Stepping Out Performing Arts Studio

Specialties

Quality instruction provided by a team of residential instructors. Offering dance instruction to ages 2 though adults. Each Residential instructor is well versed in their art-​form. The Studio offers dance instruction in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Polynesian and more. Check out our Class descriptions for additional information on our website.

History

Established in 1993.

The Ultimate marriage between Dance and Music. What originally began as a boutique Dance Studio in 1993, Stepping Out has developed into one of the most diverse studio facilities in the world today. In 2010, after careful consideration of the studios next chapter, Steve and Giesel Smith launched a plan to take their passions to the next level. Motivated to offer the highest quality Artist facility, to include both Dance and Musical art-​forms, they set out to build a creative space that offers Resident Instructors a place to call home while addressing both upcoming artist a place to record, choreograph, rehearse and advance their artistic careers.

Meet the Business Owner

Giesel S.

Business Owner

Giesel Smith is an innovative dancer and choreographer with immeasurable experience in performing, teaching, competition and production. Giesel began dancing when she was five, at the Mullsano School of Dance in Brooklyn, New york. As a shy and introverted girl, she developed a new found confidence through movement and creative expression. Her training began with tap, ballet, jazz, and progressed to pointe at the age of twelve. Giesel was awarded a dance scholarship to attend the Mario Melodia Dance camp in Pittsburgh.

In 1978 her family relocated to Los Angeles, California where she continued her aspiration as a dancer. She studied numerous disciplines of dancing including:

* Vaganova ballet technique

* Pointe and pas de deux with the Danse Alliance of Southern California American Ballet of California, Inc.

* Advanced Russian (Kirov) technique, under Maestro Vladimir Luppov at Debbie Reynolds Professional Studio.

* Jazz at Joe Tremaine Studio

Cont. on website