I do not recommend this dance school unless: A. You really…read morelike financing favoritism And, B. You would like to see your child bullied Unless your child is a favorite, she/he will receive deficient instruction and no attention. My dancer is an accepted student at an arts high school, specifically in the dance program, and she is a scholarship intensive winner. She has only achieved this by attending a different dance school while still taking classes at Visions. When she started ballet and tap at a different dance school (she was waitlisted for ballet despite that she has been dancing at Visions for two years), the instructors at her new school pulled me aside to show me what kind of work was needed to fix her technique. Even time that should have been devoted to developing my dancer's contemporary and modern technique through the teaching and development of choreography for her--her competition solo private lessons--was so squandered that when I submitted a video of her performance to a respected intensive conservatory, they didn't even bother to invite her to audition for a lower level intensive, she was straight to the "waitlist." I then paid another choreographer/instructor for choreography and multiple private lessons to teach it, and the live performance of that piece immediately garnered my daughter admittance to and praise from pre-professional programs. Alongside the obvious lack of interest in technique is a laissez faire attitude towards bullying, and clear lack of appropriateness. "Favorite" dancers can speak badly about and bully other dancers, and there are no consequences. Some of these favorites bullied several dancers to the point that they left the studio entirely, despite being on the competition team. Reinforcing the status of the favorites are class and company placements, which are based on instructor whim or "tracking," seemingly derived from the amount of money a parent can spend at the school, and not dedication or class attendance. Some children are "tracked" to be held back from advanced classes or pointe, while favorites are fast-tracked, despite that their classroom attendance is spottier and their in-class time is spent on "messing around." Worse yet is treating a clique of children as one dancer, placing them in classes and dance company and on stage as though they all shared similar mastery, and treating their relationships as though it were a standard criterion for placement. Placing a group of children together in a Senior company despite that they are all middle school children and moving older children to dance with elementary schoolers because the middle school clique "dances well together" seems out of place in a so-called pre-professional dance company setting, as professional dancers rarely get to choose their stage mates. Overall I do not recommend this dance school. We enrolled there because it was very close to our home, but frankly I wish I had just taken some friends' recommendations and gone elsewhere in the beginning.

i love visions! they are my family for life, no matter where i go, i know i can always come back to…read morethe studio if i want to. the teachers are relient and the students are respectful. an amazing environment to be in and i can only hope that other young dancers are able to find a studio as familial as this one!

My 2 daughters attended Miss Autumn's Dance Class and truly loved it!! This studio offers a wide…read morerange of classes from beginner to advanced levels and there are so many talented amazing dancers and teachers at this studio that I would recommend it to anyone. Their staff, especially Miss Jessica, has always been so kind and helpful, also the teachers at this school seem to have an unlimited supply of patience...guiding the students and leading by example to help everyone grow as performers and friends. Truly great place with easy access off 309 or 476 and plenty of parking for drop off /pick up.

This is an absolutely amazing dance studio. It is actually more than a dance studio , it is a…read moredance family! Everybody there is amazing . We have been part of this family for alittle more than 5 years. My two granddaughters go here and they love it. They have many dance classes all the way from tiny little dancers to adult classes. Everyone from the staff to the families are very friendly and engaging. They the whole session getting ready for the end of year performances that are amazing. They are very professionally done and they are enjoyed by both the dancers and the families.

Good but it takes a long time to get to intermediate and they are not mean but like midread more

I love this place for our toddler! She is getting comfortable in the parent & tot class with all…read morethe equipment and starting to learn how to be apart of a "group". It's all about learning comfort at this stage!

Danced here all my life. Knowledgeable, friendly, experienced teaching staff. It was like a second…read morehome for myself and so many other dancers.

They do an excellent job teaching the students dance. There is a booming business in this dance…read morestudio. They even have adult classes.

I went here for 6 years. it was amazing but my coach was fat shaming people and forcing my sis to…read moredo balle. do better Debbie

Great place to take dance classes. My kids have been attending this dance studio for over 12 years…read more All styles of dance and Great master classes.

My daughter just performed in the recital...the second one since the shutdown. For over a year, New…read moreDance Workshop gave live and virtual options, trained teachers, bought supplies, sanitized, changed operating procedures and kept kids and teachers safe. The recital set up was done quickly, efficiently and was beautiful. Hiccups due to weather were handled completely without outward signs of stress on the faces of staff. They live-streamed so extended family could watch. Girls danced with masks or without depending on their comfort level. It was an amazing day. Highly recommend this wonderul studio.

