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Rachel's Ballet offers training in classical ballet, contemporary dance, lyrical, and jazz. Students may also take part in the Dance to Your Own Tune class, the Pre-Professional Dance Company, the Junior Competition Team, The Nutcracker Ballet performance, and an Annual Showcase performance. New students can sign up for a trial class.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
Rachel's Ballet has been a local dance school for over 25 years and follows the syllabus of the Royal Academy of Dance. The program uses an RAD syllabus-based structure divided into grades, with a developmental program that begins with Pre-School levels, continues to Lower Grades, and progresses to Vocational levels up to the Solo Seal Award. The school also offers a vocational program for students who want to train at a pre-professional level, and yearly examinations provide an annual goal and a worldwide standard to measure progress. Only teachers who have been through Royal Academy training are certified and may enter students for RAD examinations, and RAD-qualified instructors are required to attend workshops each year. The RAD program used at Rachel's Ballet provides a standard of learning that allows students to move between countries or states and continue with the same syllabus.
Rachel's Ballet includes a Pre-Professional Dance Company and a Junior Competition Team, both of which are by invitation only, and students may participate in regional and national competitions. The program presents two main performances each year: The Nutcracker Ballet in December and an Annual Showcase in May. The Nutcracker Ballet is performed free to the public at Temple Hill in Oakland, and the Annual Showcase is an all-student performance at Ohlone College in Fremont. Students must be toilet trained and developmentally ready to take the Dance to Your Own Tune class.
Rachel's Ballet has more than 150 current students and more than 16 regular and guest teachers. The school describes its mission as “Training and Inspiring Dancers and Teachers of Tomorrow. We seek to inspire our students and transform their lives with this art form.” The program is described as an award winning ballet school with an award winning Pre-Professional Dance Company and an award winning Royal Academy of Dance affiliation. Some students and graduates have achieved opportunities such as acceptance to university dance programs, Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal Awards, awards and scholarships at competition events, attendance at selective summer dance intensives, chorus member or dancer roles in Broadway productions, acceptance to English National Ballet School in London, and participation in the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition. Email communication is preferred and is stated as the best way to contact the school.
Founder and Director Rachel Tan is a certified teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance (London) and is qualified to enter pupils for Royal Academy Grades and Major examinations. Rachel Tan is a graduate of the University of Washington with a major in Communications and a minor in Dance and Education, was trained in the Royal Academy of Dance and Imperial Society techniques, and is a member of Dance Masters of America. Ms. Ashley is a registered teacher for the Royal Academy of Dance and is a graduate of the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies programme. Ms. Barbara earned her MA in Dance from Mills College in Oakland. The leadership team includes Rachel Tan as Founder, Director, Instructor, and Choreographer; Ashley Bishop as PPDC Coordinator; Barbara Campbell as Instructor; and Hilary Chu as Administrator.
Parent feedback includes comments from Shruti, who thanked the school for a show and noted the confidence she saw in the dancers; from Kristine R., who congratulated the school on a Nutcracker performance and commented that the dancers looked well prepared; and from I-Fan, who described the Nutcracker as impressive and awesome and shared that it was the first ballet performance for their whole family.
Last updated April 9, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
Rachel's Ballet has been a local dance school for over 25 years and follows the syllabus of the Royal Academy of Dance. The program uses an RAD syllabus-based structure divided into grades, with a developmental program that begins with Pre-School levels, continues to Lower Grades, and progresses to Vocational levels up to the Solo Seal Award. The school also offers a vocational program for students who want to train at a pre-professional level, and yearly examinations provide an annual goal and a worldwide standard to measure progress. Only teachers who have been through Royal Academy training are certified and may enter students for RAD examinations, and RAD-qualified instructors are required to attend workshops each year. The RAD program used at Rachel's Ballet provides a standard of learning that allows students to move between countries or states and continue with the same syllabus.
Rachel's Ballet includes a Pre-Professional Dance Company and a Junior Competition Team, both of which are by invitation only, and students may participate in regional and national competitions. The program presents two main performances each year: The Nutcracker Ballet in December and an Annual Showcase in May. The Nutcracker Ballet is performed free to the public at Temple Hill in Oakland, and the Annual Showcase is an all-student performance at Ohlone College in Fremont. Students must be toilet trained and developmentally ready to take the Dance to Your Own Tune class.
Rachel's Ballet has more than 150 current students and more than 16 regular and guest teachers. The school describes its mission as “Training and Inspiring Dancers and Teachers of Tomorrow. We seek to inspire our students and transform their lives with this art form.” The program is described as an award winning ballet school with an award winning Pre-Professional Dance Company and an award winning Royal Academy of Dance affiliation. Some students and graduates have achieved opportunities such as acceptance to university dance programs, Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal Awards, awards and scholarships at competition events, attendance at selective summer dance intensives, chorus member or dancer roles in Broadway productions, acceptance to English National Ballet School in London, and participation in the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition. Email communication is preferred and is stated as the best way to contact the school.
Founder and Director Rachel Tan is a certified teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance (London) and is qualified to enter pupils for Royal Academy Grades and Major examinations. Rachel Tan is a graduate of the University of Washington with a major in Communications and a minor in Dance and Education, was trained in the Royal Academy of Dance and Imperial Society techniques, and is a member of Dance Masters of America. Ms. Ashley is a registered teacher for the Royal Academy of Dance and is a graduate of the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies programme. Ms. Barbara earned her MA in Dance from Mills College in Oakland. The leadership team includes Rachel Tan as Founder, Director, Instructor, and Choreographer; Ashley Bishop as PPDC Coordinator; Barbara Campbell as Instructor; and Hilary Chu as Administrator.
Parent feedback includes comments from Shruti, who thanked the school for a show and noted the confidence she saw in the dancers; from Kristine R., who congratulated the school on a Nutcracker performance and commented that the dancers looked well prepared; and from I-Fan, who described the Nutcracker as impressive and awesome and shared that it was the first ballet performance for their whole family.
Last updated April 9, 2026.
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