Tarrytown Dance Center

Specialties

Our dance studio offers dance classes for all ages and experience levels. We offer ballet dance classes, tap, hip hop, lyrical dance, and many more dance classes! For adults, we offer dance fitness classes including Zumba/​cardio dance, and Barre classes.

Our dance instructors are passionate about sharing their love of dance with our students. And with some of the area’s most experienced instructors, our dance studio can’t be beat.

We also are home to an award-​winning competition team! Whatever your goals are for you or your child, we are sure to accommodate. Call today for class openings and times!

History

Established in 2002.

Leigh Simmons opened Tarrytown Dance in 2002, and moved and expanded the studio in August 2010. Leigh also opened a sister studio West Austin Dance Academy in 2004, which she sold in 2009.

Meet the Business Owner

Leigh S.

Business Owner

Leigh Simmons received most of her dance training from the age of 7 and on with Frances and Bruce Lea in Fort Worth, Texas. She was a member of the nationally-​recognized Bruce Lea Dancers who performed all over Texas, and started teaching at 15. She is a graduate of Texas Christian University and has taught all forms of dance for 30 years. In 1982, Leigh won the Joe Tremaine Dance Scholarship in Los Angeles, and became head of the jazz department for the Frances Lea Dance Center. Leigh has studied with renowned instructors and choreographers such as Doug Caldwell and Voight Kempson (jazz); Barry Lather, Fusion, Ludacris, Tabitha & Napoleon (hip hop), Marcea Lane and Liz Imperio (jazz/​lyrical), Frances Lea, Larry Howard, Ted Levy, and Mike Minery (Tap). She has been in numerous live performances, industry videos, and commercials. Leigh was also recognized in Austin Women’s Magazine as a reader-​nominated entrepreneur of 2014.