The dance instruction is top notch! And the productions are impressive! It's a fun, exciting dance studio for all ages! read more

Arya dance group rents space to hold their classes at my yoga studio. Arya pays whenever they want. they currently owe our studio more than 5 classes and have given us bounced checks. We have had to turn them down for business, we are a small studio with no resources to hire a lawyer. read more

It's a disaster. Please find any other dance class and stay away from Arya Dance management. I am a parent of two Arya students from Marietta, Georgia. I paid fees for Arya in the summer of 2024 because on their website, I could choose the summer session for the location in Marietta. There was no number to call and no person to email. I received no confirmation of when or where the classes were and whether they had received my payment or not. A fellow parent helped me and gave me a particular email where someone replied to me saying we do not have summer classes in Marietta. Don't worry, your fees will be applied to fall classes. I was like, what! I wasn't even asked in a false semester class or not; there was no conversation about the credit card amount that they already charged me for a false class that did not exist. As a result, I ended up in fall for their class. They are amazing; the photographer and kids adore him, so we continued with the year. For Atlanta, Arya students only get one opportunity to dance, and that's a recital. The school year in Marietta is ending in three weeks. There is no date for the recital; parents have already planned their summer vacations. There is absolutely no guarantee that there will be a recital. From past students' experience, the recital happens in a temple. No stage, nothing fancy. Regret joining Arya. I lived in Parsippany for 10 years, and I knew Arya as the number one dance academy. Now I learned outside New Jersey that it is a disaster. Jason Hrithik Rohan came to Atlanta. Arya students finally got the most awaited opportunity to dance with a Bollywood star. Each parent had to pay $90 for each kid to participate in the Hrithik show. Parents and kids worked hard for weeks, canceling all other appointments to continue rehearsing. They went far from their home locations to rehearse and put up the best show. Guess what happened on the day of the show? Another disaster, almost a crime, because they crushed kids' emotions. Kids were pushed off the stage after waiting for four hours without food and breaks. Kids did not get to perform; kids were promised pictures with Hrithik Roshan. Of course, it did not happen. Instead, kids went back home at 11 PM on a Friday, which was a school day for Georgia students. The event was organized in a parking lot. The parents were standing for four hours with their grandparents and younger siblings, babies in strollers, but in the end, nobody got to see anything--no Hrithik, no kids performing on the stage. Guess what we took home that night? Anxiety, nightmares, cries, and kids who lost trust--they no longer want to go to any Indian event or want to be part of any Indian dance academy or ruin it for parents and for kids. This is a scam, an insult, and a crime. read more

This review is for Lake Mary, FL location. Things were ok in early 2025 when we started. We decided to utilize the early registration for a discounted price for fall 2025. Well the discounted session never started due to visa issues for dance trainers which is understandable. They were however not upfront about classes not starting on time (only let us know when we started following up on why the classes are not starting on time) and never even bothered to formally cancel. I suppose that would require a refund to all people who signed up early. I started reaching out to their accounting for a refund and sent multiple emails. Have yet to get a response from them but I doubt they will. Apart from that they never made-up lessons that were missed in the prior session and never bothered to refund that money either. They also charge a month's charge upfront for the last month, i.e. if you were not to come back. It's a scam to say the least as I am sure this happened at more than one location in US. They are just banking people not having the time to fight this with their office or dispute charges on credit card. Shady operation to say the least. read more

Worst Experience - STAY AWAY FROM ARYA DANCE ACADEMY Absolutely horrible experience with Arya Dance Academy, especially in SARON, MA location. Multiple classes were missed because Arya failed to secure a proper studio. Instead, families were asked to travel over 40 minutes to a completely different town, on different days and times than originally promised. To make matters worse, no refunds were issues for the missed classes - even though it was entirely Arya's fault. Multiple parents and students reached out but no one responded to a single message, emails or calls. The complete lack of communication and accountability is appalling. This organization has been nothing short of scam. Save yourself with time, money and frustration- DO NOT SIGN UP WITH ARYA DANCE ACADEMY. read more

they are a fraud firm. they registered my daughter for a class at "soon-to-be-launched" center in Short Hills. This was one year back! The center was never opened and since that time, I have been chasing them to get a refund and they keep pushing me around from one department to another. They are never available on the phone - never picked up the phone even once! Beware of them and signup to some reputable firms and not "money-hungry" frauds like them. read more

