Steps on Broadway, founded in 1979, is more than just a dance studio. It is an internationally recognized community of artists, committed to the cultivation of individuality and talent, to the joy, the work, the focus, and the abandon of dance. Classes are offered seven days a week at all levels in ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, tap, theater dance, hip hop, ethnic, and body conditioning.
Steps is the true epicenter of New York’s professional dance community. It is home to many of the best and most world-renowned teachers, and a training ground for generations of aspiring and professional dancers. On any given day, one may take class alongside today’s performers and seasoned veterans from concert dance companies, such as New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Paris Opera, Kirov and Royal Ballets, Boston Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Complexions, and Martha Graham, as well as the opera, Broadway, and the commercial dance world.
Steps is a celebrated space. It’s a state-of-the-art facility with an old-world ambiance and a steady pulse of passion, energy, and inspiration. It is a cultural hub, an artistic resource, and a cosmopolitan treasure.
The Dance Center is Sonoma County’s premiere dance studio offering a comprehensive program of jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, musical theatre and acrobatics. The Dance Center celebrates 44 years of dance in Santa Rosa's Historic Railroad Square. Our studio provides a professional, creative atmosphere for dancers of all ages, training with the best teachers in the North Bay. Whether you’re dancing for fun or training for a professional career… dance is what we do!
The Joy of Dance outreach program promotes the highest quality of fine art instruction in a loving, caring, and joyous artistic environment. Our fine arts faculty, all masters of their fields, encourage each student to reach their maximum potential in the arts. As students grow and become increasingly proficient in their study; their poise, self-assurance, and confidence will soar! The Joy of Dance syallbus is an introduction to the joys of dancing. Move- ment is explored through our imaginative pre-ballet, tap, jazz, cheer, and hip-hop syllabus. Marilyn Baird has created a fantastic dance program, which integrates the Royal Academy of Dance pre-primary and primary ballet syllabus. All faculty members are dance professionals trained by Marilyn Baird in the Joy of Dance Syllabus. The Joy of Dance syllabus incorporates delightful monthly and holiday themes to enhance the total learning experience. This superb program has been highly successful in child learning centers in the Washington, DC metropolitan region for decades and is also used as the syllabus for many dance schools in the area.