Regina Klonjeski Dance Company highlights 25-year partnership with City of Torrance, offers affordable classes for ages 3–17

Regina Klonjeski Dance Company (RKDC), a local nonprofit dance school, marked its 25-year partnership with the City of Torrance’s Torrance Cultural Arts Center and promoted affordable, noncompetitive classes for children ages 3 to 17, a city staff member said.

Speakers said RKDC offers a range of genres, including ballet and jazz, and that the company’s program emphasizes skill-building over competition. “Our program has just created and fostered this really wonderful sense of community,” a commenter said, adding that the partnership with the cultural services division has been “such an incredible partnership.”

The performances tied to the classes require several weeks of preparation: speakers said dancers prepare for about eight weeks before showing what they have learned. A city staff member, Alexandria Katsuridis, encouraged residents to register online and noted that tickets for recent performances “sold out within the first couple of days.” Katsuridis identified the registration site as torrance.rec.us.

Speakers and city staff described the classes as affordable and suitable for students ages 3 to 17. One speaker, identified in the record as a resident, said the school is “non competitive,” which the commenter said allows students to focus on nurturing their love of dance rather than competing.

The segment urged residents to browse class offerings and register through the City of Torrance recreation portal. No funding details, tuition rates or calendar dates beyond the description of an eight-week preparation period were provided in the record.

Members of the public and city staff emphasized the community and educational aspects of the partnership rather than any policy change or funding decision.