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Dance Deluxe

2.5 (32 reviews)
Open 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM
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Ryan M.

I would not even be writing this review had I not received a cease and desist letter from DD, these letters were sent to several other families. Nothing that my wife or I did warranted this type of demanded censorship. My wife wrote 2 reviews, posted on her Facebook and talked with fellow DD families who were going through similar experiences. DD is scrambling to cover up and recover from the negative reviews that they have rightly earned! You can see this by the flood of 5 star reviews they received around Oct 22, earned only because they offered a chance for free tuition . These types of shady tactics plague their studio. They continually submitted the incorrect age for my son at competitions, even after we told them it was incorrect, allowing them to compete in a younger age category. The studio is full of favoritism, it's not even about who the best dancer is, but who the Jennings (Studio owners) like more, and sometimes this has nothing to do with the kids but more to do with the parent. While we attended DD it was common for several parents to sit at the front of the studio hobnobbing with Linda (the owner's mom). This was a regular occurrence that increased over time, we witnessed parents buying Linda Dr Peppers on a regular, sometimes food, and don't even get me started about holidays/birthdays. The group of parents who would hang out up front got so bad that my wife would feel uncomfortable at the studio, and would often refer to it as the gauntlet she would have to walk through. My wife attempted to address this with Alexis (owner) and Linda however her concerns were dismissed. Despite all the above we continued to attend DD and were loyal. Now you might ask why, and it comes down to the fact that my daughter started attending DD at the age of 3, and these issues were not as obvious as they are now. My daughter quickly fell in love with dance, and the Jennings quickly recruited her to be on the company team $$$$$. She built long lasting relationships with the other dancers and the thought of leaving became very complicated. We were so loyal to this studio that we voluntarily paid for tuition when they closed their doors during the start of Covid. Despite our loyalty my wife was not well liked at the studio. At first it was not obvious that the Jennings felt this way but over time it became more and more clear as they continually fostered the catty behavior displayed by the other parents (think Dance Moms). The breaking point was when my son was singled out in a locker room incident that involved a studio favorite and the parent of said favorite took the opportunity to seek punishment. The whole situation was incredibly unprofessional. The studio showed the video to other parents who were not even involved, all the kids in the video were horseplaying around and none of the others were subjected to punishment. They pulled my son from the middle of dance class before even contacting us to reprimand him. They singled him out by kicking him out of the locker room which we paid fees to use, and decided to extend the punishment because my wife allowed him to use the locker while she supervised. It was at this point I decided to get involved and went into the studio to request a copy of the video. When I went in Linda told me that she didn't have time to deal with us and that my wife was annoying. Hearing someone who I was paying a lot of money to talk about my wife in such a dismissive and nasty tone was infuriating and I let her know this. Linda did not like the change in my tone and asked me to leave. Feeling very taken advantage of and having little to no control at that moment I refused to leave until they provided me with the video. At this time, one of those moms who was always hanging out at the front decided to try and bounce my wife out of the studio. She got in my wife's face and verbally assaulted her yelling loud enough that she was heard in the dance rooms. After being sent the video my wife and I left and shortly after received an email from the studio that they were kicking us out. DD refused to return our payments for tuition, for a Missy Moffit Class, for two competitions we had paid for that we could also no longer attend. The mom who verbally assaulted my wife, was praised as a hero by the studio. From our count 20+ families left DD by the end of last season, this should be an alarming number for any future customers. If you happen to be reading this because you found the groupon, the irony is that they are using a picture with my daughter in it. For any prospective customer I strongly suggest for you to read all the negative reviews to get a better understanding of how this place operates, even taking into consideration the dismissive nature in which the studio chooses to respond to said reviews. Do yourself and your children a favor and find your dance instruction someplace else, it's just not worth the risk to attend this studio.

It's illegal to have a camera in a locker room / changing room.
Kylie D.

