Elite School of Dance

My 7 y.o. daughter attended here for 8 months. Classes were once a week, at a cost of $ 50/​month, with approx 7 to 8 students in the class. She seamed to really enjoy going to class and was really excited about learning ballet. The school told us that they TAUGHT ballet. However, as a parent observing the process, I was not real impressed with the teaching process or the level of organization exhibited by the school.
I feel that parents (you know, the ones paying for all the classes) were not really included in the process as far as what was being taught or what your little dancer should be working on at home. There seemed to be a general lack of training points or goals for the classes or students on a week to week or month to month basis, other then to learn the steps to pre-​canned routine. Additionally, several times there were issues with other students in the classes that were disruptive, unattentive or did not share the same level of commitment as the majority. When performance day came the tickets were $ 20/​person and her dance outfit was $ 65; in general it was not well organized or executed. We chose to stop attending after the less then rousing and canned performance, and oddly the school made no attempt to retain us as a client nor ask for feedback.
All in all, we spent $ 465 and I’m not really sure what my daughter learned except a simple 5 minute routine that was practiced over and over and over for memory. I wanted a school that taught the basic mechanics of ballet that my daughter could grow and build on… not a singularly trained/​rehearsed performance.