My 4 yr old started dance here on a Groupon 2 years ago. We couldn't be more proud to start season…read more3 with Synergy at their new studio. Since the beginning, the owner has treated our family with respect and has exemplified that they are more than qualified to own, teach, compete, and do much more in the field of dance. I'm shocked by the previous review considering the fact that the recital outfits we've purchased have never exceeded $40. Furthermore, bc of my daughter's age she wasn't asked to have her hair or make up done, and I'm sure we all know that most studios require the use of cosmetics and an up-do of sorts. In addition to the low cost of recitals, the cost of tuition and the summer dance camp is more than manageable. Most recently they began selling the leotards, shoes and tights they ask the students to wear and have done their due diligence for their customers to find the cheapest and best products so we don't have to. As always, though, someone has to find something to complain about, right?

My daughter is about to start her second year of lessons at Synergy Dance Center and we both are…read morevery happy there! The staff is professional and you can really tell that they love dance and teaching kids! I think the tuition for the lessons is reasonable, too! Looking forward to see what my daughter learns this year!

Awesome Zumba classes, and really nice, fun, friendly environment. They offer Zumba every day of…read morethe week, usually twice a day. Highly recommended!

My little one just finished her first year at this wonderful studio. Miss Carmela is…read morefantastic--firm but loving, with a great sense of humor. The recital was also top-notch--professional, entertaining, and very well run. This is not a studio obsessed with competitions and trophies, but nurturing its dancers. Love it!

Back in 1992, I moved from NYC, where I had been teaching dance for 20 years and trained with top…read moreschools like the Joffrey Ballet School, Broadway Dance Center and others. I trained many dancers who turned pro. When I came here, I could not find good schools close to where we moved. I found this school and it was wonderful. My daughter and I took classes there and were very impressed. It was hard to continue because it was a trip from where we lived, and during the weekdays, I was a single mom of 2, due to my husband's work away from home. I opened my own school, locally, and it was successful for 15 years, until I retired from ownership and passed it onto others. I retired, temporarily, from teaching (since 1973) due to bad knees. Once I had them replaced, I called the owner, who is a colleague of mine who had judged for me at my competition, to take some classes to get back to dance. She asked me to also teach. I've been teaching there and am still so impressed with, not only the professionalism, but the moral and ethics, that match mine, that I find are lacking in some schools, I love working there and how she, and the staff, truly care for the well-being of the dancers. Michelle will not abandon her ethics, just to make a parent, or child, happy. Her standards are too high, thank goodness. I am so happy, after the few years I took off from teaching and dancing, to be at this dance school. I love the fact that their annual student demo concert does not charge fees for costumes, or concert fee. Only ticket sales. It is run beautifully, and I love working with professional teachers who think like me and have the background of excellent training, not just as dancers, but as teachers. If you are looking for an ethical school for your child, or yourself, with people who care more about you than what you can bring to them, this is the place. Thanks, Michelle Wurtz, for bringing me on board, in my later years, and giving me back my passion and the joy of teaching, again.

World-class dance instruction. My daughter learns something new every time she goes there. I cannot…read morebelieve how much she has grown since her first few steps in class. The fact that this group has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center and at the Olympics tells me that their instruction and execution is first rate. I will continue to recommend this hidden gem to all of my friends in the area. The low cost for the quality of education my kids have received is amazing. Check them out.

When our 16yo daughter told me she wanted to take up dance, I knew it would be a challenge to find…read morea dance home to accommodate a newbie of her age. I stumbled upon JDA through an online search and spoke with Ms Leech personally on the phone. She mentioned it was a fairly new studio with small teen classes. Our daughter is loving learning something new. The team at JDA truly love the art of dance and share their passion through teaching and inspiring dancers of all ages. I would highly recommend JDA and let any "older" girls seeking to learn dance knows that it is never too late to learn something new.

Love this dance school! Our daughter has grown so much. The instructors are great dancers and…read moregreat with kids. Rates are reasonable. Highly recommend!

I have had the distinct pleasure of both ideating / conceptualizing and working through execution…read morewith Karen and her incredible Grounded Aerial team. Not only are they consummate professionals, but also visionaries who never question even my wildest ideations! When you tell Karen you would like to suspend aerialists over water, or off the side of a high rise...she takes it further by telling you (not "NO WAY" ) but instead, exactly how she plans to do that for you and add even more wow to it! I have worked with many many aerialists and am as yet to find any as innovative and distinctive in their craft as Grounded Aerial. I'm constantly trying to find new opportunities to partner with them and hope the next time will be soon! -Kelly Nelson Chief Creation Officer Luminocity Entertainment Division (L.E.D.)

Fantastic aerial dance company and aerial dance teachers! Saw one of their show Insectinside when…read moreI was in NYC back in 2011 and took an aerial class this year. Wow. I learned some amazing stuff. I am a dancer and actor but had never tried aerial before. This was a unique experience and the teacher Karen is great. Detailed personal attention and care with new students. There were a few more experienced aerialists and she integrated us so well. Was partnering with others on bungee and on the wall by the end of the first day! She really was able to connect with all skill levels. Cannot say enough about this wonderful company and teacher, sign up for classes and see their shows whenever you get the chance. I live in London but I will definitely take a class again when I go back to NYC! I don't know if they have classes for kids but they should!

