I would caution other parents to carefully review Impact Dance's policies before enrolling…read more My experience with their trial and cancellation policies was disappointing and felt misleading. I enrolled my child in two back-to-back classes for $740 under the impression--based on how the trial was advertised--that we could cancel after the first two weeks if it wasn't a good fit. Unfortunately, the instruction during those initial classes was minimal, and my child felt uncomfortable enough that she didn't want to continue. When I requested a refund after the second class, I was told it wasn't possible because I had signed the contract prior to week one, even though I was not informed that payment and signing could be delayed until after the trial period. This key detail was never made clear at the time of enrollment. Instead of a refund, I was offered a store credit. I explained I wouldn't be able to use it until fall 2025, and at the time, they verbally agreed this would be acceptable. However, when I recently tried to register for fall or winter classes, I was told the credit had expired--and I was only being offered half of the original amount. In short, the policies feel overly rigid and not clearly communicated, and the follow-through on verbal agreements has been inconsistent. I hope the studio reconsiders how it handles these situations in the future.

Impact has provided the most incredible experience for my daughters! They have grown so much as…read moredancers and as people from the instructors expertise, leadership and love! It is such a warm and wonderful community that it has become my daughter's second home! I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a dance studio!

I'm a huge fan of this studio. The instructors are top notch…read moreand put you at ease immediately. The Thursday night party is the best. I've made a lot of great friends at AM Gaithersburg. I highly recommend people give dancing a try.

This dance studio is located in an office building in Gaithersburg, Md. it is a large clean space…read morewith an excellent sound system. The staff is amazing. All the instructors are friendly and personable. They use a repetition and building block method of teaching that is quite effective. I went from someone with "two left feet" to a person that had confidence in several basic dances in just 2 lessons. Try it and you'll like it and have fun as well

My daughter is having the best time learning to dance and join classes with her friends. Great…read morelocation, staff, instructors. Everyone is so nice and my daughter will continue to go as long as she wants to! Highly recommend.

Taking adult beginning ballet classes. Teacher is great! Relearning ballet is a fun experience!…read moreTeacher is very patient and other students are very nice!

This dance studio is super cute!! All the staff are friendly and know how to do their jobs. Classes…read morealways start on time which i absolutely love. They have things for purchase and they all just so adorable. We started out with a mommy and me class to get her warmed up and ready for class by herself come September. Classes Are not to big so that allows the teachers to get to know the students. I would definitely recommend this studio to all families.

I am so ridiculously disappointed with our experience here. The owner was so nice during our first…read moreinquiry into the program. I really thought that this would be a great place for my kids. I WAS SO WRONG. The very first time that I had a question, I received a very rude and condescending email from Melissa (the owner). I couldn't understand why my question upset her so much and tried to reach out to her but was repeatedly redirected to other managers. My daughter was called out in front of the group and embarrassed. The choreography for the hip hop class was horrible. The whole experience was absolutely terrible!! I've removed my children from their program and I want everyone to know how awful these people treated me and my family.

My neice trains and competes with this organization. The coaches are top notched and prepare these…read moregirls to the highest level with the highest standards.

We had been looking for a piano teacher for a while when I found Rok's school of music. He is the…read more3rd piano teacher that our 8 year old daughter has had (this is just to basically show you how much we had to search till we found the right one). All what I can tell you is that our daughter was ready to give up because she was not motivated/did not enjoy piano or music. She started with Rok a year ago and she is LOVING piano, studies EVERY single day and I have seen progress that I had not seen in any of the other years since we started 5 years ago. This is to Rok's credit. He is patient, disciplined, very knowledgeable in pedagogic methods of music but also uses his psychological skills to motivate his students adapting to their needs. I could not recommend him more.

I've taken the Wednesday ballet class For beginner adults…read moreand have enjoyed it. The instructor is very nice and knowledgeable. The group size is usually 10-14 people. Everyone seems nice and pleasant to each other. Overall I've enjoyed attending the classes

Love this studio!!! I've been taking adult drop in classes here several times a week for years now…read more The instructors and accompanists are fantastic

We brought our 2.5 year old to see Mandy and were with her for approximately 1.5 years. Mandy…read moreprovided just the right advice as well as engagement for our child (and as new parents, her experienced guidance and suggestions throughout also gave us peace of mind). Our toddler at the time was very shy, so her approach of play-based speech therapy was the ideal fit for a shy kiddo. He looked forward to sessions and didn't realize it was "work", but instead saw it as a fun activity where he was able to play with a variety of toys with an energetic playmate. I don't see how Mandy has the energy to play with the little ones all day, but she does--and really seems to enjoy it. The play/session environment is comfortable, welcoming, clean, and has a toy store's worth of different toys (and Mandy is always trying out new ones for the repertoire). Mandy immediately identified a structural issue that a previous formal evaluation from another speech therapist missed. Our child progressed wonderfully and is now outgoing, able to express himself clearly and with a range of vocabulary and sentence structures, and is doing advanced language and verbal work at school. We are very satisfied and highly recommend Bethesda Speech for Kids and Mandy.

Mandy has made an enormous difference in the life of my 9yo. My son has been in and out of various…read morespeech pathologist's offices since he was 4, and I could never hear or see a measurable difference in his speech until we found Mandy. The difference in a year with her is greater by far than the difference in 5 years with everyone else combined. I cannot say enough good things about our experience with her. She is incredibly effective as a speech pathologist, and the results are really clear. Even more than that, she is flexible, patient, adaptive and works with my son rather than at him. Her humor shines through steadily, and she is very kind, and my son can sense that and relaxes with her. She has specific, targeted exercises and games she goes through with him - he has only begun to figure out that the games are work - and gives us home practice in such a way that he knows what he needs to be doing and how to do it. My son can be a handful - so she works in movement breaks and tunes the games to his interests and approaches it with humor that makes him feel welcome. She gives prizes after so many stickers earned - set at a reasonable, attainable pace - and I noticed that, having figured out my son liked puzzles and stuffed animals, that the prizes being offered have quietly become things he enjoys. He vibrates for the opportunity to win them. Even the games have become quietly tuned to his needs and preferences; I've never seen so many games of Memory played. My son invented his own version of Go Fish with the articulation cards, and she went so far as to write down the rules so they could play it again. Seriously, she is *amazing*. As a note: my son went from throwing tantrums at the very idea of speech to cheerfully practicing at home and happily showing up to his speech therapy. Because she praises him for his effort and his progress and specifically what he is doing right, he can aim for that specific thing again and *believes her* when she tells him he's working and she can tell. I cannot tell you what a difference that has made. Most importantly, my son went, in less than a year, from being unintelligible unless someone had known him for years, to being a confident, talkative, outgoing kid with a lot to say. A few months in with Mandy, I stopped having to 'translate' for him. Months ago, he suddenly started talking non stop, because he could be understood and heard and participate. Before that, he only spoke that much with me, and he chose the most efficient script to short hand what he wanted to communicate, as speaking was tedious and hard work and he might have to repeat himself five times. Now, he is speaking happily and with assurance with his friends and with his teachers, and does not hesitate to step up and speak when called upon to do so. Mandy has made SUCH a difference in his life, and I am forever grateful. She is worth every penny and moment of time. I highly recommend her; you won't find a better speech pathologist.