The home of high quality training in singing, dancing, acting and music in Watford since 2009.
The Dan Tien is a non profit, multi-award winning performing arts school based in Watford. We offer classes in dance, drama and music from our purpose built studio for children aged 3 - 18.
16/06/2026
Huge congratulations to DT Company member Cleo, who battled her through to the finals of the competition and was awarded runner-up in her category! What a fabulous achievement Cleo, we are so very proud of you.
One month already since we were at the theatre! How did that happen? 🎭
Lovely barre work last night 🩰
Some more fantastic photos by .l.jones 📸
Some wonderful photos from show weekend - thank you .l.jones 📸
Can anyone spot any photos from their favourite piece? 👯♀️
We asked the children what their favourite bit about the whole show experience was … here’s what they said 🤩
20/05/2026
Special congratulations to this year’s award winners 👏🏼🏆
🏆 Mayors Shield - Mimi T
🏆 Junior Tap - Lois S
🏆 Senior Tap - Jenna E
🏆Junior Ballet - Cleo B
🏆 Senior Ballet - Emily U
🏆 Junior Lyrical - Thea H
🏆 Senior Lyrical - Anneka W
🏆 Junior Theatre - Maya S
🏆 Senior Theatre - Lilly S
🏆 Junior Street - Ianis J
🏆 Senior Street - Fiona T
🏆 Most Improved Junior - Tiana P
🏆 Most Improved Senior - Anaisha S
Photo credit :
18/05/2026
Here’s the team behind the dream! We’d like to give a huge thank you to everyone who made our 2026 show possible…
⭐ our brilliant teaching team
⭐ our team of chaperones
⭐️ our backstage crew and runners
⭐ our tech team
⭐ our front of house team
⭐ the brilliant team
⭐ and ex DT Mum who volunteers every year depsite her daughter graduating from us 2 years ago!
Thank you from us and all the children for making this experience possible for them.
Show them some love!
Show day is here!!! What a brilliant day we had yesterday - here’s a few from our dress rehearsal!
5 days until show day!
| Monday | 1pm - 8pm |
| Tuesday | 12pm - 9pm |
| Wednesday | 12pm - 9pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 9pm |
| Friday | 12pm - 8:30pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 6pm |
