About — Hollywood Vibe
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Hollywood Vibe

About Hollywood Vibe

Since 1998

Put the dancer first.

Hollywood Vibe was founded in 1998 by Christopher Smith — the son of a dance studio owner, trained at the Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Buffalo Ballet Theater, and the University of Buffalo. Inspired by his late mother Eugenia, Chris built Hollywood Vibe around a simple idea: put the dancer first.

Twenty-eight years later, that mission hasn't changed.

Our faculty are not just great teachers — they are working professionals. Choreographers and dancers currently active in film, television, live stage, and music. They have appeared on Dancing with the Stars, America's Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Goldbergs. They have choreographed for Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Jonas, the Backstreet Boys, Madonna, and Michael Jackson. They have performed in Wicked, Grease Live, Teen Beach Movie, Glee, and on stages around the world.

They bring all of that to your dancers. Every weekend. Every city.

Hollywood Vibe offers five convention levels, real scholarship opportunities, and competition with thousands in cash prizes — because we believe every dancer deserves access to the best instruction in the country, regardless of where they live.

Five Levels

Room for every dancer to grow.

All-Star Faculty

Committed to your success.

Scholarships

Awarded in every level, every city.

Cash Prizes

In competition every weekend.

Outstanding Service

From registration to final bow.

VIP Teachers

Rewards that recognize your hard work.

28 years.
Counting.

Every season we return to the same cities, the same studios, the same families — because this community is what Hollywood Vibe is built on.

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