I really like ASDA. It's a good dancing place overall, with amazing teachers and studios, and the viewing area is great because the dancers can't see the viewers but the watchers can see the dancers and that way the dancers don't get distracted.
However the people are not very friendly.
I took hip hop there for a month, and quit partly because the other girls were so hostile and wouldn't talk to me or even look at me.
There's frequently long time dancer teenagers at the front desk who'll sit back and chat loudly, the competitive girls look down on the recreational dancers, and especially compete with each other -- who can take the most classes in a week? Who are the best dancers?
Most girls there have been dancing for years from a young age, have bonded together tightly.
I don't recommend this dance studio for recreational dancers in or over middle school and kids who want to make dancing friends. It's really hard to make friends unless you're really good, competitive, or you're lucky and there's new friendly people coming in.
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