Dance Factory

Dance Factory
Dance Factory title card
Genre	Children's Competition
Directed by	Samantha Beddoes Rob Hyde
Presented by	Reggie Yates Nigel Clarke Camilla Dallerup
Theme music composer	D Factor
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sue Morgan
Producer(s)	Pete Davies
Editor(s)	Nial Brown Chris Toft
Camera setup	Nigel Bradley Tom Hayward
Running time	25 minutes
Release
Original network	CBBC
Original release	26 March – 21 May 2005
External links
CBBC Website

Dance Factory was a children's television show which ran for nine weeks from March to May 2005 at 10.30am on BBC One. It was simulcast on the CBBC Channel. It was hosted by Reggie Yates, better known as the host of Top of the Pops, with co-presenters Camilla Dallerup and Nigel Clarke. Camilla paired with David Dickinson and Roger Black in the BBC series, Strictly Come Dancing, while Nigel was better known as a host from Nickelodeon and professional dancer with the Stomp company.

The aim of the show was to pair six non-dancers with experts their own age in Bhangra, Irish dancing, pop, tap dancing, hip hop and musical theatre styles. The contestants were drawn from all over the UK, and auditions were held in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast.

The next phase of the show saw the experts teaching their new partners how to dance, and also saw them meeting some showbiz stars to pick up tips along the way. These included Michael Flatley, of Riverdance fame; Rio Ferdinand, the England and Manchester United star; Denise Lewis, Olympic gold medallist (also seen in Strictly Come Dancing) and the cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in London's West End.