Photos: Millennium Dance Complex moves to a hip-hop beat

Outside one of the studios Nietzsche’s words greet onlookers.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Signed photos from dancers and celebrities line a hallway at Millennium Dance Complex.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

A class is observed in one of the many studios available.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Student dancers participate in an evening hip-hop/house class led by Sho-Tyme at the Millennium Dance Complex studio in North Hollywood.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Student dancers participate in an evening hip-hop/house class.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Student dancers participate in an evening hip-hop/house class led by Sho-Tyme, who has choreographed for Jay Z, Mary J. Blige and Shakira. This photograph was taken by shooting into a rehearsal room mirror.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)

Hip-hop instructor Sho-Tyme congratulates a student.  (Doriane Raiman / Los Angeles Times)