After taking a 2 year hiatus and moving back to Long Island due to the pandemic, I returned to…read moredance with Fred Astaire Manhasset. All the instructors welcomed me with open arms and are so wonderful. They are all so kind, patient, and treat their students like part of their family. I'm so happy to have returned to dance and to have found them. Over time, they have helped me gain confidence on and off the dance floor. You couldn't find a nicer team. If you're interested in dancing, even if you don't have any experience, this is the place to go!

Just started coming here in August and I love it! This is a very welcoming studio with…read moreknowledgeable instructors who teach you how to dance and provide great feedback. I particularly enjoy my classes with Eugene! HIGHLY recommend it to everyone at all stages of practice.

It would be unfair to rate the place just according to one workshop that I took however I felt it…read morewas so mishandled I left disappointed and duped. So I'm throwing this out there so maybe they take notice and deliver better tango offer. I was invited by text message to take a tango workshop with Eran Who is their tango specialist I was told. I was excited for Sunday to arrive at 2 o'clock I was there promptly waiting with my tango shoes ready to take on a class I was told was going to be great. There was a variety of levels in the class and that's understandable as always. Then Alexey introduced us methodically to some steps and practice run. A very good teacher for the beginners and I was happy to get the chance to dance with someone who knew his steps. But I was confused as I was told our instructor would be Eran... but the lesson was sufficiently styled again for beginners. Then suddenly without much explanation a man named George took over the second half of the class and the structure completely disappeared. He repeated all that Alexey had spoke of and was absolutely over talked, under demonstrated and --sorry but as an Argentine milonguera and tango lyrics translator,-- I could not help but find it condescending to be instructed on the culture of tango by a Jewish Long Islander... it turned me off completely and 45 minutes later when we finally got a chance to practice what he called rock step and grapevine (terms unheard of in tango), I was done. Also one note: if you are a male beginning dancer please refrain from instructing the female out loud as if you knew more than she. Just Keep quiet, lead correctly and get out of her way so you don't trip, step, or block her. Men lead but do not rule. Take note. I've been searching for lessons around town and will continue to do so. Shame it was a shambles of a class.

Was not impressed with this studio at all. I received a random text saying I should write a yelp…read morereview. Do you want brutal honesty? You got it. I had high hopes of becoming a student at this studio November 2014. I'm the kind of person that knows exactly what I want when it comes to a dance studio; to perform showcases and dance with a partner that we both establish a great connection. Someone who enjoys teaching the way I enjoy learning. I was partnered with "Sasha" and he was nothing like that. Sasha a poor choice in every way. Strictly business, insulting, and instructed just to make money. We had four weeks until a showcase. He hated the song and dance I chose for our routine; we honestly just didnt see eye to eye on anything. I wanted to quit after the first lesson. The night of the showcase was a joke.. 30+ performers? I didnt perform until two hours later. Oh, and if you didnt pay the rediculous fee for dinner AND your performance, you were not allowed to eat that night nor sit. Rediculous. Also, Sasha was 45 min late so we barely had time to practice before we performed. He never aknowledged my existence that night, nor said goodbye when he left. I wrote a letter to the owner, Irina, explaining the whole situation as I'm telling it now. Nothing. No phone call, email, nothing. Just to "write a yelp review!" Here it is. Poor way to run your business when you charge rediculous prices.

My wife signed up for this membership and it was all going fine - our children are now in school…read moreand the schedules didn't match up, so she had to cancel and called in for help. She still has 6 credits which are super expensive, that she wants to use when she has the open slot by some miracle (these are already paid for classes) - they said sorry, we can't help. By cancelling, we need to pay another 30 days, plus she would lose her 6 credits. Aka, take over 1 month of pre paid credits to the grave, and yet still pay another month, to then be able to cancel. Zero empathy or understanding with a loyal long-time customer who simply is now unable to attend due to our children starting school for the first time, and no care in the world to help keep the credits. We didn't ask for a refund, simply to maintain them to use what was paid for in the small chance she can - and nothing from them. This is NOT how you treat loyal local customers who have referred many friends to your gym. This is not how you get customers back in your gym when schedules allow once again. Poor service, no care once you start paying, and scammy policies that make zero sense. Do the right ting - if someone pays for classes, let them use them. If someone needs to cancel due to reasons out of their control, let them go without stealing paid for courses. These simple practices are how you maintain a happy community, and my wife would've referred more friends to your gym, and instead, you now have a very unhappy and loud past customer and you will lose much more than what you're stealing from us. Good luck.

Bad customer service and refuse to work with customer when wish to cancel membership. They don't…read moremention theirs 30 days cancellation policy at the time or signing. I tried to comunícate with their customer service but only got answers that they can't do nothing but keep charging my account and hang up my phone. Be very careful. Update I contacted the Manhasset location but just told by staff that monthly membership will just keep on recurring event I emailed them my cancellation request again. AKT keep emailing me past due notice after email cancellation.

Amazing instructors. Great vibe. Boosts confidence for sure. Music is number 1. Everyday is a…read moreparty when you dance.

I've been dancing here for over 3 years now- the owner is a doll and the classes are incredible…read more Confidanze is definitely one of my happiest places to be!

Donatas is a wonderful and patient instructor. He makes every lesson fun and takes an experience…read morethat can be very frustrating and turns it into a light hearted learning adventure.

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Although this is an awesome school, I'm giving it one star because they are unprofessional in the…read moreway they handle their business. Due to the pandemic, 2020 auditions for 4th grade prospects were canceled. They sent out notices for video auditions for 2021. Fine, we made the video audition and crossed our fingers. Keep in mind that now it would be for 5th grade. A month after submission we got a call that they liked the video and she got an in-person callback. Now im thinking, this is good, after the callback we will know. Also, there were only 10 students called back (mind you later I realized that they actually held these individual callbacks daily/weekly all Spring long!) I felt confident for my daughter, her dance instructors were confident too. After the callback audition they didn't let anyone know right away, they actually let us know that she didn't get in more than a month later! Im not mad that she didn't get in, im angry that they literally made this process from start to finish, over 3 months. Because of this, we missed all the summer intensives deadlines (if she got in, she had to do their summer program). My theory is that in order for them to justify their paychecks during virtual learning, they had to create all these auditions/callbacks to seem busy since they get paid differently than DOE. They had no spots, and definitely not enough for all those hopeful students. Their 4th grade class from last year already had filled that class. Not cool to feed on the hopes and dreams of young dancers.

Absolutely disappointed! I do not know why they wasted my time bringing my daughter to audition if…read morethey already had the 3 children defined for these sits. They must be honest and say from the beginning how things work in this school.