This company hosted a dance recital for 3 to 17 year olds that decided to start off with an…read moreunnecessary slide show on "riots" and "disrespect for police" while having children dance provocatively to outlaw county and placing every single POC in the back row for EVERY routine... mind you, there were over 40 routines. Maybe two had a minority child in the second row for two seconds before they moved them to the back for the rest of the routine. To address the "provacative" part, there were 11 and 12 year old chest shimmying to "country girl shake it for me". Nothing about this was comfortable or acceptable. Do not send your children here unless you're expecting indoctrination and racism. As a qualifier, I'm a woman who has raised too many children to ever feel comfortable being around this company ever again.

My daughter has been attending this dance school for 7 years now. I have watched many performances…read moreand recitals during this time. During many of the performances other dance schools also perform. We have traveled to Orlando for performances at Disney Springs and Universal Citywalk. Scott Jones dancers always outperform all of the other local schools. The costumes are almost always better as well. The dancers always seem happy to be in the studio. Many of the instructors have been with the school since they were young dancers themselves. We have been around long enough to have witnessed some of the dancers grow up and become professional dancers and chearleaders for pro sports teams. This doesnt even include some others that have won local and national pageants. Scott Jones can be particular about how they want/do things and sometimes it can be a little tough. However, when you see the finished product you see that they are doing it right! Sure wish the studio was bigger though. It can get crowded in there.

When my daughter turned 3 we decided to get her into a ballet studio as an intro to dance. For the…read moremost part, we had a good experience at BAC but there are some areas where the studio could improve. Positives: Staff was generally nice and knowledgable. I didn't have any issues, but I would say I would have appreciated some updates on my child in class. A simple "your child is doing well with x, but struggling with y" or "they seem to like this or not like this". The BAC community is fairly supportive at the young kids age. Parents are supportive of each other and there isn't any diva behavior. The location of the studio is pretty good and the recital is held at The Florida Theatre which is awesome. The studio has ample parking and bathrooms were clean. Negatives: The younger kids studio seems to be in a pretty old building. Some studios have more modern setups. This is in general and not specific to Jax. I wouldn't say the studio is more or less expensive than others, but I would say that there are some months with holidays that subtract a class. I feel that if you have less classes in a month you shouldn't have to pay for a full month of classes. I do also like how many other studios provide parents with two tickets to the recital albeit maybe they are not half at the best location. It is hard to support your kids with extra practice or support because where they are in terms of learning technique or learning how to dance to choreography is not communicated proactively to you. I would have loved to know where my daughter needed support to help her. Overall, I would suggest you give BAC a try. My daughter enjoyed her first dance class experience. We were likely to stick with BAC for another year and recital, but we moved away out of state. Yesterday, while at the pool we had music playing and I caught my daughter dancing to the music. She wasn't dancing ballet, but she has a love of music and I like to think that was supported and enhanced at BAC.

I know there are a lot of great reviews, but we did not have a good experience. The instruction is…read moregenerally sound, and leans more towards performance rather than fun. Our biggest complaint was that they didn't respect our preferences. Whenever we expressed concerns about things happening in class that we weren't comfortable with or inappropriate songs being played, those concerns were ignored. As a result, our young daughter got to the point where she couldn't trust the instructor and wanted to leave despite enjoying ballet.

My daughter is audition for the thespian program, we came to the open house last week and the staff…read moreis extremely friendly and provided us parents with all the information we need to make an informed decision of we would like our child to participate in the program. I love how family oriented that they are; their prices are reasonable, and try hard to work with the families who are members. Academy of dance offers so many class options such as vocals, dance, and musical theatre for students to learn new skills. They even have a summer program.

My daughter goes to the Academy of Dance for ballet. They have an excellent program for 3 and 4…read moreyear olds at the school. Yesterday I was off work and went to dance with my daughter to observe the class. The staff here do an excellent job at keeping the students engaged and teaching them dance; and the importance of discipline that they will hopefully carry over to other parts of their lives.

I started dance lessons with Alan at Dance Alday when I was going through a tough time. Learning…read morehow to dance brought back so much joy to my life! Alan is an amazing instructor. I went from some who had absolutely no dance experience to doing my first competition within 6 months. I have now been dancing for 2 years and I don't plan to stop. He has taught me tango, hustle, foxtrot, waltz, bolero, salsa, mambo, east coast swing, west coast swing, Argentine tango, and cha-cha to name a few! He knows them all. He is also one of the kindest and most caring people I know. When all the dancers come together at the parties, is like one big family. I can't say enough positive things about his studio in Ponte Vedra Beach.

At Dance Alday, they focus on Ballroom and Latin genres. Sure they have the traditional dance…read morelessons for personal enrichment or if you need to learn a whirl or two before your wedding. But what I found interesting, or maybe enlightening was the fact that they are a club.?. The club is open from 1:00 pm to 8:30 pm Monday to Friday, and by appointment on Saturday. Members are welcome to come in and enjoy the club, sit in the ballroom dance lessons, watch video tapes, and practice as often as you desire. If you don't have a partner, no problem, you can find one there. How ingenious and I am supposing it fills a void in the dance community.

It was good up until the recital. The recitals are organized extremely poor. They expect kids &…read morefamilies to be present the entire rehearsal 3-4 hours, and entire recital 3-4 hrs, with an hour lunch break. And just wait until their scheduled 3 minute song. Other dance academies rotate families in & out based on their kids scheduled performances. Polly B needs to get up with the times and find an event organizer who is considerate of today's busy family schedules

Great place . The teachers are kind to students and actually teach not just let the smaller kids…read morerun around learning nothing . My daughter is shy but she really blossoms at Polly b . I recommend this place to everyone

I came here for a performance of the Nutcracker. We come to the Florida Ballet's performance every…read moreyear. I love the fact that you never have to fight for parking. Since school is out for the winter break, you can find garage covered parking or outside parking. Both parking options require a short walk to the performing arts center. When we arrived we were able to take our annual picture inside with the six foot tall nutcrackers, then headed to our seats. I'm pretty sure every seat here offers you a decent view of the stage. This year we sat one row away from the stage. I will say for me and this was our own doing, that was a bit too close and my neck was starting to bother me. The location is beautiful, the seats are comfortable, and the acoustics are great.

What an asset Jax has with a state university here! Tonight they had as a part of the Presidential…read moreLecture Series, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. the creator of PBS's Finding Your Roots public tv series. UNF and Jax World Affair Council provided this experience free to the public (as long as you sign up in advance). The Fine Art auditorium was very nice where the lecture was held; acoustics were wonderful too. It was a miserable weather night to be out but hundreds of people came out in support of this program! Yeah JAX!

My daughter loves it here. She is has grown and matured both as an athlete and a young lady through…read morethe guidance of the coaches. In a world of selfishness they learn TEAM and how it takes all of them to keep that pyramid up and each and every girl safe. They learn and instill trust in each other.

Amazing gym, where they treat everyone like family. They have a special needs team and they cover…read more100% of the cost. Honestly couldn't say enough positive things about this gym

My two children both attend studiok my oldest nine thrives and loves dancing. She's on the dance…read moreteam and has been given the opportunity to help in a younger class (which she absolutely loves)My five year old just loves to dance for fun. Nikki has programs for both. Overall my girls are very happy here:)