DC DanceSport Academy

Wow! Lydia is amazing with kids! This is a first rate studio, very organized and professional. So glad we found it!!
5 9 years ago (13-01-2018)

Fantastic dance school! So good with kids.
5 8 years ago (17-03-2018)

The place to live and breathe dancing. Lydia's training is amazing, starting from group classes that gives helpful information for all levels (intermediate to pro) in a way that is easy to absorb to private training that has help us grow tremendously in our dancing as professionals.
5 10 years ago (04-01-2017)

This is a word-class studio without peer and unquestionably the best place you can go for dance lessons of any kind and at any level. DCDA is a new ballroom dance studio in Fairfax that's the home of the best dance coaches in the D.C. area. As a new facility, DCDA is incredibly bright, clean, and inviting. DCDA has a huge schedule packed with group classes for beginners through high-level competitive dancers in virtually every style under the sun - Standard (e.g. Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Quickstep), Latin (e.g. Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive, Samba), social dancing (e.g. Salsa), and even exercise dances like Zumba. Wedding dance lessons are also offered. Prices here are always extremely reasonable across the board, particularly given the quality of dance instruction and the reasonable size of the group classes. Unlike many other dance studios, DCDA makes dance fun and accessible. The classes here are detailed without being overwhelming and invigorating without being exhausting. As such, beginners can learn a lot without being intimidated, and experienced dancers can be challenged without becoming bored. Because everyone here is - without exception - friendly and talented, there are no awkward moments. Rather, there's a sort of intoxicating accessibility to classes here that I've never seen at any other studio: even the most relatively complicated topics are made understandable, fun, and useful. As amazing as the group classes here are, the private lessons are also amazing. The current instructors at DCDA - Lydia Petrigova and Anna Mikhed - are world-renowned competitors with a keen eye in virtually every aspect of ballroom dancing, which has led them to coach some truly amazing competitive couples. Bluntly put, their insight is worth its weight in gold. I've been working with Lydia for years now, and it's been the best thing that's ever happened to my dance career. If you have even a scintilla of interest in dance, you owe it to yourself to go to DCDA!
5 10 years ago (15-07-2016)

The best in terms of quality of lessons.
5 10 years ago (21-12-2016)