We found Miss Jeanne's to be a very disappointing experience. We read many great reviews about the…read moreplace, so we confidently chose it as where to enroll our 3 year old girls for their first year of dance lessons. The school, for us, seems to be largely riding on its legacy. Many of the other parents at the school were dancers there previously, so as "outsiders" we often felt out of the loop and that a lot of the things we needed to know weren't widely broadcast because it was seemingly assumed that we just knew what was going on. Our girls started in September, but in January we discovered we had not been receiving any email communications from the studio. Mistakes happen, but the dates and times of the year end recital had changed, which meant family who wanted to come see the performance didn't have enough notice to change their schedules; had we received those initial emails in the fall they would have had time to adjust their vacation schedules. Once we began receiving emails it still seemed as if we would only get some of what was sent out as more often than not we should show up for class with some kind of special event going on that we had no clue about (and yes, we regularly check our Spam so the communications were not ending up there either). Also, whole emails were used sometimes important announcements were just made to the parents in the waiting room, meaning if you weren't there or stepped out to run an errand during class you missed out and had no way of knowing what, if anything, you might have missed. Overall, the communication from the studio to parents was very poor. While communication was one big issue the larger one was that parents were really just viewed as means to write a check every month. Parents were forbidden to go in to the dance studio (beyond the waiting room) and to talk to the teachers. While we certainly understand the problems of having parents in the studio creates and that you can't have a line of parents harassing the teacher after lessons, causing the next hour of lessons to run late, it's problematic when you are dealing with 3-4 year olds who aren't the best communicators. We never got any kind of feedback or assessment from the teacher or studio as to how our girls were doing in class, if or what they should be practicing at home, if they possessed any natural aptitude for dancing, and if they even seemed to enjoy it. For older students, that's not a problem, but for the parents of toddlers it's a very frustrating place to be. Our girls often seemed reticent to go to class saying they didn't like it, but then would be very excited and happy after class, so who knows. We eventually got frustrated enough with the place that we pulled our girls out in April because we were over not knowing how or what our children were doing for that hour each week they were in class and because we continued to receive very poor instructions from the studio about what was expected of us / what we needed to do. One week they were supposed to show up in full recital attire. We never were told they needed to do so that week and then were given the hasty instructions of "just dress them up next week" without any specifics of what they should wear, how their hair should be, or what make up they needed. Again, it was all assumed that we just knew all these details. As far as I can tell, the teachers do a good job with the students. Our girls, over time, did show us some steps they learned and they even performed their routine for us after we un-enrolled from the school. We felt horrible about doing so since they had worked hard all year, but we had no confidence that we would actually receive the instructions and feedback we needed to put our children in a place to succeed at the recital. The older students who were there seemed to really like it. For us, though, the school seemed very focused on the competition aspect of dance and less on the artistic expression aspects. Our perception on that might be incorrect, but that was just the vibe we got, which was also not what we were really looking for in a dance studio. In any case, if our girls decide they want to continue dancing we will find a different dance school to take them to.

We love MJ's School of Dance Arts. Having been a mom with no dance experience, I received guidance…read moreevery step of the way On what to expect of them and of my children. Current and past staff were strong on attention to detail, building confidence, and manners. Although we sadly miss Miss Jeanne, Barbara, and Gwendel, we know that the school is still one of high quality.

DO NOT COME HERE! Unless you want your child to suffer through favoritism and bullying! The price…read moreis through the roof so the owner can pay for all her granddaughters costumes which might I put in is over 20 costumes ranging from $70and up. I was bullied out of this place not only by the students but by the parents and teachers. The teachers don't care about your kids unless they are amazingly talented. Also half the teachers are college drop outs with no professional experience. This place is full of lies as well the owner is very fake and money crazy. You don't learn how to dance here, you just learn a dance. Oh and if you want to talk to the owner about moving your child up in bse good luck she will laugh right in your face. Also the moms act the teenage girls with drama and gossip. And if you want to go to a dance convention by yourself, don't because the owner will yell at you and belittle your child trust me it happened to me. Do what's best for your kid and steer clear of miss cindys school of dance

Miss Cindy's studio's is a family environment and kind approach that you can feel. My daughter has…read moredanced at the studio since she was three years old. I have watched Miss Cindy, the teachers and Secretaries treat the children as if they are their own for years. Ballet technique is vital to a dancers growth and the head ballet teacher at this studio cannot be beat. All of the teachers are great, they continue to train themselves to bring new and creative choreography to their dances. The students are given many opportunities to perform in all different venues. Some examples of performances the students have danced in are local Quakertown performances, The Philadelphia Thanksgiving day parade, dancing at Downtown Disney in Disney world, The wildwood boardwalk, on cruise ships and others. Your child does not have to participate in these performances but they are there if the students would like to. My daughter has been a part of most of these performances through the years. In her daily life it has given her a sense of confidence as she walks through the world. Participating in these performances have given her great stage presence as well as a wonderful resume that she that she will have if she decides to apply to performing arts colleges or audition for jobs once she graduates from high school. Miss Cindy's is NOT a competition studio so if your looking to get that "Dance Mom's" feel from a studio this is probably not your place. The focus is on teaching student's how to perform well and helping them to create a strong self-confidence. The training that children receive at Miss Cindy's will help them in whatever path they choose to go on in their lives.

Main Line Dance Company is an extremely special studio. I've been to three different studios with…read moremy 7 year old. Some good most not. MLDC is OUTSTANDING!! They foster an environment that allows all of their dancers to feel successful and a part of the MLDC community. The dancers learn not just excellent technique. They build confidence, self esteem and amazing friendships. Meghann and her fantastic staff are top notch. They also throw THE BEST birthday parties! My 7 year old can't stop gushing about the "BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER"!

From the owner: Contemporary dance education. Main Line Dance Company focuses on training for the serious dancer…read more Our competition team travels the region.