These are focused programmes that aim to improve the quality of pre-vocational training and prepare students for conservatoire-level study.
- London Contemporary Dance School runs a Centre for Advanced Training based at the Place, which currently has 43 students from London and the South East.
- Yorkshire Young Dancers, based at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, has 38 students of whom 29 receive subsidy from across Yorkshire. Students attend three technique classes a week.