Formerly the Cathcart Church at 9 Fort Street, Ayr, Dansarena was created in 1984 when Karen Mitchell and her husband Dennis Gage bought the Grade 2 listed building from the Church of Scotland. Barr Construction Co. carried out the conversion and Karen’s late father, James Mitchell co-ordinated the refurbishment. The school is now under the very experienced guidance and ownership of Kerry Bolland who bought Dansarena in December 2016.

At our Iconic Studio building in Ayr we offer 4 dance studios, extensive changing facilities, our very own Theatre and coffee shop. Our studios are fully equipped with barres, pianos and mirrors, the two largest studios have maple sprung floors and the other two have Harlequin dance flooring.