This place is such a gem. We are so lucky to have someone of Ms. Marquez's caliber in NW Austin. My…read moredaughter has really enjoyed learning ballet and dance in her studio this year. Since Covid hit, Ms. Marquez has done an incredible job moving classes online. It's been a seamless transition, and we love doing ballet from our living rooms! If you're considering taking a class here -- DO IT!

I've been taking Ada's adult Ballet class during Covid via Zoom and she is so motivating during…read morethis crazy time. I love her class! She caterers to all levels, is mindful of injuries/injury prevention, is incredibly paitent, and is articulate in her explanation of technique. Her positive energy is infectious! I definitely get a workout in class. I can't wait to take class again! Also, class is half off during Covid!

I'm an adult who loves to tap dance. Art Beat Dance Center not only has a great facility with a…read morewarm, friendly atmosphere, but the teaching is unrivaled. The owner of the studio, Brenna, a former consummate professional tap dancer, has an extraordinary gift for teaching. She also has a great instinct for attracting other outstanding teachers. It doesn't get any better than Art Beat Dance Center.

Art Beat Dance Center, located on Cypress Creek Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, is a welcoming…read moredance studio that offers a wide variety of traditional dance classes for both children and adults. Their programs include ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, and many other dance styles, creating opportunities for dancers of all ages and experience levels. During my visit, I attended a Zumba class taught by a new instructor who had invited me to provide a little moral support for her first class. She was expecting around 10 participants, but the turnout far exceeded expectations. The energy in the room was contagious, and the class was upbeat, engaging, and a lot of fun. She did an excellent job keeping everyone motivated, enthusiastic, and moving from start to finish. In addition to its dance instruction, Art Beat Dance Center is affiliated with the Art Beat Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to dance through adaptive dance programs, wellness initiatives, and community-centered performances. Their mission is to make dance inclusive and accessible for people of all ages and abilities. Good first visit to Art Beat Dance Center...

I have been taking my kids to Lonestar since 2019, and all three of my kids have taken classes…read morethere. The studio is well organized, and they maintain a culture of supportiveness, encouragement, inclusion and kindness, which is so important for youngsters when learning how to do anything but especially any performance art. Many of the teachers are former or current students, and several are current or former members of the UT Pom squad. We love this place!

My daughter has only been here for a couple of weeks but I must say we love the center + the…read morecoaches! My daughter gets so excited to go to class. Everyone treats the parents, staff, children with such respect. I can definitely see us staying for the long term.

We did our wedding dance lessons here! Sarah was amazing. She was friendly and made learning a…read moredance fun! Our wedding dance was perfect for us. It felt polished without feeling choreographed at all. It became like second nature to us, so on the wedding day we felt prepared and not too anxious! It was so much fun that we plan to return for more dance lessons!

My husband and I have taken private lessons from Dominic at Arthur Murray and also attended group…read moreclasses. We in our 70s and didn't dance before, so it was challenging for us to learn. I was very nervous about social dancing. Dominic is a patient, clear teacher, incredibly clever at seeing and helping us correct our difficulties as we learn a dance. All the teachers are friendly and cheerful. Dancing has been great gentle exercise, and we always have fun. Recently, we rented the studio venue for an anniversary party for about 60 people. The space was more than adequate for that crowd, plus we had plenty of room for dancing, the buffet line, and the large photo booth. Dominic is great to work with and knows events. Cost was quite reasonable. He was on hand to help us with details. The studio provided set-up tables, chairs and linens. There is also a kitchen with a pass-through window and we put our beverages in their refrigerator. There is a big TV in the larger dancing room, and we ran a slide show there, which guests enjoyed. In addition, we created our own music playlist and the studio ran that through their sound system.

I have had the pleasure of having gabby as a teacher for years. This is someone who goes above and…read morebeyond to ensure that her students progress in their goals. Everything from structured and individualized lesson plans to spending the day on a pointe shoe fitting to attending progressing students outside performances. She will go beyond the classroom to ensure that her students are well equipped. You can tell that she truly cares about each one of them. As an instructor, she has impeccable knowledge of classical ballet technique and the body. She focuses on creating strong dancers, with safe and solid alignment. Her advanced knowledge in other disciplines, including kinesiology and pilates, make her incredibly knowledgeable on how to approach dance with strength and safety. She will not let you get away with sloppy technique! She will make sure you improve correctly!

Gabby's instruction is caring and thoughtful, while remaining disciplined and goal oriented. She…read morehas helped me grow quite a bit in the couple years that I've worked with her and I am extremely grateful!!

Dance Institute is an outstanding place to send your kids who are interested in dance! I moved my…read moredaughter to DI b/c of its ballet program. Having danced for many years, I was looking for a studio who would take ballet seriously. Ballet is the foundation for all dance genres and without proper instruction, a student will not master the proper technique to perform at his/her best. My daughter has improved tremendously under the instruction of Linda Holland. Her love for dance has exploded and now she dances with the Dance Institute Performance Academy, one of DI's award-winning competitive dance teams. DI also has a hip hop dance team called Street Heat. Its many talented hip hop dancers have also competed extremely well. The facilities and resources available at DI are not found elsewhere in Austin. If you are looking for a great studio to grow your child's passion for dance, Dance Institute is the place! Check it out!