PARENTS BEWARE FOR THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY OF YOUR CHILDREN AND YOURSELVES!!!! We left Dance Deluxe mid season in February from company after 2 seasons there along with 4 other kids. And 20 other kids from company and pre co as well as their glitter girls quit this season, including two of their company and pre co teachers due to the highly toxic, drama filled, unprofessional environment. The main concerns are as follows: * The environment is very political and toxic and certain students are favored over others, especially those that have parents that bribe and pay additional and those that work at the studio and have personal relationships with the staff. The amount of drama there is insane! I've never seen anything like it! They also DO have a video camera filming the children in the locker room/dressing room where my own daughters as well as numerous other children changed numerous times outside of those 3 tiny curtains and they have sent out videos from the locker room and shown other parents. I personally have a video sent to me through the grape vine from the locker room/changing room. Im posting it since they have been removing every other bad review left on google. The owner, Alexis, doesn't know how to properly run a healthy business!!! The atmosphere is negative cancer at dance deluxe and that is why 25 students quit and left this past season. If that doesn't speak volumes, I don't know what will. * Speaking of those that work at the studio, they are wildly unprofessional, rude and unwelcoming, including speaking poorly about the parents and children who pay their bills and attend their studio. I have heard several audio recordings of the owners who happen to also be the teachers bad mouthing students and parents!!! The parents also sit at the windows and watch while they gossip and talk behind families backs and I have heard them shame children, and say other horrific things about parents and children as well. Interestingly enough, many of the positive reviews on google were written by individuals that helped drive everyone out of the studio and also either work at the studio or are affiliated with them personally, so they are not unbiased or from regular customers who have no relationship with the Jennings (owners). * The studio reuses dances, choreography and costumes year after year for solos and group dances, and still charge extreme fees for both. You can literally YouTube all their dances from when they started in 2016 to now and find that they're still doing the same dances they did back then. We're also talking 7 year old costumes used year after year that are falling apart and then they charge us $150+ for them! They also attend competitions that are low par and not 'competitive' so that they can create a perception of them being successful to have trophies to show off. But the reality is they go up against themselves for most categories and pit their company against pre company in categories to battle it out for overalls. This is what they did to my daughters mini company at almost every competition. They also charge a $300 quitters fee per child up front because they can't keep retention there. * Their top dancers are also training outside of dance deluxe at numerous other studios taking every private and every class available to them to get to where they are! Club dance, dauntless athletics, tays tumbling, flips, premiere ballet conservatory, missy Moffitts intricate dance training privates, Pilates to pirouettes, studio r ballet etc etc and I know this for a fact! So don't let them sit and tell you about their training at dance deluxe and how great it is because their company and pre co teams almost all train outside of the studio!!! * I hope that you are able to see the true experience of mine, but I feel as though it will be removed as well as other critical reviews have been. Current dance moms and staff from the studio have also been personally writing and harassing people leaving bad reviews. I'm sure they'll try to come after me as well now. I would suggest going to other studios for a well-rounded dance training program, especially one that focuses more on technique rather than tumbling and tricks. There are a lot of strong studios in the east valley, but this one I cannot recommend!

Laura M.

My daughter loves her teacher and class. The staff is friendly and you they are doing a great job at taking all COVID-19 precautions. Thank you for making my daughter feel welcomed on her first visits.

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I love Mrs. Claire shes so passionate and patient! My daughter looks forward to coming every Saturday

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5 year old fell in love with the class and Miss Alexis, their teacher (and the owner!)!

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Ballet Etudes

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Communication here is awful. Unless you are LDS and or homeschooling and part of their little…read moreclick... good luck! You better make sure you check that online newsletter first every little thing because even major events will not be shared via email, posted in facilities or announced. They will also refuse to make their own mistakes right. My son was berated and teased by the teachers kid and I find it hard to believe no one noticed. Your child will not go far or make true friendships here unless they are Morman. It's run as a "not for profit business" by and for the LDS church and every person working there is an unpaid volunteer from the church. I strongly advise taking your kid anywhere else. It will only end in tears.

There is no question that the studio is excellent. It is also something of an enigma; it is a…read more501c3, which means it is a tax-exempt, non-profit. They also receive performing arts grants, and all of their office staff are volunteers. When they moved their studio, they asked parents to do that for them (rather than paying a moving company like you and I do), and they posted a wish list of pricey items they wanted parents to buy and donate to them for their fancy new location. So no taxes, free grants, free labor, crap tons of tuition dollars, enrollment fees, ticket sales, costume mark-ups, and stage parent donations etc... Someone said to me, "the studio is a non-profit, so we really ask the parents to step up and volunteer." The studio doesn't pay taxes, enjoys free grants from those who do pay taxes, doesn't pay half of their workforce, and is therefore in need of more free labor? What a genius business model. Sign me up!

