Ballet Center of Fort Worth

My son has attended this school for four years and he loves it. They have excellent teachers who love kids and love to teach. The owners (who also teach) are former principal dancers from Universal Ballet and Texas Ballet Theater. I highly recommend this studio if you’re looking for top notch ballet education and training.

My daughter attends this school and in all honesty I have mixed feelings about it so here goes:
On the positive side: I believe the instruction she is getting is good and that she enjoys the classes. She is on the younger side so its really about getting them involved and interested.
Price-​wise, I think the school is about on par with other schools offering similar programs, so no real complaints. I do think that they need a better policy in case a student is unable to make a week here and there that they should allow a certain number of times that a parent can pay a discounted rate per semester if they will be out of town for some reason. Saying a student can take a make-​up class which usually happens during the work week does not help single mothers who work full time with very specific schedules. I could not possibly add a 45 minute class in at the end of my day.
Negatives:
1. While I think that my daughters teacher is probably really good with the kids — I find her unfriendly towards the parents. She doesn’t take the time to comment on progress or even offer a friendly hello if she sees you in the lobby. You spend 1.5 hours with my child every week — you could at least smile at me sheesh!
2. My daughter takes 2 classes once a week back-​to-​back. That’s 1.5 hours that we are there. I have a young son (under the age of 2) that I have to entertain during that time. He likes to wander and explore, and provided I am playing with him, he is relatively quiet. That being said — he is not allowed to go into the hallways where the classes are. This means I somehow have to keep him quiet and entertained only in the lobby. There is no door preventing him from going into the hallway so I have to actively block his passage or somehow prevent him from going back there — which usually makes him cry which then causes me to get told that he needs to be quiet. Also, the lobby is HOT!!! The front wall is just windows and when the sun is shining it heats up quickly and the only thing in there is chairs… This is an environment for children — put some toys out… a TV… something that will distract kids. Spending an entire 1.5 hours trying to engage a toddler and keep him quiet in a small, empty, HOT room is probably the worst part of my week every week seriously!
3. Recital fees are OUTRAGEOUS!!! $ 65 per recital (so that’s $ 130 if your child takes 2 classes), and another $ 65 per class for costumes. That’s $ 260 for one child to participate in the recital for her two classes. Sadly I had to make my daughter choose just one. I think if you have your kid in multiple classes — there should at least be an effort to discount recital fees accordingly…

An amazing ballet school with dedicated and knowledgeable teachers who care about the quality of ballet training their students receive. I have yet to encounter a better studio

LOVE their version of The Nutcracker each holiday season. It is the perfect mix of professional and talented young dancers and we look forward to it every year.

dissapointed!
Disorganized school With terrible rude staff and faculty.
We got last year recital’s (in June) pictures this year!!! With any apology. Who can understand with this!
And we pay over 100dollars for recital costume
and recital. But it was terrible last year. Totally disorganized and expensive school.
I felt terrible about this place.
Do not waist money!