Great people, and classes for adults and kids! My daughter has been training at Air Temple for 4…read moreyears on silks, Lyra, and trapeze, with diabolo and other props, in regular classes, popup workshops, private lessons, and summer camps. Such a warm, fun, creative studio. And their shows are so cool. One was based on the story of the Donner Party. (And you can ignore the other reviewer's old complaint. One of the teachers bought the business and took over management a few years ago. They're well-organized now.)

They are good at what they do, just don't hire them to perform. Me and another theater had a hard…read moretime with them. Unreasonable, hard to work with and work with others. Snob-ish too.

The pool only opens 5 days a week, 2 hours per day. Yale is really not the place for sports.read more

Seats are uncomfortable. Gymnasium in need of renovations. No bad seats when watching girls game.read more

This is one of the places in New Haven that you only find out by the word of the mouth. At least…read morethat was the case for us, and seems to us it was also the case for all the people we know. We found Sarah Kennedy Ballet for young people to be much better choice for our two daughters than well known alternatives in New Haven (which we tried for a full year before we found out about Sarah's studio). Particularity for very small girls, I like the way Sarah combines stories and dancing to capture kids attention, and use their imagination to develop a love for dancing. Our younger one keeps dancing at home every day and she is in complete awe of her ballet teacher. Wish I had that kid of influence on my own kid. For a bit older girls the practice is more "traditional" with focus on their ballet technique, as far as I can tell. What I found particularity striking is that performance of older girls (13-to-15) is on a very high level. Not all of them showed the same level, obviously talent plays a significant roll too, but for the ones that have a talent - their dancing was spectacular. We went to see Yale students perform just weeks before Sarah's show, and in our opinion three girls from Sarah's school were better than any we have seen at Yale (and let's keep in mind that those are under 15, while at Yale those were students). Impressive. I also want to mention that Sarah studio provides workout classes that are combination of stretching and strengthening. If you have a desk job, like me, you have to try this. I was a bit reluctant, but my wife persuaded me to go, and I must admit now that I owe her a big time, as this workout has done miracles for my back pain.

VERY Very disorganized. I showed up for a first lesson only to discover that the teacher was not…read moretaking new students. No one had told me this so I wasted my time - very disappointed

Quality child awareness classes; also plan to sign up for a music class myself soon!...read more

My young child was extremely exited to participate and we were so disappointed by the inappropriate…read morebehavior of the instructors. I witnessed them being cruel and impatient and they should not be working with children. It was a traumatic experience for my child and I hope my review helps another family avoid what we went through. It sounds like the instructor is confusing my child with another child but it is not surprising to me that there is more than one child who has had a horrible experience there. To clarify I fully witnessed the instructors yelling and witnessed them insulting my child while my child was in the room. **** Editing to add to respond to directors agressive response that he know who we are with the implication he will come after us: it sounds alot like you are attempting to threaten me to take down my truthrul review. I absolutely witnessed two instructors yelling at my child at pickup and personally experienced one instructor yelling at me dispite zero rise in volume on my part. The directors response to my truthful message as seen here is further evidence of how agressive this program is. I highly recommend you look elsewhere and I will not be threatened to take down my review knowing it can help save other children and families from such horrific conduct.

After 3 years at NHAOPA, our child is more excited than ever to start a new season. If you want an…read moreincredibly supportive environment and opportunity for your child to grow, laugh, and shine, look no further than this terrific organization. They are the best!

Wouldn't recommend sending your children here at all This "camp" or enrichments program that the…read moreteachers call it should be shut down for good, they're completely unorganized and ridiculously unprofessional. My daughter was an instructor here and everything was completely last minute, rosters, bus numbers for kids, the first official day June 28th kids were still waiting and staff were still working until after 6:30!!!! All because the two main instructors of this organization Stephanie Leaphart And Barbara Alexander didn't have any of their sh*t together. The whole first week everyday it was almost the same thing not knowing where kids needed to be, making them miss busses, and staff still working later than clock out time.

I'm a parent who has 3 children that attend here in stamford as well as family friend's children…read morealso. Myself and other parents have been notified by our children that majority of "camp" they just sit in the cafeteria and that is insane to me. GET THE KIDS SOME PLAYTIME INSTEAD OF SITTING IN THE CAFETERIA.