Extensions Performing Arts Academy

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

Registration Day is upon us!

Save the date 📅
Friday August 14th 5-8p &
Saturday August 15th 12-4p

Register any of those two days and your registration fee will be waived!

Come meet some of our staff and sign up for that class you want 🫵

See you there!

08/10/2026

✨ Season 32 is HERE! 🎉 We can’t wait to dance, grow, and make unforgettable memories together. Let’s do this! 💙🖤

06/29/2026

Our 2026 Summer Concert is a month away!

Come see how hard these dancers worked all season long in our 31st season of Extensions Performing Arts Academy. 2026 Av’s Best Dance Studio!

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll cheer.. all the emotions bottled up in this seasons Summer Recital!

You’ll see some familiar faces on stage but also see some dancers take the stage one last time with us as we celebrate the end of an era and enter into a new one!

Come join us Friday July 31st at 6p and Saturday August 1st at 10a and 6p at Antelope Valley College Performing Arts Theater.

Tickets now on sale. Check out our page for the links!

05/29/2026

As one season comes to an end another one must begin!

Come join us for our 2026-2027 Performing Co. Auditions Saturday July 11th.

⏱️Time: 9a-1:15p (Juniors Ages 7-10)
⏱️Time: 1:15p-5:30p (Teens/Seniors Ages 11 & up)

Mini’s (Ages 5-7) no need to audition!
Just turn in your audition application with your $10 and you are on the team!

All dancers auditioning please wear form fitting black attire, hair pulled back neatly and please bring clean tennis shoes and jazz shoes! As these are the two styles we will be looking at 👀

Mandatory parent meeting will be held on Monday July 27th for those who has made the team. All announcements of who makes the team will be announced Monday July 20th!

Come join our award winning team for another season of greatness! ✨

05/05/2026

Our dancers did it again!
Our Performing Company members went to La Dance Magic this past weekend and took home GOLD!

A huge shoutout to our scholarship recipients, Bre’Asia Rand, Nalieh Free and Julie Rehacek. And our very own Ms. Jennifer Phillips for receiving the Teacher of the Weekend award and a scholarship to attend a week long teacher convention in Nashville!

Congratulations dancers for such an amazing weekend!

Let’s cheer them on as they get ready for their last regional competition in two weeks as they will be heading to Showstoppers in Anaheim Ca!

Go EPAA!! 🤍🖤❤️

02/19/2026

Bring a friend week is BACK!!

Starting Monday February 23rd to Friday February 27th bring in a friend or two to join you in those dance classes! 💃

And those friends that register with us next week, the registration fee will be waived! But it’s only for 1 week so get talking and bring those friends!

It’ll be just in time for our Summer Concert!
(Dances to be starting soon! 🤗😉)

See ya next week!

12/02/2025

Today, we honor the life, legacy, and light of our beloved Donyelle.

A true Cancer Warrior who fought with grace, strength, and unwavering spirit until the very end. Our hearts are heavy, yet full of gratitude for the gift of her presence in our lives.

Donyelle is — and will forever be — a STAPLE of Extensions Performing Arts Academy. She is our 1st Inductee into the Extensions Hall of Fame, not only because of what she accomplished in the industry, but because of what she poured into this studio long before the world knew her name.

Her groundwork built us.
Her foundation shaped us.
Her influence changed us.

From her early days training within these walls to her rise as an artist who inspired dancers around the world, Donyelle carried Extensions with her everywhere she went. She left fingerprints on every generation that walked through our doors. She pushed boundaries. She created pathways. She challenged dancers to be better — not just movers, but humans.

So many lives in the industry have been touched, uplifted, or transformed because of her. She mentored, she taught, she loved deeply, and she showed what it looked like to fight for your purpose. She showed what it looked like to lead with heart.

At our 30th Anniversary Banquet, we were blessed to witness her pour wisdom, gratitude, and truth into our former owner, our current owners, and her best friend Desiree — a moment that now feels even more sacred. That video stands as a reminder that her voice, her love, and her legacy will continue to guide us forward.

Today we grieve.
But today we also celebrate a life that moved mountains.

Rest in power, Donyelle.
Your story lives in every dancer who ever felt seen by you, every child who found confidence through you, and every artist who realized their potential because you spoke life into them.

Thank you for everything you’ve given.
Extensions will carry your name, your lessons, and your love — forever.

11/19/2025

Saturday November 15th, a few of our Performing Company members helped out in our community, for the second time this month, at the 4th Annual Turkey drive put on by the City of Lancaster.

It was raining and freezing cold, but our company members pushed thru and helped out where needed.
Filling bags, cutting boxes, passing out turkeys, and so much more.

We are so grateful to be able to give back to our community anyway we can. As a small business in Lancaster, a dance studio filled with kids daily, it’s always nice to have this generation give back to those that are in need.

We thank the for helping out our community and letting us be apart of something so big! We definitely enjoyed helping and will definitely help again!

Thank you dancers for giving up your Saturday morning to be in the freezing cold helping others and helping families. And thank you to the parents for baring the rain directing traffic and passing out the bags and turkeys!

Extensions Performing Arts Academy will now and forever try and give back to our community, anyway we can!

11/12/2025

Sunday November 9th, a few of our Extensions Company members helped give back to our community.

Helping give back during a time of need is crucial all around and having a few of our dancers and parents help out was an eye opener to everyone!

Doesn’t matter where you are or where you came from, everyone needs a little help from time to time and being involved and helping each other and just talking to someone you might not talk to with an open heart, is what this world needs more of.

We thank for opening your doors to us and letting us help. Thank you for letting our younger generation see what kindness is about and what giving back is about.
Thank you Parents for being there such last minute and giving it 100 percent. Thank you dancers for giving your heart to those that are in need of it, for having conversations with those that rarely speak to others.

This world needs more kindness and it starts with our younger generation.

If you would like to help out and give back please reach out to
Even doing the smallest thing will make a huge impact in our community!