Specialties
Voted San Diego's Best Dance Studio for over 39 Years and nominated for a San Deigo BRAVO Award for "Best Dance Performance/Best Dance Company " by San Diego Theatre Review for the past six years.
North County DanceArts Inc is recognized as having the most professional teaching staff in all of San Diego County and voted "Best Dance Studio" in San Diego County. We provide all levels of dance instruction from beginning through professional. Teaching technique, terminology, and discipline to further students in their dance careers. We have the highest quality flooring and sound equipment to help enhance the best stage and competition coaching available. Offering private instruction and scholarships available for those who qualify.
North County DanceArts Inc is the recipient of the prestigious Spectrum Award for Excellence in Business/Dance Studios 2018; rated among the top 10 Best Dance Studios by Lessons.com 2018; the 2018 Expertise Award for Best Dance Teachers in San Diego 2018; and the 2018 San Diego Small Business Excellence Award.
North County DanceArts Inc is also the home to Jazzercise Carmel Valley...
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History
Established in 1980.
Louis McKay was on the stage from the time he was a small boy beginning with such organizations as the San Diego Opera Company, The Bright Side, and Starlight Theaters. That training took him to Los Angeles where he was privileged to train and dance with such greats as Pat Rico, Gower Champion, Ron Lewis, Michael Peters, Toni Stevens, Bob Sidney, Claude Thompson, Joe Tremaine, Jamie Rogers, Toni Charmoli, Jerry Grimes and Alex Plachet. This also allowed him to hone his acting skills with L.A.'s Sal Dano.
Louis held the position of lead singer and dancer as well as the choreographer for The Debbie Reynold's Show for seven years. During that time, Louis appeared with Harv Presnell, Gavin McCloud and Debbie Reynolds in a Broadway production of "Annie Get Your Gun".
Louis also performed as lead dancer and singer for two years at the People's Choice Awards. He also performed as lead dancer on the Sandy Duncan 1976 Valentine Special, the Liberace 1977 Special, and the Bob Hope 1978 Speci
Meet the Business Owner: Tanya M.
Since the age of eight years old, Tanya has been captured by the spirit of dance and for over forty years has trained, rehearsed and performed. Although her dance training began with classical ballet, and continued with such institutions as the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Long Beach State University, and Orange Coast Community College, she has also trained with many renowned west coast jazz instructors such as Joe Tremaine, Doug Caldwell, Carol Connors & Claude Thompson. Tanya has been among featured dancers in video presentations produced for industrial use, such as IBM Corporation, as well as appearing in print work, and other media. However, the past twenty-five years have focused on business management including dance management.
Along with her title as mom to four adult children and grandmother to two, Tanya teaches North County DanceArts' pre-school students, co-teaches with her husband, Louis McKay in many