Megan S. * November 17, 2017 The perfect wedding music…read moreWe couldn't have imagined a better musician to play at our wedding! Pete was professional, extremely responsive and an amazing and personal touch to our wedding. He's an incredibly talented artist. All the guests enjoyed his 7 string guitar and style of play which provided the perfect musical ambiance for the evening!! We can't thank you enough Pete!! Hired as: Classical Guitarist Pete Smyser - solo guitar, duos and ensembles Response from Pete Smyser - solo guitar, duos and ensembles: Thank you Megan! Providing music for your intimate wedding was an honor & I'm so glad to hear that you and your guests enjoyed the music! -Pete Eric E. * February 26, 2018 Perfect choice for our 30-person corporate event! Bravo Peter played a perfect selection of contemporary hits finger style. He was professional and communicative throughout the process. His pricing was great and, most importantly, the senior management of my firm loved him. The music a great accompaniment to our event. I highly recommend Pete and will be using him again.

I worked with Pete Symser (guitar solo) for my dad's memorial service recently. He was incredibly…read moreinsightful and thoughtful in selecting songs, knew the appropriate volume for the attending crowd of senior citizens, and the music was a beautiful touch to the service. He played a little less than 30 songs from his vast collection of song selections spanning the decades from Wind Beneath my Wings to Ashokan Farewell. Highly recommend Pete!

Maria was great! My husband and I wanted to look a bit polished for our son's wedding. Maria…read moretaught us a dance for the Mother/Groom song so that we could teach the groom. Then she worked with us (Mother and Father of the Groom) so that we were comfortable and looked relaxed and confident as we danced around the floor! Maria was a delight to work with and I would recommend her highly!

Was gifted their wedding dance classes. It was Fantastic! we were able to learn a classic ballroom…read moredance custom to our first dance song. Nailed it in 2 classes- each class is an hour, but she could see we're struggling in class 1 and stayed an extra half hour with us. Great local business to support and affordable!

Let me start off by saying that I danced here for 8 years. If I could give this place 0 stars, I…read morewould. 1) The dance teachers here aren't professionally trained. Most of the dance teachers that work here are high school kids or adults that were taught to dance through this studio. It's a chain of untrained dancers, getting taught by untrained dancers. 2) When I danced here, it was very cliquey. Everyone had their own friends and plenty of the girls that I went to this studio with, were not open to inviting new people into their group of friends at all. Also, some of the girls will sit there and laugh at you, directly in your face. It was very intimidating. 3) Even the studio owner, Miss Barbara, makes her dancers feel insecure about themselves! She would not allow me to be in the competition group and would constantly tell me that I 'don't dance like my sister', rubbing it in my face that she thought my sister was better than me. She even gave me a movie to watch and told me that I need to dance like the people in the movie and have the same passion. She does this to her own students to be spiteful! In all, I haven't danced there in 10 years. Things might have changed. However, I I doubt it. If you want your kids to have low self-esteem, bring them here. If you want your kids to feel important and love what they are doing, go somewhere else!

Well, I have to say after reading a previous review I was angered, upset, and personally hurt to…read moresay the least. Miss Barbara's Dance Studio was my home away from home from the age of two and a half to the age of eighteen. That being said, if I could give this studio 10 stars I would. 1) The dance teachers at this studio are professionally trained. The owner (Miss Barbara) was a rockette and her daughter, who is also a teacher, danced for Brandywine Ballet Company. I myself have had the amazing experience of dancing under both incredibly talented women. Not only did I have the privilege of being taught by them, but I also had the privilege of teaching with them. The "high school" teachers that were talked about in the last "review" are ASSISTANT TEACHERS teaching alongside extremely talented women. 2) In one review the reviewer mentioned that the studio was "cliquey". I cannot speak for anyone else, but in my personal experience the ladies at this studio were always welcoming and always had another's best interest at heart. I can also speak from personal experience of being the "awkward girl" in middle school and high school, that girls can be down right mean and "cliquey", if you will. In fact, I don't think I have ever heard of a place full of young girls that hasn't had a problem with girls being mean to one another. But, I will say, if and when this ever happened in this studio it was always taken care of if the problem was brought to a teacher or the directors attention. I have learned many things growing up in this studio, one being to love myself through any stage of life, and that dancing is an amazing outlet for feelings of insecurities or self doubt. 3) Miss Barbara was taught, professionally I might add, in a completely different period of time where hard love was the best love. I can say from experience of crying in the studio, on my way home from class, and on my way to class, that Miss Barbara's "tough love" attitude is nothing BUT having her students best interest at heart. Her tough love is what made me into the dancer and woman I am today. If she didn't care about her students she wouldn't sit at her desk for almost every class and watch each of her students grow from year to year. Miss Barbara personally gave me movies to watch, not to be spiteful or mean, but to inspire me and to push me harder, because she knew there was more in me than what I was putting forth. I have actually never had a teacher in school that cared or believed in me that much to personally give me a movie to watch to inspire me or push me harder. If I had, I would have probably graduated Harvard with a doctorate degree. You have to work hard for the things you love and want in life. No one is going to hand you a spot on a competition team, or job position for that matter, if the hard work and passion isn't seen in that particular person. 4) I have not danced or taught in the studio for 5 years now. I normally don't care about another's opinion, but when it comes to my family I am very protective and stand strong in my own opinion. Miss Barbara's Dance Studio is and will always be my second family. Miss Barbara's Dance Studio is a wonderful place with high standards for every single one of their students. I have recommended Miss Barbara's to many parents and will continue doing so in the future.