BC Dance

I like the new studio in Yaletown. It’s so tiny, but it’s fun to dance. I have taken salsa drop-​in classes with Nestor and really enjoyed it. The teaching environment is safe and friendly. I also currently take Ballroom with Maryana. Love it as well! This is a small studio. Perfect for beginners. Zumba classes seem to be popular there. If anyone, like me, think they might feel intimidated by big dance studios atmosphere this is a great alternative.

I’ve had a similar situation with Nestor. He is often putting out coupon announcements on Groupon, etc. We got a coupon.
Because he is so chaotic, in the 8 class we had new students joining! And then we start again with the basics.
All the students liked to call him the ‘Salsa professor’, because he stands there and tells stories… no dancing, no practice… just blah blah. After the class, participants stand outside and curse him. We instead decided to have a private chat with him. So one day we took him aside and explained to him that the reason why we are there after a long day was to unwind, have some fun, dance and connect with our partners… and not to restart with the basics on week 8 and listen to the theory of Salsa for 8 weeks!
Instead of receiving the feedback and improve his business, he got defensive and lashed out at us. Later, I heard from other participants from the class that he was badmouthing us in the class in our absence.
He looks like a distinguished man, but that is a mask. Within, he is an egoic man who cant take feedback. No wonder for years his classes are a failure in Vancouver. So much for a coupon from the ‘Salsa Professor’!

STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!! Nestor, the owner of the company, is a crook! He offers promotions all the time on groupon/​living social/​social shopper type sites, but stay away! You think you are getting a good deal for Zumba or Salsa dancing class. but you are not! As a previous member of his zumba class, I thought buying a 6 month unlimited membership to his Richmond zumba class was a good idea… I thought wrong! The fact that he kept changing the studio location was a bad sign. To make matters worse, he would only inform class members of the location change less than 24 hours before class by email (that is, if the people were lucky enough to receive the email! ie. my friend never received any notifications from him). SUPER UNPROFESSIONAL!
So fast forward a bit to June. now it’s time to redeem my 6 month membership pass that I bought for RICHMOND classes. oh wait! I CAN’T because he cancelled the Richmond classes, and moved them to Vancouver, a location TOTALLY not convenient for me! I think he realized the class attendance rate dropped off with the move to Vancouver, so he sent out an email stating we could all try out the new studio for free TWO times. Okay. fine. some redemption… or so I thought. When I went to actually redeem my TWO free classes, he tells me that, no. I can only try the class for free ONCE and makes a big deal about it (despite me having written proof!). Soo. if that doesn’t get bad enough, after I try out the new studio the ONE time, he sends out an email telling everyone class is cancelled for the summer and will resume Sept 5^th. Sigh… so once again… I still cannot redeem my 6 month pass!
Fast forward to Sept 5… I go to the studio, only to find the class is not there! He decided to cancel the class indefinitely, however he failed to tell anyone!!! I drove all the way to Vancouver for nothing!
I immediately emailed him asking him for a refund of my $ 95, and he says he wants to refund me… however he uses every excuse in the book. «I don’t know how to use Paypal» (which doesn’t make sense, since that is how he receives payments!). So I send him an email with step by step instructions on how to send payments using PayPal. «oh my computer is not working» (yet, he can still email me to tell me it’s not working?), «family issues»… excuse after excuse. I’m sick of it.
It has been over 3 weeks, and still no refund. I have approached Paypal, VISA, and the better business bureau, filing disputes with all of them. Spare yourself the hassle!!! DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY! I realized, the reason why he probably gets people to buy from him using all those certificate type companies is because once the companies pay him out, he doesn’t have to refund any money if ppl file for refunds! SO CROOKED!!! :(