eXit Space School of Dance

My 6 year old daughter has been taking a modern ballet class for a few months. This school is the best of all that she attended. I love how they take dance seriously even with the little kids while getting them excited and having so much fun. I’m very impressed with the instructor Karen. She is fun, engaging and energetic. A great teacher.

The office staff are extremely nice and helpful.
The teacher I have for their basic ballet series is great, she could see tiny errors in form and effectively communicate verbally or through touch how to correct the error. The basics ballet class is not a physical workout but certainly a mental one.
My only complaint is that they don’t have a dedicated free parking lot — I’d happily take pre-​negotiated reduced price parking rates at a nearby lot too. Parking is really rough around here, mostly metered street parking through 8pm (!!!) and I really hate paying for parking for a sport or hobby that I’m going to do weekly. The meter maids really patrol this area too. After work on a week day when traffic is bad, it gets to be a struggle for me to circle around the block over and over trying to squeeze into a teeny-​tiny parallel parking spot. I imagine this will only get worse in the winter when it’s raining and I’m shivering while waiting for the meter to process my credit card.
With that said, I would absolutely recommend eXit Space School of Dance for the adult bus-​rider, adult who lives within walking distance, or adult lucky enough to have a chauffeur, or the child dancer who gets dropped off by their guardian.

Wonderful dance studio. All styles– Laura is a great, enthusiastic, experienced teacher. The intro to ballet course was so much fun. A great balance of dance and learned technique. It is very unpretentious and great for beginners and adults with a dance history.

Just started taking hip hop classes. Teacher rocks the class, friendly vibe, clean studio, overall awesome place to take classes! Should definitely check it out if you are a beginner! Classes go for the full hour, seems to start right on time, so far. I also appreciate the fact that when it says beginner hip hop, it actually means it. Moves are challenging enough to motivate you but easy enough that you dont feel so out of place. Most definitely found my spot!

My twin daughters (5 years old) have been participating in the Exit Space youth programs the past 2 years. I really appreciate and admire the seriousness which the teachers teach ballet to even the youngest kids. My kids come home wanting to practice their «arabesque» and «first position «and walking «on pointe». The recital at the end of the year is a good opportunity for kids to get comfortable performing in front of an audience. Really the most important thing is the kids are active and have fun — that alone is enough for me.

I bought a Groupon for the Beginners Ballet class at eXit Space and I love it! This is now my favorite part of every week! My instructor, Jennifer, is excellent and a very experienced teacher!

Whenever I come here, even when I’ve been away for months, this place always feels like home. I love the variety of classes and levels offered — there’s something for everyone here. I’ve taken everything from beginner hip hop to intermediate ballet here to modern and jazz and everything in between and the teachers have always been really welcoming and helpful.
I’ve been to a number of studios but this one will always have a special place in my heart.

Marlo’s intermediate/​advanced Modern class is literally my favorite Modern class I’ve ever taken in my life and I have a degree in dance. The studios are beautiful, sprung wood floors with large windows and proper ventilation. The sound system is great. Even the receptionist, Katie, was very polite and encouraging after I was reluctant to take an upper level class after driving for 12 hours. You can try your first class at a discounted price. Neither the staff nor the teacher was reluctant to give me advice about other drop-​in adult classes around the area. Some businesses would be too competitive but at Exit Space I feel like they are more invested in creating a positive, community experience and not interested in monopolizing the adult dance clientele.

Took a jazz class here for the first time in years. Amazing experience — great space, talented dancers and the teacher Marlo was fantastic. Really warm, welcoming place — definitely going back.

I’ve had wonderful experiences taking both modern and ballet classes. The studios are beautiful and spacious and the instructors are professional, talented teach well to the level of the students.
I have danced at many studios in Seattle; this one is a gem.

Would have loved to know how the classes were. Unfortunately, I could not get a response after emailing and following up with phone calls.

I have been taking ballet here for over two years, mainly with Annie. The floor is great, the space is beautiful though not huge, the students and staff are all very friendly, but most of all, Annie is the best teacher I could ask for. It doesn’t matter if you’re brand new to ballet or have danced your whole life and own a dance company, Annie can relate to each and every student at their level and gives highly personalized instruction. so much so that I often feel like I’m in a private lesson, although she’s also paying attention to everyone else too. I have NO idea how she does it. She also has a way of making everyone feel welcome and fosters a real sense of camaraderie between students, so the class feels like community. I’m a much newer dancer and I can honestly say that the little gremlins in my head that like to tell me just how much i suck, can’t get within 10 feet of the front door. Annie doesn’t allow it and she quickly obliterates them to the void if they try. Taking this class is the best part of my day.

My daughter has been dancing for over 10 years and has many great instructors. eXit Space is, by far, the best dance studio around. Every experience with the staff has been extraordinary and my daughter is overjoyed to be in such a supportive and positive environment. At last, a place where one can dance for pure joy.

I have been taking classes here for almost a month and have loved every moment. They have a great adult program that is well organized, welcoming and flexible to a working professional’s schedule. So often you see adult classes only offered during the day — I LOVE that eXit Space has evening classes and more advance levels of dance. It is perfect for someone that has danced their whole life but chose a different career path but still wanting to feed their passion. (Hi! That’s me.)
Thanks to Marlo and the rest of the eXit Space family for welcoming me. Looking forward to A LOT more dancing!

