Here at Pump, we believe in dancing for the love of it.

We run hip hop, jazz and contemporary dance classes for all ages and abilities. You'll also find us teaching workshops and performing at anything from the Fringe Festival to Rugby Sevens, A Very Welly Christmas to stages at Disneyland! 

Our team of talented coaches are some of Wellington's top performers. We make sure that every class is inspiring and challenging for our dance fam.

We are 100% devoted to encouraging a love of dance, whether through competitive achievements or purely for pleasure.

Highlights

2022
We kicked off the year with fun filled crew and troupe meets, plus welcome workshops for our weekly classes. Despite working under red light alert level settings, the Pump fam are ready to boogie.
Two incredible choreographers, Isaiah Reid and Henk Tomkins hosted workshops at Pump, which our seniors were thrilled to take part in. We love expanding our knowledge with guest tutors.
We introduced an advanced open hip hop class on Thursdays, where both teens and adults can dance together. This class gives the ultimate challenge in choreography and grooves.
With a goal of celebrating our superstars at Pump, we created a Student Shout-Out letterbox at reception. Anyone can post a note, to nominate another person for a shout-out. Share the love peeps!
We introduced Pump Houses, where our dancers can earn points for their house throughout the year. The houses (George, Smith and Robinson) are named after our studio founder and two of the earliest coaches, all of whom have had a huge influence on our dancers over the years. This is purely for fun and to encourage friendly competition and teamwork within our studio.

2021
Pump celebrates our 20th anniversary!
Our end of year show was a fully original story, all about the villains of fairy tales retelling the stories how they really happened. It was called Once Upon a Twisted Tale and we sold out two amazing shows.
Esteem won a PACANZ nomination which allows them to compete in the prestigious PACANZ competition later on this year.
Artemis placed second, Basil troupe placed third with their fierce and fabulous routines at the ABTC competitions. We also had several duos and trios place first, second and third in their own categories at ABTC.
We started the cutest Junior level 1 hip hop class for littlies in Eastbourne who were ready for that next step up from the Preschool Pump class.
For the first time ever, we ran two different showcases in the same afternoon, to allow all dancers to get onstage in term one. It was a celebration of all the talent at Pump and every class put on an incredible performance.
Infinite Dance Crew and friends held five sold out shows called Iconic, which celebrated women in artwork.
Pump hosted hip hop and commercial workshops with Shyvon Campbell, previously of the Royal Family, which brought so many new dancers into our space and helped us to connect with our community even more.

2020
We started off the year with a bang, preparing for competitions, showcases and more. Then Covid-19 and the lockdown came upon us so we switched to Online Classes. Our amazing tutors adapted to teaching via Zoom, pre-recorded lessons and Instagram Live. We got through the lockdown thanks to all the good vibes we got from our students, the parents and fellow dancers. We sure are glad to be back in the studio though!
Suddenly competition season was upon us and our crews and troupes took out placings in all categories. The best part was seeing everyone get up on stage and do their thing, despite the first half of the year being so interrupted.
Fortunately, Wellington remained at Level One Covid threat, which meant we could put on our show, Alice in Wonderland, in The Opera House. The enthusiasm of the audience and dancers alike, was palpable and it was clear that we all needed a great event like this to celebrate getting to the end of 2020!

2019
We released Pump Portraits, where we offer Portrait or Dance shoots as a unique way for our dancers and their families to capture and celebrate their dance journey at Pump.
We opened our Junior Teacher Training Programme up to intermediate age dancers as well as teens and trained thirty-eight keen young dancers as hip hop tutors.
We ran three end of term showcases, involving all Pump dancers, giving everyone a chance to be onstage.
Due to overwhelming demand, we started Preschool Pump and Baby Boogie classes, meaning our tiniest movers and groovers now have a weekly dance class to call their own.
200 of our dancers performed shows and workshops on both major stages at Welly Christmas as well as the parade.
Onyx, Sassy, Sassy Sisters and Esteem all qualified and made it into the finals at the NZ Schools Hip Hop Competition Nationals in Queenstown and brought back Silver medals in three divisions.
We created a junior and an adult mega crew, to compete and perform as representatives of our studio.

2018
We created a Junior Teacher Training Programme and within the first course, trained twenty young people as hip hop, jazz and contemporary tutors. 
Every Pump student took part in an end of term showcase, giving a taste of their in class action.
Da Chillies, Artemis, Glitter and Luna took out 1st place in the various dance divisions of United comp.
Intensity, a brand new junior hip hop crew, got into the finals of Hip Hop Unite.
Luna received a special choreography award at the Onstage Dance Competition.
We released a beautiful new line of Pump clothing, including hoodies, long sleeve tops and tees.

2017
Pump dancers surprised a visiting tour group at Te Papa with a Bruno Mars flashmob.
We announce our eco-friendly goal to be paperless this year. 
Sassy and Kingdom crews qualified for the National SDNZ competition in April.
Pump dancers raised over $1000 for Youthline Wellington with their Battle It Out Showcase.
Onyx, Artemis, Flair and Violet won 1st Place in their divisions at UNITED Competition.
Esteem came 1st, Sassy 2nd and Artemis 3rd at NZ Schools Hip Hop Competition.
Pump teachers, students & friends of the studio collaborated to put on a choose-your-own-adventure style show, called The Grand Reopening of Ms Bordeaux's Antique Store. 
A Very Welly Christmas was a chance for 150+ Pump dancers to perform flashmobs, stage shows and run workshops for the public. 

2016
Infinite Dance Crew was voted the Ultimate Winner of the Projektion competition in Wellington.
Sassy Dance Crew won 1st Place at the NZCAF Nationals in Dunedin.
Over 150 Pump dancers performed on the city streets as part of A Very Welly Christmas.
Platinum Dance Crew won 1st Place at UNITED Dance Competition in Porirua.

2015
Pump students toured LA, took workshops and performed at Disneyland.
Infinite Dance Crew took out 3rd Place at the World of Dance Championship in Wellington.
Infinite represented New Zealand in the World Championships in Los Angeles, USA. 
Sassy Dance Crew were awarded Overall Winner of NZCAF. 
Pump tutors taught and performed with a 1400 person flashmob in Civic Square, Wellington.
Kingdom Crew were the winners of the Junior Section at NZCAF Regionals in Wellington.
Kingdom were awarded Most Innovative Choreography at NZCAF Nationals.

2014
Pump got a puppy, named Beau.
Esteem Dance Crew took out 2nd Place at Battlegrounds Competition in Auckland.
Phoenix, Sassy and Esteem crews competed at SDNZ Nationals in Auckland. 
Libby George, director, was awarded a Contribution to Street Dance award.
SDNZ Nationals judges awarded Most Promising Crew to Esteem.
Esteem, Sassy and Fearless won 1st, 2nd and 3rd at SDNZ Regionals in Wellington.
Over 140 Pump dancers of all ages, performed the Wellington Christmas Parade.
Pump took five teams of dancers to Nelson to compete in the Shakedown Competition.
We opened a new studio in Khandallah and our dance family grew!

2013
Infinite Dance Crew won 1st Place at the Hip Hop Unite World Championship in Serbia.
For the third year in a row, Infinite were the adult winners of Hip Hop Unite Nationals in NZ.

2012
Infinite Dance Crew won 3rd at the Hip Hop Unite World Championships in The Netherlands.