I give them a 5 star They work hard and for anyone ti say anything negative has not experience…read moreanything about who this expiring dance group of ladies who teach young girls and boys to be confident and the quality of her work and working with these are phenomenal God Bless the owner and her daugthers because take great pride in teaching these young individuals

This was my first dance school…read more Nancy Chippendale in it was part of the Rockets dance troop. I did dance with her Second to oldest daughter. I was on her competitive team when I was kid. We when to Virginia Beach and won. When I got a little bit older I started to notice that she was separating the group. She was looking for a certain kind of girl, certain shape. My mom didn't believe me but I knew soon as her daughter left I was off The competitive team. She doesn't like the parents to watch the kids while they practice. So parents sit in separate area. Also when I was a kid The other parents and my mother would have him sew all the costumes. I left the team and went to a different dance company nice one more friendly one and one that excepted different size body. Any way i used to tell people I was part of the Chippendale's Dance Group, they laughed because they thought it was part of this strip group. Lol

My step daughter has been at dance infusion for almost 10 years. The studio and teachers are…read moreamazing. The recitals are a Broadway production. They do such a wonderful job. And it's definitely low stress compared to other Dance studios. They instill the love of Dance with technique and a passion for the sport, but the kids are still able to have flexibility to do other sports or activities. I can't recommend Dance Infusion enough.

Words can't express how happy we are at dance infusion. Always a fantastic experience. My daughter…read morecomes out of class with the biggest smile on her face every time!! 100% would recommend!!!

This an ok dance place the recital is well organized but dance teachers at snobby. And if you talk…read moreto much they'll pull you a side and talk to you . Competitive students costumes are better quality then recreational students costumes.

Deb is a superstar! Your child will feel safe and accomplished here, with no pressure to compete,…read morethough their competition teams are top notch. They work with your child's schedule, so that kid's don't have to feel torn between dance and other things they would like to do. There are also classes for adults, whom always seem to be having a blast.

The person running this group, Ralitsa, tried to hire me as a photographer for an event. We agreed…read moreon a price and she asked for a phone call. I called her and she asked for more services, more gear, etc. and I told her NO PROBLEM but the quote will have to be adjusted. That's when she pulled out the NON PROFIT card and said I should be doing everything we agreed on PLUS extra services for the same amount, if not less, because they're a non profit. She used the kids she teaches as an excuse to pay a contractor less. Disgusting. Stay away. The owner then went out of her way to leave me a negative review, which impacts my business and me making a living. We never worked together but she felt it necessary to leave a negative, dishonest review as if we worked together. Shameful behavior. I can't imagine what disgusting practices she implements when running her business and working with kids.

The coaches are incredible, dedicated, knowledgable and care so much! The training is fantastic and…read morefair, coaches don't push students too far but teach them how to push themselves to be their best to keep improving. The management is fantastic and fair...not to mention the most fairly priced rhythmic gymnastics program in the region. The gym is ran smoothly, always clean and everyone is friendly- coaches and students alike.

Creative arts dance academy is above and beyond one of the best dance schools I've ever seen. The…read moreowners (Stephanie and Stacey) are amazing, their desire to teach the new generation of dancers is unlike anything I've ever seen. The studio is decorated beautifully with plenty of room for tons of student and a window for the mothers and fathers to watch :) parking is not a problem as there is a parking lot right across the street from the studio. Located on Main Street in Andover, it's a very easy and convenient drive. If you want an enjoyable experience for both you and your dancer, then this is the place to go. Highly highly recommended.

From the owner: If you are located in the state of Massachusetts and you are looking for a dance class and dance…read moreschool near to you that will be able to provide you with the very best quality of patient, understanding, experienced, and all around excellent instruction and education out of any of the many dance studios in and around Massachusetts, be sure to look no further than to the dance class and dance school of Creative Arts Dance Academy. Here at Creative Arts Dance Academy, our highly experienced, skilled, qualified, and patient dance instructors will certainly take the time and the effort in order to provide you with the best quality of ballet and jazz class, tap and hip hop class, Mommy Daddy and me dance class, and more. For the best instruction when it comes to 'dance classes near me', be sure to choose the dance studio of Creative Arts Dance Academy. Our highly intelligent, knowledgeable, skilled, experienced, and passionate dance instructors will certainly be able to provide you with the dance education that you have been able to get, for all of your musical theatre and special events needs. Creative Arts Dance Academy is sure to be the very best choice of dance class and dance school that you could choose for yourself or for your children to come to, as our classes are the most intensive, entertaining, fun, and educational ways in which for you to exercise and learn different ways of how to dance...

