About Us

Center Stage Calls To The Dancer In YOU!

Welcome to a fun, friendly and healthy environment for beginners to learn and for more experienced dancers and instructors to thrive! We believe DANCE helps develop coordination, rhythm, strength, flexibility, memory, self discipline AND that it's a LOT OF FUN!

New dance students will find what our seasoned students already know: The place is cool, the teachers are a blast and everyone has a great time dancing together!

We like for our dance students to gain experience in many ways, so we have opportunities for all dancers to perform at UH and Palace Theatres, encourage them to take classes with a variety of instructors, and invite advanced dancers to join our corporate entertainment team where they can travel within the islands and earn money while they do what they love doing. We encourage instructors to contact us if they are interested in teaching at Center Stage.

The ballet program is taught by former professional dancers with degrees in theater and dance. Since ballet provides a strong foundation for all dance, we highly recommend any child or adult who is serious about learning to dance to participate in our ballet program.

Our 1,000 sqft studio boasts state of the art dance flooring, excellent lighting, large mirrors, sturdy dance barres and great sound system, plus a front office space and viewing area for friends and parents, as well as an extra room in the back for kids to change into their dancewear, get their homework done, or just hang out and have fun with the other dancers there.

We promote our more advanced students that are committed to dancing by having them work in the front office and get them started in teacher training to help them afford classes. At Center Stage, we believe in high quality instruction, so these older students will teach while senior instructors are present. They will get guidance every step of the way until they are ready to teach on their own. Some of our younger students will be asked to be demonstrators for less advanced classes so that when the time comes, they too will be ready to enter our teacher training program! Make sure to buy your Center Stage T-shirts, hoodies and sweats which also helps to support our work study program for teens at the studio!

Our space is available, along with some of our hip hop instructors for your PARTIES and if you are interested we are happy to supply entertainment for your event, party, or school group!

So what are you waiting for? Come join us! We're located in Downtown Hilo at 104 Keawe Street, right next to Bear's. It's the place where everyone is checking out the action! Please feel free to call us so we can help you with any questions you may have at (808) 990-7163 or you can email us.

OUR CURRENT LIST OF CLASSES ARE:

Pre-ballet for ages 4-5

Ballet I, II and III for youths

Ballet I, II, III and IV for adults

Pointe Ballet III Jr +

Hip Hop for kids, teens +

Breakdancing all ages

Kidzdance for ages 8-11  

Contemporary Dance for teens +

Latin/Ballroom for ages 14 +

Belly Dancing for teens +

Tap Dance for keiki, teens+