Petite Feet Dance

Liz has great energy and is very committed. She seems to really enjoy teaching and the kids really enjoy her classes. However, I noticed that she does not take comments from the parents very well. Once she asked a child to do something (forcing the child to say sorry) that the parent was not ok with, and Liz seemed angry. There was also one time where I felt she had brought up a theme in class (death and the age-​old sexist story of prince rescuing the helpless princess) that was inappropriate for ²⁄₃ year olds and she was very defensive and told me to basically, «take it or leave it» when I tried to tell her that I loved her class but felt my daughter didn’t need to be hearing about princesses dying and being rescued by men. I feel that she could be more warm and open to hearing parents thoughts. She doesn’t have to take any or all of the advice to heart, but it would be nice for her to not get defensive when parents quite simply and non-​threateningly offer their thoughts. Other than that, the class is very nice.

My daughter loves Liz, her creative classes and all the new dance skills she learns every week! We highly recommend this class, teacher and venue.

Thank goodness for Liz! My daughter has had a number of different dance classes over the years and she does so much better when she loves her teacher. And she absolutely loves Liz! Liz’s demeanor is so kind and caring but her technique is spot on. I know that from Liz my daughter is getting technique, musicality, form and the discipline of the rehearsal process culminating in a performance. We’re thrilled with her ballet class!

Liz is an incredible teacher. My daughter and I started taking a parent-​and-​me yoga class she taught two years ago and were THRILLED when she started teaching weekend dance classes in our neighborhood. My daughter is almost four and loves her classes with Liz (and watched her Petite Feet dance video during the week, too) so much, that when we heard Liz was also teaching a kids’ yoga class, we jumped at the opportunity to sign her up for another class with her. She is a really gifted teacher and is incredibly effective with the preschool crowd. :)

Liz is a phenomenal teacher. She is so dear with each child. She NOTICES
Seeming to know what they each need to be able to get the most out of the class.
I love her… Olive loves her… I think we are all secretly hoping if enough of us tell
Her we would love a class for adults, she will DO IT! I am 67, never taken ballet and if it is ever going to happen, Liz would be the teacher I would be able to prance and leap around like a complete idiot and know it was ok!
A teacher doesn’t get any better that!

«I really like Liz a lot. Ballet class is fun. It’s the ballet, and everybody would love to go. My favorite part of the class is the story — there’s all different stories every time and we dance the stories.» I asked my daughter to write the review for me, because she’s the one in the class. She loves it. I love it, too, because she’s teaching the kids so gently and with such fun that they don’t realize at first that they’re learning real ballet, but they’re also learning strength and movement and storytelling and confidence and turntaking and team work. I wish Liz would teach a grown up class, so I could take it.

Liz is an amazing teacher. My daughter is three now but has been dancing with Liz since she was about one and a half. My daughter is in love with ballet because of Liz. Liz knows how to teach the basics of ballet to little children as well as the idea of stories that are told through ballet. The music is just right with a combination of fun songs that they can remember and some classical music so they begin to know what ballet really is.
I also think that Liz has taught my daughter how to be in a class. It’s just the right amount of bringing wandering kids back to the class. There is an unspoken respect for Liz — we even have a «Teacher Liz» doll at home that is a very special part of our lives!
Thank you to Liz for helping My daughter learn to dance and to love her ability to express herself with her body! This is a highlight of our daughter’s childhood.
HL

My 4 year old daughter has been taking Liz’s class for a year and half and she absolutely LOVE it!
I highly highly recommend her class and also her DVD.
We are so lucky to find her class very close to our home.