On Stage - Kids 'N Dance 'N Theater Arts
On Stage Kids 'N Dance 'N Theater Arts, 3840 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94610
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On Stage - Kids 'N Dance 'N Theater Arts offers programs that include dance, musical theater, gymnastics, and circus arts. The program also offers Full and Part Time camps that focus on dance, musical theater, gymnastics, and circus arts to fill vacation weeks. Birthday parties at the program can include dances with stories and costume changes, along with time in an acrobatics room.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
Kids 'N Dance was established in Lafayette in 1996 and expanded to Kids 'N Dance 'N Theater Arts four years later. Kris Mueller’s vision is to inspire students, and the instructors, curriculum, and approach to teaching aim to create experiences that capture creativity and allow it to blossom. The program states that it is as committed to building self-esteem as it is to methods to enhance self-expression through dance, musical theater, and circus arts, with instruction described as non-competitive, well structured, and appropriately rigorous. It describes itself as a performing arts center that grows with children, from nurturing imagination in the youngest students to more formal instruction, and notes that its high-caliber theater shows reflect its progressive approach to performing arts. The program also notes an expanded circus arts program and that its Lafayette studio has had a facelift, and it brings programming to the greater Bay Area. Most musical theater and dance shows have reserved seating.
One Oakland client in 2010 described a 5th birthday party at the program, noting that the teacher led the children in a series of dances with stories and costume changes, remembered all the children’s names, included a younger sibling who was barely three, and that the children later used the acrobatics room. Another Oakland client in 2015 said they appreciated that their children received high quality music theater instruction without the pressure and intense schedule of some other options. An Oakland client in 2013 said the teachers are incredible dancers who care about the children and want the experience to be meaningful.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
Kids 'N Dance was established in Lafayette in 1996 and expanded to Kids 'N Dance 'N Theater Arts four years later. Kris Mueller’s vision is to inspire students, and the instructors, curriculum, and approach to teaching aim to create experiences that capture creativity and allow it to blossom. The program states that it is as committed to building self-esteem as it is to methods to enhance self-expression through dance, musical theater, and circus arts, with instruction described as non-competitive, well structured, and appropriately rigorous. It describes itself as a performing arts center that grows with children, from nurturing imagination in the youngest students to more formal instruction, and notes that its high-caliber theater shows reflect its progressive approach to performing arts. The program also notes an expanded circus arts program and that its Lafayette studio has had a facelift, and it brings programming to the greater Bay Area. Most musical theater and dance shows have reserved seating.
One Oakland client in 2010 described a 5th birthday party at the program, noting that the teacher led the children in a series of dances with stories and costume changes, remembered all the children’s names, included a younger sibling who was barely three, and that the children later used the acrobatics room. Another Oakland client in 2015 said they appreciated that their children received high quality music theater instruction without the pressure and intense schedule of some other options. An Oakland client in 2013 said the teachers are incredible dancers who care about the children and want the experience to be meaningful.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
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