Next Step Broadway (formerly Dance City)

Next Step Broadway (formerly Dance City) is a dance studio in Birmingham, Michigan. It offers classes for ages 2 and up in acro, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, musical theatre, and tap, along with beginner courses, dance style specific classes, acrobatics, and musical theatre production. The studio also fields award-winning competition teams, Next Step Triple Threats and First Step. It holds a rating of 4.90 from customer reviews.

The studio's mission is to give dancers of all ages and levels a place to experience expression through dancing, singing, and acting. Instructors teach technical, musical, creative, and performance skills across all levels, with a developmental program that builds confidence, self-esteem, and coordination. Classes and routines are kept age-appropriate, including costumes.

Owner Amy Emmett began dancing as a child in her mother's studio and went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Performing Arts. She performed as a Follies Girl in Crazy For You at North Shore Music Theatre, spent 11 years as a Radio City Rockette, and toured nationally with 42nd St. She opened a dance and performing arts school in New York City in 2008 before leading Next Step Broadway.

The Michigan team brings more than 100 combined years of performing arts experience across 17 teachers and 10 programs. Staff have performed with The Rockettes, Hardcore Detroit Dance Crew, and the St. Petersburg Opera. Studio manager Mary, known as BGIRL MAMA, is a hip hop specialist who has worked with Hardcore Detroit and Venus Fly Crews, toured with Caravanserai, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.

The Birmingham studio sits on S Adams Rd, about a tenth of a mile from Adams Station and the Birmingham post office, and roughly two tenths of a mile from Woodward Avenue. The Triangle District and Haynes Square neighborhoods are each about two to three tenths of a mile away.

Families describe a welcoming community of students, parents, and instructors, with dancers who look forward to class each week and recitals that draw praise for their routines and costumes.