Freedom Performing Arts Company is a dance studio for ballet and this fall 2018 they are having…read moreclasses for students as young as 5 years old. They have classes for beginning ballet, advance, pre pointe, pointe, and contemporary. There is also a sibling discount. In addition to ballet classes, they also have Barre fitness classes and High Fitness classes. As a customer, I'm reviewing the fitness classes. I love the Barre and High fitness classes. The reason I love the Barre fitness classes is because it is ballet based and not "fitness" based. I've previously taken a Barre fitness class elsewhere and it was more about strength training at the bar and not necessarily based on ballet. This studio is about ballet and using that as the basis for the Barre fitness classes. They are generally low impact, but very effective ballet techniques used to strength train. The studio only just recently added the High fitness classes, which is a good cardio class that uses repetitive, easier to follow dance moves to get your heart rate going. Both types of fitness classes are 45 mins long. You can attend as many fitness classes for a $30 monthly membership fee. The studio is run by 2 sisters, Deidre and Danielle, who have extensive ballet training and with Deidre also training professionally with Ballet Magnificat. Danielle is a personal trainer. Both do the Barre classes. Danya is the new gal doing the High fitness classes. I love how these ladies run their classes, so that's why I wanted to get their studio up on Yelp because I really want to see their studio grow. They do have a Facebook page if anyone wants to get more information on them.

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Arizona Classical Ballet is a husband and wife business run out of their studio at their home. We…read morehave two daughters who started ballet at ages 3 and 5; that was three years ago. They set a professional learning environment that allows children to still have fun while learning ballet. Erika and Bradley are good people with a lot of patience. They work with children with special needs as well as give free lessons at the Crossroads Mission to children who otherwise could not afford to take ballet. They have my highest recommendation.

If you are considering dance for your child I would like to strongly suggest that you avoid Arizona…read moreClassical Ballet, as well as the owners, Erika and Bradley Bowen. The studio made a large move from a building on Main Street to a building at their home. This has caused many problems. Their financial state of affairs is questionable. The studio went an entire week with NO RUNNING WATER but held classes anyway. Neighbors have complained about the number of cars parking on the street and so they have asked parents not to stay for classes but to just drop off their children. This leaves no accountability to the owners. The children are unsupervised unless they are in class. There is no room for students waiting for class to be in the studio and they don't want the students in their house so they have the students waiting OUTSIDE on the patio and in the Yuma heat. On one occasion, I had to go pick up my friend's daughter because she had a medical emergency and when I had arrived, NO ADULT had aided the child. She was on her own with the help of a bunch of other kids and in fact, niether of the owners knew what had happened. UNACCEPTABLE. We brought this up to the owners who became immediately defensive. Bradley stopped all communications with the mother. He would not deal with her at all after that. Highly unprofessional behavior. Bradly's moods have become worse and worse. Just the other night, after a refund was requested by a parent, Bradly verbally accosted a student for sitting against a wall instead of dancing in a dance routine that she was not part of. The student's response "he's just in one of his moods". When is it ok for a child to be so used to an adults behavior that they make that kind of statement. As this story has been talked over, more issues have come to surface of Bradly's temper and verbal assault against his students. I and other parents are currently working to file a formal complaint against Arizona Classical Ballet and Bradley Bowen.

I enjoyed a relaxing and healing sound bath + yin yoga session. The space was comfortable and open,…read moreand the music made the experience truly enjoyable.

A little bit of NYC or Beverly Hills sophistication right here in Yuma. Owner Amandelyn Taylor has…read morecreated a space so inviting that I ended up going to three of the class offerings in one day. I'm in Yuma, exploring its offering to those of us here for dental care across the border in Los Algodones. The classes I tried were: Yin Yoga, Tai Chi. After the Tai Chi Class I hopped into an Arial Sound Bath Experience. I'm a small, older person in my 70's with zero previous experience with arial classes. In addition, my mouth has been poked at, prodded, and gouged for the better part of a week and swinging around in a hammock might cause less adventurous souls to skip it. But after meeting with and chatting with the charming proprietess, I knew I'd be in good hands at the least, and at the most I'd learn something new. WELL! After a quick Ai search, I read that: An aerial yoga hammock is a soft, durable nylon fabric sling suspended from one or two ceiling points, designed for anti-gravity yoga, fitness, and acrobatics. It aids in deep stretching, spinal decompression, and strength building by supporting body weight, making inversions accessible to all levels. That's my only ding in this review: I wish there were more details in the class description on the otherwise perfect website. Speaking of websites, this one makes booking classes easy. I noticed a lot of other elder-folks in my other classes and it was wonderful to be in that inclusive atmosphere. I think my teacher for the Yin Class was Carolina. She is a bi-lingual teacher and I learned that most, if not all of Amandalyn's teaching staff all speak Spanish. A great studio. Try something new. And go for it, in a magical environment where the class will leave you buzzing with good vibes all day long!

Wow! What a yoga studio! I went to the restorative class…read moreand let me tell you, it was relaxing and afterwards I felt really calm and relaxed. It's gentle stretches. They have other classes that are more intense as well as hot yoga. The instructor was friendly, welcoming and really good at teaching us through the stretches, making sure everyone was comfortable. Will be going back!