We have been coming here since 2016. The teachers are incredible. The facility is unassuming, but…read moredon't let that deter you. The dedication and time the teachers invest into their students stands out above other studios. We have been very happy to be a part of the TDA family!

Attended their Christmas program at the Chandler Performing Arts Center and it was outstanding…read more Would recommend it to everyone.

If you're new to dancing and looking to learn a choreo routine in a non competitive environment,…read morethis is the place for you. Check out their Instagram page for photos. What I love: the friendly environment, the community aspect, and meeting new people wanting to learn to dance and also encouraging you when you need it. What I don't love: the space is a bit small, lacking air circulation, class times, learning the routines can be challenging for someone with no dance experience. Read below for full review I found Diva Dance on Instagram as a sponsored post and joined as a founding member last year when they opened. I have never taken any dance classes before and thought this was the perfect time to learn something new. Shannon, the owner, is super nice and friendly and the dance instructors are welcoming as well. The studio space is not owned by Diva Dance, but each location will have the name of the dance studio they will be at and they will have a Diva Dance CE up front to check you in. The space is a bit small and does not have mirrors at the end of the room, so arrive about 5 minutes before class so you can find a spot in the studio that you're comfortable. Some prefer the side with no mirrors or a specific area of the room. Since studio does not provide efficient fans and is not an open space, it can also get pretty warm due. Wear what you would feel comfortable working out in and bring some water and small towel. The classes are an hour long and include a community question, warmup, time to learn the routine, split into groups to perform, and a cool down. Although the class time is an hour long, you get about 40 minutes to learn the routine. Each instructor has their own style of dance and how they teach a routine, so you may find it easier learning from one instructor over another, like if you easily pick up pop moves, but find it harder learning lyrical. The dance moves will be repeated in other routines, so if you don't pick it up on the first time, you'll see it again in another routine. They do record the performances on a phone or iPad and post on social, if you're shy, you can hang out on the side or ask them to skip over you during filming. Each month a calendar is released showing what songs you can learn a routine to, so you're learning a fresh routine each time. Some of the routines will have a theme, like lyrical, heels, or poms. They also have workshops and monthly community events to get to know each other outside of class. Most of the classes start at 8:15pm and Saturdays are 12:15pm. Each location has a different schedule though. Nikki is my favorite instructor, her energy lights up the room! As the room is small and depending on where you standing, it can be hard to see the instructors. In her classes, she moves around the room when teaching and can see when dancers are struggling to pick up the choreo. You can feel the joy and passion she has for dance! Please note, her classes are also the most challenging.

This is a perfect way to get back into dancing if you've been out for a while. You learn a…read morecombination right away after a brief warm up. Everyone is super positive and they encourage everyone to do what feels best for them. I just moved to Arizona and I'm loving meeting and dancing with new friends.

Yumi is an excellent flamenco dancer! We hired her for a Spanish theme party and all guests were…read moreamazed by her dance performance!!

Not only does my wife study the art of Flamenco with Yumi, but my daughter just started taking…read morelessons with Yumi. And my wife conned me into taking some lessons when we went to Seville with some other Flamenco students for a week over the summer. Come on people, how many chances do you get to study Flamenco in Spain. When one of your family members takes lessons with Yumi, you join the Yumi community. Sort of like Groupon, we visit various venues around the city to see Yumi dance. Also, the students perform several times throughout the year at festivals and events. It all started when my wife decided that we would go see Mujeres 1 at the Tempe Center for the Arts. At the end of the show, my wife decided that she wanted to start taking dance lessons with Yumi. And now my wife has performed in Mujeres 2 and Mujeres 3. My wife recalls a different set of events, but you can rest assured that my telling is the truth. I posted it first on Yelp. Mujeres is the main show that everyone trains for each year and occurs in the Spring at the Tempe Center for the Arts. By the way, don't tell anyone, but it looks like I'm going to take lessons with Yumi. .

