My daughter completed 10 plus years at Aerodance. The way that Ms Ranjani trains and inspires her students makes them not only amazing dancers but also helps them shape their personality by teaching them discipline, time management, leadership, commitment, determination, communication and more. Aerodance gave incredible opportunities to my daughter's dance team to perform internationally at the World Festival of Indian Dance at Athens Greece and also perform at the Diwali Festival at Orlando, Florida. Aerodance performs at many competitions and cultural events throughout the year across the bay area. This enables Aerodancers to learn about various dance forms from different parts of India exposing them to the rich Indian culture, learning about different traditional costumes. Ms Ranjani also inspires aerodancers to self choreograph and perform solo at various cultural events throughout the bay area making the students more confident about themselves. We highly recommend Aerodance! read more

Just communicated with owner and had one of the worst experiences. I thought if she can have attitude with me how does she treat the children. Owner is rude, unappreciative and unprofessional to say the least. Doesn't have any idea what Customer Experience means. The whole conversation was very difficult permeated with rudeness. Snippet of Her text to me below. I was so excited to get my niece started on her Dance lessons that she is so eager to have for so long. I told my brother that I found a well rated dance school nearby. My Dad and brother got his daughter ready and this owner just killed all the excitement. Stay Away! "Aerodance is my buisness and I set the mode of payments,rules ,policies and parents follow accordingly." In response to owner's response as expected: The child was being brought in by her father. I was gifting dance lessons so I was simply paying for the class. As for Refusing business I made the decision to not use this woman's services since in my gut I felt very uneasy and uncomfortable leaving our child under this School's supervision in any capacity. If any one wants to see my communication with her I will be happy to share the truth. Look at her Yelp Reviews and you will see how others feel about her also. I hate to leave a negative comment but she is lying and unapologetic so I will keep my review up. ~Sighs~ read more

Last year(2024) Aerodance completed 25 glorious years. We have been part of this journey for the past 8 years. My kids have learned here not just various dance forms, but even life skills like leadership, patience, resilience, discipline, and never give up attitude. The director of the school herself choreographs the dances and ensures that kids get familiar with the different forms of Indian dances. In the process, kids get to learn the rich culture of India. Every year they have the annual dance showcase where teams present their learnings. Their colorful costumes match perfectly with their dance form, and the school makes the right choice of props to go with the dance. Minute details like facial expressions, co-ordinated dance moves with the rest of the team, always face the audience, lip sync are highly emphasized. The dances are always family-friendly, graceful & leave a lasting impression. Aerodancers excel not just in dance, but also in academics, and all round development. We are a proud Aerodance family & highly recommend people to give it a shot. read more

The Dance school is very unprofessional after trying out for 6 months we pulled our child out. I would not recommend it. The kids are used as a crowd puller to all the bay area desi events. I Noticed all the things Mona P has said in her Reviews. read more

Love Aerodance. Ranjani is an amazing choreographer and has an eye for talent. This is a unique place where you or your kid will learn the difference folk forms of dance with semi-classical component. Would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn dance and get better at it! Also the annual event, Aerovaganza is AMAZING!! If you are interested in Indian dance and dance shows, it's a must see! So much variety of folk, Bollywood and semi-classical. Every year they try to partner with some other form of school like hip-hop, jazz, etc and give an out of the world performance! read more

My child has been going to Aerodance for about 3 years now. She calls it her second home. Most dance studios just show off their fame, but Aerodance is a family. Everyone supports each other and we get the opportunity to perform at such wonderful platformssss!! Actually today we are performing at the Warriors Game ORACLE ARENA! FOR bollywood night hosted by the reigning champions, golden state warriors! I would definitely disagree with the other bad reviews, Ranjani is a second mother to all her students and a role model. At aerodance it's not about winning, but it's about giving your 100% and thats what her students do. GO AERODANCE read more

Aerodance - Dance Schools Near Me - Newark, California

I would not recommend this dance school to anyone. It is not worth your time to add another stress to your life, where kids and parents are exposed to unpredictability, petty politics, playing one parent against another, drama, and questionable practices. After four years of attending here, we pulled out our children, as the owners were extremely disrespectful to us and the school is very unprofessionally run. Examples are too numerous to quote here, but a few are: The owner expected me to pay for team registrations, ticket ordering for shows, competitions, and refunds to other parents from my personal account instead of hers, and then go around collecting from parents. I was her bank. I wrote a check and forgot to sign it. So she asked me to write a second check, never returned the previous one, assuring me she would destroy it. I trusted her. A few months later when I checked my account, she had deposited it! The only way you can survive here is if you object to nothing and say yes to everything she says. Although her choreography is OK, there is no finesse or coordination in the dance. My kids did learn about Indian culture and dance. However, I couldn't convince myself that was reason enough to stay. What is more important to me is my kids are in a positive environment and learn to respect others. I volunteered countless hours of my time between the owner and the team as the Team Mom, and when I objected to certain issues, instead of dealing with it in a professional and mature manner, they took the easy way out and asked us to leave with a refund, rather than change their ways. Knowing what I know now, I would never have sent my kids here, and neither should you. read more

