Shin Dance Academy

I have been dancing at Shin Dance over 10 years, from just came 1 hour a week to excercise to 5 – 6 hours a week to enjoy the joy of dancing. Teachers are professional and teach according to student’s level.
Now, my son comes to Shin Dance for his ballet class. He loves the teacher and his dance. Teacher always guide him in a nice way. I can see the improvement in just 2 months.
We love Shin Dance.

A good ballet studio is quite difficult to find, there seems to be one on every corner but upon further investigation most studio’s are far below competent to even teach first grade ballet technique. In my search for a ballet studio with basic, correct technique training I tried a few adult ballet classes before coming to Shin Dance. The classes at Li’s Ballet had such ridiculous classes that came nowhere close to ballet, it really took just 15 minutes into the classes to realize I would not be going back.
Shin Dance offers 100% correct, unaltered Ballet technique that has been unchanged for centuries. I could write a novel based solely on my love and respect for this studio’s teachers, students and staff. Their love for ballet and their hard work and dedication shows in every single class they teach. To have the opportunity to learn from the teachers here is amazing, it’s easy to suddenly have your life revolve around being able to participate in a class here.
No, the teachers at Shin won’t put your 8 year old in point shoes, and no they won’t teach 5^th level ballet to a student just beginning elementary ballet. But who wants that? If you’re child is passionate and wants to become a professional ballet dancer, come to Shin and you will witness your child come far past their potentional and become an amazing dancer. It takes years and hours upon hours of hard work and dedication but if you let them the teachers at Shin Dance will help you in becoming the best you can be.
Not only is Shin Dance by far the best Ballet academy in the San Gabriel Valley but they also specialize in Chinese dance. Not the Chinese dance most are used to with awkward moves and batty eyes but beautiful, heart wrenching, technically correct and absolutely breath taking Chinese dance. If you have a love for ballet, real ballet, you need to come here and try a class. You don’t have to be a professional to attend any of the classes, the levels are right on point and the wisdom and knowledge that comes along with every lesson taught by Shin is unmatchable.
If you want to see what Shin Dance is capable of please join us in coming to see their annual performance this year! Wings of Shin debuting this June 2015.

The teacher for my class is a great dancer, but NOT a good teacher. My teacher told me that she will explain to us certain movement NEXT TIME, and she never did even when I asked her??? Shouldn’t a teacher teach? Instead of just show (off) how much she knows? They DON’T have many class choices for level and time! The classes and waiting place is usually very dark and sometimes no A/​C because they want to save money I guess, but the price for each class I would say is pretty reasonable. Be aware that most staffs and teachers there DON’T speak (good) English.

Four years ago, the moment I stepped in Shin Dance Academy, Shin’s pretty touched me by her bright smile, sweet voice, and each movement. I was totally attracted by her elegance and talent.
Dancing is my dream ever since I was a little girl. Never ever dare to imagine I still have chance to learn Chinese dance in US, don’t mention to find such a great teacher.
At very beginning, I was feeling like an ugly duckling bumping into swan team. Everyone else were flying while I was struggling to stand stably. Obviously, Shin noticed that. What she did is to provide me more chance to try, to practice. Even I failed, she always used her eye contact to encourage me keep on trying to reach the goal. Day by day, class by class, I am catching up, I am changing, not only just getting fit body shape, acquiring dancing skills, but also being more optimistic.
How to accurately describe Shin? That is not easy. Everyone knows her official title is the artist director. For me, she is much more beyond that.
She is super talented in dancing, no doubt about. A true master of dancing. It is such a blessing for us to find top level artist being our teacher at oversea.
Different from any dancing instructors I have ever met, she blends rich cultural elements into her teaching. History, folk custom, calligraphy, poem, literature are all her topics to help us better understand the real meaning of each dance, to enlighten our true feeling for the dance. We all are really impressed by her wealth of knowledge and rich life experience. Her teaching style make our learning procedure very enjoyable.
As adult student, advanced dancing technics are never our strength. However, Shin always say: «the most important is you have the heart for dance». The longer time I learn from her, the more meanings I get from simple word“heart”. That is the eagerness for dancing art, the respect for the teacher, the pursuit of dancing better, the persistence, never giving up, the trust of the whole team, the humble learning attitude, the sincere attitude toward the audience and much more.
She is still a mystery for me and I always want to dig out how many more talents she has to surprise us. Designer probably is another proper way to describe her. Designing whole performance including choreography, stage, music, lights, rehearsal, even highlight custom by her own drawing. All these are from her creatives. Many times, after her magic touch, we finished a lot of «mission impossible».
Coming to Shin dance, knowing Shin is one of my best blessings coming to US.
If you love to dance, if you want to enjoy colorful Chinese Culture, if you want to see the most elegant artistic director, come to Shin Dance Family. Let’s dance.

It is DEFIANTLY a Great Academy! I have to give a 5 star.
people are very friendly and they love to help you with your techniques.
they KNOW you are SERIOUS and they will REALLY HELP you.
Shin dance rocks cause it has the right teachers with the right attitudes and passions to teach, not passion to make money.
Shin dance studio helps you with great attitude. teachers are responsible, straight, definitly wont teach you new things til they feel you are ready.

Led by artistic director and dance instructor, Shin Yue Wang, this is the most professional and authentic Chinese dance /​ballet company that I know about in California, and I’ve had more than my share of instructors since I was 12.
I think what sets Wang Lao Shi apart from the rest is not only her very apparent passion for Chinese dance and dance technique, but also her love for the culture. A single class with her will expose you to the actual difficulty in perfecting even the most of basic Chinese dance positions, like nan hua sho, tuo jang, ahn jang, or even how to walk — you can have years of experience in Chinese dance and come here and realize that you’ve been doing it incorrectly all along… crazy. Her class, in addition, will also expose you to the rich culture of China, as her lessons often lead to stories about her own experience as a student and dancer in a Beijing dance academy, or explanations of how Tibetan, Mongolian or Korean dance movements differ from Chinese and arose from their physical surroundings and ordinary interactions and demeanor as a result of those surroundings.
She has eagle eyes, though she may not always critique you on the spot. What she seeks is improvement, effort, and a real passion for Chinese dance. The purpose, really, is to continue the tradition and pass on this aspect of the Chinese culture — in its correct form.
She choreographs her own dances, works with the dancers, is kind and inspirational.
The academy starts little dancers off first with American ballet — i think I’ve seen 3 year olds in there. As these little ones get older, they make the transition to Chinese dance with that ballet foundation.