Miss Holly's Dance Studio is located off Milltown Road in Verona, but a large percentage of their students are from nearby Plum Borough and Penn Hills neighborhoods and the studio was voted best Dance Studio by Plum Advance Reader newspaper in 2004. Miss Holly is one of the most personable women I've ever met and she genuinely loves every student in her studio and knows everyone by their first name. She is so knowledgable, experienced, and patient. The other instructors are also young women that are patient and work hard to ensure that each girl receives individualized attention. One of this studio's best features is that there aren't any competition teams which allows the instructors to focus on teaching correct dance techniques. The absence of competitive teams also allows for the relaxed environment of the studio where it is also emphasized that the students have fun in addition to developing their dance and gymnastics skills. I also find that there is an issue of favortism in studios with competitive teams and I can honestly say you won't find that at this studio. My daughter went from being a very shy withdrawn girl to someone who loves dance. Miss Holly's offers dance classes for every experience level which include preschool creative movement, combination, tumbling/gymnastics, jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, lyrical, and modern. Miss Holly's is located in it's own stand alone building as opposed to a suite within an office plaza or shopping center like a lot of other dance studios. The rates are also reasonable. Other places will charge over $46/month for just 1 hour/week of instruction and Miss Holly's only charges $36/month for 1 hour/week of instruction. She offers candy fundraisers throughout the year which help discount the expense of recital costumes. An intensive summer gymnastics program is also offered which is very popular. I have nothing but accolades for this dance studio which is why word of mouth has made this studio so popular in this area.
Pros: excellent individualized instruction, no competition teams
Cons: limited seating in studio for parents to observe classes
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