Academy of Social Dance

2009 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA

Address:	2009 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
Phone:	+1 215-561-0323
Site:	academyofsocialdance.com
Rating:	5
Working:	1AM–10PM 1AM–10PM 1AM–10PM 1AM–10PM 1AM–10PM Closed Closed

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D Klopfenstein

I took 2 rounds of dance instruction (1st round was 4 weeks, 2nd round was 8 weeks) and was not happy. I tried unsuccessfully to be switched to a professional dance instructor for my 2nd round. They have professional dance instructors who are beautiful dancers and extremely caring. But if the manager wants you to be his student, you will not be able to switch. It is not fair to take that business away from the dance instructors or for the student to not have real dance instruction. The dance parties are fun, but they would be much more fun if you have a real dance instructor. If you dont, you have to hope one the dance instructors who have seen you in the studio (but unfortunately is not your real dance instructor) will ask you out to the dance floor. If the real dance instructors are busy with their own students, you are out of luck and sit on the sidelines even though you are paying a lot of money to actually dance. I arrived a couple minutes before my last lesson and watched the manager fiddle with his phone for over 10 minutes during my dance time. He did not return my time by putting my missed 10 minutes on the end of the class. The class is only 45 minutes, so 10 minutes of missed class is expensive and a big deal. One more thing I found disturbing is they do not allow their female dance instructors to take on a female student. It is not fair to the dance instructor that she forgo the business just because of gender. And it is not fair to the student, who can learn, not just how to dance, but how to look lovely too while doing it. It is fine if either the client or the dance cares about gender, but if neither does, I dont see why I cant take lessons from an obviously amazing female dancer. They do have the female dancers work with female clients for "finishing" (which I never had the chance to enjoy) or during the dance parties, where they need to have that mix so the female clients are not sitting on the sidelines too much. But if the female dancers are allowed to to do that, why are they forbidden from actually teaching 1-on-1 instruction? In the end, it seemed to me like very expensive Zumba with the worry of having your time shorted

Genevieve Raven

My new husband and I took dance lessons for 7 months before our wedding. Our instructor Stephanie helped make our first dance AMAZING! We have gotten so many complements on it and we made a whole room of people cry. Not only did she make our first dance amazing, but she taught us some basic dance moves for different dances and we were able to tear up the dance floor at our wedding and our mini moon! We are so happy with this studio and encourage anyone who is getting married to start taking dance lessons here immediately to get the best dance on for you wedding. Thank you!!!

Edward Campbell

Teachers are very knowledgeable. Friendly teachers and students.

Reid Bodek

Have enjoyed learning dances and meeting very nice people.

Web Mentorship

Fun Lesson! I will definitely be back with a hot date.