The Dance Center
26135 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Suite B6, Carmel | Mission and 8th, Carmel | Big Sur Grange, Highway 1, Big Sur, (831) 625‑3262, dancecarmel.com
What do you reach for to teach students about greed and guilt? Well, John Steinbeck’s The Pearl of course! And where do you go to teach students about plies and pirouettes? In Monterey County, readers have chosen The Dance Center since 2019 – the first year this category began! From kids just learning to walk to pre‑professional ballet students, this studio has long been instrumental in introducing local youth to this poetic form of artistic expression.