Dancespace is a local dance studio. It offers instruction to children and adults, in addition to having summer workshops and performance opportunities. Dancespace offers classes in pointe, pre-ballet, ballet (beginner to advanced), choreography and composition, modern dance, jazz, creative movement and hip-hop. Its annual performance is produced in conjunction with the COterie DAnce Company at the Holy Names University. Dancespace is led by founder and instructor Beth Hoge.
Opened in 1963, Marin Ballet serves over 550 youth and 150 adult students, offering classes in ballet, modern dance, jazz, character, swing, flamenco, West African, yoga, pilates and musical theater. You can visit their Web site for a comprehensive schedule.
Marin Ballet is located next to Trinity Community Church.
Voted "Best Butt Kicking Workout" by Diablo magazine three years in a row, The Bar Method's Walnut Creek location offers a workout combining isometrics, dance conditioning, physical therapy and interval training.
New clients can try a 30-day unlimited special for $100, and all summer long they will be offering free childcare.
Would you like to learn a new style of dancing or get better at one you're familiar with? Arthur Murray dance studios is for you. For over 98 years, it has been teaching its students everything from ballroom dancing to the waltz. Classes are held weekdays and vary in time and type of class.
PYB was founded in 1979 and is comprised of dancers whose ages range from 5 to adult. 2010's production is The Nut Cracker. Previous productions have included Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Stars and Stripes and La La Bayadere. PYB is designed to give dancers real performance experience going beyond the value of recitals. Contact them for audition days/times.
Tucked back into Clayton Valley Shopping Center, this small dance academy offers private and groups classes. All ages and experience levels can find classes in styles from hip hop and ballet to tap and jazz.
Londance Studio 2 is located in the Plaza de La Paz strip mall, between a pet salon and an animal hospital. As a whole, Londance has been in the ballroom dance instruction business for more than 20 years, with its first studio established in Santa Ana. The studio's instructors specialize in ballroom, salsa, Latin and swing dancing, as well as DanceSport and first dances at weddings. Visit the Londance web site for more information about the studios, instructors and special rates for wedding packages and group classes.
This dance studio offers beginner, intermediate and advanced belly dancing classes. Located on Walnut Creek's Boulevard Way, Belly Dance! also sells belly-dancer jewelry, skirts, harem pants, costumes, patterns and finger cymbals. The studio's professional dancers can also be hired for parties, weddings, restaurants and bellygrams.
Originally established by Erin Holt in 1987, this dance academy moved to La Canada in 1998 in order to accommodate more students. It offers something for dancers of every age and skill level, from kids to adults and beginners to those preparing to dance at a professional level. Students have the opportunity to train in classical ballet, contemporary modern dance, jazz, hip-hop, tap and even aerial ballet. This is also the only dance academy in California that offers an MPT (Maor placement technique) program, which is designed specifically for advanced students to improve strength, flexibility and turn out while conditioning the body.
This is an institution dedicated to a professional caliber of training in dance and performance of all of its students. In addition to wall mirrors and 20-foot ceilings, this facility is equipped with state of the art theater equipment and sprung wood floors for injury prevention.