Stage Door Dance

Stage Door Dance offers classes in tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and hip hop, along with performance groups. The program includes specific classes such as Starlets and Me, Little Stars, Twinkle Tots, Dazzlers, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, and Lyrical. Stage Door Dance also offers the Stage Door Performance Company and the Raising The Barre Teacher Training Program.

• Ages: 1–18 years old

Stage Door Dance has been in the same location on El Camino Real in Encinitas since 1997. The studio is led by Studio Director Patti Weinberg. Its mission is to inspire children for a lifetime of success through dance, creativity, healthy lifestyle, confidence and friendships. The studio offers a free introductory or trial class and has served over 3,000 students. One parent shared that it is a fun and professional environment where their child looks forward to class each week and does not want to leave.

Teachers at Stage Door Dance are committed to children’s development and measurable progress. Staff members include Dana Rosado Campbell, who has been teaching ballet at all levels in the North County area and principally at Stage Door since 1993 and also teaches Flamenco; Noelle Schutte, who has more than 20 years of teaching experience and trained in tap, ballet, jazz, and lyrical; and Lisette Morris, who has been teaching for over 30 years in San Diego County, has taught Outreach Programs for City Ballet of San Diego and San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, and is a PBT certified instructor. Anna Hall holds a B.F.A. in Dance with a concentration in performance and choreography, a B.S. in Early Childhood Education, and an M.Ed. in Reading Specialist from Slippery Rock University, and has attended summer intensives and workshops at The Rock School for Dance, BalletMet, Princeton Ballet School, the American Dance Festival, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, and Dance Masters of America. Melissa Riley completed two years of intensive training at the Juilliard School, refined her classical technique at the Ballet Pacifica Conservatory, Riverside Ballet, and the Joffrey Ballet, has 27 years of experience as the owner and operator of her own studio, and serves as a judge for JAMZ Cheer and Dance, World Class Cheer and Dance, Varsity, KAR, and Rainbow. The studio offers several seasonal specialty performance opportunities as well as a main recital event in June.

Last updated March 25, 2026.