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    Center Space Studio - Online House Dance course

    Center Space Studio

    5.0(5 reviews)
    1.5 miIndustrial District, Buckman, Central Eastside, Southeast Portland

    I go to Center Space every Friday I'm not out of town, sick, or being forced to do something else…read morethat invariably is way less fun than going to Center Space. I go for the most fun, wonderful, queer-friendly hip-hop dance class in the entire world, Swagger. The teacher is probably the most patient, upbeat dance teacher I've ever encountered - you can tell she really loves what she does and so do her students. I recommend it, and any other class at Center Space, to beginning dancers and more advanced dancers of all stripes!

    Mariecella Devine, the dancer behind Devine Funk, has been holding down some of the best Hip Hop…read moreclasses in the Pacific Northwest for quite a while now. She's not only an incredible dancer but also a fantastic and confident teacher--a rare combination in the dance world. Having tried many dance classes over the last 3 years in NYC, DC, San Fran, and Seattle, I can now declare that hers is among the very best out there. Dance has long been one of the less appreciated/understood arts in Portland, which maybe is why Mariecella has flown largely under the radar for much of her career. But anyone of any level looking for a fun Hip-Hop dance class would do well to jump into one of hers. Hot beats and plenty of space to make the dance your own.

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    Center Space Studio - Donna Mation from Vivan Los Elementos and Bang Bang Boogie

    Donna Mation from Vivan Los Elementos and Bang Bang Boogie

    Center Space Studio - Online Samba and Samba Reggea Classes

    Online Samba and Samba Reggea Classes

    Center Space Studio - Online Popping and Hip Hop Course for beginners

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    Online Popping and Hip Hop Course for beginners

    A-WOL Dance Collective - 7/24/2025 - Art in the Dark: 10 Laws by AWOL in Mary S Young Park in West Linn.

    A-WOL Dance Collective

    4.4(13 reviews)
    0.4 miEliot, Northeast Portland

    Such a great space! It can be a touch challenging for parking. There is plenty, it is just that you…read moremay need to do some walking due to the entrance facing a street without parking spaces and due to it's positioning, the street parking is a blocks away with a few spaces only right in close. The space is very open for them to really arrange depending on the performance or use. I just recently saw an amazing performance there and it felt very intimate, even with the space pretty full. Keep your eye out for AWOL because the performances they produce or perform are always such a treat.

    Jaw-dropping, eye-popping, spine bending --- electrifying aerial and dance performance! Feels a…read morelot like a Cirque du Soleil performance except you are seated close up --- way more intimate seating. You could rub elbows with the dancers! The aerial dancers were spinning and hanging from the rafters and or performing floor movements with a spirited and haunting musical set while interpreting the muse before sleep fading into a dream world. A superb story with balance of music, choreography and flying dancers! Wow! And what power and grace with passion and flexibility these amazing dancers displayed flying through the air. Wow again! You'll be amazed and you should definitely treat yourself to a one-of-kind AWOL performance! Go AWOL! Fly!

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    A-WOL Dance Collective - 7/24/2025 - Art in the Dark: 10 Laws by AWOL in Mary S Young Park in West Linn.

    7/24/2025 - Art in the Dark: 10 Laws by AWOL in Mary S Young Park in West Linn.

    A-WOL Dance Collective - 7/24/2025 - Art in the Dark: 10 Laws by AWOL in Mary S Young Park in West Linn.

    7/24/2025 - Art in the Dark: 10 Laws by AWOL in Mary S Young Park in West Linn.

    A-WOL Dance Collective - 7/24/2025 - Art in the Dark: 10 Laws by AWOL in Mary S Young Park in West Linn.

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    7/24/2025 - Art in the Dark: 10 Laws by AWOL in Mary S Young Park in West Linn.

    BodyVox - 4/24/2026 Writing on th Walls - a great collaboration between Bodyvox and Chamber Music NW at the Sylvania Performing Arts Center

    BodyVox

    4.5(26 reviews)
    1.4 miNorthwest

    I always know I am in for a good time when I see a Bodyvox show. I love that their performance…read morespace is in an area where you can find parking and is not horrific traffic as well but close enough in that a wander before or after a show for a spot of food or drink is also a great plan. I like that their shows seem to explore a bit of the dark and the light - it feels right. I also love the way that they use the space very creatively. As an ADA person, it means a lot that I have easy to get in an out of seating. Even just easy in and out of the building! And the staff there have always been so kind and welcoming.

