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Pasadena Area, East Side & Pasadena Region
The Athletic Garage in Pasadena, CA, is a studio in a beautiful converted garage, complete with a bright yellow roll-up door. With a focus on wellness and injury prevention throughout its program, the studio offers dance classes from cardio fitness to pre-professional training.
Hollywood Region, HW & WeHo Area
Blackbird Dance Company has offered adult drop-in classes in hip hop, yoga, capoeira, and more. The studio has expertise in helping freestyle bboys and bgirls learn to dance choreography.
Boogiezone Utopia Laboratory for the Creative Arts
Torrance Area, South Bay Region
Boogiezone Utopia, the Boogiezone online dance community’s first physical dance studio in the United States, offers extensive facilities and programs including drop-in hip-hop classes for all levels.
Fairfax District & Miracle Mile Area, Fairfax District & Mid-City Region
Dance Arts Academy, in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile, offers classes taught by both faculty and independent instructors. The studio is strong in adult ballet and international dance styles.
Woodland Hills and Central SFV Area, San Fernando Valley Region
Dance in Motion, now in Canoga Park, CA, is a family-oriented dance studio for all ages. DIM offers classes in a variety of styles, from balleten pointeto Zumba to breakdance.
Debbie Allen Dance Academy
Helms Arts District & Baldwin Hills Area, Downtown L.A. & East Culver City Region
Located adjacent to Baldwin Hills / Crenshaw Plaza, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy is primarily a children’s professional dance academy, but offers a drop-in class program with both adult and youth classes.
Hollywood Region, NoHo Area
Debbie Reynolds Studio in North Hollywood, CA, one of L.A.’s top four professional dance industry studios, offers an adult drop-in class program strong in hip hop. Minimum age to attend is 17.
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Hollywood Region, NoHo Area
DK Dance Factory in Valley Village, CA, offers a comfortable, accepting environment and classes led by patient instructors. Located near the major studios in North Hollywood, it provides a great alternative for beginners who aren’t attracted to the Hollywood scene.
EDGE Performing Arts Center
Hollywood Region, HW & WeHo Area
EDGE Performing Arts Center in Hollywood, CA, is one of L.A.’s top four professional dance industry studios. EDGE is renowned worldwide as one of the finest professional training centers for commercial dance.
eLABorate Creative Arts Center
Covina Area, Northeast L.A. County Region
The new eLABorate Creative Arts Center in West Covina, CA, offers hip hop, breakdancing, house, tumbling, open gym hours, Zumba, yoga, and even private lessons in DJ’ing! With three dance studios and a gym, The Lab plans to add visual arts and beyond.
Hollywood Region, NoHo Area
Evolution Dance Studios in Universal City, CA, is a dance studio rental facility with a motto of “By Dancers, For Dancers.” Independent teachers offer classes at the studio.
Torrance Area, South Bay Region
Fusion Studios in Torrance, CA, is a home for multifaceted artists. The studio offers dance classes in styles from ballet to hip hop, art classes such as illustration and still life, and private music lessons (available for almost any instrument!).
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Silverlake & Glendale Area, East Side & Pasadena Region
Heartbeat House in Atwater Village, CA, is a friendly, relaxed neighborhood fitness studio offering a broad selection of international dance and cardio dance supplemented by strength and yoga classes. The studio also has great classes for mothers and toddlers.
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HYPE Studios Cultural Arts Center
Torrance Area, South Bay Region
CLOSED. From the Studio Archives:HYPE Studios Cultural Arts Center in Torrance, CA, is an outstanding recreational dance studio that offers a wide range of dance styles and welcomes beginning dancers.
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Hollywood Region, HW & WeHo Area
IDA Hollywood is one of L.A.’s top four professional dance industry studios. Primarily a production studio for rehearsals, filming, and more, IDA has a strong adult drop-in class program that appeals to both professional and nonprofessional dancers.
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Pasadena Area, East Side & Pasadena Region
Jayvee Dance Center in Alhambra, CA, offers a variety of adult and teen/adult hip-hop classes and a welcoming, close-knit studio community. Most classes are available by preregistration, and there are also great drop-in hip-hop classes.