This place is pathetic. Asking for advance registration and if we want withdrew admission from class and never return the money. Whenever asked they will say call on this no and provide us email for which they never respond and never gave money back. I need my whole year advance payment from ARYA Dance Academy since November 2024. They never gave me refund. Their internal system and the owner are not responsible at all. I am pretty sure after reading this they will give me their std reply please call us and send us an email which I have done multiple times but no refund yet. How pathetic they are. I am not the only one who has the this experience but there are multiple people in this review. You guys are taking money from honest people, and obviously not running a business. This is Misleading and a big SCAM company. read more

Very Helpful !!! and Talented Liking it a lot its been 4 years with Aarya dance academy. read more

I was in the white plains class on Saturday (adults). we had the best teacher Suraj. not only was he a great dancer but also a diligent teacher and great coach. Breaking up the steps into small pieces, repeating the pieces again and again and then stitch the entire dance together was really good. He was never late and very punctual and professional. the entire batch would just continue because of him. read more

Worst experience in terms of communication with this business - they made sure to be in touch to get my son enrolled but then when it came to getting a refund they are unreachable by phone or email. The only way to contact anyone from the business is through text or their chat feature but then they kept deflecting answers. Not only have I not received my refund from them as promised, they charged me twice more after that. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND UNPROFESSIONAL. You're better off going with another dance studio read more

Our second year with Arya dance academy. I have 3 of my kids learning at Arya Dance Academy and have improved immensely in dance. Opportunities with Arya that they got was memorable when they shared stage with Salman Khan, Katrina Kaufman, Sonakshi Sinha, Daisy Shah, Prabhudeva, Manish Paul, Gurukul Randhawa, Jaqueline Fernandez. The dance style that is taught is pure Bollywood. Recently I saw their performance named "Manikarnika" where they showed the entire story of Jhansi ki Rani in 5 minutes, It was like watching a movie. I also saw the 5-7 year old kids and 7-11 year old kids perform such tough routine with confidence Arya is bringing teachers straight from Bollywood and it's all about dance.... read more

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Horrible administration. After taking the whole year's money, completely disappeared and have not responded back to any mail/call. No Classes. Never ever pay in advance or you will be disappointed. Hope authority takes strict action against such company. Find some other more responsible dance academy, which saves you from the headache. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Their number always goes on voice mail and they never call you back or reply to your email. read more

My daughter has been going to Arya Dance (LI/Queens, NY) for more than four years (including COVID-19); unfortunately, it is not as it used to be. The instructor is a fantastic coach, instructor, and friend to all the boys and girls. But Arya has failed to maintain a good rapport and is a fraudulent and cheated company! The company takes full advantage of trying to keep up a name but never responds to customers' inquiries by phone or mail. It has been noted through the years that they do not pay their studio facilities (rentals) or instructors on time or at all, creating another set of issues and a sour taste. It is promised that the children will get the appropriate wear needed for all performances, and the groups will participate in community events. That is not true! They do not provide any quality costumes or opportunities. For the last two years, we, the parents, bought costumes for the group so they did not have to wear wrinkled, filthy, smelly, and raggedy costumes that Arya sends in black plastic bags; I should add that the costumes are also 2x to 3x sizes bigger, and so each parent has to figure out a way to do work without "damaging it."This dance company does not take pride in the shows and performances that the groups are doing; they only care about collecting money, your money, but they do not care about your child's learning and progress. For what it is worth, My child learned a lot from her very hardworking and dedicated instructor. As per Arya Dance Academy, Beware! Don't join Arya Dance Academy! Choose a locally run business that cares about your child and takes pride in their groups. read more

Worst company. Cheat and Fraud. Took 2 months advance but teacher didn't show up. When asked about refund they are not returning. Always telling someone from account team will reach out but no one yet reached and no refund also. read more

I wouldn't recommend, at all. When I was a child, they hired on an assistant student choreographer named Madhuri "Mona" Gianchandani. She was hired under a teacher here named Shamia. I believe that was the spelling of her name. We called her "Shamia Didi" - Indian term for "Big Sister" This young lady - Madhuri "Mona" - spent the entire dance year bullying, harassing, and slandering me. A paying customer. A student to dance. Out of jealousy, or who knows what. As a reference, I am 5'7. This young woman was 5'1-5'2, and dying to be the next top model. She has been entered into almost every pageant you could possibly pay for, to enter your child into. Pay for play types of things. The effort spent to launch the girl was costly and unneeded. This experience almost killed my love for dance. My parents mentioned what was happening to the owners of Arya many times, but they did not refund my tuition, and let the bullying continue. I would not send my children here. Support dance schools that foster an anti-bullying environment. Especially when it comes to the youth of today. I vividly remember how I almost stopped dancing because of my experience with this vile young woman, at this school. And how the owners did not care. Because of favoritism, blind need for tuition, or whatever the case. read more

