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Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts

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4460 Steubenville Pike
Pittsburgh, PA 15205

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(412) 920-1841
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Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
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Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio & Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
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My daughter has been at Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio pretty much since Karen opened her doors. She has taken every class offered at the studio: tap, jazz, ballet, hip ho...

Worst

Karen Punzik is the worst business person I have ever dealt with, unprofessional, mis-informs, blatently lies, and, violent to boot. I sign my daughter up for ballet class, my d...

""This is where I belong"" 4/22/2011

My daughter has been at Karen Prunzik's Broadway Dance Studio pretty much since Karen opened her doors. She has taken every class offered at the studio: tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, pointe, musical theater, contemporary, stretch & strengthening, voice, and triple threat. There has never been a problem with classes being cut short...if anything, they run over! Karen and her staff have always been nothing but professional and very encouraging, especially with my daughter's fear of singing in front of an audience. My daughter came to the studio with a good dance base, but I have seen firsthand the heights that these teachers have taken her to. Each of these instructors offers their own expertise and experience from their years of professional performances on Broadway and National touring companies. more

BDS is for the sincere student 4/21/2011

My grand daughter has always had the talent, but not always the confidence. She has been @ BDS for 4 years and ""you should see her now"". She has just been accepted to PPU Conservatory of Perorming Arts, fall 2011. Along with intense classes, came intense encouragement and yes, tough love. Would she have made it without BDS, maybe. If you are sincere about wanting a future in the theater and are welling to work hard and learn from the VERY BEST. Call BDS ASAP. Karen, you know how we feel about you and you staff. With our deepest respect and admiration. DR & HA more

i love it here! 4/21/2011

I?ve been with BDS going for about 3 years now, and all I can say is WOW! What a perfect studio. The teachers really work hard and pull the talent out of us. When I first joined BDS I only knew step touch. I only took musical theater because I didn?t want to dance. I joined the show they did and saw how awesome the dancers were and they made me really want to dance. I started dance classes and love it because the teachers are awesome and the classes are extremely fun. I went from knowing nothing and to being able to do so much more. They really inspired me and now I wanna do it for the rest of my life! Karen and her staff are so wonderful, and they passed us what they learned from being professionals on Broadway! Karen and the staff are so friendly as well. I feel extremely comfortable in the studio with my teachers and the students. I can ask them anything and they will help me right away. It feels like we are one big family I love it here! more

Couldn't Pick a Better Studio 4/21/2011

When I started dancing, I went to an awful studio. We learned absolutely nothing. But when Karen opened her studio, one of my mom's friends (who directs the musicals at a local high school) said I had to try it. I learned more there in my first class than I did from ages 4-10 at my old studio. I absolutely love it there! I have learned so much since I started. A lot of my classmates who are younger than me are the most amazing performers I have ever seen! Karen and her staff have a really amazing studio on there hands and I'm glad to say I'm apart of it. I mean just look at Karen's tappers. I've never seen anyone else in this city who can tap like her students! Two of my classmates just did a number for Access Broadway that was original Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire choreography (Begin the Beguine)! They're only 11 and 12! And they NAILED it! Karen clearly isn't wasting time in classes if we have the ability to do numbers like this! I absolutely love Karen and the rest of the BDS staff! She wasn't voted ""Best Director"" at Access Broadway for nothing! She really is! I couldn't have picked a better studio to help kick off my future career! more

Never an issue. 4/14/2011

I've been taking my child to BDS for over a year now and have been nothing but pleased. The contract clearly states that payment is required for the semesters run and while some may not agree with that --- it is no secret, scam nor means for alert. It's clearly marked on the contract. My child's classes have always been 45 minutes long and it's the perfect amount of time for her at that young age. She's learned so much in this year and I can notably mark her progress. This studio instructs for the 45 minutes rather than practice over and over for a dance rehearsal. Shows are optional and practice is done at a seperate time so as not to interfere with paid instruction. Highly unusual around Pittsburgh. Visit the studio for yourself and make an informed decision based on an in person meeting and class tryout before committing to a contract. That's an offering that's normal practice for this great studio. more

CALL CHARLIE SHEEN, THIS DANCE STUDIO PRODUCES WINNERS!! 4/14/2011

What a terrific place to enroll your child if they have any interest in ballet, tap, jazz, musical theater, or singing. The teachers are seasoned professionals who have the unique ability to bring out your child's inner star, due to their many years of local and Broadway stage experience. And once it is out, they have the opportunity to show it off in a full scale musical production twice a year. NO BORING RECITALS HERE!!! My son has attended this studio for two years and has reached heights I never dreamed he could reach by the age of 10. He has been invited to sing at local events, is currently a Kean Idol finalist, and his room is filled with numerous Access Broadway and Onstage New York trophies. All this from a ""non- competitive"" studio, which means the money I spend every month doesn't go to him learning numbers the studio plans to use in these competitions for their own benefit. If we choose to participate, they offer separate, private classes to prepare them. My son is only one of numerous children who are achieving great things outside this studio. Sometimes a class may end 5 or 10 minutes early, but more often than not, classes go over the scheduled time. With each new semester, I NEVER think twice to re-enroll my son. It is money well spent on a fine dance studio that will one day have many famous alumni. Run, don't walk to this studio - they are the area's best kept secret!!!!! more

WARNING! ALERT! SCAM! 4/14/2011

Karen Punzik is the worst business person I have ever dealt with, unprofessional, mis-informs, blatently lies, and, violent to boot. I sign my daughter up for ballet class, my daughter hated the class, my daughter was there once for 30 minutes. It was supposed to be a 45 minute class, but they shortened because the said the previous class ran over. I paid the $123.00, they refused to refund any of the money and refused services I paid for. I took some pictures of her business and she came outside while I was taking the pictures of her building and attacked me, by pushing and shoving me. SHE IS HORRIBLE, DO NOT SIGN YOUR CHILD UP FOR ANY SERVICES HERE OR YOU WILL BE SORRY. Karen Punzik has already been turned over to the BBB, and, the PA attorney generals office. more

Overpriced and unprofessional. 10/3/2008

She offers a 45-minute class, when every other studio around offers 60 minute classes for less money. The instructor had no class schedule prepared, and her classes were only 20-30 minutes long. When I asked about the shortened classes, she told me that she does things the way she wants to and that I could go elsewhere if I didn't like it. No apologies, just a bad attitude towards a paying customer. I went somewhere else. Pros: Location Cons: Price, Class Length, Personality more
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