JW, I want to thank you for being bold and brave enough to voice your concerns. So many of us are afraid to do the same, for the same reasons you've stated in your reviews below. I thank you for giving me a little encouragement to also voice my concerns. \r
In the past, Revolution has been a place of fun, a place we called a second home, a place that we gained a second family. This year has been extremely disappointing. Many of us, are too, trying to get through the season. Angie, owner, has done a great deal of pointing the finger in every direction except her own. She forgets that we, her clientele, are what keep her in business. So many, including myself, have come forward with repeated concerns, and yet, Angie, you brush it under the rug and then bash on those who are desperate to have a good experience. \r
Teams 4 & 6 are glorified, and it has become obvious why. You giving your daughters teams special treatment. Our dancers on the remaining teams have become the back end and forgotten. These remaining teams have been begging to get rehearsals with their choreographers, yet teams 4 & 6 have been the only ones who have gotten extensive rehearsals. This is not an attack on those dancers, nor your daughters on those specific teams, as they have no control on the scheduling process and they are doing what is told. You, along with a couple of your other instructors have blamed the dancers for incomplete dances. Yet, they do not get rehearsals, the choreographer isn’t prepared, or they sit around talking for most of the rehearsal getting nothing done. There have been so many hours wasted, and still you blame the dancers. \r
We pay a lot of money to come to, supposedly, one of the “best” studios in Utah. The Ballet instructors along with a couple of the other instructors are worth the money. However, one jazz instructor/director rarely teaches technique or always on vacation, the other jazz instructor/director plays a game “question of the day.” Taking up almost the entire class time. Even after your former Artistic Director brought it to your attention as well as the instructor, you have allowed “question of the day” to continue. I do not pay you hundreds of dollars, for my dancer to sit around talking about their favorite vacation place. \r
Costume fees are outrageous. I wouldn’t mind paying the money if I knew I was getting a $150 costume. However, you buy inexpensive (sometimes down right cheap) costumes and pocket the rest. It’s not difficult to see most of the costumes we receive are absolutely NOT worth the money we pay for them. \r
Several of us have approached you with our concerns, and instead of working together to resolve the issues, you throw it all over social networks, and complain to others how you’ve been attacked. So, I suspect I’ll see something on your facebook, or chat around the studio about how much of a victim you are. We have been hoping and waiting for things to change. It is obvious it will not. We will not be returning next season, and will also steer away anyone who is looking for a new studio. \r
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