Dance Gallery

The owner is racist! She does not support dancers of color and has been telling parents that hip hop classes are cancelled. Rose is very unprofessional and speaks negatively about instructors to parents and other employees. Seems like she feels the need to be in the spotlight. She «cancelled» a class only to end up teaching it (poorly). I will never my younger sister step foot in that studio again. Due to the lack of respect I also took it upon myself to report them to the Better Business Bureau for racism and unprofessionalism.

If I could give this location half of a star I would. Extremely unprofessional and uncaring. Children are not first on their list. I purchased a deal on My Cotorra for my daughter. The deal was $ 75.00 for a week of camp. When I registered her in mended up paying another $ 60.00 in Fieldtrips. She had an awful experience. She wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom after she asked multiple times. I specifically wrote on the student information form that she was lactose intolerant. When they went on a Fieldtrip to Little Chefs, a nearby cooking establishment for children. She made pizza and ate it. Needless to say, she had to use the bathroom and was not allowed to. My daughter refused to attend camp the remainder of the week. I called multiple times and left messages to see if I could be refunded for the other Fieldtrips I paid for and never received a call back. Out of courtesy the very least that they could’ve done was returned my call. I am extremely dissatisfied how everything was handled.

My first impression of this place was very poor. Five moms were complaining on the prices and that they constantly being charged late fees. They do not send a bill nor an email remainder when payment is due. Then another group of moms were complaining being charged $ 80 for a boy’s costume which she asked to see and was informed it was not selected yet. This place nickel and dimes you for everything. Miss Rose is quite condescending in her communications.

Must say I’m extremely disappointed at this dance school. My daughter started on June 2012 with 3 years old. The only reason I chose this school primarily is because the same ballet teacher she had previously at her day care was there (Ms. Sonia). While Ms. Sonia is an awesome teacher, with excellent skills and patience, I unfortunately have many regrets with the school itself. I found them more focused in getting in one’s pockets than in committing and be fair with the level presented. The older students get all the attention and the little ones get shafted. Their directors put so much effort in professionally collecting all the possible fees, but the end of the year show organization and overall presentation was disastrous and embarrassing:
— They charged a $ 70 fee for costumes… my daughter costume was a lame tutu.
— They charged a $ 40 «participation» fee — really? my daughter’s two acts lasted no more than 3 minutes each.
— They forced us to be up to day (which I was) with the fees to be able to purchase tickets
— With all these money they collected, they hired the lamest clown ever (I’m still wondering why there was a clown in the show, but I guess the theme was circus… lame) People actually booing every time the guy came out to the stage…
— the decorations… LAME — a couple of falling colored paper strings and a sign that simulates a circus — zero creativity for a so called creative art.
— Dont’ get me started in the organization… They didn’t even plan ahead to have hosts helping people find their seats, or at least guide them to the entrance.
— The theater was falling apart — and the air conditioning was not working.
— The entire recital lasted about four hours… FOUR HOURS!!! which the little girls had to eat sitting backstage doing nothing…
— Oh, and finally… they gave about 5 or 6 trophies to their best paying customers that participated in all the numbers and of course that have been with the school for over 5 years…
Overall, we actually paid for the older children’s costumes, trophies and participation fees… I don’t think these was thought thru at all — I don’t understand how parents can be so blind to accept this kind of treatment, when they are charging you for it!!!
I know my daughter will not enroll for next year, which is sad, because she is incredibly passionate about dancing.

My 4−½ year old has been attending ballet and tap classes at this studio for more than 6 months and she loves it. She looks forward to her weekly lessons with joy and anticipation. She adores Ms. Rose, who is also an owner, and a very caring and sensitive teacher, along with the other teachers Ms. Kristy and Ms. Laura who are also very kind and really care about their students. She has attended several weeks of their Summer Dance Camp and has thoroughly enjoyed it. They dance and have other activities such as gymnastics, makeup day, pajama day, etc. The older students have weekly field trips and the younger kids have the chance to participate in indoor field trips. My little one really enjoyed the latest indoor field trip by Little Chefs. I don’t want to forget to mention the administrative staff (Sumay & Kenni) who are extremely attentive and very helpful, always ready and able to answer all my questions. I did plenty of research before choosing this studio and I am glad that I did. Their reasonable monthly and registration fees are very friendly to our budget and they don’t ever seem to have difficult or ridiculously expensive requirements. We truly feel that they deserve 5 stars as we are very pleased with them.

If I could give this studio SIX stars, I would! My daughter has been dancing there since she was three, (she’s ten now). They offer a wide variety of dance styles including absolutely SPECTACULAR tap and acro dancing. But, in actuality, all of their classes and instructors are A+…The studio director, Rosemary baker and her daughter Kristy run a fantastic business.
Their prices, well, let me tell you a secret… It is probably the best priced studio in Miami. Rosemary is sensitive to the rising cost of life and will not hammer you with high monthly fees and outrageously priced recital costumes.
If my daughter could live at the studio she would… She actually opts out of going to parties to go dance and be with her friends at Dance Gallery !!!