    Bodyvox is such an amazing dance space!…read more Their staff is friendly, warm and knowledgeable. I also love the lounge area they have. The space is huuuge! I love that there's dressing rooms and tall ceilings with mirrors. I take clases with Asteria who teaches many classes including Contemporary for Fat Bodies. She's so talented and a great teacher. I always feel welcomed there and love their commitment to accessibility with sliding scale options.

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    BodyVox - 4/24/2026 Writing on th Walls - a great collaboration between Bodyvox and Chamber Music NW at the Sylvania Performing Arts Center

    4/24/2026 Writing on th Walls - a great collaboration between Bodyvox and Chamber Music NW at the Sylvania Performing Arts Center

    BodyVox - 4/24/2026 Writing on th Walls - a great collaboration between Bodyvox and Chamber Music NW at the Sylvania Performing Arts Center

    4/24/2026 Writing on th Walls - a great collaboration between Bodyvox and Chamber Music NW at the Sylvania Performing Arts Center

    BodyVox - BodyVox heels class led by Asteria Atombomb performs at BodyVox's Open Floor Night in November.

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    BodyVox heels class led by Asteria Atombomb performs at BodyVox's Open Floor Night in November.

    Vitalidad Movement Arts Center

    Vitalidad Movement Arts Center

    4.7(30 reviews)
    1.8 miBuckman, Southeast Portland

    I wanted to love this so bad, but it just wasn't it. Mind you, this is my first American dance…read moreclass. I just spent a month in Colombia taking 4 hours of bachata a week with a 1:1 teacher for 20$ an hour. I learned so fast because I was learning one to one with a professional competitive dancer. Learning bachata with a strong experienced lead makes a huge difference as being the woman, I'm supposed to follow. If the lead doesn't know what they're doing, as in the classes here, you not only learn a lot slower, but often learn incorrectly. I signed up for a full month of lessons here however, my first class was a turn off. The classes are extremely full. There might be 30 to 50 people in the room. I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe 15 or 20 equal men and women that you would get to know each other over the course of the month. Just something more intimate. I also thought you would also dance with the teacher kind of get the feeling physically of what the correct dance looks like, however, this is not the case, you're just watching. It is also very fast-paced, so if you're neurodivergent or take a little bit to get the hang of things, it's probably not for you. Especially since the class is only an hour you only learn a little bit at a time, once a week in class. There's also really no time for you to like invest in learning a specific step, the 30-50 or whatever people in the room are all on the same clock, and one step is rushed to the next. After my first class I was looking into the cost of individual dance lessons here however they are ridiculously expensive at $100 an hour. I have a decent job, but still cannot afford that. The location is also not that convenient unless you live in the general area and can walk. Parking is really difficult, it's not right off the freeway or anything so if you live in another part of town, give yourself at least an extra 15 minutes to park and walk to the location. I guess I will be back in Latin America soon to learn more one-to-one! Or maybe at a bar in Portland they'll teach us some steps

