And Dance

ZERO STARS! I want to begin by saying how excited I was for my daughter to begin dance classes as she is almost 3 years old. I called to ask what the starting age was and they said 2 ½. I figured «if they start so early on age, they have to have patience» as we all know it’s difficult to have even a 4 year old focus for an hour without being distracted or getting too excited from how fun the class is. WRONG. Monday Feb 1, 2016 at 6pm. My daughter was stocked! And as a parent seeing her happy brought me so much joy! But not even five minutes into her first class and something new to her she became distracted and as a curious toddler she started talking and the instructor, instead of trying to be more patient and answer her questions. Rolled her eyes at my daughter and kept telling her to stay in her area. Just watching them made me completely uncomfortable and my husband who came along too even noticed. I want to tell everyone that there was only my daughter and one other girl in the classroom. The other girl must have been 5 she was a lot more experience and about 10 minutes in and my daughter loosing focus every 2 minutes the teacher basically ignored her, didn’t look at her, didn’t talk to her. She kept giving my daughter dirty looks and she looked annoyed. My husband and I couldn’t take it and 12 min later I was done he walked in and just picked her up. And not surprisingly the instructor looked relieved. I couldn’t believe it. The instructor must have been around 18 – 19 years old. Before teaching toddlers. She should take some child development classes. I had higher expectations. I won’t be coming here again. I pictured a less ghetto studio, with more organization and more experienced instructors At least with a smile on their face.

On my journey to better health And Dance Zumba Fitness classes have really helped. The instructors are fun and energetic and extremely helpful. Classes are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday nights at 8pm for an hour. And Saturday class is at 9am. The music is so upbeat and really makes you want to move your booty! These ladies really make you feel welcome and (even if you aren’t that coordinated), they make the movements easy to catch on to.