After 12 incredible years of being part of this family in many aspects, I can honestly say it is a…read moreplace like no other . The owners are the sweetest guys and truly care for each and every student. They are great communicators and the admin process is simple and organized. The studio is safe to drop off your kids for hours on end , the kids will make everlasting friendships & learn valuable life lessons. My daughter has loved all her teachers and valued their expectations and standards to make her the best she can be. She thrived in the classroom due to her time management skills, juggling her education and Dance. I would highly reccomend trying the summer classes if you don't know where to start. There is a class/ level for everyone to shine and JUST DANCE!!

We love Triple Threat Performance! The customer service was quick and helpful. They got us set up…read moreright away. The instructors are awesome, and my girls absolutely love them. There are plenty of class options to choose from, and the price point is super reasonable. Highly recommend!

Let's start with the good!…read more I signed my two daughters up for a once a week dance class last year and we ended up not being able to attend due to an unforeseen family situation. They reached out to me when we didn't show up for several classes and actually refunded me the tuition as a credit to be used in the future, which they did not have to do. That shows a great business who puts people above profits. My concern is about the Summer Dance Camp. It's three hours long and it appears that maybe 30-60 minutes of it just has kids watching something on a TV screen. As a parent, I'm quaking so hard to keep my kids OFF of screens and active this summer, which IA why I paid a pretty penny to have two kids take this dance camp. The fact that I witnessed them sitting on the floor watching the TV screen made me frustrated. It's a 3 hour camp -- play games. Teach them another routine. Practice the routine more. Screens have no place in a dance camp in my opinion. But maybe that's just my own opinion as a mom and a teacher.

We were in the market for a music/dance activity for DGD...and my daughter found the program here…read more Both my daughter and I studied ballet...she lasted for many more years than I did. My grandaughter is 2.5 years old, and her class is just perfect for her age group. I view this as dance and movement appreciation. Miss Shelly is very engaging, she and her staff encourage the students participation. Props and costumes help facilitate the stories. Children this age just don't have the attention span for serious dance yet, and this program understands that. Today they read the story of the Nutcracker ballet, and acted out some scenes from the ballet...it was a so cute!!! This is truly the place for her... I can't wait for the recital!

Update: 4/6/14: my daughter has now been dancing at Xtreme for two years and loves it. She is now…read morecompeting on the studio's competition team. We continue to love this studio, esp. Miss Ashley . My younger daughter recently did a spring break dance camp and had a blast though I may never get the songs out of my head. The studio is small but I understand they are moving to a new, larger location which will be great. Pricing is good, I could never afford for my kids to dance at some studios, I really appreciate the Ashley keeps the prices affordable. My daughter just started classes there. At 12 with no prior experience, she was really nervous. The instructor and the other kids were great, very supportive. She really loves it and is learning fast. She has added a second class already. I am impressed with the studio.

Love the studio My grandson just started and very welcoming The staff is great also students were…read morekind to him being a boy with a ton of girls

If you're looking for a dance studio for your child, I can't recommend Sunshine Dance and Cheer…read moreenough! We originally signed up for ballet and tap lessons for my daughter, but we've since expanded to competition jazz--and we're hoping to add hip hop next year. The studio has such an amazing sense of community. From the other parents to the teachers, everyone is incredibly supportive and welcoming, especially for new parents like me. Miss Samantha, the owner and teacher, is truly wonderful. She's so patient and kind with all the kids, including my daughter, and you can tell she really cares about their growth and happiness. If you're even a little curious, there's a free dance day/class on February 1, 2025 where your child can try it out. It's a great chance to see how fun and inclusive this studio is.

My daughter had a wonderful experience dancing at this studio earlier this year. She was enrolled…read morein the Tutu's & Tap Shoes class with Ms. Samantha (the owner) and later with Ms. Amaya, who was very loving and sweet to her. Being new in the dance world, I liked that she had exposure to both types of dance (ballet and tap). It really helped us figure out which type of dance she wanted to stick with in the future. My girl was also able to participate in her first ever recital this past summer. She was nervous but the studio is such a warm & kind environment that everything went perfectly. She also had so much fun dancing on stage! The teachers, older dancers and parent volunteers are all so caring and amazing with the kids. Overall, a great experience.

We had a few bumps early on at Tiffany's, but particularly in the past few months there have been…read moremany positive changes here that have us very excited again about our daughter being a dancer here. Tiffany and Vanessa and co. deserve real praise for have been very responsive to our and our daughter's needs, for instance in working to boost enrollment in a class time that originally didn't have enough students to be offered. Tiffany even took time to respond personally to the few hiccups we had early on, which I was very impressed with considering how much she's got going on as a dancer and multiple business owner. The staff at the Livermore location are friendly and very hard-working, and we love that Tiffany's does go above and beyond in giving their dancers opportunities to perform on stage. They do a great job keeping the dance events organized and running smooth and on time, which is really commendable given there are scores of excited and nervous kids and parents running around like mad! Most importantly, Tiffany's staff have been making sure that there are as few distractions as possible taking away from what we really want, which is for our daughter to have positive, character-building interactions with the gifted dance instructors at Tiffany's. These are what keep her (and her parents) excited to come back to class here every week.