Highly recommend this studio! Took 3 dance lessons to prepare for our wedding 1st dance. Rebecca…read morewas our instructor and she made us feel so comfortable and provided us with choreo that was simple but also make us look like we know what we're doing :) The studio also offers a variety of very affordable dance classes that we will definitely come back to try out!

I have been taking lessons with Niki for almost a year! He is an incredible teacher: funny, fun,…read moreknowledgeable, kind, firm and patient. I met Gargana and Rado from my time at the studio as well. They are always friendly, engaging and inviting. Other dancers enjoy their time there and love going as well. It's a beautiful studio with a very large dance floor and a smaller room for group classes. I absolutely love my time when I'm there!

So i have always been a sports mom this is our first year of dance and man oh man its been a roller…read morecoaster. When we first started i was skeptical on it. But as we are ending our first year my daughter loves it and wants to do solos next year. She loves her hip hop tumble teacher Miss. D. But also her face lights up when she runs into the studio yelling Ms. Debbie or even the receptionist Danielle. We do 3 classes a week and leave it to her she would have more if we lived closer. We do a hour and half commute by bus faithfully and will be back next year... Looking forward to a class w Debbie, Deaviyon and tina

My daughter danced at this studio short term back in 20015-2016 which I do realize was quite a few…read moreyears ago. Our experience was pretty normal and not very unusual. However I will say I was not enthused when it came to paying I distinctly remember the owner making us a very young couple feel bad when it came down to paying our bill. Looking back we don't appreciate the rude remarks very unprofessional.

​Excellent studio with fantastic staff. My daughter has been dancing with this studio for three…read moreyears. I could not recommend it enough. You are always treated like family. Check it out!

My daughter came to PDC after just three years experience at another studio. I didn't understand…read morehow important it would be that this studio is a cooperative. What that means is that instead of becoming profit their money is spent hiring the BEST instructors! My daughter's technique has improved by leaps and bounds - no pun intended. They focus on safety, which is important since she is on pointe now. She continually improves and strives to be the best dancer she can be. The choreographers are so fabulous, expecting a lot from them while still setting attainable goals for the students. Perfect mix of high expectations and supportive feedback. One thing I didn't expect was that she would fall so much in love with this studio that she asked to go from 3 classes to 11 classes. I wasn't sure she would be able to keep up with school work since she is in advanced classes so I told her sure but if your grades slip you are going to have to drop some classes. She has maintained a 95% or better in all classes despite dancing from 4 - 8:30 four nights per week. She loves the studio and the kids are like family. Any studio that can make you strong, healthy, keep phones out of her hands and inspire her to keep her grades as high as possible is the type of studio I want to be part of. You get plenty of time at the award podium too but it is about so much more for these nationally recognized choreographers!

I've been coming here multiple times a week for over 4 years. I've been to a few yoga studios, and…read morethis one is still my favorite. They have a wide range of classes and instructors. For a workout Myriam(the owner)is my favorite, and for a gentle class I usually go to Sandra. Very reasonable prices and I LOVE their organic skincare! Myriam's face scrubs are the only ones I use and I get compliments on my completion often because of them C: I also recommend her all natural sunscreen. 10/10 I love them!!

