Momentum Dance Center

My daughter is starting her second month at Momentum Dance Center and «Miss Cathy» is absolutely wonderful! She is such a great teacher, patient, fun and knows exactly HOW to teach the children HOW to take a class. My daughter is 4 and this is her first experience with a combo class and she loves it! I looked around a lot at studios and am VERY happy with our experiences so far. With a full class of more than 10 dancers, «Miss Cathy» is amazing in keeping the children engaged, focused and happy. If you are thinking about a studio… this is the one!!!

Very money hungry it seems here at this dance studio. Danced hear for a short while, did a recital and left. Owner seems to have had her day. People need to love kids to be able to own a place like this, the kids need to feel cared for and important. Unfortunately they don’t. Have already started searching for a studio… and definitely looking to find someone who cares and has passion for what they are doing and not your checkbook.

Having had two kids go to Momentum I must respond to the negative comments on the thread. Momentum is a great dance studio. The teaching staff has depth not only in the fundamentals of dance but also for the well being of the students. Keep in mind that the health and well being of a child is most important and many of the teachers have years of experience in the healing arts in such as Pilates, Gyrokenisis, Yoga, kinesiology Zumba. Understanding the student as a whole.
And… The dance experience. These teachers are professional performers who have traveled with Broadway touring companies, ballet companies, performers in major theme parks in so cal, just for starters.
When all of this is combined there is a sense of excitement in the air at this studio which in turn gets the student excited to dance. With all of this combined there is also the need to help a student and because of this, there are guidelines that need to be met. If there is a class with a certain number of people in it that meet the maximum number of students allowed, then that class is labeled full. I went through this many years with my kids and I understand the reason. As a teacher It sometimes is a challenge to divide your attention to every student when there are 2 dozen kids in a class (remember over crowded classes in schools). As a parent I understand this.
I applaud the teachers and front office staff. Always courteous.
Hooray for Momentum Dance Center !!

Danced with this studio and its owner for almost 17 years and it was one of the greatest decisions! Such a loving, giving dance community created by great faculty and staff!
The staff is exceptional. The owner has an obvious love for the business she has created and it shows through the people she hires and the business she attracts. In this day and age it is so difficult for small businesses to continue to flourish, and it is no doubt that this dance center goes beyond and above any other. I love supporting such a great dance family and getting the same support in return! Thank you momentum!

