We left our studio to join the competition team at dance productions and I fear we've made a huge mistake. I can easily say this is the most unorganized and chaotic studio we've ever been to. And the favoritism goes far beyond anything I've ever seen in putting 3 girls through dance. The teachers literally do not see or care about anyone other than their favorites. My child often comes home disappointed and feels she is wasting her time here and she's worried she will never improve because they aren't teaching her how to dance. I heard one parent decided to invest hundreds of dollars into ballet private lessons in order to help her daughter improve. Classes rarely begin or end on time. Sometimes I wait up to an hour after class is supposed to end before my child comes out. And there are shady characters constantly cutting through the parking lot. Cars have been broken into in broad daylight and I don't feel safe here. The lack of organization in this studio is mind boggling. We were told to buy pricey jazz shoes for a number, then we find out on the day of competition that we're wearing a different shoe. We show up to our first competition with no idea how to wear our hair or what shoes to wear for each number. The girls have practiced hard all year, and they're sent out on stage with props they've never practiced with and hairstyles that we're told at the last minute. And the props are completely out of control. We have 2 huge trucks full of props with enormous costs to the parents. And we are completely overcharged for catalog costumes and costumes that come from clothing stores. In fact, I heard one of our groups costumes came from discountstripper dot com and they were charged $250 for it. I couldn't make this stuff up folks. I was expecting so much more when we decided to join this studio. And we couldn't be more disappointed.
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