About Us
The Dance Dispatches Directory
Dance Dispatches is a niche directory site that helps dance lovers, like you,
find the world's very best dance experiences.
Our slogan is: Discover dance around the world. 💃🌎
What is a Dance Directory site?
A dance directory site is simply a digital database that lists dance businesses.
Right now, we feature dance studios, online dance classes, dance fitness classes and dance clubs.
You can think of us as a modern phone book, decked out with contact information, photos, feature lists, and so much more.
But the Dance Dispatches directory doesn't just list dance lessons near you.
Our purpose-built dance class and experience finder displays genuine reviews from a diverse group of dance lovers, so you can decide which classes to try – and experiences to book.
When you join our diverse dance community, you can share your opinions with others, too!
Our History
Dance Dispatches: 2019 - present
She created a home for all dancers and everything dance-related with the purpose of growing and connecting the global dance community. Since then the platform has provided insightful dance news and proudly spotlighted underrepresented dance lovers, dance communities and dance styles.
In May 2024, Dance Dispatches was reborn as the dance directory that you can see now (2.5 years after Alison tried to DIY the site herself...).
Today, you can locate a wide range of dance lessons on our site, and learn about dance culture and history on our dance blog. We even publish articles specifically to aid dance professionals and biz owners.
Hi, I’m Alison Roberts-Tse.
I’m a sunshiny former Midwesterner,
who moved to London after unwittingly meeting my now-husband abroad.
I’ll try any dance style, at least once.
In fact, I’ve tried more than 30!
Meet Our Founder: Alison Roberts-Tse
Alison Roberts-Tse began dancing at the tender age of ten, after failing to master a back handspring in gymnastics. Henceforth, her love for movement blossomed at her small hometown dance studio, where she took weekly lessons.
More than a decade later, Alison graduated with degrees in Dance and Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, along with a minor in Dance/ Movement Therapy, a minor in Global Cultures and an Honors Degree in the Liberal Arts. She also sampled multiple dance forms with clubs on campus and wrote dance features for a local news syndicate.
Alison performed in a few shows and festivals, including the World Dance Alliance: Americas – and a science festival (with a robot!). And although she has traded her professional performance aspirations for her own hybrid career in dance media and web…, um, mastery at Dance Dispatches, she still loves to groove.
Her wish for every individual is: ‘Let dance move you.’
Dance should be a pleasure for everybody (in every body). No need to ‘werq,’ whipping out 50 fancy tricks in a row. You can simply let dance inspire you, as a mover, as an observer, and as a sentient human being.
🕺 So, #letdancemoveyou, now and forever, you funky chicken, you.