What an unprofessional outfit! This review applies to all arya locations in Seattle area most of them shutdown anyway.These guys run a Bollywood dance academy in the most unprofessional way. Schedule and locations are not adhered too. The main instructor Sophia is ill -mannered and has no idea how to talk to or deal with customers. Kids are absolutely not motivated and most of them leave classes crying especially the younger children. Lot of kids ended leaving tge class. The instructor doesn't try to make an effort to make the classes likeable. They shut down couple of locations including Bellevue and Kirkland due to lack of students. She takes vacation and then instead of a backup instructor when she is on vacation. She crams all the makeup classes onto a weekend. On top of that there is regular nickel and dimeing in the form of plastic jewellery, show participaton fees etc read more

This was my first experience with Arya Academy. I love dancing and I am practicing dance since I was 7 years old. When I registered for this event through Arya, they gave 5 online lessons for the show. Most of the lessons were instructed by Rahul sir. I think he is one of the best instructors that Arya Academy has. He is versatile and focused. His dance move transitions were specific and easy to understand. However, I had another performance one the same day for another show, so I was a little late in reaching for last minute rehearsals for the stage show of March 11, 2023 where I was supposed to perform with other girls for Nora and Zara. When I reached there, there was a lady named Prerna who was organizing the girls positions and giving out costumes. So because I arrived a little late, she had handed out the costumes for the first row to the other girls. After rehearsing for some time, Rahul sir just mentioned to her that Pranjal is a very good dancer and it would be good to put her in first row. But she was very, very rude and she said that because the costumes had been handed out and because I came late, she put me in the back row. Adding to that, there was another lady, who spoke Hindi and was short, I don't know her name, but she was kind of the most rudest person i've met till now. Because I came late, instead of helping me out for what going on, as I arrived in the middle of everything and was trying to catch up with everyone, she asked me where my costume was and since I didn't know what was going on, and instead of helping to get me a costume, she said that because I don't have the costume, she very rudely said to get out of the dance performance. On the other hand, Prerna did not listen to Rahul sir's recommendation and downright said not to put me in the front row, in spite of my good dancing skills. So overall for me, my first experience with Arya Academy might be the "best" for others, but some people working with Arya don't treat the newcomers right and the MOST IMPORTANT THING I noticed was THEY DONT NEED THE DANCERS WITH GOOD SKILLS TO PEFORM, THEY ONLY GAVE IMPORTANCE TO THE COSTUMES WHICH WERE ALREADY HANDED OUT TO PERFORMERS WHO CAME EARLY AND IT DID NOT MATTER TO THEM WHETHER THEY WERE GOOD DANCERS OR NOT. THEY DID NOT EVEN ASK ME ONCE TO SHOW MY DANCE SKILLS TO SEE IF I DESERVED TO BE IN THE FRONT ROW. My parents were in the audience with floor tickets very near to the stage. They have my performance video so you can clearly see this. So for my first experience, DANCE SKILLS DIDN'T MATTER FOR THE POSITIONS ON THE STAGE, COSTUMES AND ARRIVAL TIME MATTERED MORE. read more

Extremely disappointed and frustrated. Never received refund despite several calls, texts and emails. I had to cancel the session because you changed the location of the classes after I registered. The new location was not convenient for us. I am still waiting for $396 to be refunded after 9 months of waiting. read more

I signed my daughters up for dance classes this year at Arya and prepaid for the fall quarter.  Arya wasn't able to find a dance teacher to teach a class in my area.  Arya has refused to refund the money I paid and is now not responding to emails and phone calls regarding my refund.  Do not sign your kids up for their classes, this company doesn't treat their customers well. If I could give them negative stars, I would! read more

I was somehow charged for a Full year of dance classes for which I never signed up or used. They confirmed that they will issue a refund and its been 6 month of countinious followup but I never got the refund nor any response to my email/voice messages. read more

