The best place to host your little girls bday party! It took me a while to finally write this…read morereview but it was so magical. We went with Elsa and Anna and they were amazing. Everyone loved it!!! Anna and Elsa made my little one feel so special. They did a dance for the audience that was beautiful to watch and then they invited my daughter to dance with them!! She felt so special!! I loved it so so so much. It's like a Disney show brought to you. And so spacious too! You can invite lots of kids!9 Reagan was so wonderful to work with. The staffs were amazing!!!! Made it super easy to plan and execute!!

Ray Of Light is truly a unique dance studio. I signed my daughter up in 2019 right before the…read morepandemic, and ever since we've loved it. This dance studio is very family oriented. They hold fundraisers which go toward the dancers and competition teams. The events are also very family oriented. My older kids love attending them to watch all the performances with lots of fun activities and many vendors. Ray Of Light dance studio has a special needs hip hop dance class which I find amazing because not many dance studios I know offer this. Our team just had their first "Epic" dance competition where my daughter and her team won 2 awards, one for taking 2nd overall in the competition and the Confidence is Key Award! This is an amazing dance studio! I have watched my daughter grow so much. She has gained not only friends but a family. I enjoy watching my daughter sing, dance and performing in plays with confidence. This dance studio is truly about the art and not about the awards. Love seeing the kids performing as a team and truly enjoy their art.

We saw "42nd Street" here. The play itself doesn't age well in the "Me too" era, but there was some…read moreserious tap dancing talent in this small community theater! The theater itself is comfy and intimate with good acoustics. I'd not hesitate to see another show here! Also, I highly recommend Vinum Bar at the mall nearby for pre-show noshes and drinks.

Great summer classes for kiddos wanting to actually have a part and be in a production for all a…read morelevels!

I purchased tickets to see a magician/mentalist here and also invited friends who also bought their…read moretickets. The shows were canceled without any notification other than a sign on the door that said that all shows were canceled (Friday and Saturday). We bought tickets for Saturday and the sign was posted for the Friday show. I had folks driving in from Santa Cruz to attend and they were pissed. Checked their website and socials - no notice or announcement. In fact there were posts still promoting the event with a link to buy tickets. We hung outside to figure out alternative plans and saw a ton of people show up who also had no idea that the show was canceled so it wasn't just us. I get that it's a community-led theater but they could at least update us on their socials and website. We were all looking forward to the show because magic shows like this aren't frequent and we wanted to support the theatre. We tried calling the office and got no response. I called about 2 hours after the show was supposed to happen and got someone who was very nice. I was able to get a refund after opting out of the rescheduled show. When I said that I'd rather get a refund because who knows if the rescheduled show will be canceled, the person on the phone kind of chuckled in agreement. I don't plan on purchasing anything here or recommending shows here again.

My first introduction to this theater was a few years back when Tickets Bay Area had a free ticket…read morepromotion to check out a theater we have never been to and I was lucky enough to get a pair of tickets here. So when I was looking for a play outside of SF this year, I immediately thought of this beautiful and intimate community theater that is only about 15 minutes away from us. It sits about 100 people and is on a first come first served basis. The only issue I had was they almost gave our seats away since we were running 5 minutes late even though we already paid months ago which there was no mention of on the reservation itself. Hopefully that would be something they could avoid doing in the future if it has already been prepaid but luckily, there were still 2 seats left and we were able to catch the play which was Agatha Christie's Unexpected Guest. Very well acted, keeps you guessing until the very end, and the actors even greet you on the way out. Looking forward to seeing another play here soon.

4.5 STARS When:…read moreFriday, May 3rd at 7:30pm What: The Addams Family Price: $10 A nice affordable night of entertainment.

Great day of the dead performance here everything was very well acted and professionally handled…read more Auditorium was very clean and was allowed to take pics during the performance.

I found out about Tehani because of Peggy C by way of photos on her IG. At the time, I was living…read moreacross the country where no one knew what a halau was and when I offered to teach a hula for our multicultural festival, people thought I'd be hula hooping. :[ I used to dance with Na Keiki O' Hawai'i (the Hawai'i club at UC Davis) and had been missing it a lot, so it was always part of my hope/plan to eventually get to find a halau. I've since moved back to the bay area and started dancing here late last year. Auntie Julie is the sweetest! Everyone at the halau is super welcoming and it's been really awesome getting to dance again--I've missed it so much! Prior to COVID-19, I'd been trying to go twice a week on Tuesday/Thursday evenings. Classes are currently via Zoom -- Polynesian beginner basics on Monday + Thursday evening and all ages on Saturday afternoons (today was the first day of socially-distanced in-person classes for Saturday classes). They've gotten the ok to do outdoor classes, but with the post-apocalyptic skies and terrible air quality right now, that unfortunately isn't the best of ideas. I'm glad we still get to convene online though and really hoping that things will eventually return to normal soon!

I'm so glad one of my best friends told me to check out Tehani! As a ballet dancer for 13+ years, I…read moredidn't think I would return to dance again this many years later. But, once a dancer, always a dancer! I have never tried hula before and I was definitely a bit nervous before I came. But I reached out to Auntie Julie by email and right away I knew she was the sweetest ever! This halau is so warm and welcoming and very down-to-earth! Everybody made me feel right at home. I thought it would be too hard to learn something new but I quickly fell in love with hula. It's more than just dancing; it's really what my soul needs after a long week of work! It's truly a beautiful art and absolutely feels like a family here.

TVYPA is an amazing program for young people that want to perform in a variety of different…read moremusicals. I've been to several different shows and always have been highly entertained, and impressed with how the director Brian has worked with these kids to help show them how to perform on stage.

