Soho Dance - Westwood

Lucia is our private coach for our intro sessions and she is PHENOMENAL!!!

She is so patient with us and encouraging all at the same time.

She is always all smiles and an AMAZING teacher. She builds on to the basics and adds on skill sets based on your ability.

This was our second session with her. Last time we worked on the waltz and the fox trot. This time we worked on reviewing along with some cha cha & jive.

You will be lucky to get her as your coach for the private lessons! She is so great at explaining and showing you as you go for those hands on learners. She's a gem!

This is a fun and well organized place. Raul is the owner and he picks excellent teachers. Classes are organized from beginners to more advanced levels. Jackie Rios is a gem. She is one of my favorite instructors because she provides great instructions, makes learning fun. Jackie is supportive of all of her student. Jerry and Christine teach Tango and they are very patient. They are able to break down all the details of the steps into tiny parts until the students understand it. Soho Dance exudes joy. It's a pleasure to take dancing classroom at Soho Dance.

I recently attended a West Coast Swing Level 3 class at Soho Dance LA, expecting a welcoming environment where I could learn a new dance style. With a background in salsa dancing, I was eager to start, but I was met with a lack of basic instruction and a very unwelcoming attitude from the instructor.

As a beginner to West Coast Swing, I hoped for some guidance or at least an opportunity to try, but the instructor asked me to leave the class in a manner that was both rude and unprofessional. This experience left me feeling upset and discouraged, and I feel it's important for potential new students to be aware that this studio may not cater to beginners or those new to certain dance styles.

I believe every dance studio should offer a supportive environment for all learners, and sadly, this was not the case at Soho Dance LA during my visit.

I have never met such rude and unwelcoming teacher in any dance studios and I've danced for 7 years and am considering myself a great dancer that just needed to refresh some knowledge of steps. This was so inappropriately rude! Will never come there and will not recommend this studio to anyone!

Soho dance was the place I first really started to learn to dance. It has been my home and a place of community and learning. The thing I love most about there is that they have is tic toes that will teach you the skills and the foundations do dance while still making it fun. I need a balance of technique and fun and they deliver! I have had the esteemed pleasure of working with and competing with many of the instructors, I've learned a multitude of dances, had incredible support and the most fun I've had pretty much anywhere. Dance itself can be almost addictive once you jump in and boy what better place to get those endorphins in while learning than at a place like this? I went from knowing virtually nothing and feeling very overwhelmed (in a good way) about any partner style dance, (I also didn't have a background in other forms of dance) and threw myself in entirely to then be at my first salsa competition a year later. I'm so glad I made that investment. I've warned lifelong friends and memories. They have knowledgeable teachers, kind staff, a wonderful space and always something fun going on. I have worked with the owner, Raul, the amazing Artem, the show stopping Yesenia, the bubbly Deana, the sassy Jackie and many others during my time there. The knowledge and experience I now possess makes me feel comfortable in most dance settings, socially or otherwise. If you're looking for a place to learn and have fun...this is it!

I tried out a few other studios in LA before I settled on SOHO. The staff and the students are incredibly welcoming and they offer a wide variety of classes. They also have the lowest price I've found for their unlimited monthly membership. All the classes you can handle for only $168.

Very rude employees, my friend went there and she has a lot of dance experience, but she was thrown out of the class (which she paid for) because she wasn't a good fit, in teacher's opinion. Horrible experience and trauma

Not much to review... I never received a call back lol

Who manages the phone and VM?! Called not once but twice to find a rate to host a dance party for a 17 year old Neice. Budget was open.

From a business standpoint the loss of money just by not calling a patron back is shocking.

We went with a dance studio in Santa Monica, which value's patronage.

I cannot in good faith recommend this studio to anyone, especially any woman. I and other women were sexually harassed at this studio. Personally, I was sexually harassed and assaulted by a male teacher and also by the owner of this studio. The male teacher came up behind me during a private lesson and pressed his crotch against my behind. He would also constantly make comments about my body. I stopped working with him as my instructor and hired the owner of the studio instead for private lessons. However, he did the same thing to me. He would also grab me during private lessons. Even when I asked both men to stop their behavior they continued and did not respect me. The male teacher hit on me and made comments about my body even after I told him I was not interested. One night, he grabbed me and tried to pull my shirt down even after I said no multiple times. The owner of this studio had a conversation with me about it but I never felt that he truly believed me when I said that it wasn't consensual. That teacher continued to work at this studio for many months after until he was eventually removed. Despite the assault, the owner continued to treat me with disrespect. He joked that I was a whore on multiple occasions and made other inappropriate comments. He grabbed me even when I asked him not to. There's so much more that I could say, but to say the least, it was a degrading and humiliating experience to be part of this studio. It was very traumatic and difficult for me to process everything that happened after I left. I've struggled to come forward about this, but I feel I have to speak up. I would hate for another woman to experience what I did.

WTF! Soho Dance DOES NOT care about COVID protocols and mandates.
If you want to catch Covid - this is your place! I literally cannot believe what I saw tonight. I am just so friggin mad. And we wonder why we can't get this virus under control. I am fuming.

I arrived for a 7:00 class with an outside instructor. The two older ladies at the front desk have no mask. You look in to the studios - the instructors and students mostly have no masks. So - I ask the older lady at the front desk - why no masks. Why is nobody checking vaccination? WTF!! She says - it's not a law and we can do what we want. I said - in LA county you must check vaccination and masks must be worn inside. She said no, it's optional, we choose not to enforce vaccination status or masks. Again - WTF!!!!!!

So I could go on - but you probably get the idea by now. They DO NOT CARE ABOUT COVID AT SOHO DANCE. Thus - if you are worried about Covid, I would suggest you go elsewhere (maybe LA Dancefit around the corner?).

SOHO - U suck. Never again. I hope you get fined.

Fantastic place to dance! I've been taking both group classes and private lessons from this studio for over a year now in salsa, ballroom, and hustle. The instruction is top-notch; I tried two other local studios before finding Soho. The facility is great, the front staff is friendly and well-trained, the group classes are fun and dynamic, and private lessons are top notch in terms of instruction. I have worked with the studio owner Raul, as well as Yesenia, Daisy, and Ashley for private lessons. Everyone has been incredibly positive, patient and respectful. They are consummate professionals who care deeply about their students. I've learned how to dance far quicker than I ever thought I would (I no longer look like a baby giraffe on the dance floor). Above all, what I think Soho offers is a sense of community and camaraderie that is rare to find in LA. I always leave the studio is a better place than when I arrived. I highly recommend trying it out.