Attended one class and it costed me 250…read more I was hoping this studio would be a good fit for my daughter but after one dance class my daughter refused to go back. I signed her up for princess dance camp and when we got there I realized it wasn't handicap accessible so I couldn't bring my mom in a wheelchair up. I also had my 5 month old with me. It was extremely hot in the waiting area and I didn't feel comfortable leaving my child with the student teachers alone because then there would have been no adult. I left and brought my mom and baby to my mom in-law because it was too hot for him and my mom was not able to come up. My daughter was the only one in a princess dress and the youngest student and with that she felt very singled out. I decided with these reasons if my daughter is refusing to go back I won't force her. We also live 40 minutes away. I attached all the payments they made me make. Around $250.00 She's only attended one class. I was made to pay $45 for her to have a spot in the fall dance class, 15$ as a holding fee And $183 for her princess camp The owner refuses to refund me anything instead refund my account of $163 that can only be used at the dance studio that I pulled her out of. I find this to be extremely greedy and really really really mean as her last words to me where "I hope your daughter finds a home dance studio" If you cared about my daughter dancing or cared about dance at all... you would do what is right.

DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE!!! I enrolled my son in the Special need to dance class and it couldn't…read morehave gone any more horribly!! It was advertised that the teacher is a BCBA and with a quick license check, i discovered that the teacher is NOT A BCBA. She is at best, an occupational therapist. So many times i came to get my son from class, and a different person was teaching the class. It was advertised that your child will benefit in such areas as posture, strength, coordination, concentration, confidence, spatial awareness and socialization. I can assure you none of that happened. With special needs children, they need consistency and this school isn't the place. The "teacher" made a false report to DCF and the school has refused to refund me for the rest of his classes citing their "policy". I sent emails to both the teacher and the head of the dance school and every email was ignored. Yesterday when i had to go in to speak to the owner, she literally told me she got my emails and chose to not respond. She also forgets who she meets. A few weeks ago, she came up to me introducing herself to which i had to tell her "you met me the week I enrolled my son" she turned beet red in embarassment. The week that they made a false claim to DCF, I was in disney world with my son, and i spent thousands on a vacation to have it practically ruined by these false calls by the dance studio. I had to get on the phone to DCF instead of enjoying a family vacation. I'm a single mom and I save all year long to be able to take my son on this vacation and it wasn't right or fair to have our vacation ruined by the false reports that CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS made. I was threatened by DCF over this. All I wanted was my money back and michelle refused to give it to me. Apparently her school must be hurting for money if she cant give me back my $30. Had they not called and placed a false report, my son would still be attending their school, even with the other issue. She also has her husband and family write reviews of her dance school which is actually forbidden. Any review you see with the ast name mitchinson is family, and of course your family would write you a good review no matter how disorganized your school is. This school is very disorganized. constant children running about, food trash all over the place and other clothing items just scattered about. For the winter performance we were told that the class would be performing in the theater, the lady at the desk told me the class would be coming down to the theater. 715 came and went, and then it was 725 and still no performance. My parents, my sons dad and myself were sitting and waiting because we were told that was where they would be performing. I went upstairs only to find out the class already performed. My parents cannot do stairs well at all and there is no elevator to go upstairs. they don't have any disablity access. If you can't climb stairs then it sucks to be you. Do not send your children here!!! There are much better dance studios out here!!