    This place is run by amazing humans and the teachers are great. I really enjoyed their practicas…read moreand other socials. I also love how they put teh class videos online. As a background, I have done 20 years of partner dancing. I am physically fit and able. The classes usually start with a warm up for about 10 minutes. Tl;Dr version: you will not be able to learn salsa here unless you really really stick with it, have some innate ability and previous dance experience, have a good musical ear etc because salsa 1 is too crowded to learn anything and step up to salsa 2 is way way too fast and do not teach much things you can use in social dancing. More info: My issue with VMAC is that their classes are insanely crowded at level 1 (this was salsa). And I mean insanely crowded. Probably because they are also on PCC curriculum so there are lots of PCC people there. The only reason I was able to pick up things was because I knew a bit of salsa and a lot of lead/follow/frame. But I can't see the instructors half of the time (the class had I think 75 or so people!!!!). I went to practicas which means another extra hour which is also why I was able to do ok. But moving to salsa 2 was horrible. It is not because I am not a good dancer. I think I was one of hte better ones in salsa 1. But salsa 2 is 3x the speed and 3x the number of moves. They show 4 "shines" / solo steps but they do not really break it down, they just do it quickly, and then almost within minutes increase the speed again. And since these steps are done in succession throughout the class, if you do not get one, and mind you, you will not esp. moving from salsa 1, you are now trying to find a way to do the ones you can. And salsa 2 can be busy as well, at least the first two weeks of the session so these super fast teaching/immediate application can be frustrating because you might not be able to see it. I am not surprised the later weeks got busier as people dropped out, probably because of this. Then they will teach you a move. Usually it is complicated and involves swapping places with your partner which means you can't see the move very well half of the time. So now you are stuck with frustration of not being able to do the shines they show, and then you can't see half of the steps. Salsa 2 is a HUGE step up, and also is 6 months so now you are in a class with people who have 5 more months of experience (in contrast, salsa 1 is 3 months). And since you do not know many moves, going to a social sucks. My friend is a lead and he had very few things he could do and his follows would get bored. Shines are great if you already have the beats, the fundamentals, but I think the teachers have not been beginners in a long time and do not udnerstand, esp. for leads from what I have seen, that they will not do any of those 4 insanely fast taught shine steps since they do not have much other things to do at a social. Hard to do steps that you can do alone when you are doing a partner dance you are just learning. I do not know where else they teach salsa in Portland, but this is not a good place to take salsa classes IMHO. They are too focused on number of attendees and showing you things that you can't use and not showing enough of things you can. Stepping from salsa 1 to salsa 2 is just a huge step up, and with the way/speed it is taught, you have very little chance of picking up things. Pick a place that teaches in smaller groups. I also took bachata and it was a slightly smaller class and though they do also show things that you have not learned already at the warm up, it is a slower pace and they do go over it in other weeks. Sorry to be a downer, but this was a very frustrating experience and it can be better if they focused on things we can actually use on the dance floor to get more of a feel as relatively new dancers instead of this obsession with teaching us 4 different shines every class in a rapid way that is not being broken down and then we have to put them together, in the same class, at an even faster tempo. Also in practica one of the teachers would just chat with her friend the other ambassador instead of dancing with one of the leads who didn't have a partner and had to wait (I looked) 5 minutes for them to remember to rotate by which time they moved to another thing. John and Sophia are very fun to learn from in practica.

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    Vitalidad Movement Arts Center
    Vitalidad Movement Arts Center
    Vitalidad Movement Arts Center

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    Studio Blue - Springboard class

    Studio Blue

    4.7(46 reviews)
    1.4 miPearl District

    Love them ! I had been looking into Pilates classes for a while on my doctors recommendation and…read moretried a couple different studios around this part of town . This one was specially inviting , right from the friendly staff at the front desk to the calm and knowledgeable instructors , everything here suits my needs. There are variety of classes for every one and they take great care to work with your injuries . I love attending Audra`s classes , as she makes you do real serious stuff with a happy smile on her face ,until you realize you are actually pushing yourself and getting better at it.The facility is well maintained and clean . The classes are almost always comfortably full. There are private reformer classes as well for someone just beginning.

    This review is only for my experience with private sessions and Not group classes. Studio Blue is a…read moreclassy and professional studio and is aesthetically pleasing. When I arrive to the studio for my private sessions, I am always greeted by the owner Joanne. She is always friendly, professional and very welcoming. I attend private sessions with Krista McCurdy. My private sessions are geared towards cervical and lumbar rehabilitation. The personal attention is exactly what I needed and my progress is very noticeable compared to the traditional clinical physical therapy I was involved in after my cervical spine surgery 10 months ago. I recommend this studio for private sessions if you are suffering from an injury, recovering from surgery or have certain physical limitations that make it difficult to participate in group classes.

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    Studio Blue - Vaughn teaching Sunday Reformer Classes

    Vaughn teaching Sunday Reformer Classes

    Studio Blue - Pilates Mat Class

    Pilates Mat Class

    Studio Blue - Roll Downs

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