This review is a long time coming, and it's coming from a place of frustration and loss…read more We started out at the Pleasanton studio in August of 2017. My daughter performed with the company from 2018-2021 at the Fremont and Livermore studios. The issues and problems that we ran into are still spilling over to my daughter's dancing. The teacher turnover is RIDICULOUS. Teachers come and go so often there, and it throws the dancers off. During the 2020-2021 competition season, in one month, we went through 3, yes THREE teachers. There is absolutely no consistency. There is absolutely no technique taught there. TDA spits our choreography and does not teach terminology, proper turnout, etc, etc, ETC!!!!! It's all recycled routines year, after year, after year. There is no originality whatsoever. My daughter went to dance competitions and conventions and she was lost when it came to basic terminology, and basic steps. We spent thousands of dollars with them, and looking back; what a waste! Miss Tiffany does not care at all. We mostly danced at Fremont, and I never, ever once saw her visit the studio. We danced at one competition and when Fremont studio was up, she walked out. Yes, she walked out and didn't watch our girls dance. We danced with her for years, and she wouldn't be able to pick my kid out of a lineup. Ms. Robbie who is the TDA Company director is great. I actually really, really like her and think she is fabulous. She was always really kind, fair, and accommodating for me and my daughter. Looking back, on our experiences there, we are blessed that we met such amazing girls. My daughter calls most of them her bff's and I'm so grateful for that. Even better, they still dance together at another studio. If you are looking for a recreational dance only place for your kids to have fun, go for it. If you are looking for a studio that will teach your kid PROPERLY, I suggest going somewhere else.

In May of this year, I called to sign my fiance (now husband) Mike and myself up for our free first…read morelesson. My husband was not happy that I signed us up and grunted "like we have time for this", but with lessons until 9:15 PM, we were able to fit it into our schedule even with our ridiculous Bay Area commutes. We showed up to our first free lesson with Ron and were doing multiple types of dances by the end of those 45 min. With our wedding a little over a month, we signed up for the 5 lesson wedding package. The package is not cheap, but Arthur Murray is a really solid dance studio so we decided to give it a chance. On our first lesson, we gave Ron our wedding song and by our second lesson, he had fully choreographed a first dance rumba routine for us. When we completed our wedding dance package, we signed on to monthly 10-class packages to continue our lessons before and after our wedding. We were living in Dublin, CA at the time, but got married outside my hometown of Portland, OR so we did not have a chance to practice in our wedding shoes until 2 nights before our wedding. We ran through our routine in my parents' front yard where I used to play as a kid, and that is a wonderful memory I have no pictures of, but that which I hope never to forget. On our wedding day, we were excited to show off our moves! Only a handful of friends and my mom knew we had taken lessons. Mike's parents had no clue and his mom was blown away. I was so excited that our first dance was a huge hit and was more than just swaying. I have been dancing my whole life and I really did not want a middle school dance first dance. Mike thoroughly enjoyed our wedding dance lessons and we continued dance lessons until we moved to Connecticut in early October of this year. Over the course of our 5 months at Arthur Murray, we received lessons with Ron and Melisandra. Both are outstanding. Ron and Melisandra choreographed a second demo dance for us and Melisandra choreographed a wonderful Merengue/Salsa/Bachata demo that we were able to perform on our final day at Arthur Murray. In addition to ballroom and latin style dancing, the instructors of Arthur Murray sometimes put together different formations that you can sign up for as well. These can be different styles of dancing. I was part of a hip hop formation lead by Cimone September-October and it was also a lot of fun. Since we have moved to Connecticut, we have not gotten back into dancing and we both miss it very much. We are hoping to see if we can fit it back in once our lives have settled down and we have settled into some sort of routine. A hesitation prospective students may have about Arthur Murray is the cost. It is certainly a very expensive dance studio, but it is worth every penny. As mentioned above, I have been dancing most of my life, but this was the first professional dance studio I had attended. You do not learn one or even two styles of dance. They have a very extensive repertoire of ballroom and latin dance styles and you will learn them all. When building your program, you can indicate which styles you are most interested in learning as well as how proficient you would like to be (for Mike, he wanted to learn to be able to identify the dance style for every song and for me, I wanted to look like a pro on Dancing with the Stars... one was more reasonable than the other). When we walked into Arthur Murray in May, Mike had never really danced before and I knew some waltz, swing, and some hip hop as well as having grown up doing loads Scandinavian folk dancing. When we left on October 13, 2017, we had learned at least the basics for waltz, rumba, tango, foxtrot, east coast swing, salsa, hustle, some argentine tango, bachata, some samba, and merengue. At our last lesson, we tested out of rumba, foxtrot, and east coast swing (graduated from Bronze I to Bronze II for those!). The studio quickly makes you feel like family. Everyone learns your name, welcomes you when you arrive and leave, and are happy to show you the basics or play around with more complicated moves during the group parties. Leaving the Livermore Arthur Murray was as hard as leaving all of our friends because even though we'd only been going there for 5 months, all of the instructors felt like really good friends. I docked Arthur Murray one star because as wonderful as everyone at the studio is, they can be very pushy about getting you to use (and thus need to buy) lots of lessons. I received many phone calls from different members of the Livermore Arthur Murray team to tell me that a slot had opened in so-and-sos schedule on such-and-such day and they wanted to give Mike and me the opportunity to snag that spot before someone else did. We already had a lesson scheduled, so this would either be trying to get us to double up on lessons that day or do private lessons multiple days a week. Over time, these requests weaned, so they do learn what you can manage.

