Angela Paolino-Thompson
[ Director / Instructor / President]

Angela has been developing and teaching dance for the past nineteen years. She has been dancing since the age of three and trained diligently at the Joffrey School of Ballet, NYU Tisch School of the Performing Arts, Steps, Broadway Dance Center, Theatre Dance, Dance Plus and various local studios. She has choreographed and performed on a national level and is also a judge at many world renowned dance competitions. A graduate of NYU Stern School of Business, Angela turned her love of the art into a prosperous dance business. L.A. Dance Limited was established in 1989 and has an enrollment of over 600 students.  L.A. Dance South, Inc. established in 1996 also boasts an enrollment of over 600.  Together the two studios have developed a phenomenal reputation Island wide and throughout the nation. “L.A. Dance School of the Arts”, a state of the art, high tech new facility offering lessons in dancing, singing and acting will be open spring 2004. To ensure that her students receive the highest quality, most well rounded training possible, Angela brings in the best instructors from all over the world. Her students have appeared in: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Madison Square Garden, The Off-Broadway productions “Shake the Floor” and “Red Hot Broadway”, on MTV, has been cast for many movies, commercials and print ads, has appeared in many Broadway productions including “Music Man”, “Annie” and “Big”.  Whether students are looking for professional success or just looking to have fun, L.A. Dance has a style and class that will suite all types of dancers needs.

L.A. Dance School of the Arts - 24 Ellis St. Staten Island, NY 10307 *  877-36-DANCE
L.A. Dance Center Of The Arts - 728 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft NJ 07738 * 732-219-7778