San Diego Dance Theater

SDDT is an amazing professional company that offers fun adult Modern Dance classes for all level of dancer. The advanced classes are fast and challenging, while the intermediate and beginning level classes really work to explain the dance steps and get you moving in the studio.

Great teachers. Good facilities. Wonderful place.

As an adult beginner dancer, it is very hard to find places in San Diego where you can truly learn great technique and learn how to do choreography. I started dancing as a rehabilitation from a neck injury. My doctor told me that moving and stretching would be good for my body and back issues. I have been dancing for a little under a year now at a community college and I find that San Diego Dance Theater is well worth every penny! The teachers are amazing and I feel like I get constructive corrections when I am doing something wrong. I love it when I get corrections because it means that the teacher is watching! Modern dance is unlike any other dance form that I have done and it is surprisingly athletic!
I have heard only good things about SDDT and am excited to try the Summer Intensive this summer. The classes are affordable and they have a college student discount for poor students like myself.
My only regret was that I didn’t start dancing sooner and didn’t take any dance classes with Jean Isaacs when I was at UCSD! Come and try a class!

Flamenco dance classes offered at Dance Place every saturday.
Flamenco technique beginner –intermediate level 11:30– 12:30
For absolute beginners — no previous flamenco dance experience required– 12:30 — 1:30
Intermediate level from 1:30 to 2:30
The classes are accompanied with guitarists and flamenco singing.

If you are looking for a FUN, great workout, come check out Trina Lyon’s Cardio Hip Hop class on Thursdays 6:00 — 8:30 p.m. (Studio 204) and Saturdays, 9:30 — 10:30 a.m. (Studio 107). ALL levels. Learn new dance moves at each class and did I mention, it’s TONS of fun!

This is an excellent place for art. 3 dance companies and many classes all week long. Friday Night Liberty is the first Friday of each month!

The one thing in this world that I love most above all else is dance, and Jean Isaacs is the reason for this. I had the extreme fortune and pleasure to be able to learn from Jean when she was the head of dance at UCSD. It’s one thing to be able to teach movement, but it is an art and gift to be able to instil a connection and understanding of the meaning of breath, release and abandonment… and Jean is the quintessential model of providing this understanding. It is at this point when honest movement becomes ingrained in your being, when the boundaries between perception and internal sincerity blur. The feeling of finally being able to let go and let reality fade is the absolute feeling of freedom, and Jean leads you to this discovery.
The classes offered at San Diego Dance Theater vary from all dance levels and ages. Beyond the normal schedule, an intensive workshop is offered every summer providing budding dancers with the opportunity to aggressively train with the members of the company. Though the workshop can be bit pricey for young, starving artists, a scholarship audition is held earlier in the spring providing full and partial scholarships.
SDDT is a nurturing, encouraging environment with expert instructors to guide students towards their personal or professional goals. Even if one has never danced before, SDDT is the perfect place to discover your body as art through movement.

I LOVE Dance Place San Diego! They have such a nice and classy set up for many different styles of dancing. Its two stories with standard sized dance rooms and also have a large rooms upstairs for rental too. There is beautiful art work displayed throughout the halls. What i like most about this is that they have windows to be able to watch and see the different classes and styles of dancing that they have there.
I have been dancing here for a few years now. They have different styles ranging from jazz, contemporary, ballet, hip hop, Polynesian, and more!
LeiIsa Polynesian Productions holds their practices every Thursday from 7 – 9:30. There is also a beginner Tahitian class from 6 – 7 that focuses on basics and conditioning and also Drumming class from 6 – 7. We cover Polynesian Dance styles from Maori, Hawaiian, Samoan, but mostly Tahitian. If you are looking for great training and a GREAT workout, come check it out! We do performances for Birthdays, Weddings, and other events around San Diego. We also participate in solo and group competitions throughout California and even in Las Vegas.
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Dance place SD is a great place for children and adults! Although the fee may be a little on the high end (my opinion), it’s well worth it!!! They teach great cordination and memory skills! They have many different types of dancing such as contemporary, ballet, jazz and many more! Come check it out!

If you are looking for a belly dance class then you defenitly need to check out Melanie Dellas’ classes! I’ve been taking classes from her for the past two years and she is, without a doubt, a wonderful person and soooo much fun!
She has a beginners/​drilling class every Tuesday from 6:30 — 7:30 pm for just $ 10 (you won’t find a better deal anywhere else). If you enjoy her class and plan on coming more, you can purchase a class card for $ 50 which will get you 5 classes plus one free one!
Even though the class is for beginners, you can really go to this class at any level. Melanie is great at making the class fun, interesting, and challenging for all levels of talent.
Belly dancing is a great workout for the whole body!