met Office warning

Dance Live! 2023 Junior Finals at Portsmouth Guildhall - 28/04/2023 - Mayfield School Juniors. Picture by Vernon Nash

Dance Live registration now open for 2024 version of the popular event

Antony Torralvo stunned judges with a terrifying Britain's Got Talent routine. (Photo: ITV).

Favourites to win Britain's Got Talent 2023 series revealed

B-Boy Gravity, also known as Miguel Rosario, competes in the Semifinal battle against B-Boy Tahu during the Breaking For Gold USA regional competition at Industria on April 22

What is Breaking, the new Olympic sport for Paris 2024

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan star in Love Again at the Arc Cinema. Photo: Getty Images

Outlander’s Sam Heughan on possibly starring in Bollywood film

Just Dance 2023 have announced which songs will feautre in their Eurovision collaboration

Just Dance 2023 launches collaboration with Eurovision

Strictly Come Dancing judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke are back for another series

Strictly presenters, judges and pros confirmed for 2023

Admiral Lord Nelson School at the Dance Live! heats Picture: Vernon Nash

Full list of results from heats of Dance Live! at Portsmouth Guildhall

Dance Live! 2023 heats at Portsmouth Guildhall St Edmunds Catholic School Picture: Vernon Nash

14 great pictures of schools' Dance Live! heats at Portsmouth Guildhall

Crowds watch as Snow White and her prince ride past on a carriage during the Main Street Parade at Disneyland Paris.

Disneyland Paris hiring UK performers - how to apply

Dance & Cheer-a-cality performed two sold-out ‘What Dreams Are Made Of’ shows at the Berry Theatre in Hedge End at the weekend. The dance school pupils wowed the audience with their moves which took four months to perfect, with 190 children aged three to 16 taking part in various dance and cheerleading routines.

Picture: Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.com

Dance school saw youngsters perform at the theatre

Michael Flatley, star of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance is mobbed by fans as he makes an appearance during the opening day of the World Irish Dancing Championships at the Waterfront Hall on April 10, 2022 in Belfast

Michael Flatley diagnosed with “aggressive” form of cancer

Strictly Come Dancing Week 3 takes place on Saturday

BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2022: what to expect in Movie Week

Dance Live! 2022 heats at Portsmouth Guildhall - 03/02/2022 - Purbrook Park School. Picture: Vernon Nash

Deadline for registration to Dance Live! 2023 at Portsmouth Guildhall is soon