The Pulse Performing Arts Center

What a horrible experience! This place is low value and seriously lacking talent.
Maybe my bar is set too high considering my experience withAlvin Ailey but Pulse has defined the low end of the spectrum for me. I really think the only reason these two guys started this company is so one of them could have a place to perform. The «business partner» of the owner is in ¾ of the production. At this age group parents are looking to see their children perform. From a production standpoint, they were late to start by 30 minutes and the «15 minute» intermission was easily twice as long. I guess they were trying to sell DVDs and concessions to make a few extra bucks. In the future, I would recommend they use the money to turn on the A/​C. The «business partner» was literally sweating through his shirt… thank goodness for frequent costume changes.
I would also caution they are not focused at all on the younger children. Most of the children less than ⁸⁄₉ were only on stage once (less than about 2 minutes) but they are required to stay until the curtain call which was 3 hours later. I’m assuming this is intended to keep the seating full to make the company look better. They kept them back stage where they must have been snacking on sugar and sweets. My child was bouncing off the walls long after bed time. In total, the children are at the performance for about 4 hours. The quality of the training also seems to be lacking as even the older children appeared to be missing a few reps and unsure about what the next move was. Finally, don’t bother trying to give any feedback to the owner. He was very aggressive and yelled during my attempt to give him feedback. If I had met with him prior to enrolling, we would have not sent our child there. We will definitely be driving the extra distance to attend the Culture House and we never plan on returning to Pulse.