Rize All: Where quiet kids dance! We came in with our nervous, quiet kid who surprised us when he decided to join a hip hop class. Ms. Mona and Julia welcomed him with positivity and kindness, helping him feel comfortable in minutes. As soon as class started, he was grooving! As performance day arrived I feared he would lose confidence but he jumped on stage with a HUGE smile and pride! Rize All isn't just about dance--it's about confidence and pure joy. P.S. If you're on the fence--do it. What have you got to lose? read more

Rize All Arts Center - Joy! - Dance Studios Near Me - Elk Grove, California

Our youngest daughter is four and absolutely loves to dance. She went with a friend to an introductory class at another studio and loved it. Parking is typically pretty easy to find in the large shopping center they're in. We signed her up for their once a week introduction to dance class. She loved her classmates and instructor and wanted to do their recital in June. The class provided a lot of valuable life lessons. She learned and had several things reiterated: confidence, human kindness, paying attention, respect, responsibility, timeliness, and trying your hardest. Their waiting room is exceptionally small, and they prefer you drop off and pick up your child after class. Unfortunately, that's not realistic for her due to some separation anxiety issues, but we'll continue working on it. Starbucks and Walgreens are both within walking distance for those who are able to drop off their child or children. They sell a variety of ballet and dance apparel and shoes. The recital costumes were reasonably priced and absolutely gorgeous. Tickets were also reasonably priced, and the show was well planned and executed. Our daughter's dance partner bailed on her before the second show, and her instructor Mona helped instill the confidence in her to perform a solo rendition that she did a fantastic job with. She's excited to begin class again in August after soccer is over and to perform again in December's recital. read more

Signed my daughter up for intro to dance (Ballet) for once a week. She absolutely loves it. She looks forward to dance class every week! The staff and dance teachers are all so nice and welcoming. read more

My daughter does classes at Rize All Arts Center. The staffs are usually great. We had a mishap during buying the costumes. They had a promotion to purchase the outfit and they didn't have the actual product to show the sizes. The staffs recommended extra small. When the merchandize arrived, it couldn't fit her. They were trying to blame me for ordering the wrong size. So rude of the owner. So they had to give my daughter whatever was in stock in different style. They told me not to worry about it. Exactly, the same thing happened to other parents. I wander whose fault was then. It looked strange, my daughter was wearing different style. They send out so many e-mails but I feel like it's overwhelming. Anyways, the show is 2 hours. And the lines to register the girls on the day of the event was horrible and I felt most of the times the teachers were dancing. The show was long and boring. I wish they could cut down in sections. For example one set of students perform from 12-1pm and another set perform 2 to 3pm. read more

[edit: thanks to the owner's prompt action I am able to get the refund back so this is resolved. However I am keeping this post hoping to make other people aware of their new policy] BEWARE OF THEIR NEW POLICY STARTING AUGUST 2023: they charge $30 for a trial class (in the name of registration fee) WITHOUT letting you know when you create an account in the system. My kid is not their student yet but as a new customer who signed up for their trial class the experience is quite unpleasant. The school required new customers to create an account in their system first before signing up for a trial class, where I was asked to provide my credit card info (which I did - so dumb). When I checked out, it said payment amount is $0. The next day I received an email from their front desk telling me a non-refundable $30 is charged to my credit card. Even if my girl decides she doesn't wanna continue after trial or she's not coming to the trial class, they are not going to refund to me. The front desk added that I can use the $30 for a week of unlimited trial out in different classes. But what's the point when my girl is only interested in one class. I mean they should have at least made this clear when customers create an account. I hope other parents are aware of their new policy. read more

Rize All Arts Center - $30 for a trial class - Dance Studios Near Me - Elk Grove, California

