ABOUT US
Under the Direction of Owner/Artistic Director Spiro Pavlakos, Cathy’s Dance Studio offers tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, modern, acrobatics, and pointe classes from beginner to advanced levels.
Classes run from September-June and culminate in a Dance Show at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in Long Island City, NY in June each year.
Whether it’s Broadway Style Tap, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Rhythm Tap, Acrobatics, Hip Hop/Street, or Modern - or our Pilates, Bellydance, and Sensory-Friendly Dance Workshops, Cathy’s Dance Studio’s talented and caring teaching staff delivers quality instruction at affordable prices.
We welcome dancers to join us throughout the year, so please call or email us to see about having your child join one or more of our classes. We offer a free trial class and multi-class and sibling discounts.
CALL NOW TO REGISTER 718-274-7668
HISTORY
Cathy’s Dance Studio was founded in 1956 by a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette, Miss Cathy Dooley, to share the art of dance with children of all ages, create a loving dance community, and to prepare students who want to pursue dance careers with top-level training.
Our school has yielded countless Rockettes, as well as on and off-Broadway performers. Our teachers stay abreast of the latest dance trends and techniques by making sure to continue their own dance training, both at the studio and at various studios around NYC.
TODAY
We continue that tradition today under the Direction of Owner/Artistic Director Spiro Pavlakos.
Spiro has been dancing and teaching at Cathy’s Dance Studio since the 1980s, has also studied with countless dance professionals over the years at studios including STEPS, Peridance, and Broadway Dance Center, and has also taught at Callina's Studio as well as at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts where he is frequently a Guest Choreographer.
Spiro is thrilled to be able to continue to bring quality dance programming in a welcoming, family-friendly environment to the Astoria community.