AVOID THIS PLACE! I cannot believe how horribly run this business is. The funny thing about all of it was, I wasn’t even a client yet! I was in the process of trying out the center to see if it was something my eight year old daughter would enjoy doing with a friend whose daughter dances there. She had introduced us to the studio. My daughter has high functioning autism and needs that boost of another child she knows being there to guide her to get her interested and engaged in the activity.
We went here on Thursday September 10^th to get some information about the classes. We were told that the hip hop class for that day was full, but that she could go to the Saturday jazz class at 11 for her trial and we could sign up then if we liked it. Saturday rolls around, and I go out and buy all the items my daughter needs to be taking these classes and we go to her trial class. She got to dance that day, but I was informed by the owner, Kathy, that another child had done her trial prior to Macey (I don’t see how that could be since we had just been there on Thursday and the class wasn’t until Saturday) and that the class was now full. She then tells me that I could come to the Wednesday class if I would like. Not happening. I work, go to school both in the morning and at night, and my daughter rides the bus that day. We have ZERO time during the week (that Thursday was an anomaly where we had extra time to check it out) and besides that, this completely defeated the purpose of the whole thing with my daughter not being able to be in the class with her friend. I told her no. She proceeded to tell me that she would, «see what she could do,» and that she would, «get back to me.»
The next week rolls around and all I got was an email from them asking about when my daughter was going to take her trial class. I found that quite odd since she already had. I received no other phone messages or emails from them and was under the impression that since my daughter’s friend’s mother had spoken with them, that it had all been worked out. Fast forward to today, I get my daughter dressed and ready to go. We get there ten minutes early. I walk in and talk to them and the owner decides to inform me then and there that, no, my daughter wasn’t enrolled in the class, that she could be on the wait list, and that if someone didn’t show up today THEN she could dance (all while I get to pay for it). WTH? You couldn’t call me or send me an email BEFORE I got all the way there with my kid who was dressed and ready to go to tell me that this was still a problem? She kept trying to get me to sign up for a different day again! All about the money much?!? Didn’t seem to be trying to please the client, that’s for sure! I just politely told her to forget it and walked out.
My daughter’s friend’s mother was just pulling up as I walked out the door, and I told her that my daughter had been booted from the class and wasn’t dancing today. The owner then came flying out of the building trying to justify her screw up! She proceeded to tell me that I could have called HER to find out! EXCUSE ME?!? I don’t work there! This is YOUR business! Why am I going to pay you to do what you told me YOU were going to do and just to do your job in general?!? I’m not! She was acting like their studio was a hot commodity! I was so insulted at that point that I could barely contain myself. Never mind that she was outside trying to make me look bad to my daughter’s friend’s mother and more or less trying to pick a fight with me, but she had wasted my time, wasted my gas, and worst of all, she SEVERELY disappointed my daughter who was in tears all the way home. Never in my LIFE have I seen someone who could absolutely care less about the child’s feelings in a place that is suppose to be all about your child and I have seen some completely inappropriate stuff! I will never go back. They are not getting one red cent out of me.
The only reason I was going to ever pay this place was because it was what my daughter wanted and I knew it would make her happy to be with her friend. This place made sure they did just the opposite. Karma is an ugly thing. I hope the owner doesn’t forget that. What she did today was despicable. Run, don’t walk, in the other direction and find someone who owns a dance studio that knows how to run a business because this place definitely doesn’t know how to do that.
***by the way, don’t let it go unnoticed that she sent someone to write her a 5 star review within hours of me writing mine to boost her rating on Unilocal after I told her I would be Unilocaling my experience. She is ALL about her image and her salary!***
Once again, she never addressed her complete lack of professionalism in her response. It is one thing to have a full class, it is another to let someone show up to said class without calling to tell them they are now «on a waiting list.» For the record, my daughter was the only child on said waiting list. I stand by my review.

I’ve called this studio home for many years.
Read ALL of the reviews because this place doesn’t deserve the rating it has.
Wonderful family atmosphere with an inclusive feel. They offer Pilates for dancers and gyrotonic as well.

I love this dance studio! The staff is so friendly and helpful. The instructors are amazing!!! I would highly recommend this dance studio. From one mom to the next… this is a great studio. I have never been to a studio that has a «family» vibe, but Momentum has it.

Awful… the manager is very inconsiderate to children feelings. They don’t care about your child they just want to look good in a show and collect the money… if your child is not experienced I don’t recommend it. They don’t want to work with your child if they aren’t good enough they will just not allow them do participate in recitals cut them out of the dance routine. they don’t care if it hurts her feelings. they will just say not all children are allowed to perform. So as the other kids work on their routine and get excited. if your child is not good enough then they get to watch and feel bad about themselves dance is supposed to build confidence and self esteem, here they don’t believe in that. The even worse part is these are beginning classes I am referring to. maybe they just don’t know the meaning of beginning or just don’t care. there are other dance places that actually care about your child and want them to love what they do, and will suggest ways to help them and work with them too get them were they need to be… other then just say your daughter is not good enough. My daughter has learned so much being on a place that actually cares she is doing wonderful. I’m so glad they showed me their true colors because without that I wouldn’t have found such a wonderful dance studio. My daughter will be in 3 recitals this summer and does 3 class a week now that I found a place that actually cares about her!

I really enjoy coming here. & for those of you who think I’m too old, they do offer an adult jazz class for $ 10 for a class length of about an hour and a half. I really think thats the only reason I wanted to write the review. I have a lot of friends asking where they can get really cheap adult classes that are worth their money. This is it! The studio is really warm and inviting. The staff is seriously amazing. If I had kids I would have no problem bringing them here. Seriously though, come check this place out!

We’ve danced at this studio for several years. Both my 8 year old and 6 year old love it. Ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop. And more! So many community involved opportunities too. From the office staff to all the teachers, we thoroughly enjoy our time spent dancing here!