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This is a great community center to enroll your kids and get some exercise and learn some dance moves. The teachers are great! There's two recital performances that the students put on and it is a well oil machine. The teachers are dedicated and interested in the kids progress. If you want to take the dancing further and compete, they also have competition teams. I highly recommend investing in your kids' future. You can take lessons yourself. You can have a trial class to see if you like it. Take that leap and just go for it! read more

My girl love this place! The staff are friendly and welcoming. They have a waiting room with a screen to watch your kid(s) practice. I personally like this, because when my kids can see me watching them, they act shy or mess around lol. I like how the instructors spend some time on each kid and help with their technique. This place is more affordable than other places too. Definitely recommend trying this place out. My girls do ballet, but they also offer tap, and hip hop. read more

So much I could say. Watch your accounts. It may say non profit, but far from. Your child never levels up,always same tired moves year after year after year. I suggest educate yourself about dance before signing up,they will take advantage of you if you dont. read more

I took my daughter to dance here. It is in great location as it's only a 5 minute drive from us. I do like that even though I can't go into the room for my daughter age I can watch on the video.The price is affordable but I haven't been happy with the service we have received. Teachers don't communicate much with the parents. The price for classes is reasonable but to participate in the show it cost a lot for just a one minute performance from your child who to busy watching the instructor who back stage on the side that they are supposed to follow or help is needed. It seems more of a performance for the instructors as there parts are more and longer so doesn't feel like it's for the kids. The uniform we got was not the one we ordered which is fine but would have been nice if management informed us of the uniform change due to shipping error or what ever else but there was no communication I had to make a phone call when I was in panic thinking my husband picked up wrong uniform but it was just they changed the uniform without notice. We took pictures for the show in June and we are now in September and our picture orders are not completed. I have emailed multiple times to get push back and basically was told at one point they are having a hard time identifying kids because they haven't seen them maskless for a whole year. It's just been excuse after excuse but they have time to send weekly promotions and phone calls to get you to reenroll. They have time for all that but sometimes take awhile to respond to emails or don't call back when I call. I been told by multiple people to write a review on Yelp but I was trying to be understanding but 3 months out and still haven't gotten a full product you paid for is ridiculous. I really wanted to sign her up for more classes as she loves dance but if I can't get the customer service I guess we should take our business some where else! Update: I'm revising to one star! As now I'm being told they don't have my child photos and they hope they can make it up to me by giving me free merchandise after pulling me along since June that they are working on them. Why would I want free merchandise of a shirt that I already have for her or a place at this point I don't know if I will go back to. You think if you paid a business for photos and you didn't get them that you would just refund that family the cost they paid for photos. This has officially made up my mind of not taking my child back. I will go else where and even pay more for a company that is more about costumer service and the kids. read more

I applaud Amanda and Dane for what they are doing. We were first introduced to them through our elementary school where they offered an after school dance program. The kids did the program for 6 weeks and at the end they had a recital for the parents. It was such a great program for my boys. When I found out that they opened a studio, I signed my daughter up for a hip hop class. She's little and never taken a class before so I was reluctant. They told us that the first class is free so that the student and parents can make sure it's a good fit before signing up. SOLD! We went to our first pre-hip hop class (ages 3-5) last Tues and it was darling! Dane kept the kids engaged and moving. He was SO patient. My daughter repeatedly interrupted class to ask him off topic questions and he kindly redirected her back to the dancing. We decided that it was a perfect fit and my daughter will now be taking the class. As a parent, I was worried that my little one wouldn't enjoy a rigid dance school and perhaps lose the joy of dancing. This school is perfect for our family. They kindly redirect the kids while still treating them like the tiny, easily distracted human beings that they are. I'm so glad they opened this location and I think we will stay at this center for a long time! read more

Came to watch my daughter have her first practice. I was so excited to see her perform. I left work early and to come watch her and all I get to see is a tiny little 32 inch screen with bad video quality with one camera that has bad video quality showing her practice in a tiny room with a bunch of other girls. So disappointed read more

