I don't recommend studio 6 ballroom. The instructor was consistently late to many of my private…read morelessons. I caught her talking bad about me to her employee, Alex and then walk away. That was very unprofessional. Her employee was giving me dirty looks which was very rude and made me feel very uncomfortable. She never really changed or improved. I would recommend a different ballroom like Tacoma dance studio Auburn Pacific ballroom.

I had to be dragged out of the house by my future bride for this. After our session I was ready for…read moreanother.

My kids truly love coming here for their dance classes. Everyone we have encountered here has been…read moreso helpful, friendly and we have all felt very comfortable coming here for the past year now. The recital at the end of the year was amazing and I appreciate how well organized it all turned out to be!

My daughter has danced here since 2019. The owner, Miss Giselle, was my daughter's first teacher…read more The way she kept classes going and pulled off a summer recital through the Pandemic was really remarkable. My daughter is now 6 and taking 3 classes a week. She loves it so much, it's sometimes hard to get her to leave the studio after class. The family atmosphere and the culture of valuing all students at levels is often rare to find but SMAC does it wonderfully. We love it here!!

I attended beginning belly dance class with Kat and want share how fun the class is, It truly is a…read morejudgement free studio, Kat teaches step by step-lots of humor, works with each student throughout the class individually. I love the vibe of the studio, the vibe of the belly dancing class, and Kat is amazing. I highly recommend Tacoma Dance Studios and especially highly recommend the belly dancing classes.

My experience with the dance instructors at Tacoma Dance Studio has been extremely positive. The…read moreinstructors are all so very talented at what they do. It's professional and fun. I highly recommend this dance studio.

Truly loved it. I will be back. The teacher explained everything in a way I could understand. The…read moreworkout was so fun that I didn't even realize I was working out. Until I was pleasantly light sore the next day in my core! That was a first!

Lilith gets five stars for a great try out special, a completely online sign up with super easy…read morescheduling via Glofox, a great waitlist feature and superb customer service/instructors. The flexibility class was great and so are the other classes I've tried- even ones that were definitely above my skill level. They offer a wide range of time frames for classes. Classes are posted two weeks in advance and do fill up quick but you have a good chance of getting off the wait list. The owner Alyssa and the other instructor I've seen are both super encouraging and refused to let me give up/watch from the side lines and gave tips on how to adapt moves to my skill level. I especially appreciated it in a particular class where I didn't think I was physically capable of a particular move and was able to get it with some assistance. I'll definitely be back and I also love that the classes in a package don't expire, which is great since its hard for me to find classes that fit around my work schedule and other classes. The class sizes are great (8 max for most classes) and the students have all been supportive and friendly.

Great place to learn and practice ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theatre for all ages and levels!read more

Go see the Nutcracker performance! Yesterday's was , awesome, excellent, very well done! These…read moreperformers really had their heart in it, what a great family event!! Go to their website for more info, tickets, all seats in the tahoma h.s. auditorium are good seats!!

I love t-town swing! The people are incredibly kind, friendly, and fun to cut a rug with. The…read moreinstructors are also great and I love trying the different styles. The Latin series with Mari has finally managed to get me to *actually* look forward to a Monday. My only regret is that I didn't try dance classes sooner. Get thee to t-town swing!

T-town Swing was even better than I expected. Easy to find location, easy to find parking, nice…read morewood floors, just enough room to dance but not so big as to dilute the festive atmosphere, great music from a DJ that plays professional recordings that span a variety of styles while staying true to the roots of jazz, a sweet hostess, savory food and beverage, no cliques, no rockstars, and exceptionally good floorcraft (which is saying a lot coming from a tanguero). Sounds like I'm talking about a milonga, but no, this is actually a swing dance. If you live south of Seattle and like to dance to traditional jazz, this is the place to be on Thursday nights.

This is my first theater I performed at when I moved to Seattle. I've done shows in L.A.,…read moreDisneyland, etc...so I quit my travel job to pursue my love for musical theater. I missed it so much. I heard TMP was casting for South Pacific so that was my intro to meeting Jon and Jeff. I played Bloody Mary in South Pacific, I was part of Wedding Singers ensemble plus I played Imelda Marcos, I played Madame Liang in the reboot version of Flower Drum Song. I also did shows with the Children's Theater at TMP. I played The Sour Kangaroo in Seussical, and Princess Lucille in Junie B Jones and a little monkey business. I did a couple shows outside of TmP, and also invited to audition on Broadway. But after a few deaths in my family I decided to take a hiatus from doing shows. I'm still on a long hiatus. Actually at my age I don't think I could keep up with the young ones. Like any theater it had some improvements needed. Which TMP has done over the years . I've tried to support when I could. It's not very close to where I live. It's about a 30 minute drive. After all these years I'm just now writing this review because I regret not auditioning or even performing at TMP. I always tell people life is too short don't wait. Well recently we lost Jon who was co-founder, director, and choreographer of TMP. He and his partner Jeff were a big part of the Tacoma area arts. I do hope his legacy lives on. RIPARADISE Jon!

I haven't ever walked into Tacoma Musical Playhouse after living in Tacoma for quite a while until…read morerecently. I have driven by it enough times and some of their productions caught my eye more than once but what brought us here was for a production of Xanadu. Xanadu is a movie which stars Olivia Newton John and Fred Astaire makes an appearance in it as well. The movie was a real slog for me even though the movie is a cult classic and I love those types of movies... but "cult classic" is a very broad range and not all have the same appeal. The musical play is a spoof of the film and I knew it would have a brisker pace than the movie and I enjoyed it a lot! It was lots of fun and the songs sung served as a reminder of what's in the movie and had more of a positive earworm than a slog. The performers were great and they successfully cast a positive and feel good charm which was much needed. The Playhouse is also getting The Wedding Singer from the 80's inspired movie which I know would be a lot of fun and in this case I enjoyed the film much more!