Based in the vibrant, student-friendly city of Leeds, NSCD is one of the UK’s foremost centres for dance education, and the only institution of its kind in England outside London. For over 30 years we have enabled aspiring dance artists to enter and shape the industry, providing specialist conservatoire-level training for some of the most talented and committed students – nationally and internationally.

NSCD is home to just over 200 full-time students. We currently offer courses at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in an intimate, supportive and creative learning environment. All of our programmes focus on the development of versatile, collaborative and individual dance artists who possess highly tuned technical, creative and performance skills.