Danté Lara is a California (Los Angeles) based tap dancer, teacher, and choreographer who continues to impact the new international tap dancing scene with cutting-edge choreography of all tap subgenres. Dante’s entertaining improvisational skills are captivating for all audiences & he aims to bring new faces of all ages into tap dance culture. Dante has tap danced in every setting imaginable, from company work, on stage and Television to living in New York City, street performing and performing with various Jazz bands & as a soloist. As a youngin, Dante was fortunate enough to take class & even share the stage with the late Gregory Hines, Feyard Nicholas & Arthur Duncan on multiple occasions, to name a few. As an original alumnus and later teacher of the legendary LA Tap Festival since 2003; Dante has performed repertoire from hoofers like Harold Cromer, and Leonard Reed (the creator of the shim sham) & studied extensively with Chloe Arnold, Jason Samuels Smith, Alfred Desio, Steve Zee as a young tap dancer. Most recently, Dante was singing and dancing in the movie Spirited (2022) featuring Ryan Reynolds & Will Ferrell. Dante has also been performing all around Los Angeles, Las Vegas, & Utah with the Amanda Castro Band as a live Tap dance soloist. Some of his Acting/Dancing credits include (World of Dance Top 16), Nintendo, Ford, and Yamaha, to name a few.

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Dante is teaching weekly classes at Center Stage Dance Academy, Momentum Dance & Performing Arts Center, and The Den. Find more details here.

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