I've been doing ballet for nine years this year will be my 10th year at this ballet school. I…read morereally enjoy the teachers. I want to thank all of them for the hard work that they put in this school and our performance the Firebird for the first time the school has ever performed at Casa del Prado theater. The school has brought me so much joy and happiness. They inspired me in ballet and the Nutcracker. This is an amazing ballet school. I highly recommend this ballet school for kids from ages four till 18. Thank you so much all the ballet staff and all the team for the school, ballet has become one of my favorite sports my top favorite sports.

Some of thestaffs are not friendly and rude. And if you are none white and need financial…read moreassistance forget about it. They tends to look down at you differently when its come down to need help for financial assistance. Then why bother to offer scholarship. I will never bring my daughter back again.

There are some great places to learn to ballroom dance, but Champion is probably your best bet, so…read moremany great teachers, classes, and awesome dance floor. Regardless of level, Mary Murphy and her team will take care of you (and don't forget their dance parties)!

This rating is unfortunately based on our experience trying to book classes. We weren't able to…read morecomplete an experience with the academy even though we have seen such great reviews. At least three months in advance, I reached out to Champion Ballroom Academy to book a couples dance lesson for my fiancé and I to practice our wedding dance. We were connected with one of the instructors via text. As we got closer to the date, we had a conflict come up and asked to reschedule. I reached out to the instructor multiple times but she didn't reply. I also called the academy directly and they said they have no way to contact the instructor to confirm availability. The time came and passed, and we had no contact at all. It's such a bummer because we heard great things. Hopefully this was a one-off experience and not becoming a regular thing.

A beautiful gem of North Park, Decir Tango has a spacious floor and has an amazing teacher. I love…read morethe way Patricia Becker is wonderful at engaging the class with her teaching style. It helps elevate everyone to have a good time while navigating the challenging pastime of learning to Tango. It's important for me that Tango is learned in a safe and nurturing place and that is exactly what I've found with Decir Tango. Good Class, Good People, Good Tango!

I hate to differ but I did not have a pleasant experience at Decir tango. As someone who tries to…read moredance with as many women as possible, I was confronted by Paricia publicly to cabaceo properly and not push the women to dance with me. But let's face it, women go the Practica to dance and not sit and get bored. She could have done that in private and it would have been much better received. I guess she prefers to have the women sit and wait rather than dance and enjoy. This is particularly true for beginners as she watches over them carefully and discourages anybody from dancing with them. I never force a woman to dance with me and if she says no, I accept it and move on. There are many women that are not familiar with cabaceo or cannot see potential partners when they signal them to dance and they are quite surprised when I mention mirada and cabaceo. Also, in a small and friendly Practica setting with 6-7 women, I find it unnecessary to cabaceo and insist on the full 9 yards. I also see people hogging a partner and not changing partners at the cortina and Patricia is OK with that, so I don't know what gives. She certainly seems to have one set of rules for her regulars and another one for any new dancers. Anyway, I was reluctant but ready to accept her criticism and move on, but then I found a dollar bill on my seat. I am not sure why that happened. It took me some time to understand why would anyone do such a thing. I guess she thought she can irritate me even more and get rid of me quickly. Well, she succeeded. I will never go back to her Practica again but I feel sorry for the many women that will sit there and wait for a dance while some dance only with their regulars. They just have to talk to Patricia and try to change her attitude. From experience, I think changing her attitude is very difficult but nothing is impossible. It is malicious acts like this that make some people quit tango altogether. I could have accepted it quietly and move on but I think such malicious acts should be reported to avoid future unpleasant experiences.

I never even got to see Kerri because she cancelled our first lesson THREE TIMES…read more The first time was supposed to be a Monday night. That very night, she said she sprained her ankle. Ouch! No worries, we said we were flexible and could reschedule. She gave us another date and time. Booked it. That very night of the 2nd appointment, she cancelled again. Double booked, she said. Okay, fine, we gave her the benefit of the doubt, even if she didn't even bother apologizing. We said we can reschedule again. She gave us another Monday night. Booked it. That very night of the THIRD appointment, she cancelled again! No explanation this time. It was a very cold "I know I will lose you as a client but I need to cancel again". No apology again. We were done with her after that. Apparently we had given her 3 too many chances. I understand if emergencies happen such as an ankle sprain, but 3 times in a row? Come on. And normally I wouldn't even bother with a Yelp review, but she always cancelled right on the day of the appointment, she made mistakes that could have been avoided (double booking), and worst of all, she never even apologized!! How unprofessional can you get?? And now we're a little over a month away from our wedding with no dance teacher. Thanks for nothing.

Kerri was a great dance instructor to choreograph and patiently teach my husband to be confident in…read moredancing. If you are looking for dance lessons for your own personalized first dance, please look no further - Kerri comes to you and can teach even the most reluctant men to dance! Once we chose a quite complicated song, Hey Ho by the Lumineers, and tried on our own one night with a youtube video - then we realized we needed help. Kerri came in to help us learn our steps at our house and in the local park when we needed more room. It was so invaluable that she came to us, especially with our crazy work schedules and everything else going on with wedding planning during the last few weeks. On the big day, my dress bustle broke so I missed a few steps tripping over my train, but our dance was literally the highlight of our wedding. I can't stress enough that my husband did not want to dance at all and now he is confident in his moves and turned out to be a fabulous dance partner because of Kerri. Thank you Kerri!

