Dancers, parents, employees and buyers beware!!! This studio is owned and operated by a scammer.
Would give zero stars if I could.
In March 2025 owner told parents that he misspent all money we paid him for our competition dancers. He said he was completely broke and could not pay us back the thousands he took from us for the purpose of costumes, competition fees and prepaid tuition. Prior to this he was pretending that the business was running smoothly, lying about competition cancellations and cutting practices short or no-showing. Many times he would leave 14 year olds to run the classes with no adult present. He asked parents to pay for the season in advance and collected prepaid budget fees despite breaching the contract and not providing the services promised.
6 days before a competition he admitted to mishandling (stealing?) funds and not paying the competition so our dancers could not attend. Now he is offering to pay parents back via services and continued participation on the team but has not made financial paybacks and is still requesting cash for fees. He is saying he will sell the company and pay us back with that cash although there are under 20 students at this time and nothing worth buying for a potential investor. No assets, debt and an owner with a bad reputation. He begs money for personal expenses from customers and colleagues and is asking for all dancer payments to go through his personal Venmo account instead of the studio. After admitting to taking money and having nothing to repay customers he was spotted at a local casino on April 11, 2025.
Do not get scammed. This is not a reputable studio or owner. read more