Who We Are
Crafted by Hand Since 1992
Danselle is the international name of Empresa de Manufactura Tejada Pérez, a family workshop founded in the Dominican Republic in 1992. We began by making children's clothing, and we learned something in those first years that never left us: a garment is judged by the parts nobody photographs. The inside of a seam. The way an elastic sits after the fiftieth wash. The shoulder that still lies flat in the third recital season.
In 2006 we turned toward the stage. Leotards, skirts, and performance costumes, made under one roof by a team of seven. Every piece we sell is a piece we cut, sew, and finish ourselves. We do not resell other people's work. We manufacture our own.
Danselle carries that workshop to dancers beyond our island. Same hands, same standard, a name that travels.
Our Journey
Three Decades, One Workshop
- 1992
The workshop opens.
Empresa de Manufactura Tejada Pérez begins in the Dominican Republic as a children's clothing manufacturer. Two founders, a handful of machines, and orders taken one at a time.
- 2005
We name what we're becoming.
"La Casa de la Danza" is registered as a trademark in the Dominican Republic. The name arrives a year before the pivot does — we knew where we were headed before we got there.
- 2006
We turn toward the stage.
Production shifts to ballet apparel and performance costumes. The children's patterns come off the wall and the leotard blocks go up. Local academies become our first dance customers.
- 2026
Danselle.
The workshop takes an international name and opens direct to dancers at danselle.com. Our first standardized catalog replaces made-to-order: consistent sizing, repeatable styles, ready to ship.
- Beyond
The next chapter.
A wider catalog, sizes that carry a dancer from her first class to her last, and a wholesale program built for the studios that raise them.
Inside the Workshop
What Handmade Actually Means Here
Four steps, seven people, one roof. Here's what happens between the fabric and the box.
Pattern & Cut
Every style begins as a paper pattern. The first sample of each new design is cut by hand and worn before it's approved.
Sew
Our seamstresses work the styles they know best. Seams are set for movement first — a leotard that binds at the shoulder has already failed.
Finish
Elastics, linings, and edges are applied by hand at the finishing table, where the details that survive a season are decided.
Inspect
Nothing leaves the workshop without a final check. If it wouldn't go on our own stage, it doesn't go in the box.
