Stronger Together: How TS Training Academies Champions Dance Schools Across the UK
One of the questions I get asked most often — particularly by dance school owners and teachers — is: "Is TS Training Academies a competitor to us?" My answer is always the same, and I mean it wholeheartedly: absolutely not. TS Training Academies exists because of the incredible network of dance schools across the UK, and everything we do is built on celebrating and championing that community.
We Didn't Build This Alone
Every single dancer who walks through our doors arrived there because of a dance teacher who believed in them first. A teacher who spotted something, who pushed them further, who stayed late to help them perfect a turn or understand a piece of choreography. The foundation of every TS student is their dance school, and we never forget that.
When a student joins TS Training Academies, they don't leave their school behind — they bring it with them. You'll see it on their TS kit: their school name printed right there alongside the TS branding. That's intentional. It's our way of saying: we see where you came from, and we honour it.
What We Offer That's Different
TS Training Academies is not a replacement for dance school training — it's an addition to it. Our UK programme runs on Sundays and Dubai follows a separate eight-session structure. The programme is designed to sit alongside a dancer's existing training and elevate it: exposing them to new teaching styles, broader syllabi, performance feedback, and industry-standard environments that complement everything their home school is already giving them.
Think of it like this: a local school provides the roots. TS Training Academies helps those roots grow deeper and the branches reach further.
Championing Teachers and Schools
We actively encourage our dancers to credit their teachers. In every session, in every feedback report, and across our platforms, we recognise the role that dance schools play in shaping the young performers in our programme.
If your student is with us, you haven't lost them — you've helped them take a step up. And that reflects brilliantly on you and your school.
A Network, Not a Hierarchy
Across our 10 training locations in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Dubai, we bring dancers from different dance schools together — from large regional academies to small local studios. We take enormous pride in the diversity of that community. A dancer from a small village studio in Nottinghamshire sits alongside a student from a large performing arts school in Birmingham, and both are valued equally. Both are representing their school and their teacher throughout their TS training.
That mix is one of TS's greatest strengths. Dancers learn from each other, make friends across the country, and build a network that will serve them throughout their careers — and all of it is underpinned by the schools that shaped them.
For Dance School Owners and Teachers
If you have students who you feel are ready for the next level — dancers who are hungry for more challenge, more exposure, more professional-standard feedback — please encourage them to apply to TS Training Academies. It is not about leaving your school. It is about giving your most ambitious dancers the additional platform they deserve.
And if you'd like to find out more about how we work, or discuss how TS Training Academies might complement what you're building at your school, please don't hesitate to get in touch. We would love to hear from you.
Together, We Build Better Dancers
The UK dance community is extraordinary. The talent, the passion, and the dedication that exists in studios up and down this country never ceases to amaze me. TS Training Academies is proud to be a part of that ecosystem — not above it, not separate from it, but woven into it.
To every dance teacher and school owner who has trusted us with your dancers: thank you. We don't take that lightly, and we never will.