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Joining All Movement (JAM)
Van Nuys & Reseda Area, San Fernando Valley Region
The Joining All Movement Center (JAM) in Reseda, CA—formerly White Lotus Martial Arts Center in Northridge—attracts novices to elite-level pros in martial arts, tricking, Parkour, bboying, and more. JAM’s specialty gym equipment includes the first airtrick in the US!
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LAX Area, South Bay Region
Legacy Dance Academy in El Segundo, CA, is designed for the serious student of dance in Los Angeles’ South Bay. The studio specializes in providing quality preprofessional training to prepare students to pursue a career in dance, or take class at any studio in the country.
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Lineage Performing Arts Center
Pasadena Area, East Side & Pasadena Region
Lineage Performing Arts Center in Pasadena, CA, offers an eclectic mix of drop-in classes for adult beginners and a master class series for advanced dancers. The studio is the new home of Lineage Dance Company, which produces the annual Pasadena Dance Festival.
Eagle Rock Area, East Side & Pasadena Region
Live Arts Los Angeles in Eagle Rock, CA, is a vibrant new dance studio and live performance space. Built in a converted warehouse, the studio has a 20-foot ceiling, a sprung dance floor, and 10-foot mirrors. Amenities include a Pilates room and a viewing loft.
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Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Helms Arts District & Baldwin Hills Area, Downtown L.A. & East Culver City Region
Situated at the gateway to the historic Leimert Park African-American cultural district in Los Angeles, CA, Lula Washington Dance Theatre is home to a dance school, a world-renowned contemporary modern dance company, and a traveling youth dance ensemble.
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Pasadena Area, East Side & Pasadena Region
Lumina Academy of Dance in Pasadena, CA, is a community center for cultural exchange through dance. The studio’s founder danced professionally in her native Argentina. Some Lumina Academy students travel to their chosen dance style’s country of origin to further explore the culture.
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Hollywood Region, NoHo Area
Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood, CA, a well-established studio at the heart of Los Angeles’ competitive dance industry, is a world-renowned training center for commercial dance. The studio is especially strong in hip hop.
Moore Dancing Cardio Dance Studio
Santa Monica & West L.A. Area, Westside Region
Moore Dancing Cardio Dance Studio in Brentwood, CA, has a solid schedule of both daytime and evening dance fitness classes in hip hop, cardio funk, and more, with quality instructors. The studio offers a great cardio fitness option on the Westside.
Movement Lifestyle Studio
Hollywood Region, NoHo Area
The Movement Lifestyle Studio, in North Hollywood’s NoHo Arts District, offers hip-hop classes in a smaller, more personal studio environment—with instructors many of whom also teach at top industry studios.
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Downtown L.A. Area, Downtown L.A. & East Culver City Region
Emiko Sugiyama’s Odoru Dance Studio, near downtown Los Angeles, is a place for street dancers to build community. Odoru (“to dance” in Japanese) offers house dancing and breakdance classes and hosts an open session that brings together the international house dancing community.
Pacific Arts Center & Dance Studios
Westwood & Beverly Hills Area, Westside Region
Pacific Arts Center & Dance Studios, in the Westwood / Century City area of West Los Angeles, combines a fine arts gallery, dance studios, film and theatre programs, and more.
Artesia & Norwalk Area, Cerritos Region
Quest Dance Studio—a part of Quest Learning Center in Artesia, CA—is famous as the home of Quest Crew, winners of America’s Best Dance Crew Season 3. The studio offers master classes and weekly company classes taught by local crews.
Woodland Hills and Central SFV Area, San Fernando Valley Region
Releve Studios in Tarzana, CA, offers dance classes for children and adults in a variety of genres, from Hawaiian to hip hop.
Covina Area, Northeast L.A. County Region
Stylz Dance Studio in Covina, CA, aims to bring Hollywood-caliber hip-hop training to Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley. Novice dancers can join this warm studio community for recreation and fitness, or for preparation to move on to top dance studios in Hollywood and North Hollywood.