Fraudulent Dance Company who steal money from you. Please don't send your children to this dance academy. While registering, they sent me an email saying, if I register early and pay for the full year(September 2019 to June 2020), i would get a discount. It is called "Early Bird Full Payment Discount". So, I paid $720 in June 2019. My daughter took her first class on September 11,2019. She didnot like it, so I called them the next day and said, I want to witdraw from the class. I asked them about my money and they said, I will be refunded in 2-3 weeks. It's been 2 months now and I didnot get my money back. I tried calling them and it always goes to voice mail. Recently when i call, it says the number is no longer in service. I am going to take a legal action on them regarding this issue. read more

We had filled the dropout form for discontinuation of classes as per Arya policies. We were charged for last month and soon after that Arya cancelled the classes for the entire month . I contacted Arya multiple times and requested them to refund the amount for the last month (since it was our last month continuing with Arya) . Arya representatives were never willing to credit the amount back to us. Therefore,we continued our way with the credit card company to get the amount that we had paid for the dance classes for last month . Think multiple times before you enroll in Arya Dance Academy. When the time to credit money back to customer arrives, Arya lacks policies !! read more

Arya NJ is very unprofessional! I have enrolled in early registration and paid in advance for fall of 2020 dance classes . Due to personal reasons I have to drop off. They have confirmed that they will issue a refund in Aug 2020 and again in Sep, Oct, Nov and now its December, and I still did not get the refund nor any response to my email/voice messages. Please do not do early registration and pay for the full/half year. The only reason why I have chosen Arya is due to its good instructor. read more

The only reason I am giving this institute a star is because the dance instructor is good. Management is absolutely horrible. Customer support is so rude to talk to. To get my daughter out of the class was the most painful experience. They gave no paper work when we joined the class. I had been informed by customer support that drop out dates will be Jan. On Dec4th I get a mail that drop out window has started and will end in a day. I was travelling on dec 4th and by the time I could respond drop out window was over. When we called customer care they mentioned the drop out window was in Nov which parents were never informed of. They said it was initial registration paper given to us 4 months back ( which we never received). We requested them to make an exception but customer care was just rude. We requested them to drop out for later semester (April) which again they refused to do ( apparently we need to call them on the exact mentioned date to drop off). Apparently website cannot handle drop off and they never respond to calls (how can a parent call to drop off if you never respond to one??) . Have left them numerous voicemail and never received a response to even one. This class just feels like a trap. read more

If I could, I would give to zero stars. I have made multiple attempts to get a refund for classes and have yet to see it. Intact, I am not even given a call back. the instructors are wonderful but the company is a cheat. i would never recommend anyone to use Arya Dance Academy. Terrible experience. No accountability. read more

Disastrous. Only company beneficial policies. 1. You need to pay for classes even if you are not attending for months and though mentioned upfront. 2. When ask for policy, response saying no policies exists. 3. Tells you will get referral amount paid if you refer you someone. No way even you follow up by spamming their inbox. 4. You cannot remove payment info. from their site once added**. You should pay them at any cost. read more

my daughter has been going for a few months and is really enjoying it. hope they continue the trend with the good teachers they have now

*FRAUD ALERT* They schedule classes, take the money from you and then cancel the classes. When you try to contact them for refund.. they push u to the website where there is no response for weeks..when contacted again they say I am on the drop list n I will get refund in 3-4 weeks. That obviously did not happen plus they fraudulently charged me for random 266$. When trying to contact them repeatedly no response! BEWARE!! *DO NOT REGISTER AND DON'T PAY ANY DEPOSIT.* they will unnecessarily charge you plus their website doesn't allow u to remove card details as well! read more

Arya Dance Academy is Excellent Dance Academy. My daughter is taking classes in Seattle Bellevue location from Ms. Sophia who is highly trained dance instructor with 14 years experience in teaching and Always unique choreography with best Techniques. The teachers (especially Ms. Sophia) is devoted to the kids and make sure kids are not only learning and growing as dancers but also enjoying it. She has taught them the true meaning of what it means to be part of a team!! The kids have really learned to trust each other. Win or Loose, they know they belong to one team. The Arya Team. Sophia is Very hard working and very punctual for classes. When ever competition or performance is there she takes an extra classes. She is Awesome at making JEWELRY, PROPS and on the top arranging free Costumes from Arya dance. She encourage the kids at all levels bringing them up from the beginners to becoming the professionals that they will be. The talent is surpassable and the company encourages kids to perform at platforms such as the yearly recitals, the Diwali shows, Talent show, IFFA, Dance USA Dance and Da Bangg reloaded with Salman Khan and many others throughout the USA. These shows and events give opportunities to kids to showcase their talents on a very big scale. These shows that the kids have performed at have included Bollywood celebrities namely Salman Khan, Varun Dhavan, Katrina Kaif, Shahid Kapoor, Kirti Sanon, Sushant Singh Rajput, Saroj Khan, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Farhan Akhtar, Kamal khan, Guru Randhawa, Sonakshi Sinha, Prabhu Deva just to name a few. The experience and the exposure is commendable. Arya is by far the best dance company when it comes to establishing the talent in these children. The dances are phenomenally choreographed and these kids come out as stars in their own realm.I would highly recommend this company to anyone looking to express themselves in the form of dance.... Reason of review: Excellent quality. I liked: Performance opportunities, Instructors. Looking forward to many more years with Arya! ARYA ROCKS!! read more

