Brockton parents have trusted Matta Dance Academy for seven decades — from Shirley and Eddie's first class in 1955, to Lisa's decades at the helm, to Ashley carrying it forward today. Same family. Same warmth. Still the best in town.
From tiny dancers taking their very first plié to teens on our competition team, every class is taught with the patience, care, and "livening fun" parents keep writing about on Google.
Our youngest dancers' first love affair with movement. "Miss Lisa makes sure to accommodate all the kids" — a standard we carry into every tiny-tot class.
Classical technique taught the Matta way — warm, rigorous, and full of the caring attention that's made us a Brockton institution for seventy years.
Where "livening and fun" happens. Ashley brings the energy, the playlists, and the kind of class your kid will absolutely love coming back to.
Directed by Ashley, our competition team trains the dancers who travel, win trophies, and stay friends for life. By audition. Limited spots each September.
Shirley and Eddie Matta opened our doors in 1955. Seventy years later, three generations of their family are still here — same halls, same warmth, same Brockton kids calling us by first name.
Lisa ran the studio for decades and made it what it is today. Now her daughter Ashley — Shirley's granddaughter — is our Studio Director, leading the competition team and the next chapter of the Matta story.
When parents write "they are just a wonderful family" on Google, they mean it. Come in once. You'll feel it in ten minutes flat.
We don't write these. Our families do. Real, unedited Google reviews from the people who know us best.
Awesome and the nicest people you will ever meet. Shirley Matta is so nice and caring. Lisa Matta-Paze is so considerate, and Ashley Paze is really livening and fun! They are just a wonderful family.
Miss Lisa is a very nice person, good attention, and she makes sure to accommodate all the kids. Five stars for that.
My daughter absolutely loves Matta Dance Academy, and Lisa and Ashley are awesome!
Book a free trial class this week. No obligation. No paperwork. Just bring sneakers and see why Brockton families have been sending their kids here for 70 years.