I took a beginner hip hop class with Shinji and had so much fun! While this review is about Shinji’s class, not about me, it is necessary that I give you some background about me.
I’m not a dancer. I am sooooo not a dancer. I wish with all the power in the universe that I could conjure up that I had taken dance early in life, but alas this may only be possible in another life. I have the desire, just not the coordination. It makes me sad but nothing stops me from trying.
So here I am in the hip hop class, completely out of my element physically but so much desire in my heart to succeed. I found Shinji’s teaching style effective and patient for someone as uncoordinated as myself. I found the choreography (which he comes up with himself!) challenging, complex and cool. And the songs were current and catchy.
Shinji’s pace and explanations were fantastic, allowing me to learn effectively. And he is quite an amazing and impressive dancer. I highly recommend this class.

I love you Exit Space, you are my home away from home where I can move and dream, but not for long cause geezz I’ll forget all the combinations! My daughter takes ballet here as well she was so cute in her pink tights the first day back to class after a long summer!

i’ve been coming to exitspace for months now and i’m so happy i found it! I take classes with Annie, Jennifer, and Kristen (mostly Annie) and they are all so wonderful! I absolutely ADORE Annie! She is the perfect ballet teacher as far as I’m concerned. She gives plenty of corrections, but she is also so encouraging, so much so that you feel good about yourself, even if you messed up all the combinations =)
I can say that I have gotten orders of magnitude better in my ballet technique since I started coming to exitspace. I used to have trouble with single pirouettes, now i’m working on my doubles! I’m so happy to have a chance to finally perform, thank you exitspace!

After one of my closest friends I signed up and kept following up with me on a daily basis, I finally acquiesced and signed up for the Basic Hip Hop class with Margo as the instructor. I am SO glad I did!
I love new challenges and I haven’t had a dance class since I was a kid. I had forgotten how challenging it is to follow choreography and learn a dance. It’s so good for your brain! You can feel yourself getting smarter! Our teacher focused on a lot of isolation moves to help you build your «muscle memory» so that you can move your body in new ways, and then every week we would learn another 8 count to add to our synchronized dace routine. Every week I would leave feeling like I didn’t get that new 8 count, and every week I would run through it in my head and practice a couple of times with my body, then I would come back the next week and I’d have it! Or at least I was able to stay on tempo. Ha! And those isolation moves really do work — I find myself incorporating new things into my dancing at other times now too (that’s right, in the kitchen while I’m cleaning, or while rocking out in my car!)
Margo is an understanding and encouraging teacher. You really find yourself growing in this class. Embrace the challenge, know going into this that you are not learning a bunch of individual «moves» to take to the club. This is a dance class. Margo is excellent and dancing is so good for you! Every Tuesday I leave feeling refreshed and challenged. I’m bringing 6 girlfriends to the next session. How fun and what a nice way to get an evening «breather» from the day to day.

I been coming here for quite some time now, mostly for the basic hip-​hop class, and it has been great. The instructor of this course is Shinji Kasahara, and all the choreography dances you do in his classes were created by him. You can check out his moves and dances on Youtube, just search his name.
His basic class is geared toward beginners, you don’t need any prior experience in dancing to join that class. Although it is a basic class, some of his choreography he does are a little fast paced, but he does a excellent job of explaining and breaking down each moves.
Classes typically run an hour long. In the beginning you do some stretching and basic hip hop move exercises, then onwards to learning the dance. The during the last few minute, you dance in groups with everyone watching, which is important in learning to dance, so don’t be shy. He usually takes 2 – 3 class sessions to complete one choreography.
So yeah, if you want to do a little more than just jumping around. waving your arm, or dry humping when you are dancing, check this place out. =)

My roommate takes classes here occasionally, and knowing I have a ballet background, she recommended her beginning /​intermediate ballet class at eXit Space. Last week I gave it a shot.
I danced all throughout jr. high /​high school and took a couple more classes in college, so I was really excited to take class after a two-​year absence.
I thought beginning /​intermediate would be pretty easy, but I was more out-​of-​shape than I’d realized, and our teacher, Jennifer, gave me a run for my money. It was a really really good workout. I felt wonderful afterward.
Jennifer is a fantastic teacher. She seemed so down-​to-​earth, funny, and kind. She even gave me a hug after class! I have had some pretty strict ballet teachers who took all the fun out of dance. This class isn’t like that at all. It’s so positive, laid-​back, and focused more on the love of dancing rather than being punished if your feet aren’t turned out enough.
I also loved that the class was comprised of a wide range of ages and abilities — from 20’s to women in their 50’s or 60’s. The older women really inspired me to hope that I’ll still be doing ballet at their age.
The first class is $ 7, and I think after that it’s $ 14 per lesson to drop in for an hour and a half class. 5 lessons are $ 65 for the 1.5 hr. classes (you save $ 1 per lesson compared to the drop-​in rate).
If I can afford it, I would love to keep coming back. Thank you, eXit Space!