The instructors are all awesome, brought from India... the Finance department Needs help. Several families and I paid upfront for a class that didn't start the month they said it was going to and they refused to refund any of us. Please be careful if enrolling your kids here. read more

Charged my Credit Card without authorization on Jun 2nd 2020. Online account does show a negative balance of - minus $456, but AryaIntl is not refunding, & are not responding to emails or phone calls. read more

Do not trust their investment program in Arya. They gave the pamphlets with 10% interest for a year but when the time comes they will not pick up the phone. I don't recommend investing money with Arya. read more

I wish I had read the reviews of Arya prior to signing up. I would not call Arya an academy or a company because they have absolutely no management skills. Similar to other reviewers, I too was advised that payment would be refunded if canceled within the proper time frame. I canceled the class in Sept 2019 and it is Jan 2020 and I have yet to receive a credit. The numbers and emails on their website are mostly incorrect or invalid. When you finally do get the right number, it goes straight to voicemail and no one ever calls you back. Please look elsewhere for a Bollywood dance academy. I really liked the teacher and wanted to return but after this event (and them illegally taking $380 from me), I will never go back. read more

My daughter attended online summer camp at Arya and had so much fun! She took the half day summer camp which was well planned with yoga, zumba, arts and craft and of course Bollywood. The teachers were nice and kind and made the best of an online summer camp. They had a showcase every Friday and it was awesome to see all the kids dancing. read more

ridiculous administration and policies. Very bad customer service and the intention is too make free money. They try to get you in to their horrible quarterly agreement and once you sign the agreement even if something goes wrong, you have to keep paying them, no matter whose issue it is. STAY AWAY..... Although their trainers are ok, you may get better options locally in your area depending on where you stay. STAY AWAY and help yourself. read more

The only reason I gave this company 2 stars is because the 2 Instructors who's been here for 2 years were very good and hard working. No complaints. But the problem is the company keep changing instructors after the students get used to them. It seems like they do not care about what the students/Parents want. They will send who ever they want to take the classes and change teachers on you in the middle of the session. And don't get me going on asking for a refund or dropping out of classes. It is next to impossible to get a refund, and you have a week to drop your class for next session which is very confusing. read more

Fraud!!! This institute seems to be money making with no ethics and morality. I have been calling them (more than 100 times) since last 6 months to get refund for my son who never was able to attend any class due to their fault of closing a location I signed for. They agreed to refund (@$450) but never did. Initially they used to pick the calls and advised every time its in billing department but after some time, they completely stopped even picking the phone. This is really frustrating. read more

Arguably the saddest excuse for a dance academy, it lacks the prestigiousness, organization, and passion to earn the title as a school. The owners care more about money than they do their kids, it's fraudulent, and if you don't want to take my word for it, please see A L L of the listed reviews. I urge you, please if you value the art form of dance, please take your child some where else. Some of the instructors I've met have been kind and attentively wanted to schedule classes, but don't let their fake smiles fool you. They schedule classes only to cancel them and illegally withdraw money. Their only merit is keeping a business open this long. Save yourselves and your money, your kid (or even you) deserves better. read more

This is a Fraud company, they will not give the money back if they cancel the class. Please do not sign up. They don't have the word refund in their dictionary. Seems they wanted us to pay in advance all the money and they will cancel the class and they will take that money, not all professional, cheating company. read more

Does not deserve any rating at all. If they do I will give only for their instructor. worst management. I paid in advance for fall classes and it got delayed for almost two months. I called them so many times for refund but they don't have any answer for when they will refund my money back. The worst part is they already have credit for two months and they charged me again for next month. NEVER PAY THEM IN ADVANCE. I truly don't think these people care about their reputation. read more