2 daughters have danced here since age 3. One danced more recreationally and focused on sports and one joined the dance company. What I have loved is that Dance Connection supports kids and families at whatever level they are in their dance journey. The studio has been part of Palo Alto for 40 years. I know parents of dancers who danced here! My dancer has tuned her area of deepest interest but loves all genres - tap, musical theatre, lyrical, jazz and hip hop. While she does not focus on ballet, the studio has an amazing program for ballerinas at the most senior level. My daughter builds a strong foundation and body through ballet classes, which supports all of her dancing. She has grown in confidence, discipline, and teamwork. read more

A terrible first dance class experience for my child, and a waste of time / money for us. We signed up for a trial class for the 3-5 combination dance. First of all, we weren't told the regular teacher would be replaced by a substitute. The substitute was inexperienced and didn't engage my child, who was attending for the first time. We walked up to the teacher before the class and told her that we are here for a trial so she knew that we are new. Yet, the teacher ignored my child the entire time, even when it was clear that my child was struggling to understand what was going on. She made 0 efforts to help her fit in; my child was left alone standing at the corner the entire time. Zero teaching, zero caring. Will definitely not come back. read more

Love this place! My son is visiting breake dancing classes with Mr Elijah Wax and he is absolutely happy!

My daughters have attended Dance Connection since age 3 and they love their classes. They both started with the preschool tap/ballet combo class. My older daughter has expanded to jazz and an acro/flexibility class. They really love Miss Cindy and the other teachers. Dance a Connection has done a great job managing through Covid with options for both distance in person and Zoom online classes. My girls have been so happy to have it as a constant through this difficult year. They have grown in their appreciation of this art form and in developing their own self expression and joy when dancing. read more

Dance Connection has been a great dance studio since I started bringing my daughters 4 years ago. Since COVID-19 shelter-in place, it has proven to be an outstanding studio and an amazing community. They spared no resources to keep their studio opened, keeping the dancers safe and physically and mentally healthy. Almost overnight, they successfully moved their whole schedule ONLINE and as soon as they could, they adapted their studio and offer to meet the rapidly changing state mandates, adding OUTDOOR classes, doing daily health checkups to each teacher and student, enforcing the use of face masks and hand washing. I'm so grateful that my girls are able to enjoy dancing in a safe and caring environment as Dance Connection! read more

Our 7yo daughter has been with Dance Connection since she was 3 and she loves it there so much. Teacher Cindy and Cynthia are truly amazing, both very talented and patient and kind. Most importantly, they know how to connect to young kids and promote the joy of dancing. We are truly grateful for being part of the DCPC and enjoy every bit of it! read more

Daughter did dance classes here, she loved it. The teachers are really good. She only stopped because she is not dancing any longer, she is now all horses ;-) And our boys did the Hip Hop Summer camp and really liked it. Looking for a dance place in Palo Alto? This is it! read more

Most affordable class for toddlers. Let's face it, unless you've got super dancer DNA in your family, your little darling doesn't really need the celebrity instructor of the former USSR dance troupe. I like this place for the value and the atmosphere, none of that hoitty toitty, we ballerina and we only take the pure bred ballerinas business. My daughter is 3. She just loves to dance and I just want her to enjoy it with others. For $55 a month, this is a no hassle way to expose her to some instruction (I have 2 left feet). read more

My daughter loves dancing at Dance Connections! She takes all dance forms available : tap, ballet Jazz, lyrical, and hip hop styles. They are exemplary in providing fun music and choreography from their own teachers as well as nationally known professionals. Some other studios make competitive dance too expensive but I appreciate our director, Cindy's, common sense attitude about extraneous and avoidable costs. I believe dance has given my daughter great posture and fitness which will serve her well in any future sport she wishes to learn. read more

My daughters have been taking hip hop dance with Dance Connection after school program at Nixon Elementary. They loved their classes and we are hoping to take more Hip Hop at the Dance Connection studio schedule permitting. read more

