Love2Dance

Love2dance is a great studio with good classes, especially for my kids (i had a bad experience myself). We have not had classes with all the instructors, but Aimee Dietrich is simply amazing in our experience, and we had Jentesta and she was great too. The place was a bit small and cramped sometimes, but if the classes are not over-​crowded, then that doesn’t matter much. Plus — they also have more studios now. I wanted to try an adult hip hop class and unfortunately for me, all the dancers of varying levels, from younger to older, were all mixed into one over-​crowded group (some very young and some very good at hip hop combined with brand new beginners like me, and I am 50). It was a 75 minute challenging class, with every-​level-​of-​experience-​dancer cramped together into one small space. For someone totally brand new, like myself, it was really pushing my limits. There had been no information about levels for the class, and the teachers, Dawn and Tara, pushed us way beyond what at least I think is wise for a new class. I really injured myself badly, couldn’t walk for 2 months, and had to stop my work altogether, since I need to be n my feet for that, without compensation. One thing that also contributed to me injuring and tearing all the ligaments in my ankle was that they did «the hardest part of the dance first», like the instructors explained, that way, «we would have the longest time to practice» the hardest part of the dance before the performance. Of course, in hindsight, that was not the smartest or safest way to do things, when it comes to avoiding injuries… I hope they learned form that class, and I think they did I spoke to Dawn and she seemed to think so too. The instructors were of course very helpful to me once I was injured, especially Dawn, who drove me to the hospital, and helped me home, and also kept calling me and check up on me, but I never heard anything from Tara. When it comes to my 12 year old, she is a larger tall girl who really wants to learn the dances but has to do the younger classes because the other classes are more advanced. What happens then is that she stands out in a group where she is older and taller, so that doesn’t always work the best for a preteen who cares about what others think (as they all do in that age group). We have gotten to the conclusion finally, and my 12 year old has agreed, that it is better to concentrate on learning rather than performing. She is therefore doing a class like that. She has had some issues finding the right classes for her, and many classes are more geared for the better, more flexible dancers, than perhaps those who simply come to learn. It seems they are sometimes all too concerned with the performance at the end of each term than really having students learn dancing. This school is really into showing off their all stars, and the bigger ticket dancers, and of course, therefore, their performances are good. With all that said, and my own disastrous hip hop class, my girls like these classes and their main instructor Aimee and others. So although we have had mixed feelings about some of the things with this school, the overall feeling is that it is fun to dance there. We have not loved 2 dance there but have and are still having fun and enjoy this dance school very much, all the problems aside.

What a gem!
My daughter took jazz over the summer at this school with Jenn. What a great experience. It worked on improving her memorizing skills, as well as her coordination. On top of that, the teacher was excellent and the dance sequences were well put together. It makes me want to get dancing shoes and do it too.
The reason I didn’t give the school 5 stars is because not all the teachers were as good as Jenn. She paid attention to the students — instead of going off like a robot without taking into account the audience. You have to pick and choose but it is definitely worth a try.

My 3 year old loves this place! The «little feet» class (2 – 4 year olds) is an excellent introduction to music, rhythm, movement and dance. There is a company performance twice a year at the Civic Center, giving the kids the opportunity to dance on a big stage in front of a big audience-​such a great confidence booster! So great to see kids of all ages (2-​adult) dance their hearts out up there. Tara, Jen and Co. are wonderful teachers. Can’t say enough good things about this place!

My kids and I all dance at this studio. Wide range of classes and they put on great shows twice a year. Classes do tend to focus on production numbers, so if looking for purely technique, may not be studio for you. Only downside in my book is that studio is a bit small. BUT, great atmosphere and very convenient.