Los Angeles · California
29 verified schools across 15 Los Angeles suburbs offer children's dance.
Dance programs for children, including creative movement, pre-ballet, and junior classes.
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West Los Angeles
Ages 1–18
West LA dance academy established 2009 by Sarah D'Agostino and Sarah Svendsen, offering Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, and Acro for ages 18 months to 18.
Santa Monica
Multi-discipline children's dance academy on Montana Avenue covering ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, lyrical, hip hop, and acro.
West Hollywood
Ages 1+
West Hollywood family-run dance school opened 2012, covering ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary for ages 18 months through adult.
Beverly Hills
Ages 1–18
Children's dance school in Beverly Hills covering ages 18 months to 18 years across ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary and musical theatre.
Burbank
Ages 3+
Vaganova-based ballet academy in Burbank, ranked in the top 5 percent of US ballet schools by a 2024 Northwestern University study on ballet prestige.
Westwood
Westwood Village multi-discipline dance studio offering ballet, classical, folk, hip hop, and wellness classes with certified instructors.
Brentwood
Ages 3+
Brentwood Gardens children's dance studio operating since 1997, named by Dance Magazine as a top-100 US dance studio and 'Best Children's Program in Brentwood'.
West Hollywood
West Hollywood drop-in studio on Santa Monica Boulevard founded by Artistic Director Devin Hicks, covering hip hop, jazz funk, contemporary, tap and kids classes.
Pasadena
Pasadena 10,000 sq ft multi-discipline dance and event space owned by Tu DeVera and Beau Fournier, offering 10+ dance genres from toddler through adult and professional levels.
Studio City
Ages 1+
Studio City children's enrichment dance school owned by Amy and David Kriegel, offering ballet, hip hop, jazz, tap, lyrical, and creative movement from age 18 months.
Studio City
Studio City lyrical jazz and commercial dance institution founded 1991 by Takeshi "Hama" Hamagaki, recognized as one of LA's last bastions of lyrical jazz technique.
Hollywood
Ages 4+
New-York-style studio on Highland Avenue with sprung maple floors, running classes for children and adults across ballet, salsa, jazz, ballroom and tango.
North Hollywood
Ages 2–18
North Hollywood children's dance studio offering ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, and tap for ages 2-18 in a non-competitive environment.
Long Beach
Long Beach Ballet operates as both an academy and Southern California ballet company, founded in 1978 by Artistic Director David Wilcox.
Sherman Oaks
Sherman Oaks ballet academy on Ventura Boulevard covering ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary and progressing ballet technique.
Culver City
Ages 2–17
Culver City children's dance studio running 40+ weekly classes across ballet, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, modern and hip-hop for ages 2-17.
Pasadena
Pasadena ballet centre directed by Diane De Franco Browne, Tania Grafos and Zoe Vidalakis since 2000, combining classical training and civic performance.
Pasadena
Pasadena institution running a ballet academy and performance company under named Artistic Directors Jean Michelle Sayeg and Eric Shah.
Santa Monica
Ages 2–18
Combined dance and music school in Santa Monica offering ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and parent-and-me classes alongside private music lessons.
Santa Monica
All-inclusive children's dance studio on Wilshire Boulevard offering classes for a range of skill levels and an optional competition team.
Brentwood
Brentwood location of the Sophie Dance network founded by Sophie Pierce, offering inclusive children's dance education across ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary and musical theatre.
Downtown Los Angeles
Ages 3–19
Downtown LA conservatory offering pre-professional ballet through the Colburn Dance Academy and broad children's and adult dance classes via the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute.
Long Beach
Long Beach dance school established in 1983 on Montair Avenue, grown from one room to a four-studio facility.
North Hollywood
Nonprofit performing arts academy operating from MKM Cultural Arts Center, offering dance, acting, voice, and editing classes for aspiring triple threats.
Pasadena
Ages up to 8
Pasadena Playhouse District boutique children's ballet school, part of the Tutu School franchise, offering story-driven ballet classes for ages 6 months to 8 years under owner Charlene Rawson.
Santa Monica
Ages up to 8
Boutique ballet school for children aged 6 months to 8 years using classical ballet stories as the basis for early-childhood movement.
Pasadena
Ages 1+
Pasadena children's and family dance studio founded January 2018 by Betsy Colombo, serving the Pasadena / Altadena area with ballet, tap, jazz, and hip-hop classes from age 18 months.
West Los Angeles
Ages 2+
Women-owned West LA dance studio on Santa Monica Boulevard offering Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Acrobatics, Hip Hop, and Ballroom for ages 2.5 through adult.
Santa Monica
Ages 3–18
Long-running Santa Monica ballet school offering classical training for children ages 3-18 and open adult classes.
No children's dance schools in Los Angeles match this age band.