Strutting your stuff on stage in a theatre, at an outdoor gala or trying to win over judges in a competition, there are opportunities galore to show audiences what you’re made of.
Talented troupers who cut their teeth at Derbyshire dance schools have gone on to perform professionally, from dancing with the stars to entertaining passengers on cruise ships.
Can you spot anyone you know among our twinkle-toed pupils from years gone by?
Can you spot anyone you know among our twinkle-toed pupils from years gone by?
![Swanwick Hall School students gave a cheerleading and dance performance to launch the Amber Valley activities directory for young people in 2006.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjMzMzJmMzQ3LTQ1MDItNDQyYS05ZDAxLTZiYzM4ZDcxYmVjZTplNmFmMzdkNS0wNDJjLTRiMTAtYTU3OS04MDgwNGY3NDZjOTc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Colourful launch
Swanwick Hall School students gave a cheerleading and dance performance to launch the Amber Valley activities directory for young people in 2006. Photo: Brian Eyre
![India Cooper, Bethan Cobb, Chloe Pearson, Amybeth Needham and Lucie Allen at a dance festival in Highfield School, Matlock in 2006.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY0YWMwMmJiLTFhNGMtNDIyNi1iNWIxLTYwZjY3MzQxNGM1YTo3YzNhMjJjNS0yYzcwLTQ3YmUtOTUwMy05NzU0NmQ0ZGI1NDA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Festival fun
India Cooper, Bethan Cobb, Chloe Pearson, Amybeth Needham and Lucie Allen at a dance festival in Highfield School, Matlock in 2006. Photo: Terry Walden
![Brogan Piggott, Emily Mellin, Taylor Bridges, Natalya Wilson and Megan Shally of the Vanessa Millar Dance School in Belper scored some of the school's highest marks ever in exams.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNhZWQ4MDU4LTU3ZWItNGY2My05ZmM3LTEwYzdiYjc5MzBiMTo0Mjk5ZDUzZi1mNmZhLTQ3MmItOGE0Yy0zMzVhNGU2NWFjYjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Top marks
Brogan Piggott, Emily Mellin, Taylor Bridges, Natalya Wilson and Megan Shally of the Vanessa Millar Dance School in Belper scored some of the school's highest marks ever in exams. Photo: Brian Eyre