Best Portland Dance Classes, Studios, Clubs & More
The Portland, Oregon dance scene is about to be broken down for you today and it shouldn’t take long for us to cover it all. Our opening section will be all about the best local dance schools and studios.
Some will offer lessons for kids, others will be for adults, and at others everyone is invited. You will probably be able to find classes for Samba, Salsa, Hip Hop, Ballet, Tango, The Waltz, K-Pop, or other styles and routines somewhere in your area and we will do our best to assist.
Once the lessons have been discussed in full we will move on to some of the best dance clubs and bars in Portland before pivoting to stores where you can buy shoes, clothes, and other supplies. Up next we will get into aerobic dance routine workouts like Zumba, Jazzercise, Barre, Buti Yoga, or even Pole Dancing near you.
Then we will talk about dance and music festivals both here and around the region. There will even be a dance map towards the end so that you can figure out which of these are closest to your current location.
And if you are interested you can look through more of our posts on this part of the world right here.
Best Dance Studios & Classes In Portland
Whether you are trying to find lessons for kids or adults the best dance classes and studios in Portland are:
Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, lyrical, acro, musical theatre, and breakdance classes are available for students aged 3 and up at Portland Dance Center.
Vega Dance Lab is an adult-based drop-in dance facility that offers drop-in dance classes in your area taught with humor, compassion, and understanding.
The Viscount Dance Studio provides some of Portland’s best dance instruction with some of the city’s best dance instructors for people of all ages and genders.
Portland Dance Studio is the best dance studio and rehearsal space for rent in Portland.
Element Dance Studio caters to all levels of dancers, both recreational and competitive and offers classes in jazz, ballet, hip-hop, lyrical and contemporary, tap, and more.
Hillsboro Dance Center provides ballet, hip-hop, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, just boys, jazz for dancers with learning disabilities, adult classes, and other classes for children aged 3 to adult.
Dancing Vision offers classes in Oregon City in jazz, hip hop, contemporary, ballet, lyrical, and other styles for dancers ages 2 1/2 to 22.
Maralee’s Dance Production & Design is a family-owned dance studio that offers twinkle stars dancing, tap, hip hop, lyrical, jazz, and technique classes to dancers aged 3 and up.
Lake Oswego Academy of Dance provides dance classes for all ages and ability levels in hip-hop, jazz, jazz funk, fairy-tale ballet, and many other styles.
Fred Astaire Dance Studios teaches both International and American ballroom styles to people of all ages and skills.
Van De Veere Productions is a dance facility in West Linn that offers a variety of recreational and competition level classes to students of all ages for both singers and dancers.
Laura’s Home Studio provides individual, semi-private, and group dancing classes.
Milwaukie Just For Kix is an established youth dancing facility that provides students with proven technical training in kick, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, ballet, tap, and pom.
Sherwood Dancing Academy offers four purposefully designed programs for dancers ages 2 and up: jump start, building blocks, classical, and showstoppers.
Doty Performance offers ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, lyrical, pointe, acro, and technical classes for all ages and skill levels in both a competitive and development setting.
Dance Clubs & Bars
These popular dance clubs and bars near you will keep you moving all night long:
You can expect each of the above local stores to sell shoes, clothes, and other apparel for dancing. But if you need anything specific take those links to make sure they have it before you head over.
Aerobic Dance Workouts
Get a sweat in at these aerobic dance workout studios near you:
You will be able to find your next Zumba, Jazzercise, Barre, or Pole Dancing class in your area at one of those spots.
As you can see there are numerous Jazzercise locations in the Portland metro and all are great spots to get a cardio dance workout.
PulsePDX is a fitness center that offers cardio, strength, and repair classes in a dance-club setting including Zumba, pop Pilates, u-jam, and others.
Portland Pole + Dance teaches local pole dance, pole stunts, heels choreography, and flexibility in both group and private classes.
The Pole Palace is an alternative fitness studio that specializes in pole dance, yoga, personal training, and other activities.
A ballet barre, yoga, and Pilates-inspired workout that tones and lengthens all major muscle groups, increases your heart rate, and strengthens your body can be found at Barre3 in Hillsborough.
Pure Barre in Lake Oswego offers an effective total body workout focused on low-impact high intensity movements that lift and tone muscles to improve strength, agility, and flexibility.
IM=X Pilates & Fitness provides a potent form of Pilates-style exercise along with cardio, tower, barre, and weights workouts as well as cycling and bootcamp workouts for private and small-group sessions.
Brynn’s Barre None Callanetics provides barre-callanetics, boomer cardio, and cardio dance classes near you.
Music Festivals In Your Area
There are also local dance and music festivals like:
That is all we have to share with you today, but check back in as we will update this post frequently. We hope that you learned at least a little something about your local dance classes, studios, music festivals, aerobic workouts, clubs, bars, and stores near you to buy all kinds of supplies.
If you think we got anything wrong or if you want to share your own tips and tricks feel free to use the comments. Have fun dancing in Portland, Oregon!
