It's hard for parents without a dance backround to know which dance studio is right for their family....
How do you choose? With so many studios out there how can a family make sure they are choosing the right school for them?? Especially when many of the advertisements say the same thing...
Our advice to ALL families out there trying to find a great studio for their children is: GO and see the results the schools produce by visiting the directors, viewing a class, see their year end show DVD or better yet go and view the year end show for ALL of the schools in your area!!! This is the BEST way to know what the studio is about and what their results are... any school can say they have been number one for x amount of years, or that they have amazing faculty, the only way you will truly know what studio is best is if you go and see for yourself. Never take the ads you see at face value. Unfortunately people can write whatever they wish and twist words to make them sound like they are better than they are.
Watch out for studios that are huge... class sizes are too big and students can become overlooked (just a number) in the classroom rather than a person.
Watch out for schools that combine recreational and competitive together and say that you are recieving great training. Too many levels in a class equals chaos.
When a studio says you can have unlimmitted classes... watch out.. it sounds wonderful but are you really getting great training? Half those classes have too many people in them and are combined levels.... Ask yourself what is the QUALITY you would get from this... in the end is the "great unlimmitted price" really that effective?
Every family is different. Each student needs and wants different things. Don't allow your children to be just a number. Get to know your Artistic Directors and instructors.
Good luck out there finding the studio that is best for you!
Step with Style is known as the best dance studio in Durham however we are a small studio. With 60-80 competitive members and approx 100 recreational each season our studio does not over fill classes and provides great training with the correct levels in a classroom. The quality of class and year end performances is excellent! We welcome you to attend our show this season! or even better come by and see our students in action!
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I was driving at least a half hour out of the way before I joined SWS. There just didn't seem to be anything worth while locally as far as great dance training goes until Step with Style opened. I am thrilled to be able to get my children great training without having to drive so darn far!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was involved in an unlimitted program before.. and we drove 5 days out of 7 for her to particpate and this article is right.. there were too many in the classes and all different levels... we found the following season when she took just a few classes at a studio that capped their class sizes she learned far more in 3 classes compared to the 12 or so we were driving to!
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