Dance Performance Stage

Our first host for the afternoon the fabulous Mariana Trench has been performing since 2018, when they took off like a rocket!

This stunning queen who has musical theatre running through her veins, is a regular of the Bristol scene and is a talented singer, comedian, and seamstress.

Back hosting the first half of the stage again this year, Mariana will then head over to host the Uplift stage with Punka.

Xtro Illusions Dance Company offers a variety of classes from Ballet, contemporary and street dance with Performance and Competition opportunities for all ages and abilities.

Xtro Illusions Dance Company classes are fun, upbeat and engaging. Focusing on building coordination, flexibility and confidence while creating great leaders in our dancers!

Described as ‘the genesis of the next wave of contemporary Morris dancing’ (thanks mum), this bunch of clowns epitomise tradition and heritage through the timeless art of Morris dancing . . . and rubber chickens! Don’t lose your (squeaking) head!

We are a group of four lgbtq+ Morris dancing clowns who use rubber chickens and bard-core music in our dances. We’d present clowning Morris dances with rubber chickens and clowning sections leading up to the dances.

We can also lead and host Morris dancing workshops

My Body Moves is a carnival dance, burlesque and cajon drumming fusion, promoting body positivity and self confidence. Lead with zero judgement, much respect and buckets of humour, this is all about the performers feeling good and enjoying themselves…..and the sweet little secret? They feel good, so they look good! Now ain’t that a slice of wonderful?!?! Get an eyeful of self expressive, body positive sensuality with a side order of sass, with class!

My Body Moves…. So does yours!

Stuart Irish Dance is bring a slice of Ireland to Bristol! They are a Irish dance school that offer’s classes for children and adults in fishponds and Yate from beginners all the way to World Champions!

Mevan’s Dance specialise in getting ordinary folks dancing, building their confidence by demonstrating how anyone can do it! They can get any crowd dancing with them !

Choose Zumba Gold are a group of Women all aged between 69 years and 80 plus who all met at Zumba Gold and want to continue to dance and love music for as long as they are able to.

They still have a bit of sass left and continue to want to be flexi and sexy! and want to show other’s not to write the old ones off!

We are a professional company blending different styles of dance, currently with an emphasis on ballet and breakdancing. We offer regular classes for adults and children, as well as various workshops where people can learn new moves as well as how to use dance to express and play with a whole range of ideas.

Recent work by the professional company has played with ideas in maths and science as well as looking at social issues, whereas our young performing troupe have put together a revamped version of the Nutcracker, and dance pieces that simply share the love of dancing.

This is a group of Chinese ladies who share their great passion with dancing. They would like to showcase Chinese style dances both modern and traditional at the event.

Valarie’s Dance Studio aim to provide children and adults with access to as many styles of dance as possible. They train contemporary, commercial, lyrical and street dance. An inclusive and ambitious dance and acro studio catering to individuals of all ages, from toddlers of 2.5 years old to adults.

They offer a wide range of opportunities, including recreational classes, full scale shows, challenging competitions, skill-enhancing exams, and memorable performances.

Repping the adults of Streetenvy, check out our display of street, commercial, reggaeton, theatre and much more at BP 2025! We’re the fun place to learn to dance with a great social network, friendly approach and creative routines from a wide variety of genres, for an inclusive and dynamic array of people, beginners to advanced. Check us out at www.streetenvy.co.uk for more info or come and say hi to us on the day!

We’re a fun, welcoming team of dancers of all ages & abilities from the community of withywood. We pride ourselves on dance for everyone! We have all styles of dance that we offer in a professional and safe environment.

Celebrating the vibrancy of Caribbean Carnival to the stage. We are a community focussed group with a mission to promote wellbeing, cultural awareness and community cohesion through dance.

Our kids teams are bringing a selection of Kesha, Britney, Gaga and SIX to the stage this year – curated for Bristol Pride 2025, we are excited to perform and show this city who’s here to stay! You can find more information about our classes, holiday clubs and more at www.streetenvy.co.uk

The performance will focus on the social elements of these street dance styles and techniques using a mix of music genres. We would like to end the piece with a follow along interactive piece for the audience to join in the fun and learn some social dance moves!

