Ripon Academy of Dance

Ripon Academy of Dance is a dance studio in Ripon, California. It offers classes in tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, contemporary, and musical theater, with leveled classes that let dancers progress at their own pace. Registration is open for Summer 2026 and the 2026-2027 season, and prospective students can enroll in a class or sign up for a free trial class. The studio welcomes dancers of different ages and levels, including families with multiple children enrolled in different classes. It holds a rating of 5.00 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The studio describes its approach as challenging dancers all year long to improve themselves rather than to be better than each other, and it emphasizes the moment when a skill clicks and a dancer feels proud of themselves and of each other. Dance families describe caring teachers, great friendships, and fun, with parents noting that their children ask whether it is a dance day and that their dancers have grown in dance, attitude, and friendships. Dancers themselves point to teachers who make class fun and who keep them excited to learn routines. The studio invites anyone unsure about which class fits their dancer to reach out by email for help.

Ripon Academy of Dance is located on Goodwin Drive, about a quarter mile from Golden State Highway and a short distance from Colony Road and North Jack Tone Road. Boesch-Kingery Park and Ripon Christian School are each about half a mile away.

The studio is known for its positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the experience of the dance families and dancers who take classes there.

For dancers in Ripon looking for leveled training in styles from ballet to hip hop, Ripon Academy of Dance pairs its class offerings with the kind of teaching that keeps students asking when the next dance day is.