New Haven Ballet is great for those of us getting back into dance after a few years off. Open…read moreclasses are easily accessible at this location and 591 Whitney Ave at the Whitney Arts Center and affordable. Student rates available. Classes for school aged kids by semester/year. Experienced and fun teachers.

My daughter has been a student here for a few years now. She has learned so much from Theresa. We…read moreare thankful we found this dance studio. Highly recommended!!!

The teacher/owner is VERY UNPROFESSIONA! She does not communicate with parents. She will also talk…read moreabout you to other parents behind your back and also talk about you to other parents with your child in your room! she has repeatedly put children at risk and in danger. She is very deceiving beware!

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.

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