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    Dance with Joy Studios

    4.5 (26 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 10:30 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    At Dance With Joy, the instructors are top notch and everyone is friendly and welcoming!

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    Took a tango weekend course here. People are very friendly. I hope to take more classes here :)

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    The studio rooms are tiny and have bad lighting! The staff seem nice but if you're a dancer you need some SPACE!

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    Great classes. Great instructors. They make dance really accessible and fun for beginners. Nice spaces, too!

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    The owners Rachel and Jack are both kind-hearted, fun and outstanding teachers who excel in an amazing number of dances.

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    3.3(3 reviews)
    3.1 miLadd's Addition, Hosford-Abernethy, Southeast Portland

    BIPOC PROGRAM... WHAT THEY WON'T TELL YOU: Months ago after watching their Nightmare Before…read moreChristmas event, I looked into their dance studio and learned about a BIPOC Program they offer. All I knew about it was there was a waitlist. So when over half a year goes by and we get the call that we've been asked to "audition" for their program, I had trepidations because the fact that an audition was required for my 3 year old to do a dance class meant for toddlers seemed elitist to me. If I knew there was going to be an audition for this program from the beginning I would have never waited with baited breath for them to contact me. But since it was focusing on BIPOC students and we had waited so long I figured maybe we shouldn't miss this opportunity. In the audition they are looking to see if your kid can take direction but even more they want to make sure your kiddo can be away from you. More on this topic soon... So we paid the sliding scale tuition and were ready to commit to 10 months of Sunday morning classes. Oh yea.. they never mentioned until after we were enrolled that the schedule is from 9:30-11:15 and that it's two 45 min. classes! Tap and ballet/creative movement. My daughter definitely did not want to do tap class and I would have never signed up for this class but it was part of their program and we had no choice. So day 1 of tap... was a disaster. Lots of fetal positioning, leaving the room, off to the corner, hands over her ears, looking for me, leaving the room again... yea it didn't go well. Quick 15 min. break and then my poor toddler was at it again in ballet. She was a little more energized for this class as there was less banging sounds now and the teacher incorporated some games. So I was hopeful that maybe if we toughed it through the tap and just made it to ballet we could get through 10 months of this. Well after about class 3 of her demonstrating the same behaviors, the studio sends us an email. Not only us, we learned that many parents got this same email, and when talking to the parents the wording was almost identical..."child's behavior is disrupting the flow of class...." Also, if you're sending the same email to multiple families, maybe it's your program and not the kids? All of us parents who talked about getting this email were full of anxiety and stress and were not feeling good at all about their experience with the program. The final straw for me came on the 6th dance class after talking to the families and learning that folks were getting reprimanded for walking into the room to help their kiddo who was having a mini-crisis/meltdown and then the tap teacher repeatedly yelled at my child to "shut the door behind her" as she was leaving the room due to stress. And I watched as the tap teacher told a parent to leave their child alone while they were comforting them at the door, encouraging them to enter the room. That was the last straw and we quit that day. I'm sharing this not to give StepsPDX a bad review but honestly for the families interested in this program. You have to know what's coming if you invest your time. I wish I did.

    Came here on a Sunday for Dance Church with some friends, which might sound weird but was really…read moreamazing and fun (google it!). Class starts at 10am and online they say you should arrive 15 minutes early. We did this and no one else was there and we were told we arrived much earlier than people normally do. We got coffee around the corner and came by at 9:57am and now there were a few people present. We paid for our class (card accepted), and put things away in the cubbies. There was NO WATER available which is a big deal for a dance class. There was a water cooler but it was empty. Class was awesome, with good music and great energy. I'd highly recommend it. There were probably about 40-50 people there. It felt very freeing to be able to move however I wanted to, but also helpful to have some guidance / reminders about moving my hands or arms. Class wrapped up by 11:30am. The space is bright and open and clean. Street parking nearby was easy. I'd be happy to come back.

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    3.8 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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    Conduit Dance

    4.0(4 reviews)
    2.8 miHosford-Abernethy, Central Eastside, Southeast Portland

    If you are planning to have rehearsal here or do a performance watch out! The last couple of…read moreseasons my dance company has used this venue and they are the worst! Last seasons show we were just harrassed a little bit about the stupidest stuff. There was a Conduit class in there before my rehearsal and someone left a paper cut and I got a email about it. Even if you do everything possible to lock up the studio after hours they will blame you if someone sets off the alarm and not give you proof and try to charge you for the police coming. Nobody really explains to you what to do and when they do its pretty vague. Also if you have two nights in a row they want you to break everything down(that you had to put up all by yourselves) and put it back up the next night. They make you pay for tech time and only give you a few hours. Our shows were at 730 and they did not give us the studio until 6....which meant set up with 0 time to practice or even settle in. But the worst part was, when we set out the risers for our audience to sit in. These risers were uneven and the legs barely were on. When you would walk to set out chairs on them they shook back and forth. When i brought this to thier attention they told me that we could use the screws in the closet there if we wanted to grab our power tools and do it ourselves. REALLY? Then they expected us to lift these very heavy risers and set the upright against the wall. I did not have my dancers do that because it is highly unsafe and we were never shown exactly how to put them back. I run a buisness myself and consider myself a very responsible person as well as my dance company and our husbands and friends( whom of which took all of us to clear out this space and still took a hour). I paid 700$ for two nights which is inexpensive for a space but not worth it at all! plus instead of the 100 seats they claim to fit, it only seats about 70 comfortable and without being ghetto and making people sit on pillows on the floor or behind a curtain. THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE!

    Great modern dance studio! Gregg is a great teacher and his class is really chewy and authentic. So…read moresad to hear they lost their beautiful space - hope they find another soon!

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    Tango Berretin - Bandoneón, tango, music, culture, dance, community...

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    4.3(8 reviews)
    3.0 miSoutheast Portland

    If you've ever wanted to try your hand at the sexy, sultry Argentine tango...this is the place to…read morelearn. Don't confuse this with ballroom tango.....and this dance is not for people with space issues. Argentine tango is danced in a "close embrace". So bring breath mints and wear deodorant. I've taken tango classes at several locations and found that Alex does an excellent job of teaching this dance, and explaining the nuances of the tango. There are quite a few beginning classes here to choose from. (If you love Argentine tango there is opportunity to dance every night of the week in Portland!)

    This has to be one of the coolest spots in Portland. I cannot believe I'm only the second person to…read morewrite a review, but tangueros seem to spend every spare moment either practicing or talking about shoes, so maybe they just haven't gotten around to it yet. For Tango, this is the place. Many (if not all) of Portland's best dancers can be seen here and the floor energy on a good night feels like it's coming up from the floorboards. If you dance tango, you need to go here. Alex Krebs (the owner) creates a really great ambiance and has weekly classes for those who want to learn Argentine Tango. But, as the other reviewer stated, this is a dance in close embrace, so you'll be spending time in close contact with other people's body. Be prepared!

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