Cynthia’s Dance Center

I wanted to get my daughter some instruction to improve her posture, build self confidence n poise. While Cynthia’s claimed to do just that, something went wrong midway through her time under Cynthia’s instruction.
As training in said improvements,
Cynthia had asked that my daughter compete in the Miss Sacramento/​Folsom/​Roseville pageant. She accepted n we did everything that was asked n more, to prepare for this event. My daughter was happily crowned n started her year long reign as Miss Pre-​Teen Roseville, even though she was already a teenager.
We initially made all community service appearances, which were scheduled by Cynthia. We also contacted places n events that my daughter could serve at beyond the scheduled ones n got approval from Cynthia to do so.
As time went on, Cynthia’s involvement with her pageant winners became less n less. Her focus was more on her dance students n the musical production she directs within her dance studio. When my daughter needed some encouragement n more training on protocol, I contacted Cynthia, but she was not interested in meeting with her.
She did have a talk with my daughter over the phone before an appearance n that helped a lot, but I could tell, was not something Cynthia was happy to do.
On the morning of one of our sought out
events, my daughter fell ill n couldn’t make her appearance n shockingly, she was suspended by Cynthia, indefinitely. She was embarrassed that her name would be associated with us not able to show n she was very angry. I tried to get an audience with Cynthia to discuss the sudden suspension, but was not granted that opportunity.
Weeks n months went by, but Cynthia wouldn’t reply to emails or phone calls we made, inquiring to talk with us. We waited patiently at first n then reached out to other «royalty» (as she called the pageant winners) and were surprised to find out that we weren’t the only ones snubbed by Cynthia.
12 of the 18 crowned n appointed winners had either quit or had their titles taken away. It is so unfortunate that the girls would have to go thru this n really put a bad taste in my daughters mouth, for what pageants are all about.
Other systems have reached out to us, inviting us to apply n experience a true n legit pageant opportunity.

Very good with my Daughter Bella, very boring process for my daughter so we tried a different place.

We danced here for over a year also. I had many many of the same comments as Dawnna Z. Cynthia does not teach the «art» of dance as she advertises, she teaches the same steps over and over again! Her main goal to to put on 2 recitals a year. She never helped the girls who struggled a bit but sent them off to the back room with another student. When recital time comes she turns maniacal and makes the girls go to lessons 3 times a week. If the girls couldn’t attend the «extra» lessons she got mad. Instead of teaching the new steps on the scheduled days, she would teach the new steps on one of the extra days. We picked the day and time for classes because that was the day we were available, not the others. When she ordered costumes and they didn’t fit the girls, her response was «oh well». As the recital comes closer she keeps adding things we need to buy. We never know the full costs up front. She also does «street shows» in Folsom. These are not to promote the girls but to promote her business.
Cynthia seems nice at first but then the sarcasm starts. She talks about parents to other parents also which is very unprofessional! She has her favorites for sure!
The costumes must be paid for months in advance as already stated, but, they don’t get there until a week before the performance.

My daughter has been a student here for almost 6 months and she loves it. Cynthia is so amazing and patient with those little girls. We just had a recital and you can tell Cynthia put a lot of work into it. It was a fabulous recital and my daughter really enjoyed herself. I would highly recommend this class!

My daughter attended Cynthia’s dance center for almost a year. My daughter did not enjoy going to class, because it was not a fun atmosphere. However, the seriousness of the classes did not pay off either! She barely learned a thing. We continued to take classes until the recital because we already pre-​paid $ 80 for our costume and tights 6 months in advance.
I should have followed my gut instinct, because when I first walked in, I wondered why there is no ballet bar in the studio. The children do not even learn the 5 ballet positions of their feet and arms after taking classes for a year. Even the more advanced children do not know how to do pirouettes without falling over, or even point their toes when they leap. They are not taught how to have good stage presence either.
The recital was absolutely horrible, and a total rip-​off since she makes it mandatory for each family to pay $ 55 just to attend the recital. I couldn’t believe how many of the children were lost on the stage, and they did NOT know the routines during the recital. It was actually very uncomfortable to watch.
I have witnessed Cynthia being sarcastic and impatient with the children, instead of learning how to engage them. The kids get bored during class because there is no variety. They just do the routine with music over and over, yet many of them still don’t know the steps on their own because it is not taught with counts.
We cancelled classes as soon as possible after the recital, and Cynthia would not give us our portraits that we paid for until we showed up at the studio.