Starlight dance center

Address:	7 High St, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
Phone:	+1 973-235-9835
Site:	starlightdanceusa.com
Rating:	3.5
Working:	10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–4PM 10AM–4PM

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Jay Alldo

There is something fundamentally wrong with this place. Its all about the money that is quite unfortunate. The kids classes are certainly an afterthought decision, as long as the money comes in, thats all that mattere and that is sad. We were looking fo small ballet class for our child. Classes there are small, 5 to 8 at most. So you would think that more attention would be given to each child. Forget it, after 6 weeks, the intructor still dont know my child name and she dares asking me..." whats her name again? sorry !!" after 6 weeks!!!! come on now!!!! She comes late pretty often too, not professional at all Now about the recital, you pay $70 for the outfit...and only one parent receives a pass for the recital. I mean, lets be serious here, even at graduations (high school, college etc...) parents and family members are provided a certain number of tickets for free, 2,3,4...is there an assumption that most kids there have single parent! We have a large Italian family proud of their kids that would like to be able to attend this kind of events and well feel as if this is not done right and we are very disappointed by the whole place. Sure, all you care about is making money, but please dont make that obvious. We bring our children there for a learning experience. The whole establishment should put little emphasis on caring about how good the kids are learning the stuff and, if not the case, what is the instructor doing about it to improve the situation. These are small classes and there is no reason why an instructor could not spend a little time on a child needing more attention unless again this whole kids business is an afterthought..to make extra cash. Trust me , lot of people are aware of it..not just me

michelle akyol

After taking my daughter for 3 consecutive years, we experience the teacher being rude and even i explained why my daughter was absent she got angry at her in front of the entire class. The Secretary/ person in charge or money dues… called me asking why we stopped coming?? I explained we had payed for our costume and were ready for the performance, after the teacher being rude my daughter didnt want to perform… Guess what??/ NO ONE CALLED BACK ASKING WHAT HAPPENED OR SAYING SORRY..No money back!! we kept paying for other weeks until contract ended… Now when u see this note make sure you dont believe on pretty faces.. they just want the money, what ever happens there is not their business, you are alone. Just give them the money>> My daughter loved dancing, we have found a new place where they do care .

Ana anna

A beautiful dance floor. However I attended the international style dance classes and was totally disappointed. In 4 months I learned only 2 figures. The teacher spent a lot of time talking unnecessarily. The same patterns were repeated each month even though there were the same students in the class. I felt that I wasted my money. There was also no time to practice with music because he spent so much time talking. There was always an uneven amount of leaders to followers and he never asks students to rotate so that everyone can have the opportunity to practice with a partner. Group classes does not require a partner. However, I attended other classes. Andres is a great teacher. I absolutely enjoyed my ballroom and hustle classes. He made difficult patterns seem easy.

aenned alcantara

We attended the Valentines Dinner and Dance Feb 14 2014.and were very dismayed by the rudeness and arrogance of one staff member. She wore a scarf around her neck and took our payment that night. It was supposed to be a buffet . They only had 3 dishes served: pasta, chicken marsala and a small plate of salad for 35 bucks. No drink, not even water was served. Their ad did not even say BYOB. I went for my second plate and this woman, upon seeing me grimaced. She was at the buffet serving but when it was my turn, she quickly left so I murmured, OK, I will serve myself then. Such rudeness !!. Not even worth 20 bucks. We could have gone to other ballroom places with very palatable and adequate servings. Definitely not coming back, and not recommending this to anyone..

Margaret S

Im updating my review since I pretty much exclusively use this studio to rent space for lessons with my professional instructor. Ive never experienced rudeness from the staff. The floor is in excellent condition, and theyve never turned us away from a floor rental for any reason. My only complaint is the small "kids room" which is seldom used. It needs a bit of love. Parking can be a bit of a pain too, as the bar and pizza place in front of it are popular and constantly take spots intended for the students of the studio. Its difficult to enforce this though. 4.5 out of 5 rounded up means 5 stars.

Anonymous User

The ballroom classes are good but the Ballet, hip-hop, etc., are very simple and not very challenging and dont really teach you how to dance. They may every once in a while but not usually. The only thing i learned there was to show energy on stage...and i took the advanced hip hop class. The choreography is very broken down and not together. I learned much more in 5months at dancers in motion (dance studio) and DTAPA (going there since i was 5) then i did in 4-5years in starlight.

Nelson Tavares

I have attended many events here at Starlight Dance Center and have never had an experience short of amazing. The mixture of amateurs who dance like pros, and professionals that are unbelievable always provide a phenomenal experience. I believe the owners and their teachers are truly providing elite services that leave the customer satisfied.

Alex Kaller

We did enjoy Valentines Day Dance & Dinner party. We dance all night, the music was inspiring and the dance floor spotless. The food was OK...., but we did not expect fancy food to be served in Dance Studio. Thank you Starlight for the beautiful evening.

Zbigniew Adamczyk

Very good Dance Studio.One of the best.Nice social dance,good teachers.I now it long time, and always is very good. They doing lot a good lesson. Prices for social,and lessons not bad.

michaelt carlucci sr.

i like the place i love tango im gaining knowledge about tango i even composed a tango routine.all this in40 lessons.and practice practice practice.check it out

Anonymous User

there are much better dance studios out there with better staff and management

Anonymous User

Very unprofessional. Your money is better spent elsewhere.

Anonymous User

One of the best ballrooms in NJ

Ardra Doherty

Absolutely EXCELLENT !!

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