Rize All Arts Center - This is all I got to see when I dropped my daughter off for the first time. Tiny little screen with bad quality video - Dance Studios Near Me - Elk Grove, California

This review was just overdue, I've had two of my kids attend this school for almost a year with the last recital was a bad and last experience for us. Sadly my daughter loves to dance but with poor customer service and staff not being professional and communicate with parents we will no longer be coming back. Started when staff told us a time for recital pictures and turns out when we came back EVERYONE has already taken there pictures because they decided to finish "early" well it would've been nice to inform people like me that was there earlier and the staff denied us. My daughter was so disappointed, didn't know how to explain that. Next class they apologize saying they will just edit my daughter in the pictures? Um ok? . I was like ok fine. Recital, season finished and emailed saying the pictures came in. Well my daughter is clearly not on the site, I emailed and they responded with "those ones have been proven to be a bit trickier" I don't even understand when my daughter's picture is the same as all the students photos. Then responds with the latest will be JUNE12. I'm guessing she's talking about the recital video. Ok but if that was the case why have they not emailed anyone this update? Like someone said here, I rather pay more for GOOD customer service. For how long they take for the kids to learn & perform one song is too long of a stretch. read more

Rize All is located near I-5 in a small plaza. The drive for us is a little long but we don't mind it all since the staff are all so friendly. There are plenty of classes and it's very affordable. The studio is a bit on the small side but I've heard that they'll be moving to a bigger one. Classes do fill up quickly and they do offer a free trial class. My little girl loves attending ballet class weekly with Ms Amanda and Ms Maranda. It took her a few classes for her to feel comfortable to go in without me, and the instructors have been very patient and kind. I definitely recommend this dance studio if you're in the area and are looking for a place for your little one. read more

I found this studio while looking for an activity for the whole family - something beside soccer! I needed a studio that had something for everyone's interest, plus I didn't want to have to participate in a performance like all the other studios seems to make you do. Rize All has exceeded my expectations. My husband and I have been taking ballroom dancing with Josh since January and have learned 5 or 6 different dances. My daughters took the contemporary dance and my son took the hip hop class The kids are having fun, dancing at home with each other and alone. The one kid who wants to perform gets to be in the performance and the rest of us get to enjoy our new found talents on the dance floor or at home. I was hoping my son would take the light saber class, but maybe I'll get out there and do that next class! read more

Where to begin. Is rize all affordable. Yes Are they the cheapest studio in Elk Grove - yes Does rize all have outstanding customer service - no Will I return- big no Will I let everyone that I know how unorganized their studio is - sure will. My daughter did dance here for one session. One session too many in my opinion. I went with rize all because it was affordable but as this rate I'll gladly pay the $60 dollars a month for a better studio and make the drive to the other side of Elk Grove because customer service means everything and that's one thing rize all does not have. During covid you were able to watch your children perform on a screen which was great but that was the only good thing. Rize all had a recent recital which they charged $12-16 per ticket per person and you were only allowed a certain amount of tickets. The recital was crap, as a dance studio wouldn't it make sense for your instructors to stand out front and not to the side so the students could look straight ahead and make it look like they know what they are doing? - Guess not because their instructors where to the side. My daughter had a 2 minute performance. The recital was more instructors than students I feel. Also, I believe the owner(s) had their small little performance at the end which was longer than the students performances. We paid $60 for an outfit, which wasn't even the right outfit. I asked about this and the front desk staff said "oh, it was changed" again how about telling your parents that so we are aware instead of just handing us outfits that don't match the flyer that you provided us. Video taping wasn't allowed, they claimed we would get a video, that didn't happen. The instructors have zero communication with the parents, something the owner(s) should probably ensure to teach his employees about providing customer service to the paying parents and guardians. We paid for photos which looked like someone just took them with their IPhone 7 and not a true DSLR. For months we never received our photos, we reached out to Rize all and kept getting excuses (there still working on them, we haven't received them) maybe hire a professional photographer to take your photos next time to ensure you get them to parents in a timely manner, not 3-4 months later. The exact words when I talked to them on the phone after getting zero photos "we are getting them prepared to send to the parents" which was just another excuse. Finally, we received the photos but the solo shot was missing. (Group photo looked like crap, someone needs to take some lessons on photography) exposure contrast was horrible so I don't even see why it took so long to be "edited" I asked about her solo shot and they said oh we will get it to you. Fast forward now they claim they lost the photo, and can't find it. We asked for a refund because it's unprofessional to keep making excuses on why we haven't received our photo. So all of a sudden it's lost. You mean to tell me the photos aren't backed up to a cloud or an external hard drive. (Do better, that's such a poor lame excuse, I'm a photographer and I keep my clients photos on a secured cloud and an external hard drive) Rize all has apologized for the inconvenience and instead of refunding they offered a free shirt, probably the same free t shirts they give out when you spin the wheel at the front of their studio . (Like I would want to promote a crap company) you would also think with social media being so powerful with Nextdoor, mom/parent groups on Facebook and local forums you would have a little more concern about your business getting negatively reviewed and try to make everything right. The owner(s) of Rize all should be ashamed. I know a lot of people who have already said they will not be returning and will be giving their business to the other dance studios in Elk Grove. Spend the extra and go with a real dance studio because Rize All is not the studio to go to and we will not be returning. read more

