10/30/09

Antia's is an amazing place to dance

by Jdots

I am a junior company and radio disney dancer. i have been with Anita's since i was two. Anita's teaches you important life skills such as discipline, patience, and respect. the teachers are very experienced and helpful. True they talk like when we are stretching but they are very much NOT inexperienced. Every year the company members get to perform at so many places like summer fest, Festa Italiana, Zoo A La Carte ect. The competition team has won many trophies. Also we take yearly trips to places like Florida, Louisiana, and California to perform on tv. I would highly recommend Anita's to anyone who wants to become a great dancer.

• Pros: shows, the teachers, performances

06/13/09

please believe what i say... i have first hand expierence

by speechlless

so i came to anitas when i moved here first in 3rd grade. although i had been dancing since i was three years old, i did not realize that with this move to a new studio i would ever stop dancing. it was a great expierence at first. i went from kids company, to jounior company, to dance company. it wasnt until dance company did i start to dislike dance. i used to love the attention and the makeup and costumes. coming into high school and trying out for the mcdc was the most nerve racking year of my life. when i was a bronze( this is part of there ladders for the company going from bronze to diamond), it was the hardest year of all. this is the backstage view of anitas dance center. you are not allowed to have any sort of internet profile, if you have a boyfriend you are looked down upon, your whole life needs to be dedicated to dance for if dance is not first, they become furious with you, they say you are doing the worst as in drinking and illegal substances and sexual relationships when most of us girls have more morals then they can imagine. sure tell us that you need to live the best life possible but dont accuse us of anything until we give you a reason.

this is my story: i had missed a weekend of dance, i came back and all the girls were very mean and discusting with me. then my mother needed to talk with anita about missing some shows and anita fully disrespected my mother and talked down to her like she was a two year old. at that point my mom told me that she is no longer going to allow me to go to this dance center where the owner treats and talks to us like we are nothing. as my dad quoted "we are the customers.. we are paying them.. customers always come first!" out of the 14 years of my dancincing carrer, i have never been this upset about dance in my life. and for those people who are looking for the truth... julie parker was the best anitas had. a lil in on the scoop...anita told julie to leave because julie stuck up for us dancers...

concluding... if you are looking for a professional studio that is going to treat you like a customer and you be fully happy with yourself.. choose another studio

• Pros: you will never do as many shows in your life!
• Cons: money costs, fake, disrespectfull, disapointing

03/25/09

Stay away from Anita's Rip off Center

by Ct

I went to Anita's to enroll my 11 year old in a dance class. I talked with my daughter & told her that most of the students will be much younger than her, did you still want to take lessons. Of course the answer was YES. When I was at the studio I asked at the desk about classes for her, the staff was rude to me. Than Anita (at the time I didn't know who she was) told me that my daughter will NEVER become a dancer and I was not a good mom since I didn't have her at her stuido by the age of 3. Needless to say I walked out. In the parking lot another mother stopped me & told me how sorry she felt for me & my daughter. THis mom was pulling her daughter from the Anita's because of Anita's and her staff behaivor. All my daughter wanted to do was learn a few moves to be able to try out for her musical at school. We did find another studio & she is vey happy.

• Cons: Its a fake