Pacific Dance

Pacific Dance is a dance studio in Irvine, California. It has been training dancers since 1985, offering professional training built on proper technique that is safe and individualized for each level of student. Classes serve both professional and beginning students of all ages, and the studio's teachers come from professional backgrounds that include ballet companies, music videos, universities, movies, commercials and stage. Students perform through an annual recital at the Irvine Barclay Theater, competitive performing groups, and a Pre-Professional Company, PD Elite. The studio holds a rating of 4.50 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The Pacific Dance complex holds ten studios, each with raised dance floors and high-end sound systems, including two performance-size rehearsal studios. A full-service dancewear store, Pacific Dancewear, operates on the premises and carries shoes, dancewear and active-wear. The studio's stated goal is to give each student professional training to meet the challenges of an ever-changing dance world, and to enhance each student's love of music and movement regardless of age or background. Its teachers bring expertise from ballet companies, music videos, universities, movies, commercials and stage. Alumni have gone on to dance in movies, Cirque De Soleil, television, music videos, professional ballet and modern companies, cruise ships, and as Disney, NFL and NBA dancers, as well as professional choreographers and teachers. Classes run Monday through Thursday from 12:30 pm to 9:00 pm, Friday from 12:30 pm to 8:00 pm, Saturday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, and Sunday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

The studio sits on Irvine Boulevard in Suite 101, a short walk from Great Foundations Montessori and about a tenth of a mile from The Lakes park. Park Place and Yale Avenue are each roughly a tenth to two tenths of a mile away, and The UPS Store is about two tenths of a mile from the studio.

Pacific Dance has served Irvine and the surrounding Orange County and Los Angeles area for decades, and its rating reflects the experience of the customers who have reviewed it. For dancers in Irvine training toward a professional career or simply looking to keep fit and have fun, the studio's long history and performance opportunities set it apart.