On August 7, 2025 at 4:39pm MT I emailed DF to discuss this email (see attached image) before…read moreposting reviews about them. No response. I emailed again on August 8, 2025 at 7:34pm MT. Still no response. However, they were quick to reply to my google review. They asked in the google review response to address my concern with them privately, which I did before even posting reviews and then again after, and they won't respond. They claim in their response to my google review that safety matters to them and yet when I addressed a safety concern, I was dismissed. I stopped going to DF back in July except for once a week for one hour to use up my paid pass. My friends have asked why I stopped going to DF and I told them the truth. Weeks later I am punished by DF for speaking my truth by being banned from their business, although I had already been slowly removing myself, just had to use up what I paid for because the policy they do have visible to the public is that there are no refunds on purchases.
Earlier this year I reported to the DF owner and one of their instructors that I had been s**ually harassed by a dance student who admitted to his inappropriate behavior and apologized, in front of the dance instructor. I had an in person conversation with the studio owner and the dance instructor to address my concern of having to be paired with this person for about 2.5 months. The option I was presented was voluntarily quit dancing or suck it up. They also asked me not to talk about my concern with the team I was on, which I found really shady to make such a request. I obliged by not talking to those whom I was not close friends with. Per the DF team contract, if you voluntarily quit you don't get your money back. So I sucked it up and had the most miserable experience ever. The DF owner and the teacher were unwilling to switch partners, giving me excuses why they couldn't, yet when it came to an out of state performance they switched my partner those last few weeks, when this new partner could have been my partner from the time I addressed my concern. I found a new dance team and told my friends that once I used up all of my paid passes at DF I wasn't going to continue classes there. When they asked why, I told them the truth of my negative experiences with DF, the owner, and the instructor.
After several months from the time I reported my s**ual harassment concern, today 8/8 I receive an email from the studio owner, telling me I am no longer welcome at the studio for classes, dance socials, events, etc. She claimed I violated her studio code of conduct. Not once did she ever approach me with any concerns prior to today. I have been going to DF on and off since 2010 and there has never been a visible code of conduct or studio participation rules in the studio, on their app, or on their website. The instructors have not discussed participation rules or studio conduct in any of the classes or teams I've been on. When I asked the owner to provide specifics on what I violated and when, she has not provided any insight as to what I'm accused of. When I asked for a copy of the studio's values and participation guidelines, she hasn't responded. I believe she is retaliating against me for voicing my experiences I've had at DF. I will refer people to the many other dance studio options available and I will not be referring anyone to DF.