Nor Cal Dance Arts

I called about my 4 year old joining a class or two (tumble time/​creative dance) however I was told that she wouldn’t be able to join without approval. The girl I spoke to didn’t sound too optimistic about our chances. She also said that I would have to wait until the fall to try to enroll.
That’s too bad!

First u-​Jam class with Suzi on Saturday. Morning. The people are super nice and they make you feel comfortable and part of the family. Really enjoyed it and the advanced ones are always changing places so if you stayed in the back there was someone always to follow if I couldn’t see up front. It was really fun and it was the fastest hour and a half class is ever taken. Be prepared to bust out in a sweat! Super fun U-​Jam class, highly recommended!

It was my 5 yr old daughter’s first day of taking Nor Cal’s hip hop dance class. And she truly enjoyed it. It is located near The Plant off Monterey Rd in a nice, clean area. The building is huge! Right when you walk in you enter a huge lobby where there are tables, couches and chairs for parents and others to sit there and watch their child on one of the 6 flat screen TV’s that they have up on wall. Parents are not allowed to go in class with their child, that’s why they have the TV’s. If you want to register and it happens to be in the middle of the month, go in person so they can prorate the class fee’s for you. I attempted to register online and due to one of the other Unilocalers reviews I read, I realized I should call before I register online to ask if I had to pay the full price that it showed online. Apparently, they don’t have a prorated option online or the registration fee of $ 25 that you’re supposed to pay. So I just went in person.
I’ve had my daughter in another hip hop that was at my Community Center and that was a class where she was just shown how to hop and jump around. I wanted her to really learn how to do some dance moves and a dance routine since she is always copying music videos at home. So at Nor Cal, you will find that there, your child will be taught how to do real hip hop dance moves. They do have recitals and you’re not obligated to have your child in it but the one that’s coming up in June you have to pay $ 80 for a costume fee. The recital is on a Sunday in June and there will be a fee for you to attend the recital. I’m really excited.
I like how the instructor stretched before class then went into teaching the dance moves and going over them repeatedlly so the children can memorize it. They played some games at the end too which was nice and get a sticker at the end of class. My daughter is super excited!

This I would assure you is the best dance studio in the bay area. The dance teachers know what they are doing and really pay attention to their students. They offer ballet, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, cheer, and hip hop. I would highly recommend it!!!

A-​mazing! My daughter has been dancing since she was 5 years old and it took us 6 years to find Nor Cal Dance Arts. You name a dance company and she has danced there and we were not happy. When we found Nor Cal, our daughter was coming home excited about dance! She is now 13 years old and is still thriving at Nor Cal with Ballet, Hip Hop and Lyrical. She comes home after every dance class with motivation, determination, new techniques and always wanting to do better. As for the recital, our whole family, including grandma and grandpa were so impressed on how much talent these children have. We were not looking at our watches to see when the recital would end. It was truly entertaining and HATS OFF to the teachers and owners. If you are looking for a wonderful dance community to join, look no further. Our family highly recommends Nor Cal Dance Arts.

OK so my daughter took a trial class this summer at the studio. Trial went great she was even asked to join the team. But when it came to sign her up for classes it was so hard. I understand they are moving to the new studio. But I could never get anybody on the phone. I had left several messages. I emailed also. When I finally got an email back. I could only get a few classes recommendations. I was ready to spend good money at their studio. But I could never get anybody’s attention long enough to set up a scheduled for my child. I was just told well come to our open house and we will deal with it then. Well classes started that Monday. I wanted to walk into the Open house with some Idea on what classes to sign her up. I was just told pick out her classes & pay on line. Hello I don’t know how your classes work? A little guidance would be nice. Well still to this day I have not heard back from Norcal. I hate paying money for classes I can’t sing my child up for. Well I am glad that I didn’t wait for somebody to get back to me. I may still be waiting. This business must not need the money. OH well I would go find another studio who wants your business.

This is a review for the Zumba classes.
I understand that this is a dance studio so there wouldn’t be a ton of priority placed on twice a week Zumba classes for people to drop by. However, in my opinion, people who come for the class are treated almost as an afterthought. The Saturday instructor couldn’t be bothered to show up on time and ended the class right on time even though we were gypped by 15 minutes. The class itself was fine albeit hard to follow as our instructor was low on energy, couldn’t be bothered to give instruction, and was distracted by her two children playing off to the side. Let’s not forget to mention that she didn’t even show up the next Saturday session and offered a lame excuse to the receptionist that she just wouldn’t be doing the class anymore. Luckily the receptionist kindly offered those of us who had waited two complimentary Monday classes to make up for the utter unprofessionalism of the instructor.
I’d heard good things about the Monday instructor so decided to give it a shot and took my friend and two aunts. The class was packed and we actually DID have a good workout so I’d give 4 stars to the gentleman conducting that class (his name escapes me, sadly!). As excited as I was to have a Monday class to add to my schedule, I took my friend, her mom, and my mom to the next Monday class, only to find out that there was no class as well. Seeing as how NCDA had my information, I was surprised that I wasn’t contacted. I was simply told, «yeah, we didn’t contact anybody» and that NCDA class schedules were changing over for the summer and just to call or come by again to see when the next Zumba class would be. I just find it unorganized and inappropriate that people would plan out their schedules to come to this class only to not be afforded the same respect to at least be told about these constantly changing classes. I appreciate the low drop in rate $ 5, but with the inconsistency, I will be a spare customer, if that.

My mother and I wanted to keep my sister of age 6 active so we decided to put her in a dancing class. She didn’t know what she would like so we did 2 drop in classes to Hip Hop and Combo class which is $ 15 each. She tried out both classes and LOVED IT. Orginally we only wanted to sign her up for one class but end up enrolling her for both. The only thing I didn’t like was that after she tried the second class. We made a decicion and signed her up right away which was mid month. We paid $ 112.00 for the month and found out that it’s not prorated and that our next due date would be on the 1^st which we paid pretty much 112 for 2 weeks. They explain that in some months is longer so it pretty much «MAKES UP «for it. Which I don’t agree thats how it should work at all. If that was the case I would have sign her in the 1^st of the month of OCT. Other then that she loves it and I guess that’s what matters.

My daughter absolutely LOVES NCDA! We enrolled in their summer dance camp program and paid $ 90.00 for about five weeks and she was able to try out all kinds of dance styles (jazz, ballet, creative dance, hip hop) and even ACRO/​TUMBLING! she loves her dance instructors (Miss TAWNYA and MISS NATASHA!) and her new dance friends. It shows that a teacher loves what they do and you can see it in their faces and their kind words of encouragement. You can bet my daughter will be back for the fall classes! She can’t wait! NCDA ROCKS!