The studio and lessons are great. We had to pay $20 a seat to watch our daughter in 2 dances. The directors and staff seemed to use this as an opportunity to showcase their skills instead of focusing on the students. read more

I put my daughter in contemporary dance for 2 semesters. It was taught by different high school kids that were using class time to prepare their dance routine. The instructors would play the song and choreograph during class. For example, instructors would play a line from the song, try to figure the dance steps (this took a bit with trial and error), go write it down once they felt good about it, and then had the students try it. My daughter learned a 75 seconds routine for an entire semester for her recital because of poor planning. We skipped the 2nd recital because cost of costumes went way up and not worth it for a 1 minute performance. read more

My 4 year old was signed up for the hip hop class for 2.5-5 year olds. He enjoyed the class, but unfortunately we had to drop him from the class after a bad experience with the instructor. This age group can be challenging to teach and most children will get distracted and need frequent redirection. The instructor didn't seem to have the patience or understanding on how to work with high energy kids. She seemed overwhelmed and annoyed with my son. He was shamed in front of the other children and made to feel like he was a bad child. They are busy and have a variety of classes, but the instructor could use some education on child development and behavior. Children should be able to have fun while learning and not feel anxiety about disappointing their instructor. I expressed my concerns and although I was provided a refund for the recital we had paid for and our monthly dues, we will not be returning to this studio. There are plenty of other dance studios in Elk Grove that offer a variety of classes and have wonderful instructors. read more

My daughter just started classes here and we love it. Close to home and the teachers are really attentive. They evaluated where she was and asked questions about her interest to keep her engaged. When she would get distracted, they would redirect her. Overall really thoughtful and sweet. I asked my daughter what she liked about this program and she said her teachers (Mr. Dane and Ms. Amanda) were kind. That is a lot from my kid since she's slow to warm up and super shy! read more

Outstanding Dance Studio! Dane is extremely engaged with the kids and definitely connects with his entire class. My 6 year old daughter is currently doing Hip Hop and loves it! HIGHLY RECOMMEND this place, I referred my sister and my nephew loves it as well! Would give 6 stars if possible read more

I love this place!! Very well organized compare to other dance studios I've tried for my daughters. Payments, check in, email notification for updates, and website are all done smoothly. I have a 9 year old hip hop who absolutely loves her teachers. They are very positive and encouraging. Dane and Amanda (owners) are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! read more

Outstanding Studio. Amanda is a awesome teacher. My daughter is 15 years old, and we have tried few studio in the area. This is a great fit and we feel thankful to find this studio. read more