Pearl is an AMAZING choreographer!!…read more My husband and I found her through Yelp, and requested information about getting our first dance choreographed. Within a week or so, we met and she had already conceptualized our whole dance with the song we had chosen! Even though we're not dancers, we were willing to take risks (and I'm so glad we did) as we dipped our toes into the world of lyrical dancing. She made sure to walk through each step with patience and great detail, in a way that matched our learning styles. Not to mention, each lesson was fun and engaging, and became the date night we looked forward to every other week! The final dance turned out great, and we received so many compliments (even to this day)! I'm attaching a video that our friend captured in the meantime, while we wait for our videographer to send the official one for reference. Kevin and I would 1000% recommend Pearl to anyone who wants to learn, is willing to take some risks, and have the most memorable time working on some amazing choreography! Thank you so much, Pearl!

Pearl is simply amazing and you'd be a fool not to book her…read more To get an idea, I have no dance background and have avoided dance for decades simply because I'm a slow learner, I'm easily confused with patterned steps, I get frustrated quickly such that I give up, and I look like Elaine on Seinfeld when I dance. I came to Pearl with a simple mission : teach me how to dance country in one month so that I could ask a special lady, "May I have this dance?" I was ambitious. I wanted to learn El Paso, Schottische, Sidekick, and Shadow in no more than one month to be adequately prepared to dance at Nashvilles in Rochester, NY. Pearl wasn't phased. She didn't think I was crazy for trying such a stunt and she was confident I could succeed [even though I wasn't so sure despite assigning myself this mission] Pearl didn't know the country couples dances and i was fully aware of that when I signed up with her. It's very clear on her website what she is versed in. But, she's a professional dancer and an experienced teacher. All she had to do was look at videos of the dance styles a time or two and she had it down immediately. It was unbelievably amazing to someone like me who would watch for hours just to fail. I truly did learn ALL of those dance styles in one short month. And although I didn't get the chance to ask that special lady that one night, I have since discovered that I enjoy country dancing immensely and I can thank Pearl for fostering that development and confidence. Now, I've asked Pearl to take me through her unique dance program to learn the language of dance and apply it to Country Two Step. It's not memorizing steps, patterns, or combinations. It's like learning concepts, theories, and vocabulary so that when you take your follower on the dance floor, you have all you need, to dance however you feel, in that very moment. I'm not stressed out about, okay first I turn her, then I put her in a wrap, then into a neck wrap, then switch places, then go into cape position...now, "Finish her!!" [Mortal Kombat reference] No, I do what I feel and I have fun with it, every time. I've only had a few of those lessons so far and it works. I get comments from long time country dancers who are surprised that I've only been learning for less than 2 months [which is really more like 1 month because of the other dance mission] And, I notice that I don't learn as well in other classes who are trying to teach memorization of combinations; all my anxieties return and, more importantly, I don't remember their lesson. I remember Pearl's. Pearl is very kind, patient, energetic, and effectively communicative in both her words and actions. It makes for a great lesson each time. If you want to learn how to dance, whether the style is listed on her website or not, just ask her, and put your trust in her that she won't let you fail - because she absolutely won't. PS - for all you brides and grooms to be that are looking for help with their 1st wedding dance event, I personally got to see a couple grow from rigid timidness to graceful fluid movements in 7 lessons. The choreography that Pearl created fit their chosen song so well. Altogether, it was very heartfelt, endearing and awesome.

If you are looking for a dance studio to learn classical indian dance (and others), this is your…read moreplace. The owner/teacher Ms. Sufi, is a very talented and renowned artist. Book a class today!!!

Balboa Park Club - Ballroom 2150 Pan American Road West…read more(Off President's Way) San Diego, CA 92101 I came here to take a written exam for a department.

This is a review from the point of view of a swing dancer. For the ballroom dancers, this is a…read moresolid 5-star place. The dance lessons typically go on inside a truly huge ballroom of the Balboa Park Club and are split into three levels. The dancing crowd is quite large, over 100 dancers, and quite mature. The beginner group includes true beginners. I came to check out the East Coast swing lesson, and found it useful, but slightly amusing. Essentially the (6-count) swing here is adopted to the needs of the ballroom dancers, with their upright postures, wide frames, general grace. For a guy like me, used to the street-type of swing, where the styling is intentionally irreverent and direction of dance goes downward, this felt quite a bit strange. Compounding this was the fact the rock-step in this swing variety falls onto counts 5-6 (like in jitterbug), and (foreign for me) styling suggestions that I faithfully adhered to against my wired-in instincts. Overall: a swing lead dancing in a variety of places might want to visit these lessons few times to be able to better lead the swing moves while dancing socially with a ballroom-educated follower. Due to the reasons above, it would be wise on the first visit to join the group one level below your actual abilities (the advanced level appears to be teaching some complicated routine). Logistics: lessons are truly low-cost: $6 (cash only) for non-members of the club. Masks are required, and can be purchased at the entrance. If the event happens in Balboa Park Club, park in the Pan American Plaza.

Madeleine is a fantastic zouk instructor. She teaches both followers and leaders and breaks down…read moremovement in terms of footwork, timing, weight transfer and more. Students progressively learn choreography over 6 weeks and practice what they learn after class at the practica. Madeleine is incredibly insightful and detail oriented when she offers feedback. Most importantly, she creates a fun and welcoming class environment for students of all levels to learn. I highly recommend giving her class a try!

Maddelleine is such a talented, warm, engaging and effective instructor. I have had the pleasure to…read moretake both group classes with her for Brazilian zouk for over a year now and also benefit from private instruction with her. She explains dance concepts clearly and breaks them down into smaller steps to follow. Her course material progresses over time. The other students in her classes and the zouk community is wonderful. She is warm and encouraging; however she will also point out where your execution is missing and give helpful corrections so that you can learn, grow and improve in dance as well. Highly recommend! I have had so much fun dancing with her for the past 1 year+