Broadway Dance Center
| Address: | 322 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036, USA |
| Phone: | +1 212-582-9304 |
| Site: | broadwaydancecenter.com |
| Rating: | 4.5 |
| Working: | 9AM–11PM 9AM–11PM 9AM–11PM 9AM–11PM 9AM–11PM 9AM–7PM 9AM–7PM |
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Melissa Dungao
Personally, I love it here. As an adult who used to dance more competitively as a youth, I enjoy taking the drop-in classes at BDC. I take all Hip Hop/Street Jazz classes and have a blast with the instructors, although I must admit I do feel like an "outsider" sometimes as there are tightly knit communities built within each instructors class (either they run shows together with their group of dancers and the full timers are very close knit). I have taken Bev Brown, Chio, Eric Jenkins, Jermaine Brown, and Joanna Numata. I like them all and each one is different from the last and as far as instruction there is certainly diversity amongst the group as well (you really just have to find the instructor that works best for your dance style). Im dying to get to Rhapsody and Luams classes but timing is never right as I live in NJ. The only downside as I mentioned is I feel it can be a bit too cliquey in certain classes but one can never truly escape that. Classes can feel a little cramped and like you dont get personalized instruction so you truly have to "fight" for your spot up front if youre serious about getting any feedback from instructors. I used to take Jazz/Ballet as a teen, so I feel the "corrections" I receive now in the "Street" Classes are COMPLETELY different - not ineffectual, but its more about the attitude and breaks in the movement rather than your "technique" - so sometimes I feel like Im not really getting "feedback", but moreso just learning the teachers choreography (if that makes sense?). Either way, I love what I get from the classes stylistically, so thats enough for me:) A little expensive ($18/class), get there early as some classes are very popular and fill up quickly.
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Alex Mz
"BEV is WORST dance instructor someone could possibly encounter in their lives." She is of the poorest quality and lowest standards, rude, vulgar, grotesque attitude towards others. One world to describe her GHETTO! If she was a fish she would be a barracuda!!! My sister has been a student at Broadway Dance Center under my expense for about a year, on July 21st 2016 it was my first time going to see her dancing. I stood outside the room by the glass watching her as the class was about to outset. Few steps into her warm up, I got a FaceTime call from my boss and as held the phone up BV jumped on the window and started yelling at me to delete the video I was recording or she would call the manager to have me removed. I look her right in the eye and told her to call the manager. So she did, she called the manager, made a big scene as I just kept trying to walk out of the building, she called me a pervert and she threatened me saying she was going to call the cops on me, although the spell turned against the witch, the manager stood for me and told that it wasnt the first time she had had that attitude, he was so apologetic to me, he gave my sister a free class and told me that he wouldnt let it pass by. Even though, once my sister is done with her classes she is never taking anymore classes there ever again. I dont know all the teacher that work there but I do not want my sister to be instructed by anyone like that woman that goes by the name BEV.
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Anonymous User
Taken Luam, Brian Green, kelly peters, Bev brown and EricJenkins, all hip hop. Schools not really strong on teaching technique, but the classes are fun if youre like me and you just wanna come and hone your skillz. Liked all the classes but didnt really care for Bevs All levels hip hop class. Not a bad teacher but theres a lotta nonsense and non professionalism - too much for me. plus when you wanna ask questions just to clarify sometimes she says NO real sarcastic and just laughs wtf? aight then! And then it looks like shes got a clique of people that follow her around who act like they own the joint and most of em cant dance for isht?! whateva. I found in the more advanced classes the crowd is more open and people just wanna do their thing. But if youre a dancer who doesn t care for childish games and immature people, Id skip Bevs class if I were you, but all the other teachers are great. Brian is a great dancer, Kelly is a challenging teacher and Eric has amazing choreo...just one brothers opinion!
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Em Hu
Classes are hit or miss, because most instructors are only there to get a paycheck. The worst part is the studio management lets these awful instructors pretty much do what they want, and they stay in the same class in the same time slot for decades. Specifically thinking about Q and Bev Brown, some of the worst hip hop instructors I have ever taken. It also pisses me off when classes labeled "beginner" are taught at the same speed as the intermediate classes, even though 2/3 of the people in the class look like crap doing the choreography. This goes back to the fact that the instructors dont care as long as theyre getting paid and are attracting enough students not to be fired. Why these students keep going back to these crappy classes with the false hope that they will learn something useful is beyond me. During the summer months there is a huge influx of students, and given the amount of people in there they must not cap their classes according to the fire code.
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Joanna Rodriguez
You cannot record, what you paid $22 for. I love dancing and have been dancing for over 9 years, and my dance teachers have always encouraged me to take the material home to further study it. I cannot afford to pay $400+ a month on classes, so I record to learn. The dance instructor was recording the dance class, so I decided to as well. She told me, you cannot record, and I told her, "But your recording right now" What if it does not go on YouTube? Then you forget what you paid for.
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Ive went this place for ask about dance classes, details. front desk people just wanted me to sign up for member first for any question to them. that was ridiculous. - - sign up for member, you should fill up all your information ( name.. birth.. address.. email address.. phone number.. etc / almost ALL your information ) and they take your FACE PHOTO too.. @_@ thats really UNNECESSARY collecting personal information. at the dance center !
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Rachel McAlpin
I purchased my first pair of tap shoes here. The designer/manufacturer of Miller and Ben tap shoes was there and did my fitting. I realized that the shoes I wanted, and the shoes that were comfortable and fit my foot, were very different. Still, Im so happy with the look and feel of my new, swanky tap shoes. Everyone was really helpful even though Im just a beginner and not a professional dance. Thanks Broadway Dance!
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Harold Smith
You know the saying about the two left feet, right? Well, it gives a pretty good picture of what I am capable of when it comes down to dancing. Still I found myself taking classes here in order to improve my dancing skills. Or lets say to gain any... Overall I must admit it was a good idea. I learned to enjoy dancing and not to pay attention to what other people may think. Have fun, thats it!