Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Arrowhead

I would give negative stars if possible. I planned to come here to take lessons with my fiance and father before my wedding. We did not want to start ball room dancing or learn the fox trot; just something very simple. We made this very clear before arriving to the studio and at the studio before the lesson began. I only wanted two lessons with my fiance and two with my dad. My fiance and I had 45 minutes booked and walked out after 20 minutes. The instructor began by giving us a "tour" of the one room studio(including the reception desk where we had already signed in). I felt that it was cutting into the limited time that we paid for so I asked him if we could get started. He seemed to take offense to this. I explained up front that I would not like to sign up for more classes. I only wanted the two but he kept insisting that we need to take more. All he was was a salesman at this point.. We started with very simple steps which were actually helpful. He then placed us in position and began pushing us around the room. We asked two times to pause in order to get the steps right and he refused to lets us stop. This went on for five minutes and then he began to explain that it was already 20 minutes in to our session and we haven't learned anything. He was trying to prove a point that we would need more than two lessons. I understand that complex dances take a great amount of commitment and time, but this is not what we had paid for. All we wanted were basics and to actually learn those basics. This might be a decent place for committed dancers but I would never recommend this to anyone looking for wedding lessons. They were overall rude and wasted my time. I didn't even bother going back with my father.
1 8 years ago (19-09-2017)

They can't keep a teacher, rude owner, and too pricey for their quality. We learned a lot there, but I wish we started started somewhere else. We recently joined a new studio, way better, comparable prices
1 10 years ago (07-11-2015)