From toddlers to grandparents, we’ve got something for every age group and ability at Dance City this Halloween. If you love a bit of frightful fun, check out our haunting Halloween programme.
Thriller Workshop (all ages)
Friday 31 October, 5-6.30pm
Dance City, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle
Suitable for all ages and abilities.
£5 per person, book online
Following last year’s sold-out event, Dance City invites you to get your best Zombie outfit on and come and learn the iconic Thriller routine this Halloween. This intergenerational workshop, taking place at 5pm on Friday 31 October, is suitable for people of all ages and abilities in dance. Over an hour and a half, you will go through the memorable steps of the famous dance break.
“Thriller has become a staple song at Halloween parties over the past 4 decades and shows signs of only speeding up. Choreographed by the American choreographer Michael Peters and brought to life by Michael Jackson, the routine and the video set new standards of how pop music could be visualised. It was the inspirational moment of why so many young people started to dance, including me.”
Anand Bhatt, Artistic Director, who will be delivering the Thriller workshop
Halloween Hip-Hop Dance Camp
Tuesday 28 October – Thursday 30 October, 9am-5pm
Dance City, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle
Suitable for children aged 7-12 years, all abilities welcome.
£100 per child, book online by Saturday 26 October at 12pm
We’ll be training our very own troop of Demon Hunters this half term at our Halloween Hip Hop dance camp. Young dancers aged 7-12 years will learn routines from the very popular Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters, as well as the usual Halloween classics like Thriller and the Monster Mash. It’s gonna be Golden.
Halloween-themed Boogie Boppers
Friday 31 October, 9.30-10.30am
Dance City, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle
Suitable for children aged 1.5-3.5 years
£8.75 per child, acompanying adult goes free. Book online
Our regular Boopie Boppers will take on a spooky theme this Halloween. This is an imaginative dance class best suited to walking age toddlers, with sensory instruments, dancing and musical instruments. A fun and relaxed class, which creates a love of music and movement from an early age.
“The Halloween programme will be a lot of fun. When people come dressed up, it creates a really great atmosphere in the room. Learning routines this way can help new people to fall in love with dancing. With so many social and health benefits to dance – including laughter – I hope lots of people join us and have a good time.”
Anand Bhatt, Artistic Director, who will be delivering the Thriller workshop
2025 marks a major milestone — Dance City’s 40th anniversary. To celebrate, we’ve launched an ambitious campaign:
40 Million Minutes. Our pledge is to deliver 40 million minutes of dance and raise £4 million over the next 10 years to support the future of dance in the North East and beyond.
Every workshop, class, and event you take part in helps us get closer to this goal. Thank you for support.
