West Coast Movement Project

Specialties

West Coast Movement Project offers classes in a wide variety of styles including Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Leaps and Turns, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Preschool Dance and Voice. We are a proud affiliate of the «More Than Just Great Dancing» organization, fostering a studio culture which believes that dance lessons teach life lessons.

History

Established in 2006.

Studio owner Mia Alicea relocated to the SoCal area from the East Coast in 2006 and started West Coast Movement Project. WCMP is contracted through the City of Laguna Hills Department of Recreation and began as a small program with 20 students and has grown to offer a full dance program with hundreds of students in class each week. WCMP is proud to serve families from Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest and Irvine.

Meet the Business Owner

Mia A.

Business Owner

Mia Alicea has been a dance educator since 1983. She was inducted as a member of Florida Dance Masters, Inc. in 1989. She has has owned three dance studios and has taught in Florida, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and California. She is cross-​trained in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and hip-​hop. She has studied with numerous Master teachers at Broadway Dance Center in NYC, Steps in NYC, The Edge in LA and at numerous conventions around the country.

​Her students have gone on to professional dance and fitness careers and have been accepted to multiple university dance programs by audition. She has coached and choreographed for an award winning high school dance team and has served as choreographer for Columbia University’s Cheer Squad.​Her competition routines and choreography have won numerous highest score and «Outstanding Performance» awards at the prestigious New York City Dance Alliance Conventions.

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Mia is licensed as a Zumba® and Zumba® Gold instructor.