Nobody puts Baby in a corner…read more Really, that's all you need to know. That and... come on guys, do you want to be Johnny's cousin manning the record player (excuse me, Ipod) again, or would you rather be Johnny singing "She's Like the Wind"? Er...ok that came out totally wrong. This is the Dance Institute, a beautiful brand new school built from the ground up specifically for the purpose of teaching you to shake your maracas or for your children's pointe preparation for Julliard. You might not think this is too special, what with dance schools all over the place, and Austin still not widely considered a bastion of dancing, despite the fact that Ballet Austin is the 4th largest ballet company in the U.S. But typically dance schools are constructed in preexisting spaces, and they do the best they can. This place is, well, bangin', from the design standpoint. Some pro dance folks have shown up here from out of town already to give workshops, and say it is one of the most killer dance spaces they have ever been in. Open, airy, that sort of thing. So if you care about that, voila! A very nice space to learn in. The Dance Institute's logo incorporates a couple doing a hot salsa or ballroom type number, and it is the partner dances that DI is primarily designed for (at least in terms of sheer physical space and adult classes), if you ask me. Their space is huge though, so really they can teach anything they want in there. In addition to the ballroom dance classes that start you on your way to Dancing With The Stars type stuff, and social dancing classes like salsa or two step, they also teach pilates and yoga. I am not familiar with their fitness classes, so I cannot comment on them, but they do have them. They also have regular social events (with byo beverages, last time Monichacha O and I attended) which are preceded by mini lessons in a variety of social dances that you can choose to pay for, or not, if you are already skilled in that sort of thing. On my 5 year journey to learn how to do some ballroom dancing here in Austin, I have taken lessons from many people, and at most of the schools in town. As I have improved, this has led me to become a picky picky bastard about my teachers. DI has several of the finest in partner dancing that Austin has to offer. And imho, Austin does not offer a whole lot of fine partner-dancing teachers (though I believe their number is slowly increasing). Teachers I like at DI: my faves there are Sabrina, Kat, and Denis. I do tend to favor the Latin dances, though, so these are the folks I have had experience with who I like, who do latin. Sabrina, the Ballroom Director, has had years of dance training, and uses a lot of crafty plain language descriptions to help you figure out why you can't seem to do a box step after 50 attempts Edison. Kat was a professional ballet dancer and not only teaches the ballet program for kids (I do not think there is an adult ballet program there now) but is a superb salsa dancer and instructor as well. Often she will get folks to go out to salsa dance at local clubs in town. Denis is a former U.S. 10 dance champion (this means that he and his partner competed against other people in ALL the dances they do on dancing with the stars, really really well) from Russia, yet despite being from a country that churns out seriously hardcore ballroom pros sorta like Bela Karolyi makes gymnastics champions, he is quite nice and caters to your ability without making you run through the snow like Stallone in Rocky IV. Additionally, you can take private lessons from all their folks rather than group classes, and they do lessons for couples getting ready for dancing at their weddings. Ok, so why not the 5 star? 1. they are located in BFE for a big chunk of Austin - you can see from google maps that Sitio Del Rio is near 2222 and 620. If you don't live close by, you are going to be burning a lot of gas to become Johnny Castle or Baby. 2. they are probably the priciest in town, though with the current state of the economy, perhaps they've got some deals going. 3. The number of truly intermediate to advanced dancers that are available at this point in time, in Austin, who frequent their classes there (or anywhere in town), to do Latin Ballroom, is still pretty low. This probably doesn't apply to most folks in the universe, but it does to me, so. The Dance Institute is pretty sweet. If they were closer to the heart of Austin, I'd say there is no good reason you shouldn't give it a shot to get your dirty (or Fred Astaire & Ginger Rodgers' style) dancing on.

My daughter loves MUV and their instructors so much that we drive an hour to come here. They have…read moregreat training and a large, spacious facility. It is well worth the drive. Hudson is so excited to dance with some of her favorite choreographers. Thanks MUV!

MUV was recommended to us by my daughter's middle school dance teacher to get her ready for High…read moreSchool dance and to keep her skills sharp. My daughter had been on the dance team for the past 2 years in middle school and plans to pursue dance in High School as well. I was pleased to see that MUV offers flexible summer classes with the option to take various classes on a drop in basis. They offer high school prep classes, ballet, jazz, hip hop, technique classes and more. I have been so pleased with the classes and my daughter loves them. They have many highly trained instructors. They have multiple studios so they can run several classes at the same time. It is clean and well organized. I did have the pleasure of seeing their regular dance teams compete last year at a local competition and this studio does a great job!

After over 10 years of patronizing this dance studio, this year the studio has stopped caring about…read moretheir students" safety and learning. One of my children who has loved dance has been stuffed into classes of 20-30 dancers. While we have always liked the teachers, this year she has received no feedback or attention, and been kicked or knocked over due to the crowding multiple times. The owner used to respond to concerns, but this year I have tried to address this 3+ times with no resolution. After noticing the owners daughter was in glasses with 5-7 dancers, I see why she isn't concerned.

Great dance studio! My daughter has been there for a year and she loves it! The teachers are very…read morenice and she makes a lot of friends from there!