Dance Studio of Fresno

I wanted to love this place. However, there was some things that rubbed me the wrong way. So I decided to take my business else where. My daughter is 5 years old. She was in gymnastics and wanted to try ballet. A family member recommended Dance Studio of Fresno. I googled searched and most reviews were 5 stars. Awesome! Let’s give it a try. This was during Covid so the parents were not allowed to go in the building and watch. I would wait in my car the full hour. Right away I noticed when class was over the kids were just dismissed. No teachers waiting with the kids. No one checking to make sure the kids parents were there. Just letting the kids cross the small, packed parking lot by themselves. Mind you my daughter is 5. I was always there but I didn’t like the idea of a child waiting by their little self. Moving on.. so there are recitals. My daughter is very shy and still fairly new compared to the other girls. She wanted more time to get it down and grow. We decided not this year, maybe next. But in the meantime she wanted to continue to dance. The recital is optional. The staff reassured me she can continue to dance and will not feel left out in any way (which was my biggest concern).Now that Covid restrictions are lifted we (parents) can watch. I saw My daughter and the few others that were not attending the recital were definitely left out. The girls that were in the recital wore their fancy dresses, got all the attention and time from the teacher. I could see it in my daughters face she was hurt and wanted to burst out in tears. I took her out immediately. She will not be going there again. I get there’s a recital. I understand the girls got a beautiful dress. But I was told she would not feel left out in any way. If that’s the case they should make the recitals mandatory or have a separate class. Or just simply let the parents know the girls will be wearing dresses and your child may feel left out .. but you can purchase one. This is my experience and my feelings towards Dance Studio of Fresno. Disappointed on so many levels.

I had a lot of fun during my time in this dance studio however I decided that I won't be returning to it. I liked my class but there was a lot of problems that I had with them, they were really friendly towards me but I felt like the time I've been there I really didn't learn anything at all except for a couple new moves as I was in one of their hip hop classes. We spent majority of our time learning the choreography for the recital which I had no problem with but there was never any learning of foundation for hip hop and I really didn't improve much. As I was trying for one of their other classes, the teacher wasn't there to guide me and I had to seek help from another student. When recital came, I felt really uncomfortable with how they treated my class than others, it felt extremely unfair as if we were the problem. This place wasn't able to provide me a space for me to fully express myself as a dancer. Sad my experience here wasn't as great like others, I was really disappointed.

My little one is two and a half. She is in tap and ballet and couldn't be happier with Ms. Andrea! She is so wonderful and patient with the little ones!

My three daughters have danced there starting in 2012. They love it there, and the teachers and dance family have played such an important role in their childhoods.

Best place ever. They have great teachers.