Jeanne's School of Dance Mesa

Jeanne's School of Dance Mesa

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Very Unprofessional place. They do not answer the phone but have an out dated message on an…read moreanswering machine, with a promise to return call. I have been calling for months to try and enroll my grand daughter in dance. Finally I drove to the studio, they are only open 4-8pm. I started calling at 415pm finally after an hour I got a live person on the phone. Was told she didnt know about enrollment, that Stephanie was in charge. Stephanie finally did call me, I was told that the studio was open the next evening and that she would be there, I told her I didnt want to drive out if she would not be there. Stephanie assured me she and the other girl in charge of enrollment would be there til 8pm. I drove over 7pm, when I arrived I was greeted by the sign with half the lights burned out, not a good sign. I little girl was sitting at the front desk, a slow moving women emerged from a back room. I asked for Stephanie, was told she had already left. She asked if she could help me. I asked if she knew about enrollment, she said no but here take and registration form.. Not impressed by this place. If this is a sign of how they do business, what can the dance lessons be like? Hum run dont walk from this place. I am going to look into other classes around the valley. Jeanne Wright needs to take a more involved roll in this place.

I would not recommend this studio at ALL. I took my daughter there this past year even though the…read moreprofessionalism of this studio needs great improvement. You never know who is going to be at the desk and the studio is in need of a full deep cleaning. Very grungy and dusty. My daughter liked her teachers as did I until the weeks prior to the recital. I was told by one teacher not to come to pictures in costumes because another little girl did not get her costume....... I was sent an email the day prior to pictures that things had changed and to come in costume. Well I guess I am not someone who looks @ my email everyday and did not get the message. I was very very upset...... Her teacher was very rude about the whole situation. I was wondering why calls on an actually phone were not made!!! Then the night of her recital I was unaware of the dance lineup..... because my daughter was in two classes. I needed time to go back and change her between performances.Ten minutes before show started they handed out programs. There are 50 plus dances and my daughters were put back to back and they even left her name out of the program for her second class. This meant NO time to get her changed. I had to miss her performance to wait back stage and change her into another costume so she could get back on stage. They didn't even care. So unprofessional!!! The women who run this place are more concerned with their daughters being in all the classes then taking care of a business. One last note..... very sad..... as I was going to grab my daughter after her performances I saw a teacher scolding her students for not remembering the dance on stage...... these are young kids. I was flabbergasted. I will never never go back to that studio and would not recommend parents take there children there.

Studio 3 Performing Arts

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My daughter has been attending Studio 3 since 2010. I've…read morehad all 3 of my children there for classes. Emma, the owner, loves these kids and goes above and beyond for them every chance she gets. I've never seen someone more committed to kids as she is. I consider myself to be a protective parent and I trust Emma and the staff with my kids wholeheartedly. Throughout 2020 they have worked tirelessly to put safe systems and procedures in place to continue providing kids with opportunities to safely rehearse and even perform on stage! Following all city / county / state guidelines and mandates. Even going beyond mandated guidelines when it made it safer for the kids, their families, and staff. Studio 3 is my daughter's "home away from home" many staff and students have become family to her.

In response to Sandra's review, I was at the understudy show as a parent and have a completely…read moredifferent take. The kids loved that the director came in and the actor whose line they took was completely aware because the director came in at the time the usual actor does. The actor then came in from a completely different spot. I would imagine the rest of the cast was not uneasy but instead trying hard not to laugh. These kids had begged the director to do the whole part and he said no. This quick change was done in response to their begging. The second scene was also a quick dance in a circle with other cast members and was not dangerous. It was just enough for the audience to realize it was a joke and then they left. My daughter loved these two parts that were done for the understudy show and the kids realize anything can happen. The kids don't necessarily get a full run through but that happens at most places with understudies. Sometimes you get to have a run through but not always. The lifts were actually done by a lot of the same cast. One actor actually came in just for the lift because he did it when he was his main role. The track was definitely legally purchased when they bought the rights. The play stops and gos with music because that is what it does. There was nothing wrong with this performance and my daughter and I loved it

Dance Deluxe - dancestudio - Updated May 2026

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