I bought 2 groupons for over $70.00 (for my friend and myself). She and I went to a Sunday yoga…read moreclass which started at 200pm. We got there at 145pm and the sign said 'We get here 15 minutes before class' and 'walk-ins welcome'. Well, we were there and no one else was. Then, a gal pulled up with her boyfriend and unlocked the door at 203pm, we began to follow her in. She stopped us at the door after they both walked in and said she needed a few minutes. We waited until 210pm in the heat and then she let unlocked the door again. The class consisted of those 2, my friend and I and a girl who came in AFTER the class had already begun; we were laying down and in the middle of meditating when the instructor left us, and went to the lobby and in full conversation, started helping the latecomer. (Mind you, the class was SUPPOSED to start at 200pm and this was closer to 220 that the instructor thought it was OKAY to let a LATE straggler in). The door was never locked and it was very distracting to be in the middle of relaxation and she was gone from class, helping someone up front, talking loudly. This morning at 1000am, I registered for the 200pm class today - for attendance, so they'd know someone was planning on being there. So today, we show up for the 200pm class, only this time 10 minutes before class (150pm) and no one is there. At 200pm, no one is there. I call and leave a message, no one calls back. We email (as they told us to if it was an emergency) - no one emailed back. We waited until 220 - no one showed up. We left. And we were registered. I find it horrible to have a business and to 1) not show up for a scheduled class 2) still be helping people after the class already started 3) not honor their own words 'we arrive 15 minutes before class' - and NEVER to show up for a registered, on-the-schedule class. Don't know if it is THAT instructor on Sunday but if THIS were my business and I was losing customers, I'd certainly want to know about it. We've moved onto another yoga studio, Joyful Yoga https://joyfulyogastudio.com/; they're there every class, even if no one shows, and they have classes all day long on every day. Sorry but the yoga classes at this place - they need to treat the people that they DO have coming, a little better. I'm getting a refund.

I don't understand all the negativity directed toward this dance studio on Yelp…read more Dancing at Ocotillo Dance has been nothing but a positive experience for my daughter. The owner Allison is very nice and helpful, the other teachers were nice too, and the recent recital was great. We look forward to next year.

Is it possible to rate this school less than 1 star? Having read the previous 2 reviews, I can say…read morewith assurity that the authors were NOT exaggerating! I would like to start by saying that I never expected my child to become a prima ballerina in 1 year. But I certainly didn't expect this! My child was routinely ignored, not just upon entering the school, but also during class. The owner, Miss Allison was also my child's *teacher*, a title I use loosely, as she did not actually teach. She demonstrated steps, but never actually showed/corrected my daughter on how to execute these steps. My daughter was also in the younger class and if left to herself, would just stand still. Simply calling her name would have helped her to pay attention, but even this was to much for Miss Allison to do. So my daughter spent most of the class time just standing on her 'X'..and Miss. Allison didn't seem to care. Please note that when I pointed this out to the owner/ teacher, she became very defensive immediately saying that she was sick of parents saying that to her. (If other parents approached her to discuss the same issue, shouldn't that have been a clue? ) I finally thought that she'd just given up on my daughter and asked if that was the case. Yeah, I knew that would make her go on the defensive, but I couldn't think of any other way to force her to teach or at the very least acknowledge my kid. When I asked her, she left the building and went to her car, leaving my child and me alone in the building! I would have pulled my daughter from the school after that but I'd already paid up front for tuition, costumes, recital fees, etc. I should also mention that the teacher spent a lot of time checking and typing on her cell phone, especially during the gymnastics portion of class. Let me address costs. The school website advertizes that they are more affordable and keep costs down as compared to other schools. First, their tuition is about the same as most, but a little more than some. They also say the recital fee includes 2 tickets and a souvenir t-shirt. Yes, the tickets are included but they are for the nosebleed seats. The t-shirt is NOT included as advertised. Also, midway through the year, I received an email informing me that the owner didn't realize that her school was subject to Chandlers entertainment tax, so she took it upon herself to retroactively charge all credit cards on file for this additional fee. While my child was only taking 1 class a week, the fee was small. What concerned me is 1: after being in business for 3 years, shouldn't she have known about that tax? 2: As previously mentioned, I paid all the fees in advance. She not only kept my card on file although there was no need, but then took it upon herself to make this additional charge first and tell us about it later. 3: Although I was never impacted by this, mid year she changed her late payment fee from $10 to $25 , almost half the cost of tuition itself! Another violation of the contract we signed. There's much more I could add, but I'll summarize by saying if you're looking for a facilitator not teacher who will only recognize you and your child when you're handing over your credit card (unless you're her 'pet' and she does have pets! ), then this is the school for you! However, if you're expecting to have your child actually learn something. .anything. .I suggest you run, tap or plie' (ple ay) somewhere else!