Teacher Cindy is wonderful! My daughter has been going to the Dance Connection for two years, first in the preschool combo tap/ballet class and now in the kindergarten class. She has happily stayed with it through the spring move to on-line classes which continued through the summer and is now thrilled to be back in the studio. Cindy goes to great effort to get even small kids performing in an annual recital and Elise still remembers her 4 year old performance last year. She also has put on the Nutcracker with her students for over 25 years at Foothill College. Her commitment to and affection for her students come through and it's easy to see how so many stuck with dance. We couldn't be happier! read more

My two girls, now age 14 &15, have been dancing here since age 4/5. I cannot say more about how the studio has given to my girls - loving dance! They've learnt so many different styles and participated many community events & shows the studio has to offer. Anything related to dance is their forever topic in the car, at home, & everywhere. Dance has become the essential elements in their daily life. read more

Dance Connection is an incredible, professional, inclusive, creative, and inspiring dance studio. I was fortunate enough to have Ms. Cindy (owner of Dance Connection and one of the teachers) as my dance teacher over 30 years ago. The teachers and directors are exceptional leaders and teachers. I also had the pleasure of working at Dance Connection, and was impressed with the faculty and organization. My daughter has been dancing at Dance Connection since she was 3 and is now on the dance team at age 6. Dance Connection handled covid with thoughtfulness, insight, flexibility, and strong adherence to guidelines and mandates. I feel safe sending my daughter to dance, and am so grateful that she gets the social interactions there that she deeply misses. I only wish the school district had been as creative, flexible, thoughtful and comprehensive; maybe then our schools could be open too! read more

Unfortunately we didn't get a positive experience with this Dance connection at all. We have friends who speak highly about classes their daughter has been taking there. That's why we wanted to give it a chance but this school so far was the worst one we've been to. First, it's the only place we know that would charge $25 for trial lesson. My daughter had many different trial classes before - from dance to sport to art - but they're always free of charge. Nonetheless, we registered for Ballet and Jazz classes. While Jazz class was somewhat OK, Ballet class was a big disappointment. My daughter said that even if she decided taking ballet at Dance connection, definitely not with this particular teacher who she really felt uncomfortable with. Waiting area there is very small, and narrow, and ill-organized that it gets crowded very easily so you always feel like you are blocking somebody's way to or from the class. read more

My experience with DC was OK until this summer. My feeling is that the communication with DC is really a problem. Better stay away from it, otherwise you may end up in my situation. I registered one of the summer camps for my daughter early on and I paid $50 deposit. Just recently something came up, I need to either move the dance camp week to an earlier week or drop it to some other camps. The cancellation and change policy on the website is not very clear. I am not sure if I need to pay $50 in additional to the $50 deposit I already paid (doesn't make sense to pay extra, what's deposit for?). So I called Cindy multiple times but couldn't reach her. I had to write her a email asking if I want to make a change do I need to pay extra $50. I didn't get her answer but instead a email informing me the change was made and the charge was the camp fee + $50 (not including the $50 deposit). I wasn't very happy receiving this email because I wasn't really informed on what I need to pay and only found out after the change was made. So I wrote her another email saying that I am not happy with the additional $50 charge and want to cancel the camp. This time she wrote back very quickly saying that if I cancel the camp the $50 deposit is nonrefundable. I thought it's OK to lose the deposit, so I confirmed the cancellation. I thought this thing is over but yesterday I received an invoice from DC for another $50. This time I am almost angry. The business owner Cindy never explain the $50 but she kept on charging it on me. I already paid $50 for cancelling the camp. The change she made was not authorized by me and I am not going to benefit from it at all --- I cancelled the camp. Why do I need to pay $50 extra? I sent her another email asking for explanation but no answer. I am definitely not going back for any dance class or camp. I'm done with DC. Looks like either there is a communication barrier or they desperately want money. read more

This is a popular dance studio with lots of class options. I would give it 5 stars for the pre-school class. The teachers are great with the kids and teach them age-appropriate dance, not just free-style movement. My other daughter is in pre-ballet. The teacher is great but the class size (12-14 girls) is big for that age. So only 4 stars for pre-ballet. The prices are good too! read more

great summer camp and classes, I've been in two of the classes and I've met good friends. awesome!