T C Dance Club International

I'm surprised by many of these negative reviews! My fiance and I had a great experience here. We did the introductory package to prepare for our wedding, and had a blast. The lesson length was 30 minutes, but our instructor was very clear about that before we signed the contract. Also, in terms of qualifications, I discovered after chatting with her that she was a former professional ballet dancer who also had a degree in dance from KU. She never asked us to sponsor her, or push us to buy any additional expensive lessons. She did drop a figure on our first lesson, which I can't remember, but when we told her we weren't interested, she was very understanding. In my opinion, a great place where we had tons of fun! more

Great spot for meeting classy people who enjoy dancing and socializing. Super friendly place, really personable staff, comfortable atmosphere. I really look forward to my lessons and the Friday night parties. more

I went to TC after trying several other places in the area and am still a member there going on 3 months. I got the introduction thing they advertised and I was not good but my teacher was very patient and entertaining and made it fun. Each week I had alot of FUN learning. I continued after that and the prices are slightly higher than other studios but they include all the groups you can do at no extra cost plus every Friday night I go there for a party with an open bar. Everywhere else charges for the extras so all in all it is actually a better deal. And it is the biggest studio I had been to by far. Now I am not afraid to go out dancing which was the main reason I started! more

We found TC interesting. The environment is nice. However the figure they are expecting once past the inexpensive trial package was extremely high and not justified at all by the lack of skill exhibited by the teachers we were assigned. Lessons are quite short. I believe they are supposed to be 40 minutes, but the seldom were. Interestingly enough the actual length of a lesson was never mentioned during the push to sign a contract. I forgot to mention that lessons are sold by advance contract. It is required to pay for lessons significantly before they are used. We found it rather more money than we expected to expend for basic dancing instruction. more

2 years ago I was diagnosed as morbidly obese by my doctor. He told me I needed to find a really good exercise routine and stick to it. 6 months later I was still floundering with finding something I could keep to. Then my best friend said I should try ballroom dancing. ||[]I was a little skeptical at first because of things I'd heard about dance studios and I really didn't want to go somewhere where I would have to where tight clothing. I did a lot of research before hand and finally decided on trying TC Dance Club in Overland Park because it was close to my home and work and their dress code is business casual so I can go straight from work and not have to change.||[]It's now over a year and a half later and I've lost 100 pounds, I feel better than ever, learned some great dance moves, made a lot of new friends, and I even met the man of my dreams!||[]What can I say, except that this place works miracles! more

I have danced so many places before but none as perfect as TC Dance Club, the facitlity is great and the staff is even better. I don't want to compete I just want to dance and social dancing is what they do. I take private lessons, go to group classes and I really love the parties. Thanks TC, Brad. more

I've spent thousands of dollars and hours trying to find a place to have some fun and now I've done it! I found it all at TC Dance Club in Overland Park. Yes, I read the reviews but I don't put much thought into those. All I knew is that I wanted a place to learn to dance, a place to use what I've learned, and a place to meet new people. This place has it all! I usually take one private lesson, 3 or 4 group classes, and attend the Friday Student party(which has an open bar) each week and only spend $125 a month!!!! To me that's a lot less than what I spent in the past trying to learn dance and then paying cover charges to different clubs and spending $ on drinks on top of that separately. Again, I must say, this place has it all in one perfect package! more

A bit pricy??? OMG. After the first package they are talking THOUSANDS of dollars. That’s right thousands. If you are rich that is probably ok, but if you want to have fun at a reasonable cost, look around. That is my advice. Pros: very expensive Cons: very expensive more

You know, like, I read the reviews, and I totally did not believe, that TC's was really that expensive. But OH MY GOD, it was just out the pipe. The manager guy showed me what they expected to keep going on there, and I'm all like ya, in your dreams dude. But the really WRONG thing is, the people they have teaching dance, are NOT certified by any of the REAL, you know, associations of dance teachers, like NDTA or BATD, and they still expect like a mountain of cash. I mean, sure fine, some one who knows a few steps, totally cool to show a friend or something, but to charge like they have real dance training!!! I mean don't teachers have to have, like real training and tests and to be certified???? I guess not at TC's. Uncool, really. Pros: Pretty Lights Cons: Expensive, and teachers not certified more

AFTER COMPLETING THE INTRODUCTORY PROGRAM AT TC DANCE CLUB, I BECAME AN OFFICIAL MEMBER JUST YESTERDAY. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THERE IS NOT ONE NEGATIVE THING I COULD RELATE ABOUT THE CLUB. THE INSTRUCTION IS FANTASTIC, ALL OF THE STAFF IS FRIENDLY, HELPFUL AND KNOWLEGEABLE, AND I HAVE NOT MET ONE MEMBER I DID NOT LIKE. I HAVE BEEN SPREADING THE WORD, AND INVITED THOSE I KNOW WITH AN INTEREST, TO CHECK OUT THE CLUB, AND EVEN GAVE A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO A COUPLE WHO WAS UNDECIDED. THEY DID END UP JOINING. I LOOK FORWARD TO EACH LESSON AND PARTY, AND AM ALWAYS SORRY WHEN THEY END. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH A REMOTE INTEREST TO COME IN AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF WHAT THE CLUB HAS TO OFFER. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AND WILL NOT BE SORRY! Pros: SEE BELOW Cons: ZERO! more