LOVE, LOVE this SCHOOL...My daughter has been a student for over 6 years, and she loves it. Wish I could give it a 10 star.....Director Ranjani works hard to empower her students to succeed in dance and instill good self practice routines for their students I have watched how Aerodance treats each and everyone of their students with the same amount of respect and encouragement over my last 6 years. At my daughters young of 5 she taught her to dance and practice on her own at home. And it has been a great joy to see what a wonderful and graceful Indian semi classical /Bollywood dancer she is becoming. She has learned her own self-discipline, what a great trait that she now uses in her homework and other school work... I truly enjoy Aerodance school style of teaching and the way she makes sure your child is placed in the best class for the child's growth in dance and learning.. The fact that Areodance does not promote only winning competition's but more about the road to success, learning to preform and achieving the child's best, and when my daughter wins an event all the more rewarding . I'm also thankful for all the great opportunities the school has given my daughter over the last 6 years. We are Aerodancers ...... read more

Aerodance has been next to home for both my girls and me , as I watched my shy and clingy toddler who hated dancing to a beautiful dancer over the last 9 years.Full credits to Ms.Ranjani who sees through every child's strengths and weaknesses , challenges and empowers them to overcome the fears and show their true potential. The school teaches every child discipline and respect for the art form giving a plethora of opportunities depending on how much the child can take on without any boundaries.One of the best dance schools in bay area specializing specially in Bollywood,Semi classical, Folk blending in the Western dance forms catering to a diverse dance community! read more

This is a rip off place. If you don't participate in the shows you are put aside. Instead of teaching for full 45 mins you are done in only 30 mins. The lady teaching is also rude sometimes. read more

I was introduced to Aerodance by a friend and there has been no looking back since. Ranjani has an eye to track talent in both kids and adults. She knows how to better you and polish your skills. I just started recently but already got an opportunity to perform on stage with my group. It's really a great platform for both kids and elders and if you get a chance to see Ranjani dance it's pure poetry in action. read more

Extremely disappointing. Specially when the teacher / owner of the dance class Ranjani makes false promises to get the money and then feels free to change things as per her schedule, requirement & need, without saying it to the parents. She started off saying that my child will be trained for a dance to be performed at fremont temple on holi and as the day came close she showed disinterest YET keeping us under the impression that they were gonna perform. When asked for the specific day of Holi, she backed off saying" we" can take our kids ourselves, fill the form, get the song ourselves n that she had nothing to do with it, she wud not come or represent the kids.....of course she had an array of well thought of excuses eg: that it was her b'day. Bottom line "Give the customer what you promise & admit it, if you can't". Plus she has an attitude if you get late or don't call in case you miss a class (acceptable) however that just opens channels for us to fire her when she doesn't deliver & plainly lies. I am very upset & will not take my child there. Plus the dance studio is always a mess, the toilets dirty & you dare not step on the dance floor with shoes, you will be given a look that will kill you. Unacceptable & a waste of money ! read more

Aerodance is awesome! My two daughters and I are going there now for a while and look forward to it every week. Aerodance is run by Ranjani, she is a wonderful person and a great dance artist. She is really good with all age groups, for both Bollywood and Folk dances. I have seen that she puts lots of hard work in each dance and her each song is choreographed really well. I would give Aerodance 5 stars. read more

Deteriorating standards at aerodance! Teachers are late, bad events are becoming the norm! My daughter goes here and the last 1 year and it was good but but now poor standards Classes are late by 15 minutes every sunday :(. No good events but are at the temple or free events. What's happened to Aerodance, where is the passion? read more

I send my child to learn bollywood dance at this studio. He loves the challenging routines he learns here. Aerodance is a place of serious dance instruction to kids where students are trained to be focused on performing arts. Highly rewarding yet challenging..It takes a lot of patience and practice by students .Parents are made to understand their child's potential with constant feedback. Win or no win at any dance competition ,it is a place which gives my child a very strong foundation in dance skills. read more

When I was looking for an Indian classical dance school for my kids in Fremont area, I came across Aerodance which is an Indian Semi-Classical school of dance, so we tried for a month. My daughters instantly loved Aerodance where they learnt Bollywood dance on good meaningful songs. I continued and in this past few years my kids have learnt many different forms of Indian dances like Manipuri, Bhangra, Assamese, Raas, Garba and many semi-classical dances which have roots in Bharatnatyam and Kathak. They wouldn't miss any class as it's so much fun for them. Best part is my kids understand Indian festivals better: For example they learnt to dance for a Ganesha song to perform at the Ganesh festival, they learnt to dance for a song on Ram Leela to perform at Diwali. Overall this activity helps us not only to stay close to the Indian culture through dance but helped my kids even academically as they are now confident speakers in debate competitions and presenting any of their project works as Aerodance empowers them to speak up in class. Their confidence on stage has grown leaps and bounds. As a mother I am motivated to see my child graduate as an Aero-Grad. The graduation criteria requires the child to maintain A grades at a minimum. I highly recommend Aerodance for anyone that is about 3 years old as that's when my kids started learning, starting at a young age helped them develop keener interest and they are more grounded overall. Hope Aerodance grows bigger and better with more enthusiastic dancers. Side Note:- While my kids were learning I got interested too and joined their adult dance classes and got to perform on stage for the 1st time in my life. read more

So far, not so good experience. Everyone complaints outside the so-called 'GARAGE' studio. Very bad attitude/ so un-professional/ so intimidating for the kids read more