Spectrum Dance Theater

I bring the 19 month old girl that I nanny to Hayley Shannon’s «Movement with Your Toddler» class on Fridays and it is the highlight of our week! We go to a few other dance classes, but this is the one that she asks for, and will even ask for «teacher Hayley»!
Hayley is an amazing instructor and is so naturally gifted with the toddlers; she is patient, very energetic and so incredibly creative/​flexible *really important with the tots :) .
The class is filled with movement, singing, playing instruments and dancing. Would so highly recommend to all!!!

I like it here.
Their scheduling materials and class descriptions are disorganized… the information on their website differs from the printed materal you pick up in person, so you have to call to find out what’s what. Even then, will the person at the front desk be totally sound and forthcoming in their responses? Maaaaaaybe. But that’s an arts organization for you: quirky. Just give it a little extra patience, get in the right class and all will be well.
I’d love to see an additional adult morning class or two, but maybe that’s just me.

Wow! I had never been to the studio before the Donald Byrd Retrospective and now I wish I had! The performances were out of this world amazing. Wonderful dancers performing great choreography in an intimate setting. It doesn’t get any better than that!

I have taken so many dance classes here!
They are top quality. There is the best dance floor I have ever danced on here!
A wide variety of top notch instructors: jazz, ballet, modern, African.
You will not be disappointed in any way.
many students have goen for many years. Many instructrors have dedicated followers.
I live a way from them now and with a varying work schedule I can’t go now, but I am looking forward to a workshop.

I studied at this dance studio, when I was a kid. Loved their tap and Jazz Classes. Who would of thought that they would renovate this building into a dance studio? BRILLIANT Love that its on lake Washington. The Drive is BEAUTIFUL, Especially in the fall! Teachers are Prestigious and dedicated with working with you. A very passionate place when it comes to owning their craft. The Money for the sessions is worth it! its not like a typical Community dance center, Its a Dye hard Devoted dance school. I wouldn’t doubt that the people who study here will actually go some where with the their skill. THIS PLACE COULD TAKE YOU TO BROADWAY

This is a really cool little studio in Madrona. It feels somewhat like a high school gym but its home to Spectrum Dance, a respectable local dance troupe that one of my friends is in. The theater area/​practice area upstairs is really small and intimate.
I went for one of their performances half expecting to be bored out of my mind like at a ballet. Spectrum’s modern dance is much more interesting and the routines often have provocative, sexually charged themes. The pieces kept me fairly engaged through the performance. They also have more interesting costumes than the ballet.

It’s not just a place for weird theater geeks, dance professionals, or frighteningly flexible little children. They have some kickass classes for regular folks that are totally worth the drive (45 min each way for me)
There’s plenty of parking, it’s right on the water, and the guy at the front desk is refreshingly efficient. Did I mention first class there is FREE?! The space itself is rather like a funky 70s era sauna (wood and lofts and warm and all), but it’s kinda nice when it’s fall/​winter in Seattle. If only there was a window to the lake.
I’ve especially fallen in love with the West African class taught by Awal Alhassan (who also teaches at Velocity on Cap Hill on Sundays). His Spectrum class is Wednesday evenings in a nice big room with good sound, a marley floor, and plenty of space to move — and move you will! Especially if the live drummers are there. Seriously, there aren’t many other ways I’d rather sweat.