London Dance Academy
London Dance Academy Ltd, 49-51 Central Street, London, EC1V 8AB -
Up to
20 guests
About Venue
London Dance Academy is a beautiful venue for hire in central location close to Old Street, Shoreditch, Barbican and Farringdon.
LDA is a very versatile dance and aerial studio comprising three rooms, changing room and toilet facilities ideal for blank canvas events, tailor-made PR events, filming, photography, rehearsals, auditions, workshops, masterclasses and bespoke events.
London Dance Academy can be hired room by room or as a whole studio, and transformed for tailor-made events. We pride ourselves in being open to any proposals and will do our utmost to accommodate any booking, from standard hires to bespoke events, for which we are happy to help with on production and event management if required.
London Dance Academy studio benefits from total control of lighting at any time of the day, as not a lot of natural daylight, so ideal for photo shoots and filming. Mirrors in all 3 rooms (can be masked off), laminate flooring throughout all 3 rooms. All rooms are equipped with easily removable poles, one room equipped with aerial rig. Ceiling height 3m. Photography backdrops available.
Equipment, tailor-made classes, professional instructors and performers available as add-ons for disciplines including pole dancing, aerial hoop, aerial silk, antigravity and aerial yoga, circus skills / acrobatics, burlesque, belly-dancing, music video dance, street dance, and many more.
Capacity & Layout
Standing
up to 20
Space Rules
Cancellation policy
Depending on event / use. Deposit required for all bookings, refunded if booking cancelled 7 days or more in advance. Deposit amount dependent on use / hire quote. Partial refunds negotiable if cancelled with shorter notice. No refunds for any cancellations with 48hrs or less notice.
Location
Reviews
- Кристина БаеваApril 2026
If you want to get to the class, you need to arrive very early. I waited at the door for seven minutes for them to let me in, and in the end they didn't let me into class because I was 10 minutes late.
- Arabella JonesMarch 2026
I went to this studio plenty of times before COVID, but I didn’t feel I made any progress. It seemed the teachers focused mostly on the more advanced students. Of course, this also depends on the individual teacher. Most of the teachers came across as arrogant. I had a few teachers (about 5–6), and only two were really nice — I remember one was Jackie, who was Swiss. For example, one teacher stopped me from enhancing a pose because “we haven’t practiced it yet,” which was frustrating. In my previous school, I felt much more challenged. After around 20 lessons here, I felt like I wasted money and made zero progress. I also booked a beginners’ class, but it ended up being choreography with “sexy moves.” Even after I told the teacher I wasn’t comfortable, I left the class and they refused to refund me. Overall, if you don’t go to the gym or practice outside, you won’t gain strength, and the teacher tends to offer the same poses for weeks without any progression. The studio is crowded — one teacher for many students, and more advanced girls aren’t always willing to help unless prompted. The price is too expensive given that the venue is in a dark basement, with no space and no proper changing room — it’s shared with guys. The warm-up and stretching are too long; I had to pay for a 90-minute lesson where the warm-up and stretching took 15–20 minutes of the lesson. The last 10 minutes are "free practice" where as a beginner I was exhausted from excersise and bored. It felt like a break for the teacher. I wanted to attend a 60-minute lesson, which is cheaper, but they didn’t offer it at all. You might see more progress if you go at least twice a week, but it’s expensive and not worth it, especially in a big studio with many students and only one teacher. In comparison, I made more progress in just five classes in Birmingham than in 20 classes at this studio. I also tried silk yoga and stretching classes here — they were fun, but again very expensive, and not really worth the price when you can do similar exercises at home for free
