We have had a horrible experience on the competition team at dance productions and my daughter hates going there. She has no positive role models to share a ""love of dance"" with her. The teachers only care about their best dancers and couldn't care less about the rest. And the kids know it. It doesn't matter if you try hard, show up on time, and never miss a class, the teachers couldn't care less about you. And they have no interest in teaching all the kids how to be better dancers. The main competition director is also the director of a pageant program and continues to show us that her pageant program takes priority and is entirely more important . The other competition teacher is not a ""teacher"" at all. She's a very young former student who has turned the studio into a high school click. While she may have talent as a choreographer, she has absolutely no training as a teacher and doesn't even seem to like kids. She often comes in late and creates so much negativity within the studio that my daughter dreads going to class. She is not a positive mentor/role model for my daughter in any way whatsoever often belittling her and making snide comments about her abilities right before she goes on stage. It's really a shame that the studio owner doesn't hold her teachers to a higher standard. These teachers truly have an opportunity to create a lasting positive experience in these young girls lives and they are choosing not to. They keep continuing not to make it enjoyable for all the kids and to just solely focus on a few. I believe that they will look back on this time with regret. This is why the competition team is dwindling in numbers and why they continue to lose good kids year after year. \r
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