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Creative Arts Dance Academy

Creative Arts Dance Academy

5.0(1 review)
0.5 mi

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...

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Center for the Performing Arts

Center for the Performing Arts

5.0(2 reviews)
4.4 mi

I wish I could give this place more stars…read more My daughter started dance at the Y when she was in preschool. By 2nd grade she needed a different studio for several reasons. Checked out a few in town but I liked the non competitive atmosphere here. Jane (the owner) is the most personable manager you'd ever want to meet. The motto is that everyone is a star (and at the end of the year everyone gets a medal). Some kids do get trophies but not for competition reasons. They have programs for all level kids and everyone regardless of age, ambition, ability or socioeconomic level is treated equally. My daughter has been in intensive ballet for four years now and is in her second year of toe. She's given the drive and push she needs to succeed without creating an environment similar to certain reality show nightmares. She's worked her way onto performance team. It's something she's wanted since 2nd grade and she's happiest when she's there. She's just finished her second year on team. She is happiest when she's with her PT gang. If you want your child to enjoy himself/herself I suggest you go there. Everyone is equal and Jane and her daughter Meghan are available almost 24/7 via phone, email, txt, FB chat -- the only thing I haven't personally tried is FaceTime but I suspect if I needed to they'd make it happen (everyone deserves some down time). These ladies truly care about the whole student. What matters is that the focus isn't solely on how they dance. Taking the personal feelings of each student into account is part of the corner stone of what they hold near & dear to their teaching philosophy. If you need to hear more, feel free to reach out to me. I can't sing their praises enough. Every year I ask my daughter if she wants to go competition, and before I can finish the sentence I get an emphatic NO. If that doesn't say it all I don't know what else would.

I am a student at CPA and recently joined the performance team, which I am very excited about! I am…read moregoing into my fourth year at CPA and my third year in the ballet intensive program. Ms. Katelyn McMahon, the director of the ballet program, is very knowledgable and trustworthy. She is hard on her students but truly wants the best for them, and pushes them to succeed. Not only is she an outstanding ballet teacher she is also incredibly knowledgable about dance related injuries and physical therapy. I can not stress enough how much of an amazing person and teacher she is. She truly goes above and beyond. Jane, the owner, and her daughter Meghan, an assistant director, know each student individually and always makes sure all students feel welcome. I would feel comfortable talking to them about dance and non-dance related issues. Overall, after attending another dance school for a few years where I felt unwanted, I feel truly blessed to have come across CPA, when I was looking for a new dance school. The ballet intensive program is truly an intensive, complete with levels, auditions, end of year evaulations and teacher/parent conferences. I would highly recommend CPA to anyone, no matter what level or age. Truly an amazing, welcoming enviorment with highly qualified teachers and outstanding dance training.

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Nancy Chippendale's Dance Studios

2.7(6 reviews)
3.5 mi

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

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The Real School of Music

The Real School of Music

2.2(5 reviews)
0.4 mi

The pros -- it's a professional place. You contract every season for either 30, 45, or 60 sessions…read moreper week (with some leeway), and every quarter you decide if you want to re-up. The teachers have some talent as well. Most have a background in teaching in addition to music, and that helps them relate to their pupils. You will also get email updates for each session to note what had been covered and the progress being made by the pupil. Now the cons -- it's in business to make money, but it's also more profit driven than any music organization or music instructor I've previously encountered. If an instructor needs to reschedule, then a session is rescheduled -- there isn't a credit issued back on your tuition. That's OK when it's once every two or three months, but it becomes a problem when your instructor has to reschedule MULTIPLE sessions into the same week to make their commitments up prior to the end of the quarter -- since the pupil will not have enough time between sessions to process what's being shared in the sessions and maximize their benefit. If you have a background in music, be it instrument or voice, you understand the benefit of practice in between sessions. That opportunity is not a strength of this particular organization, and unfortunately it happened several times in our association with this organization. In addition, most emails I had received as to my child's lesson and progress were emailed to me DURING the lesson. That's time that should be spent on instruction. I would say that for the beginner OR for a young person who's just looking to have fun, this may be a decent choice. However, most may be better off doing what we did -- to look for music instruction from individual teachers or smaller organizations in the community to make sure their child gets the most out of a musical instruction experience.

I would say that this is a terrible place. It is just thrown together in a basement and it some…read morepeople here are just so rude!

J Everett Collins Center - theater - Updated November 2026

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