Ottawa Dance Academy

I have been dancing for twelve years, and the last five years have been with Ottawa Dance Academy. The first year I joined classes I was happy to see that all the girls and boys were SO super welcoming. It was easy to fit right in. This year is my third year on ODA’s competition team, and let me tell you, it’s so much fun! I love traveling to different states with my second family (my team and teachers) and competing against others with them. We really are a cheerful and supportive bunch according to one of the competitions we attend; we’ve gotten the Studio Spirit Award twice in a row! I’m so proud of Ottawa Dance Academy. Dancing with ODA for the past few years has helped me gain confidence in myself, many friendships, and some awesome technique. I have my dance teachers at ODA to thank for that.

ODA is the best thing that ever happened to my three daughters! I drive an hour each way to and from the studio and home 5 – 6 days a week for my daughters to dance here. We left an awful place before coming here, and couldn’t be more grateful for Julie, the owner and teacher!!! She keeps the girls modest in costumes, and uses tasteful music. When my daughters first joined, her teaching had brought my girls up to speed with the other girls speed, in one year, when they severely lacked technique and real dance instruction. I would say that she is the most reasonably priced studio out of them all. The biggest part that I, as a mom, loves… She truly cares about my girls. She has treated them as if they were her own daughters. She has went above and beyond «a dance teacher» or «studio owner» inside and outside the studio. Julie has a beautiful heart. You will never find that anywhere else. I have to say… Shame on the person who wrote the negative review. You will never know what you are truly missing out on. I have never found those accusations to be true.

Dance is a learning opportunity and the academy does not teach. The classes are incredibly small for a reason. The main teacher doesn’t teach. One is basically paying for girls to put shoes on and chat. Dance is a lot of money. Too much to not be trained properly. The place is very unclassy overall as well. There are not a lot of students either and high schoolers take classes with 5^th graders often. Go somewhere else like the LaSalle Dance Center or Adagio. It will be more worth your time and money! I suggest seeing the recitals of each studio and comparing the class and performance standards at each place. It is incredibly obvious which studios are lacking.