We booked 5 sessions for our first dance after we found First Dance Studio at a bridal expo and…read morewe're so happy we did. They were really great about incorporating the moves we wanted and helping us put things together. It was a great experience and I highly recommend this studio for any dance lessons

If you're thinking about dance lessons for your wedding, I highly recommend Danielle and First…read moreDance Studio! We had already decided upon our first dance song and we both agreed we didn't want to look uncomfortable on the dance floor or stuck with your boring basic prom side shuffle for our first dance at our wedding. We wanted memories of our wedding night that would last a lifetime and Danielle helped us get even more than that. When I first brought up the idea of dance lessons to my then fiancé (now husband), he agreed to do the lessons but wasn't thrilled about the idea. We both had athletic backgrounds from high school and college, but neither of us had danced before. Danielle made us both feel at ease and comfortable with dancing. My husband never thought this was something he would ever do, let alone enjoy it! After meeting Danielle and completing our introduction lesson, we decided to book a package so we would not only learn our first dance but have extra lessons to have as special date nights after our wedding - and to our shock, the lessons are good for 5-years from the date of purchase for many date nights to come! Danielle had us laughing and enjoying ourselves while learning. Our dance lessons quickly became a nice getaway amidst the rest of the wedding planning chaos and was something we looked forward to each week. She was also super flexible with class times as we had demanding day jobs - fitting us in for the evening or on our 'off-work Friday', but we also were commuting 45 minutes for the lessons so if we got stuck in traffic, she was always understanding and made our schedule work. Although it was a choreographed dance, my goal was to know how to follow my partner's lead well enough that I could be in the moment, enjoy our first dance, and be able to sing the lyrics without thinking about my next step, and Danielle taught us just that. We were super impressed with what we were able to learn in the number of lessons we did - a full 4.5-minute dance that included a lift and a dip! Danielle also worked with my husband and my mother-in-law for their mother-son dance and they had easy-to-remember steps in just one lesson! Danielle gave us more than a nice-looking first dance at our wedding, she gave us cherished memories together that we'll never forget and now we have dance skills we can use at any occasion in the future. We are looking forward to using these skills at our friends' weddings, vacations, and learning new types of dances on our date nights as we continue to use the lessons from our package. We cannot thank Danielle enough for the experience she provided us throughout the lessons, practicing at home, on our wedding day, and the fact that she made us both find an exciting new date night we can both enjoy! Highly recommend!

I have held off on this review for a while. So this would refer to about a year ago but I don't…read morethink a lot has changed from the recent reviews I have read. I had a membership and was getting some individual training and paying for that. Then I got breast cancer and after my surgery and during radiation I requested to put my training and my membership on hold but told them I would return as soon as I could. I can't recall now but they have a policy of putting things on hold for only a limited amount of time and then it starts back up again - even with the letter from my surgeon and radiologist. So they were charging me while I was recovering from surgery, etc. For some strange reason - I had imagined they would be sympathetic and might want to partner with me in my recovery. But that would be a big no. They had zero sympathy and insisted that charging me was just their policy and that was that. I was super disappointed in them on many levels. I cancelled my membership and of course that was complicated as well. I spent money on many months of membership and personal training I could not use and showed very good reason for not being able to do so. Just sad - helping someone recover and get their strength and self esteem back after traumatic surgery ... well that would have been a nice review to write. Just wasn't going to happen here.

Some of my thoughts and opinions since trying out this gym. I went at around 6:30 pm friday which…read moreshould be somewhat busy. My first impression of the layout is that. Its extremely odd. As you come in theres a decent sized front desk area and waiting room. The layout of the gym is pretty open but its quite small for a gym in my opinion. You can see the entire gym from the front desk (besides a portion of the turf) which feels weird when youre working out. The most strange part is how someone thought it was a great idea to place the cardio section as the first are in the gym as u walk past the front desk. I dont know how many people feel comfortable with having everyone coming into the gym see you when youre most vulnerable lol. Theres also weird sectioned partition walls (about 3 ft) to cage this area in. I think they could of done away w this. The other main issue I have is how the gym smells like dirty socks/ mildew Other cons: - only 2 squat racks and 1 smith machine - limited cables - very dated bathrooms/lockers/gym - like i mean it looks like the tuscan italian 2000s kitchen aesthetic - didnt see any 2.5lb weight stack for the cables/machines (this couldve been hiding, but accessories should still be easily accessible) - overpriced for what it is. I think this gym is worth $20 a month w an max annual fee of $40. As of 1/14 the basic membership is $25/mo + $150 start up + $60 annual fee - womens sauna light wasnt working Pros: - somewhat new machines (but not well kept) - incremental dumbbells up to 30 lbs or something - gender saunas and in locker rooms ( the co ed communal saunas that r near the pools are never clean and nice) - nice and friendly front desk guy (younger 20s/teens - has a nice turf