Performance Edge West

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My daughter has been going here for years. Very average experience per my daughter. The second half of the year is dedicated to preparation for the annual year-end recital. Now they decide to hold the annual recital after school ends and most kids leave for camp. This has forced my daughter to drop out. This place only cares about their elite competitive dancers and $$$.

We had a terrible experience with Performance Edge. Our daughter started ballet classes on Aug 19, 2013. At first, her teacher seemed knowledgeable but disciplined. Over the months, disciplined turned to verbal abuse. It got worse because he waited too late to start teaching the girls their routine before their May recital. When a bunch of 7-12 year old girls couldn’t learn the dance as quickly as he needed them to because of his poor planning he was ruthless. Even though the owner sits 10 feet from the ballet studio, she says that she was unaware of this poor treatment of the girls by the instructor. She waited until 3 weeks before the recital to fire the instructor and things spun out of control. There were 3 different instructors, 3 weeks in a row. None of them knew the routine and tried to add their own little twists to the choreography. This induced more confusion and stress on the girls. Finally, on the night of the dress rehearsal, the staff that would not allow the parents backstage to help with the girls, lost track of our daughter and she missed the dress rehearsal. She was allowed to go to the bathroom and while she was gone, the staff took the other girls from backstage to on stage and didn’t account for all of the girls. When confronted, the owner said that it was ok that she missed her dress rehearsal and she could just dance cold the next night. For me, this was the last straw in a 6-month trend of mismanagement and poor treatment by the staff and owners. The only thing my daughter learned from Performance Edge was how to hate dance. Definitely not an experience you want for your child. There are many better options in the Weston area for dance lessons.

We had a terrible experience. Our daughter started ballet Aug 19, 2013. At first, her teacher seemed knowledgeable but disciplined. Over the months, disciplined turned to verbal abuse. It got worse because he waited too late to start teaching the girls their routine before their May recital. When 7-12 year old girls couldnt learn the dance as quickly as he needed,he was ruthless. Even though the owner sits 10 feet from the ballet studio, she says that she was unaware of this poor treatment of the girls by the instructor. 3 weeks before the recital she fired the instructor and things spun out of control. 3 different instructors, 3 weeks in a row. None knew the routine and tried to add their own little twists. This induced more confusion and stress on the girls. Finally, on the night of the dress rehearsal, the staff lost track of our daughter and she missed the dress rehearsal. For me, this was the last straw in a trend of mismanagement & poor treatment by the staff.