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201829/30Sep
INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST EVENT! THE CAN YOU DANCE? SUPER CONVENTION!
Find out MoreEvery convention is fun, high energy and positive. CYD? offers an educational dance experience where everyone walks away feeling inspired!
Get your SILVER ticket to work with the UK’s top choreographers & dancers. Take Masterclasses in Commercial, Contemporary & Musical theatre, learn cutting edge choreography and get scouted for scholarships and awards. You can also visit the exhibition and join in the free classes there and watch the colleges perform. We welcome dancers of all abilities aged 8 upwards.
Showcase against the best dance schools at the UK’s biggest dance convention, in a fun, friendly environment to become the CYD? Champions! To do this, you will need to purchase GOLD tickets here. You can enter TWO groups – one Junior (aged 8-13) & one Senior (aged 14+). Gold tickets will give you showcase entry, 3 Masterclasses and entry to our exhibition.
BRONZE tickets are for family & friends of dancers attending (CYD? is a private event & unless you are coming along to support a dancer you will not be allowed entrance) Individual dancers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all our events. Children under 5 & teachers bringing a group on Gold tickets can enter for free.
CYD? is growing at a rapid rate and we welcome dance brands, colleges and any exhibitors who want to reach 17,000 dancers and their families across ten cities!
With support from colleges we offer the CYD? scholarship scheme. In 2017, scholarships worth over £500,000 were awarded. We hope to increase this even further in 2018.
You can enter two groups into the showcase – 1 Junior (ages 8 to 13) & 1 Senior (ages 14+). Routines should be approximately 2.30 long with an absolute maximum of 3 minutes.
Can You Dance? offers a fresh approach to the dance convention industry. It’s the only touring dance convention in the UK and is expanding at a rapid rate.
Formed 6 years ago by friends Matt Flint & Tom Shilcock, CYD? has taken off beyond expectations to become a leading dance event in the UK.
Matt works across many areas of the industry – choreographing hit shows like Strictly Come Dancing & Saturday Night Takeaway to West End & Regional musical productions. Matt is proud to have co-created CYD? & looks forward to the new ventures that 2018 has in store!
Tom is a Freelance Event Producer and Choreographer having worked on high profile fashion shows, product launches, corporate events and hair shows. His passion for teaching has allowed him to create Can You Dance? alongside his close friend Matt Flint.
2017 sponsors blochCYD? has been a great way to connect with our customers and other industry people doing similar work and it has been a tremendous opportunity and learning experience to be at the heart of all things dance. Fantastic networking exposure and a great source of forecast for brands. Each event has inspired us with new ideas and how we can make an impact in our own organisation. What Matt and Tom have created and established is a very special annual interactive dance exhibition that the UK’s leading dance schools and dancers look forward to attending each year. Very well organised, always enthusiastic and a helpful team to work with. CYD? 2018, let’s go!
Ricky Jinks, TutorQuick shout out to Tom Shilcock and Matt Flint .. what you guys have set up over the years with Can You Dance? is so special. Getting the whole country to train properly and have some healthy competition. I look forward to your events all year and am so proud to be a part of your faculty.. inspiring the younger generation. To any dance schools looking for a convention to take part in I definitely advise this one. X X
Jo Scanlan, Tap AttackCan You Dance is such an amazing event and we are so proud to have been part of it again this year. Congratulations, you’ve really created something so special for dancers x
Gem MarshallA massive thank you from all at little Gems Academy, it just gets better and better every year – we had an absolutely fantastic day spent with hugely talented people thank you xxx
Katie ParkerAn incredible day filled with so many achievements including my students being talent scouted by top performing arts schools 
💕 A huge thank you for organising, once again, another amazing event and to all the teachers for their expertise…. already looking forward to next year!!
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May 09th 2018
Are you coming along to Essex Can You Dance? on May 20th? If so please click to read all the information needed for the day. Doors open at 8:15am. We can’t wait to see you there!
Mar 15th 2018
Introducing the Can You Dance? Dance Star Company Dancers! 12 boys & 12 girls were chosen from hundreds of entries…. Click here to meet our new company!
Feb 15th 2018
Tickets now on sale for the CYD? all new SUPER CONVENTION! On the 29th & 30th of September 2018 CYD? will be taking over one of the UK’s largest arenas, The Echo Arena and ACC in the heart of the iconic Liverpool dock!
Oct 25th 2017
We will be auditioning for a group of young dancers to form the CYD? DANCE STAR CO. If you are interested in attending an audition to join the CYD Dance Star Co. please click here to fill out the form. For ages 10- 18.
Oct 24th 2017
Dancers were scouted across all our 2017 conventions to find the next BLOCH artists! After a fantastic audition in August at Pineapple Studios the winners were announced at our Grand Final on 22nd October!
Oct 24th 2017
Wow, what a great day we had at our first ever Grand Final last Sunday in Liverpool! So many talented dancers all under one roof! Click here to see who were our 2017 champions!
Sep 28th 2017
Can You Dance? is holding 9 events next year including one SUPER CONVENTION! Tickets for the regional events are now on sale! Which one will you come to? Click here to find out more….!
Sep 11th 2017
We have recently launched the CYD DANCE STAR CO. Taking it to the next level, this is going to be something really special, looking for the best dancers across the UK. Auditions begin on the 22nd October at our convention in Liverpool.
Sep 04th 2017
Our 2018 dates have now been released. With 9 events in total next year, 3 new venues and one super convention, it’s going to be a very exciting year! Tickets will be going on sale in the next 2-3 weeks!
Aug 09th 2017
We will be returning to The ACC in Liverpool on Sunday October 22nd. Set to be our biggest convention to date we can’t wait to see you there! Be prepared for even more amazing workshops, prizes, awards, scholarships plus the CYD? exhibition.
Jul 31st 2017
Today we have launched our very own CYD? online shop! Here you can buy our #CYD17 merchandise including our popular I’m a CYD? Dancer T-shirts & Hoodies! We are looking to add more products very soon!
Jun 30th 2017
This year sees us launch our first ever GRAND FINAL! This will be taking place at THE ACC in Liverpool on Sunday October 22nd 2017 and will see all our regional finalists compete to be crowned the CYD? Champions!
Jun 28th 2017
A big thank you to everyone who came along to our conventions in 2017! The season was a huge success and we loved seeing you all again! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and are looking forward to the Final in October!
Mar 16th 2017
Huge congratulations to our Laine Theatre Arts Scholarship winner Francessca Kennedy! Francessca was spotted at CYD? 2016 and was shortlisted to attend the CYD? LTA scholarship audition day last month.