L.A Dance offers a variety of street dance classes to suit all ages and abilities including competition classes for those who like to compete! We provide many performance opportunities, fun days, dance themed Birthday Parties and 1-2-1 private lessons.

Street Dance foundations incorporate Wacking, House, Hip Hop, Litefeet, Urban, Popping, Locking and Commercial.

A high intensity easy to follow mash up of popular tracks from a variety of styles, which the audience can join in and enjoy with us.

Fun, inclusive, high intensity dance fitness class, with a focus on Latin and Caribbean rhythms – Salsa, Soca, Reggaeton, Dembow, Dancehall and Merengue.

Join them and enjoy a safe space full of vibrant people from all cultures and backgrounds across the globe.

This year’s stage line up has been set up by us, and ever since the dance stage has started at BP. We aren’t planning to stop it – it’s the best event of the year and we enjoy having you all! We have really got something fun for you this year! Representing Streetenvy and bringing it back with a brand new routines for Bristol Pride 2025, and performing on the main stage at the Official Pride Afterparty, come and party while we dance to Cascada and 2Unlimited (and for the evening’s event only: Kim Petras).

We are a community performance group in Easton made with and for young people.

We run weekly drama groups that make space for joy, raise aspirations, increase confidence and provide opportunities for young people to experience and create their own culture through the performing arts. We also run trips & experiences that link what we do in sessions with Bristol’s wider cultural scene and support young people to explore their city.

MuseMovement is a Bristol based duo created by Aleksandra and Celia – two women very passionate about dance, expressing emotions and themselves through movement and also very focused on technique and blending multiple styles in their choreographies. Main style they work with is high heels and they are running weekly classes in that style.
On the performance they will be joined by few of their classes student.

Sevillanas and rumba dance is a branch from the Flamenco genre, danced in festivals and celebrations all over Spain. It is accompanied musically by Spanish guitars, clapping, castanets and Flamenco box drum. Dancers wear the typical flamenco dresses. It has a very uplifting and happy vibe and it invites everybody to join in the party.

We are a local performing arts group with enthusiastic children and young people who are passionate about celebrating who they are! We’d love to be involved and showcase how important the arts are for young people – we can offer performing arts training in the Bristol area for children and young people from all backgrounds!

We are a group of mixed aged ladies, some of the group have been dancing Burlesque for around 3 years. We uplift each other and are very close, we have lots of fun together within our group dancing and putting on charity shows in our local area. Some of the group preformed at Bristol Pride in 2023, this has always been one of my personal favourite life time achievements, myself and the rest of the group, some newbies included would be honoured to have the opportunity to perform at Bristol Pride again x

D Wild Fitness are a dance fitness family where we they all support and believe in one another no matter shape, size, sex or ethnicity.

They like to have fun whilst working out.

We offer social dance classes and events for LGBTQ+ adults and their friends. We have classes for dancers at all levels, anyone can lead or follow in our fun and friendly classes. You don’t need to bring a partner and beginners are welcome.

Choose Zumba encompass Zumba and Zumba GOLD in fully inclusive and welcoming sessions. They regularly perform Flashmobs in the local area as well as performances at events to we bring fun and energy to the crowd and performers and they have something special to bring to Pride.

African dance group Mundi Dance was established in 2010 by Louis-Roger Eboa and students at the Bristol Dance Centre in Jacob Wells Road, Bristol. Born in Douala, Cameroon, West Africa, Louis-Roger is an African contemporary dancer, performer and teacher. He started dancing at the age of fifteen, and has continued in public performances in Africa and in Europe, and well know in the Bristol dance space.

Mundi Dance is an international and inclusive group where everyone is welcome and can learn African dance moves at their own pace. We encourage every person to find their own style and flow, and express themselves. We do it for fun and for the joy of dancing together !

The Commercial Latin performance/group will immerse the audience in the vibrant and energetic world of Latin American music by bringing together the best latin dance styles like reggaeton, salsaton, merengue, Latin Pop, Latin Urban, Dembow, Brazilian funk and much more!

Not only that, but this group has the main objective that everyone, regardless of their level, age or ability, find a safe space to express themselves through movement making this a very special and inclusive community where everyone is welcome and comes together to showcase talent, share the joy of dance and Latin music, and dance their hearts out!