I moved here to Overland Park in 2008 and had been working so much I never felt like I had a social life. Then I saw a coupon in the KC star for dance lessons at TC Dance Club...I thought, "Well, if I know how to dance at least I can go out and not look like a goof." With in a month I had not only learned a few basic dance steps but had made many friends in the process. Based on other reviews you may be wary to come here but if you're really looking for a fun place to learn to dance and meet friendly people this is the place to be. If I hadn't found this place I would have most likely given up on Kansas City and I'd be back in Montana by now. Pros: Nice Friendly People Cons: Not open on Sundays more

I absolutely LOVE TC Dance. I have been a student here for the past 5 years and really feel that it is the friendliest place ever been to. Not only are the other students there nice to be around but also the teachers and other staff. Every time I have a question I know I can go to anyone there and have it answered...even if it's as simple as when the next party is (which by now I should now it's Friday at 8:45). I also like that there is a great age range to interact with, every body from young newly weds, to singles, to the older experienced crowd. more

As a person with considerable inside experience I can advise that the goal at TC is not for the students to learn to dance well, but rather the goal is to sell as many lessons as quickly as possible. If your objective is to learn to dance well, you would be wise to shop around and compare. Observing students of other venues dance, it is amazing to see the difference in skills. The dramatic difference in costs are also outstanding, it is surprising to see just how much TC Charges, while imparting such a lower level of skill. Pros: Good Dance Floor Cons: Expensive, Low Quality of Instruction more

We tried TC’s a few months back, and were very unimpressed. The environment is quite lovely but that was offset by the many limitations we found. Our instructors were not that knowledgeable in dance or teaching. Several times specific requests for a dance we wanted to learn were refused. We were told that would have to wait until we had purchased advanced packages, we would have to pay more to learn the dance we want to know. That did not make sense to us at all. What difference does the dance we wanted to learn matter? At the group lesson we attended the instructor leading the class actually did not know the steps, and this was for a basic class. Other students in the class had to help the teacher!! The club is very expensive. Lessons are only forty minutes long, and for most lessons five to ten minutes were wasted with chit-chat and promotion. After the introductory lessons, they wanted us to purchase a contract for twenty lessons. The cost for Twenty lessons was over One thousand and seven hundred dollars. Crazy. I suppose a world class dance instructor would be worth that much money but not the instructors we had contact with. Pros: Lovely location. Cons: So very expensive, instructors not knowledgable more

IMHO I would advise to stay away from this studio. Lessons are much more expensive than many other dance venues in town, and many of the instructors at T.C’s are just young kids off the sidewalk, taught a few basic steps, and possess no other education in dance. What I find most upsetting is it seems set up to slow and stretch out the learning process. That is accomplished by instructing one dance; perhaps waltz, for one or two songs and then the music switches to another type of song and another dance is covered. How can any person retain what was studied in that mode of education? I found it not possible. Private lessons in many other studios locally are sixty dollars or less for an hour lesson, a full sixty minutes. At T.C. the cost is eight-five dollars per lesson, BUT the lesson is only forty minutes long. That means an hour, sixty minutes, of instruction is one hundred and twenty seven dollars and fifty cents! This is double the cost of private dance instruction in many other local studios. But also I discovered forty minutes a lesson is simply not a sufficient period of instruction for me, the material could not be practiced enough to be retained. I forgot to mention out of this forty minutes frequently time is taken out to encourage the student to bring her friends to T.C’s, or to sell the student herself more lessons, further reducing the instruction period. Lessons at T.C. are sold by contract and paid in advance, not paid for as they are used. Students are asked to purchase in advance forty or eight lessons. What happens if the instructor you prefer quits or is fired? Lessons are non-fundable. Additionally in regards to cost is a sponsor’s contest they hold several times a year, a contest that lasts for weeks. In this “contest” you are requested by your instructor, or one of the FIVE on site management team, to pay sixty-five dollars to “support your instructor” The instructor who is sponsored the most “wins” the contest. Naturally the relationship that develops between the student and her instructor is such that it is difficult for her to refuse. The money gathered by students sponsoring their instructors goes to management, and does nothing to provide the student more of improved instruction. What extras T.C.'s does offer are group classes, classes that mostly stick to the basics. After a few weeks I found them not useful at all. On most Fridays there is a dance party. A party that lasts an hour and half, but of which up to thirty minutes can be taken out for pitches by management. For those that love to dance and want instruction, I hope they can learn from my mistakes, and find a studio and a talented instructor that charges a reasonable amount without any contracts that tie the student into being locked into something she can not get out of. Pros: Nice Enviroment Cons: expensive, Poorly trained instructors more