TVYPA is a blessing to the families of young children in the Tri-Valley East Bay Area. We have…read moreknown the Director Brian for a few years now. He is really passionate about drama and high performance. Since he is a full-time Elementary school teacher, he really knows how to get the best out of these kids. He has a team of excellent choreographers and directors working with him. Their whole team works really hard and the result is a phenomenal production. Drama improves a child's self-confidence in public speaking and provides a great platform for team work. After every performance we are totally awed by the enthusiasm and perfection of the whole team. The only negative I would say is that we are spoilt with TVYPA and would have a tough time doing drama with any other company.

It just breaks my heart how the Art Programs have always been in danger of being cut. I can't…read moreimagine a world without Elmo and Super Grover 2.0! And if Daniel Tiger went away, who's gonna teach my threenager "to try new food cuz it might taste good"?!?! It would be dull without music, without the singing and dancing, or painting, drawing, and all the other art forms that make the world a beautiful... and a sane... place to live. If Game of Thrones is going to be affected by these proposed budget cuts, I'll be really pissed! The high school students at CVHS are fortunate to have their Arts Program, and an exceptional one, I might add. I've seen a couple of musicals since my nephew has been in them, and recently my fambam watched Disney's Mary Poppins on a Sunday afternoon. I'm a fan of Broadway musicals and I thought the high school students were indubitably as good as those professionals. I tried to watch the original movie twice, but I fell asleep both times as I did not find it exciting. These high school kids killed each song and dance, and I mean K I L L L L L E D it (and that's a good thing)! The costumes were bright and colorful, each set was simple and cute, the choreographic sequences were fun, the songs played by the hs band were lively, and the performances were SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS! The cast deserved a standing ovation. Hopefully, these high school students will continue to explore their creativity while expanding their imaginations. And I wish other children will have the opportunity. Save the Arts. As Mary Poppins would say, "Anything can happen if you let it."

First, this review is long overdue…read more My daughter began her journey with CVPA approximately one year ago. She has been dancing ballet since the age of 3, which she has continued to grow in. Two of the things she has been training in are jazz (3rd year now) and hip hop (2nd year now). Prior to this last year before joining CVPA, she was not taught proper technique, vocabulary or even how to count correctly with music. The studio she danced at before joining CVPA never corrected or communicated any concerns. Janet (CVPA owner) took my daughter in and has personally spent time retraining her and reversing the poor and bad habits that were never corrected where she danced prior to CVPA. I have witnessed her do this for all her new students. I cannot say enough good things about the teachers, owner, and students in Castro Valley Performing Arts. My daughter has been on an emotional journey this past year, and CVPA has given her the tools and communication to help get her in the right direction. The teachers and Owner are wonderful communicators, and they truly take the time to instill correct form, alignment, technique, dance vocabulary, good attitude, amazing choreography, and so much more. Specifically, Ms. Janet, Ms. Gia, Ms. Kim, Ms. Kristina, Ms. Hannah, Ms. Michelle, Ms. Karisa, and Ms. Jenelle have all greatly influenced my daughter through this transition. Thank you all for believing in my daughter and welcoming our family to your studio. Ms. Cassidy, who recently began teaching at CVPA is also amazing. She has instructed my daughter in the past for ballet, and I feel was the only reason my daughter maintained good ballet training during our time prior to CVPA. Ms. Amanda is also absolutely amazing. While my daughter did have a hard time learning Latin Jazz, as it was something I'm not sure she was able to comfortably embrace, it is clear as day that Ms. Amanda is a wonderful instructor. I am so incredibly happy that she is working with such a strong team of teachers. If you are looking for a studio that teaches proper technique, etiquette, dance vocabulary, amazing choreography, and how to properly train their dancers, then this is the place to be. I would like to add that I drive all the way from Livermore for my daughter to attend this studio. I never imagined commuting my children for a sport. Worth every moment!

We've been to three different dance studios. When she was little we were with a studio that ended…read moreup closing. So we moved to bedazzled dancers. All the teachers were great there, but I always felt that my daughter was not getting enough corrections. We ended up switching to Castro Valley performing arts and we've only been there for a month and I already see a huge difference in her dancing. They give really good corrections. Stay on top of the kids. Stern but friendly. My daughter is not doing competitions and at the other school if you were not doing the competitions, you just learned dances and that was it. But here they're giving everybody corrections and everybody looks so in unison. I absolutely love it and she does too. And she tells me she can see the difference as well.

This studio has been life changing for my daughter. I cannot recommend CVPA highly enough. My…read moredaughter Madeline attended a different local studio from the age of 2-10. My biggest regret is not moving her to CVPA sooner. As she got older, there were very few corrections being given by teachers there and she was not being challenged. They were very focused on competition rehearsals and did not offer enough technique classes to help her grow as a dancer. CVPA is the exact opposite of her old studio. They are technique focused and raise well rounded dancers competent in all styles of dances. They offer a great competition program, but make sure their dancers have access to lots of technique classes to not just memorize choreography but improve all their skills simultaneously. We changed studios during the beginning of the pandemic when classes were on Zoom. She did a week of free trial classes before we signed up. During the week trial my daughter received more corrections by teachers on Zoom than she received in person in a year at her old studio. I also had more contact with the CVPA owner in the first week than I did in 8 years of dance at the old studio. My daughter had literally made up her mind after the first class that CVPA was the studio for her. The teachers here put their heart and soul into every class and care deeply about all of the dancers. The difference in my daughter's dancing is like night and day. The caring dance family that has been created here is like no other. If you are looking for a well rounded, technique- focused studio with amazing teachers to take your child to the next level, look no further than CVPA.