Terry Clark Dance Centres

I’m not from Central Valley, but I am from California. I have been looking for the right ballet studio to go to. I was looking for a studio that will teach me correct body form and for a teacher to help me when needed. I also like how relaxed the atmosphere is in there. I did not feel nervous at all, surprisingly! This is a wonderful dance studio. It has been a while since I danced and being that the classes were smaller was a major plus. If I needed correction, Terry would do so and she was very attentive to her students. She is very friendly and answered all my questions. I’m so glad I found such an awesome studio.

NOTE: this review is not for dance classes! Though, given my experience here, I would absolutely try one.
I am new to Fresno and needed to replace my jazz shoes, and I was calling lots of places I found on Google to see if they had what I was looking for.
Terry was super nice on the phone, confirmed they had my size, and I went in the following day to try them on. They are not a dancewear store, so they had a small selection (glad I called first!), but Terry was even nicer in person and I got some great new shoes for a great price.

My daughter danced here for 19 years. The studio stressed learning the fundamentals of all forms of dance. The structure and confidence my daughter learned have and will serve her throughout her life. And the seeing her pointe is priceless :)

My daughter went here for 2 years, and was enrolled in ballet and tap. During the time she went there, she was between 4 and 6 years old.
By the second year my daughter stopped enjoying the classes and didn’t want to go to them anymore. Even though my daughter didn’t like going we finished out the year because I didn’t want to teach her to just quit things when they get hard or lose their fun.
But let me tell you why she didn’t like going anymore, so that you don’t have to make the same mistake that we did! Her teacher was not good with children at all. She had no patience and would actually yell at these young girls when they would make mistakes, or because they weren’t catching on fast enough. (A problem which I believe had more to do with the teacher than the girls). Some of the teachers that Terry Clark has hired are just plain young and immature. They don’t know how to behave professionally or how to interact with parents. My guess is she just hired them because they took dance with her for years or something?
Terry Clark herself seems very talented, but she never taught my daughter or the younger students. It seemed like she taught more of the advanced classes.