the blue room is a large dance studio with blue walls and blue fold down chairs that look soft. The floor is black dance lino and the lights are warm

The Blue Room

The Blue Room is our main production studio. 

The Blue Room is a versatile space that can be used end on, or have the 100-seat seating bank retracted for a larger rehearsal space, or to put additional seating different audience configurations.


For more information or to book, email karen@ndcwales.co.uk or fill out our enquiry form below. 

Welcome to the Blue Room!

Its counterweight flying system and 100 tiered retractable seats make this an incredibly versatile space for production and performance.

The Blue Room has also been hired by broadcasters such as BBC Wales and S4C for filming purposes.

The Dance House is fully accessible with a lift for those unable to use the stairs and a seating allocation for wheelchair users for performances.

For full details about what the Dance House has to offer – please request the Technical Specifications.

Features:

-Fully sprung floor
-Black Harlequin dance flooring over wood
-Retractable Seating with 104 seats.
-Sound Rack with music with mini jack, USBC, Lightening or Bluetooth connection.
-Blackout curtains or natural light.

Specs:

- 10 x 9 metre performance space in traditional theatre set up.
- 14x14 metre space with seats retracted.
-PA system for performance
- 33 counterweight flying bars
- Various masking and curtains available.

Additional Available equipment:

- Portable Ballet Barres
- Electric Keyboard
- Fold out chairs
- Flat screen TV’s on trolleys 
- large portable whiteboard / flip charts

For more information or to book, email karen@ndcwales.co.uk or fill out our enquiry form below. 

Please note: due to our professional dance flooring we only allow socks, bare feet and non marking soles to be worn in the studio.
If you intend to rehearse in high heels, tap shoes, black or white soled shoes or otherwise, please chat to us first so that we may advise.

a performance for schools, children copy dancers from their seats - their arms in the air
dancer sit in a circle on the floor of the blue room listening to a choreographer talk

About Us:

The Dance House is based in beautiful Cardiff Bay and consists of a performance space, a ballet studio and a number of office spaces.

We are a resident organisation at the Wales Millennium Centre.
 

Finding Us:

The entrance to the Dance House is located around the back of Wales Millennium Centre, opposite the Welsh Government offices (Tŷ Hywel). It is approximately 2-3 minutes’ walk from the front of the Centre.

You can get to us from car, train, bike or bus. Bus services stop outside the Millennium Centre and there are bicycle racks right by the doors to the Dance House. If you are driving, Cardiff Bay has several car parking facilities. Q-Park Cardiff Bay is opposite Wales Millennium Centre on Pierhead Street and is open 24 hours a day, use CF10 4PH to navigate to the correct address.

For any other transport information, disabled parking and access information visit the Wales Millennium Centre website here

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A photograph of the blue room - ti is a large dance studio with blue seats and walls
A photograph of the blue room - ti is a large dance studio with blue seats and walls
A photograph of the blue room - ti is a large dance studio with blue seats and walls
dancers sat on the floor in a circle facing a choreographer sat on blue chairs
dancers moving in the blue room's open space - in rehearsal clothes
the blue room with a large prop in the middle, white dance floor is propped up and makes a wave, dancers move around it
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