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Costuming your next dance show just got easy! Browse, choose sizes and book online in minutes — no sourcing, no stress.
From click to curtain,
we get you Show Ready
Dance costume hire for shows, dance schools, and competitions, UK-wide.
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● Why dance schools choose us
Better for you, your pupils and the planet
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Better for your Pupils
Stunning costumes for every performance, sized from Child XS to Adult XXL so your whole cast looks the part.
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Better for Everyone
We're Carbon Neutral and proudly support the dance community. Hiring is the lower-impact, lower-cost choice for your school.
● Simple from start to finish
How does dance costume hire work?
Browse the range
Explore costumes by dance style, theme and colour. Create a free account to save your favourites.
Pick dates & sizes
Set your dates and choose sizes. Sizing stays consistent across every style.
We deliver
Costumes arrive individually bagged, and labelled on fully tracked DPD delivery.
Send it back
After the show, send everything back. No cleaning, no fuss — we handle the rest.
● Delivered across the UK
Show Ready costumes delivered to your door
Ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, modern, urban and themed costumes. Individually bagged and labelled, our beautiful costumes help you dazzle at every show or competition while saving time, stress and budget.
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● Flexible by design
When pupils grow, your costumes can too
Flexible dance costume hire for schools of every size, from a handful of pupils to hundreds. We’re the only hire company that lets you adjust your booking without the faff, so you can add or remove costumes, helping you stay perfectly organised.
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● Support when you need it
We're here for you
From first fitting to final bow, our dedicated customer care team is on hand to make your show as smooth as possible. Most messages get a reply in under an hour, and we’ll keep you updated every step of the way.
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What dance teachers say
star_ratestar_ratestar_ratestar_ratestar_rate Rated Excellent on Trustpilot"Takes the stress away from costuming shows. So easy to arrange costumes for large groups of different ages and sizes."
Sarah
Dance school principal
"Easy to use and the staff are super helpful! Clean costumes, fantastic prices and straight forward delivery and returns."
Lisa
Dance school principal
"Costume source are just amazing from start to finish. Simple ordering process and will always try and accommodate."
Claire
Dance school principal
Where can I hire dance show costumes in the UK?
Costume Source hires dance costumes to schools, teachers and performers across the whole of the UK from our base in Portishead, near Bristol. Order online and we deliver nationwide on fully tracked DPD delivery
What sizes and styles of dance costume can I hire?
We stock costumes for ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, modern, contemporary, urban, acro, musical theatre and themed routines, in sizes from Child Extra Small through to Adult XX Large. Our size guide standardises measurements across every style, so sizing stays consistent even when costumes come from different ranges.
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Frequently asked questions
How does dance costume hire work?
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How does dance costume hire work?
addBrowse our range, choose your costumes and sizes, and book online for your show date. We'll get everything individually bagged, labelled, and delivered – you simply send it all back afterwards in the same packaging.
What sizes do you stock?
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What sizes do you stock?
addEverything from Child Extra Small through to Adult XX Large. Our size guide standardises measurements across all our styles, so sizing stays consistent even if costumes come from different ranges.
What if numbers change after I've booked?
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What if numbers change after I've booked?
addNo problem – we're the only hire company that lets you adjust your booking without starting again. Add or remove costumes and reassign them to pupils as your cast list changes.
How are costumes cleaned between hires?
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How are costumes cleaned between hires?
addEvery costume is professionally wet-cleaned by our sister company, Costume Care, before it goes out again – so what arrives is fresh, hygienic and ready to wear.
How quickly will my order arrive?
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How quickly will my order arrive?
addAll bookings are sent on a 24-hour tracked service with DPD. We'll send you tracking details as soon as your booking ships.
Dance costume hire, built around dance schools
Costume Source is the UK's leading dance costume hire company, run from our base in Portishead, near Bristol. We built Costume Source to solve the problem every teacher knows too well – sourcing, sizing and managing costumes for a show, without the stress.
Since we started in 2017, we've worked with thousands of dance schools and dance teachers accross the UK and costumed hundreds of thousands of dancers.
We hire costumes for ballet, lyrical, jazz and tap, modern, urban and themed routines – in sizes from Child XS to Adult XXL, so your whole cast can be dressed from one place. Every costume arrives individually bagged, labelled, and cleaned to professional standards.
Hire is flexible by design. Book online, adjust numbers as your cast list changes, and send everything back together when the show's done. We're also Carbon Neutral, so hiring is the lower-impact choice too.
Whether you're costuming a ballet exam, a competition routine, or a full show, explore our dance costume hire range.
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Ready to get started?
Create your free Costume Source account and start booking your dance costumes in minutes. No commitment – just a faster, calmer way to costume your next show.