The instructors are very experienced and can help you meet your goals. They are a fun group that…read morewill help you fine tune, learn from scratch and or prep for a special event or just work on your confidence. Pricey but worth it.

My two daughters went to Livermore ballet school via LARPD. This place is okay but few things can…read moredefinitely be improved. 1. The program is overall okay but my daughters got super bored after doing same dance for 3 sessions. Something could be done to make it more interesting for the kids. Instructors are not so kid friendly I guess. 2. During performance the positioning of the kids were in a manner that many of them were hidden at the back including mine. What is the point of performance when we can't see the kids on stage? A lot of money, efforts and time is invested here but if we need to search for our kids on stage then I would say it definitely needs some improvement in positioning. It would have been better if the entire big stage was used fully. A lot of space was left on the stage. 3. I most of the time felt rushed when asked about anything but observed instructor to be super nice and paying extra attention to other parents. I don't know why this bias. 4. After the performance, organizer asked the parents if they wish to take pictures with their teachers/family pictures. I went on stage to take pics with the instructor as per the my kid's wish, where I was again rushed by the instructor stating OTHER KIDS ARE WAITING FOR PIC DO IT FAST. She asked us to be in line when there was no line at all. If she rushes with everyone then it is sort of acceptable (giving it a benefit of doubt that this behavior is with everyone) but here also I saw her again rushed with me and my kids only. I initially didn't want to put this review but later felt that if the business takes it as a constructive feedback that it would be awesome. Only suggestion: If this place tries not to be biased against some parents (kids) based on the prejudices if any then this is definitely a good ballet learning place to look forward for. Also they need to work on the kids performance more than showcasing their own talent on stage. They should be using some other platform for that matter and totally focus on kids whose parents are putting lot of efforts, time and money in their performance. Although, Instructors are talented and hardworking.

We have been with Livermore Ballet for the last year and absolutely love it! My daughter performed…read morein Swan Lake in June and was so excited to come back for the Nutcracker. I love that this ballet studio lets the younger students participate in their elaborate ballet shows! The costumes and backdrop are always impressive as well. If you are looking for ballet classes for your young children, I would definitely look into Livermore Ballet School

My daughter loves the teachers and classes, and I love the welcoming and friendly environment and…read morestaff.

My 8 year old daughter started here last year as part of the competition team. She has grown…read moreimmensely in not only her technique, but also her self confidence. My 3 year old also takes classes here and loves them! This is a wonderful family-like, positive atmosphere, and Tiffany and Lacey are incredible teachers. We feel so lucky to be a part of this studio environment.

We've been with the Valley dance theater for 3 years now and we love it…read more My 5 year old is confident and always eager to learn more with her teachers. She's been in the Nutcracker every year and looks forward to it every holiday season. My only set back is with younger classes, if there's a time where a child or a group of children are acting out/not participating it's really hard on a solo teacher. So proper discipline and redirection can be hard... but overall we are still very pleased with this company and will continue to return.

I know ... community theater ... but if you take the family and make it a Holiday treat ... there…read moreis something very special about what goes on at The Bankhead Theater every December. "The Nutcracker" is a memorable story that children 2-92 years can enjoy year after year. The Livermore production is made up of a group of talented performers from our community who take their efforts very seriously. You can tell from the production value that they have spent many hours honing their craft and it shows in every performance. This is not a casual display but a full two hours of ballet, humorous asides, dazzling costumes and of course - the wonderful music. I'm probably posting this too late for you to enjoy this year's production ... but if the economic downturn continues another year ... consider "The Nutcracker" for a grand family outing in 2010.

Love dancing with these two. I met and learned from them at ShBooms and then again at Space 550…read moreand now I'm taking private lessons. They customize my lesson to my skill set and I feel am improvement every time I dance. I highly recommend them!

As one who is dancing challenged, I can honestly say that Lani and Beto have that unique…read morecombination that puts even the greatest novice at ease. Not only do they inject humor into their instruction, they emphasize the point that dancing is and should be fun. They have a wonderful banter and love of dance which is evidenced from the first meeting. They use personality, character, and charm to reduce the stress for those of us who cannot seem to get beyond '...quick, quick, slow, BAH!'. Whether you just want to get off the couch or make it to the next series of 'Dances With The Stars', I would strongly recommend Lani and Beto as your dance instructors.