Malone Academy of Irish Dance in Allied Gardens, San Diego, teaches competitive and recreational Irish step dance to children and adults at 6338 Riverdale Street in the 92120 ZIP. Director Michelle Malone-Chiles holds a TCRG certification from An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, won the Western US Regional Oireachtas eight times in solo competition, and trained under All-Ireland champion Ron Plummer (ADCRG) and World Champion Liam Harney (ADCRG), whose championship methods shape the academy's curriculum from beginner soft-shoe through open championship hard-shoe choreography. The three-instructor roster — Malone-Chiles, Michael Prine (TCRG), and Kaitlin Lyons Prine (TCRG) — gives the school an unusual density of credentialed teachers, and competitive students supplement footwork training with ballet cross-training at Golden State Ballet Academy in the same Allied Gardens corridor. Classes run from beginner through open championship level, and competitive dancers travel nationally and internationally for Regional, North American, All-Ireland, and World Championship circuits. Several alumni have gone on to tour with Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, and Liam Harney's CelticFusion, connecting the school's training pipeline to international touring productions. The academy also hosts the Hidden Valley/Finest City Feis, drawing competitors from across the western region each Labor Day weekend. Younger dancers building the aerial awareness and core flexibility that advanced Irish choreography demands cross-train in gymnastics at Gemstone Gymnastics in the same neighborhood. Michelle's California state teaching credential and master's degree in education inform a structured progression system that tracks each dancer from introductory ceili group work through solo championship performance under An Coimisiún scoring standards.