Best Ballet Classes in Los Angeles

CF Dance Academy is a dance school located in Fullerton and founded in 1984. Classes offered include ballet for ages 2–4, ballet and tap combo classes for ages 3-10, ballet and pointe for ages 4.5+, electives for ages 8+, hip-hop for ages 3+, contemporary for ages 6+, and more. CF Dance Academy also offers other classes such as jazz for ages 5+, tap for ages 7+, and breakdancing for ages 6+. The school is the winner of the 2016 Orange County Hotlist Best Dance Studio for Kids Award.

Dance 1, Redondo Beach is a thriving dance school in its seventh year of business. Led by RAD-trained principle, Francesca Stern, the school offers a pre-professional ballet syllabus, a dynamic and broad jazz syllabus, along with contemporary, lyrical, tap, hip-hop, combo, and a complete schedule of adult classes ranging from beginner level to advanced. Offering the chance to become part of their award winning performance companies, the school endeavors to provide dancers with a range of performance opportunities throughout the year, from local festivals to a one-shot video shoot. Dance 1 is also the proud home of Redondo Ballet, a not-for-profit ballet company that produces two complete ballets every year.

Gotta Dance Studio is a dance school located in Granada Hills and founded in 1995 by the owner, Cindy Gebelein. Classes offered for ages three to adults include jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, hip-hop, song and dance, contemporary, lyrical, leaps and turns, and children’s combination. The studio also teaches evening adult classes that provide instruction in adult ballet, tap, jazz, and hip-hop. Gotta Dance Studio is the winner of the 2011 and 2012 Red Tricycle Totally Awesome Awards.

Grace Ballet Los Angeles was founded in 2021 by Geraldine Grace Johns, a professional dancer and ballet teacher. Geraldine offers Royal Academy of Dance ballet classes to a range of students, from children ages 18 months to adults. She is a practical teaching supervisor for the Royal Academy of Dance's Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies and a co-author for wikiHow, which publishes articles on classical ballet. In addition, Geraldine has over 25 years of international teaching experience. She operates another school, the Grace Ballet New York, which she opened in 2016.

Larchmont Ballet, formerly known as Outback Studios, is a ballet school located in Los Angeles and founded in 1982. The school offers private and small classes with a maximum of ten students. The studio provides ballet dance instruction to adults, teens, and children. The master ballet teacher, Jennifer Nairn-Smith, has originated roles and performed in some of the greatest Balanchine Ballets of the 20th Century.

Los Angeles Ballet Academy is a ballet school located in Encino and founded by the owner, Andrea Paris-Gutierrez, in 1992. The school's dance programs include ballet, contemporary dance, and pilates. The ballet offerings include student, intensives, and open classes. The Academy's programs feature and incorporate classical ballet, pointe technique, pas de deux, repertoire, pilates, master classes, RAD examination preparation, and performance opportunities. Los Angeles Ballet Academy is very fortunate and proud to have some of LA’s top jazz, tap, contemporary, and hip-hop choreographers and instructors as part of the studio's faculty.

Marat Daukayev School of Ballet is a ballet school located in Los Angeles that was founded in 2001 by Marat and Pamela Daukayev. The studio's ballet classes include pre-ballet and creative movement, intermediate levels 1-4, advanced levels 5-6, boy's levels 1-4, summer intensive classes, and adult classes. Marat Daukayev received recognition as an Outstanding Teacher in 2016 at the Los Angeles Youth America Grand Prix.

Ohana Dance is a dance school located in Redondo Beach that offers classes for adults and children. Adult classes include ballet and hula. Classes for children include all-star dance and cheer, ballet, breakdance, contemporary, dance conditioning, hip-hop, hula, jazz, lyrical, musical theater, Ohana Dance Company (the competitive team), and Tahitian. Ohana Dance features professional dancers that teach with love and offer strong technical training with their critically acclaimed staff. Ohana was founded in 2015 and has already taken home National Titles and 1st Place in multiple competitions in their very first competitive season.

San Pedro Ballet School is a ballet school located in San Pedro that offers classes in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, hip-hop, gymnastics, and other children’s programs. The school provides instruction to students of all ages. San Pedro Ballet School firmly believes that their lessons are not for merely training students in the art of dance, but for training them in the lessons of life.

Santa Monica School of Dance & Music is a dance and music school located in Santa Monica. The studio provides instruction in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, preschool dance, and mommy and me classes. The school also specializes in teaching piano, voice, violin, guitar, bass, and songwriting. Santa Monica School of Dance & Music was voted as Best of the Westside by The Argonaut in 2013.

Shin Dance Academy is a dance school located in Temple City that was founded in the Summer of 1995 by artistic director Shin Yue Wang. Classes taught include ballet, ballroom, Chinese, hip-hop, jazz-lyrical, yoga, and Zumba. Shin Dance Academy offers dance classes for kids, teenagers, adults, and groups. The school also provides private dance classes for children, teens, and adults. Shin Dance Academy has received a Certificate of Recognition award from the City of Temple City and is a recipient of a myriad of other awards as well.

Westside School of Ballet is a ballet school located in Santa Monica that offers children’s fall–spring classes, boys only lessons, jazz, adult classes, adult ballet basics workshops, independent study classes, and instruction on MindBody database software. The studio has been featured on NPR, and the school's students and parents were also included in a KPCC Public Radio story regarding Ballet Summer Intensives and the changes in the ballet industry. In 2011, Pointe Magazine recognized and featured the Westside School of Ballet as one of seven schools in the country that cultivates top talent.