Mission Dance & Performing Arts

The parking here is horrible! They did some work in their parking lot over this summer but i still dont see any difference. Its still hard to park and traffic is crazy! They need to expand their parking lot or move to a bigger one since their school is getting bigger! Otherwise, my daughter loves mission dance. The teachers are great and the staff are friendly.

My daughter loves dancing at Mission Dance & Performing Arts. She started out just taking classes, eventually joined one competition dance team, and now is on multiple competition teams. She has made many good friends here with the other dancers and has learned a lot from the different teachers’ styles both in dance and how they teach, correct, and encourage. Because of the way they teach, she was able to very quickly pick up a new dance style for school homecoming assembly. I love taking her to class because she loves it so much. Cannot say enough how happy I am with Mission Dance given how happy my daughter is.

Great dance school! This is our second year here and my 6 year old loves it!
They have a fabulous recital at the end of the year…
Give them a try!
Btw.Everyone is required to wear the school’s uniforms (~$ 40) now… So you can’t just buy a black leotard anymore :(

Best studio for beginner dancers and advanced alike! They have tons of classes from kinder dance classes for beginner dancers (and even experienced who are under 5) all the way up to experienced teen classes. I liked that there were all kinds of styles and a competition team.
This place has been in business for a long time, and you can definitely tell they know what they are doing running such a large studio. The office workers are great and the office manager really helped us with choosing classes as well as buying our shoes and uniform.
The kinder dance class my youngest daughter tried was on a Saturday morning and she loved the class! All the kids were under control, and Ms. Amanda had an assistant to help her. They began with tap and changed into ballet shoes without having to have all the parents come in to help. The teacher really looked like she was teaching the kids not only the dance styles, but how to behave in class and be independent enough transitioning to the next style. I really liked that.
If you are looking for a studio, look no further. I am currently enrolling my kids in Sumer session classes as well as their dance camp for my 9 year old.

Mission dance and Performing Arts has been an amazing experience for my daughter for the last 7 years. My daughter has danced Jazz, Ballet, Hip-​Hop, and Tap. The owner and teachers have been helpful and great in providing choreography from different styles of dance and incorporating it to develop more knowledge of dance. Mission dance has created an atmosphere where showing professionalism, having a discipline policy, and demonstrating teamwork leads to building more confidence for themselves to not only have a passion for dancing, but to push themselves to express themselves with the power of music and movements. For the last two years, my daughter has been on the competition team and enjoys being part of the team because she focuses more on improving herself along the way, and created friendships during her experience. I recommend this studio for students because they demonstrate and construct professionalism, motivation to push them to do their best.

My daughter takes dance lessons here and she loves it. She’s not in it for the competition, nor does she want to be a professional dancer, but from the look of ALL THE TROPHIES AND RIBBONS in the studio, I’d say they obviously compete pretty darn well. I don’t know anything about Yoko’s except that she apparently was once a teacher at Mission Dance, so you know what they say…“Never forget where you came from”. The only downfall I find with them is the parking. If you are dropping off your older child for dance, this doesn’t matter. But if you are bringing a younger child (as I am), you usually want to stay, and parking is very limited and the lot is always busy, so leave yourself an extra 25 – 30 minutes so you can find parking. I love the teachers at this studio. They do focus very much on the experience for each student which is what I think it’s all about. And they are VERY reasonably priced! My daughter has Miss Veronica, and Miss Destiny is her teacher’s helper and they are both such dolls! So patient with the girls and so positive with them. They greet them every single time with a smile and enthusiasm. and the staff is all very nice as well. I’d recommend this place to anyone interested in learning dance and having fun at the same time.

good job Angela for being the first one to Unilocal this! weird how i randomly searched for it, guess i just miss dance!
i definitely agree that Mission Dance focuses more on the experience and team work rather than being super competitive. but we win anyway, while having fun ;)
things may have changed now since the last time i went back was 4 years ago in jr high and high school, but my experience there was great. I had the opportunity to compete in Lake Tahoe, Great America & Disneyland! if you’re a parent, definitely send your children to dance!

Wow, I’m surprised that no one’s written a review here yet! I took dance lessons here for 6 years during my jr. high — high school years (I graduated in 2004) and really enjoyed my time here. I started with Jazz, then eventually moved to Ballet and Hiphop soon after. I competed in their jazz and hiphop groups and I will have to say in retrospect this studio focused more on the experience than winning. If you are competitive and want to be pushed, I would go across the street to Yokos. But I personally thought Mission dance was more down-​to-​earth and fun.
If you really think about it… I mean, I’m not dancing professionally now and most people that come to all of these studios will not become professional dancers. Why not have more fun while you’re at it? This was a great place to grow as a dancer and I’d recommend it to parents looking for a good physical extracurricular activity for their daughers/​sons :). Go MDPA!