ELEMENT DANCE STUDIO, INC. Competitors

Since 1984, Broadway Dance Center has earned a reputation in the global dance community as a beacon of excellence in dance education. BDC is renowned for its unparalleled Faculty and for offering a diverse array of dance disciplines under one roof. With over 25 years of experience, our state-of-the-art studios, and our location in the heart of the Broadway theater district in New York City, BDC is the ultimate destination for dancers around the world.

Ballet Hispánico New York is the nation's leading American Latino dance company, recognized by the Ford Foundation as one of America’s Cultural Treasures. For over five decades, it has championed artistic excellence through its three pillars: the Professional Company, The Ballet Hispánico School, and Community Arts Partnerships. Founded by Tina Ramirez in 1970, Ballet Hispánico quickly became a force in the dance world, blending classical ballet and contemporary techniques with Spanish and folkloric traditions. The Professional Company commissions works from leading and emerging choreographers, captivating audiences worldwide. In 2009, Eduardo Vilaro, a former Company dancer and founder of Luna Negra Dance Theater, became Artistic Director & CEO, expanding the organization’s impact. The Ballet Hispánico School, a beacon of excellence for more than 50 years, trains over 1,000 students annually and awards $450,000 in scholarships. Its curriculum fosters technical mastery, creativity, and cultural appreciation. Through Community Arts Partnerships, Ballet Hispánico brings dance education and performance to 30,000 people annually—75% from Title I schools. Since its founding, it has connected with 2.3 million audience members, awarded $5.5 million in scholarships, and served 750,000 New Yorkers. In 2024 alone, Ballet Hispánico reached 24 million people globally, performed 60 times nationwide for 38,000 attendees, and provided 1,100 free tickets to NYC performances. Ballet Hispánico continues to push the boundaries of dance, inspiring audiences with performances that honor tradition, embrace innovation, and redefine the future of the art form.

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.