En Pointe

Do not use this dance studio. They are simply terrible! After my child was measured for her recital, which the owner claims never happened, they cancelled her class and won't refund my money for the costume or recital I had paid for months in advance. They do not return phone calls or emails and if they do it is very rude. Worst experience of my life.

Take your children somewhere else!!! A very dishonest business. So sad we have had such a bad experience here. We were hoping for better. My daughter sure deserved better. Watch your bank account closely. The old woman up front will put no sense charges on your card. I reported them to the better business bureau and had to file a complaint with my bank.

Do not enroll your children at En Pointe Performing Arts Academy, Inc. I had two children who were excited about dance until they spent a school year with En Pointe. Every aspect of our experience has been a disappointment. There is a complete lack of communication between the dance academy and the parents. As parents, we are not permitted to watch our children dance and no information is provided to us regarding music or choreography, making it impossible to help our children prepare for the end-of-year recital. At no point during the whole year did I hear how my children were doing in class. In fact, the only communication I did receive in the course of the year were notices of additional fees we were going to be charged. When the recital did roll around, both the rehearsal and the recital itself were a disorganized and understaffed mess. The sweet and talented children that attend this dance studio deserve better. When it came to fees, the larger fees were laid out for you up front but every time we turned around our card was charged with another last-minute incidental. Very little warning was given about these extraneous fees. Everything was an opportunity for the studio to make another buck, right down to charging to attend your child's end-of-year recital. Only the balcony seats were complimentary. If you didn't want to sit in the nose-bleed section it was going to charge you between $15 and $25 extra per seat, on top of the already high recital fees we paid for months earlier. At the time we paid our recital fees, no mention was made of seat fees.Before the recital and before writing this review, I did contact the dance studio and let them know I was unsatisfied. Their response was that I didn't know what I was talking about because I was not a professional dancer myself and that their methods would all make sense when I saw how amazing the recital was. When I mentioned my concern about all the extra expenses I was told that if I could not afford the fees, my children didn't need to dance there. With treatment like that I will absolutely be finding a different dance studio for my children next year, if I can convince them to give dance another chance after this appalling experience. Do yourself a favor and avoid this studio. There are other dance studios in Nocatee and Ponte Vedra with amazing reviews.

My 13 year old daughter loves this studio! We have been so pleased with every aspect. I'm so happy attention is given to proper technique as I have seen what happens when technique is not emphasized . My daughter has gone from two to four classes a week within her first month due to her enjoying the teachers so much. We have recommended En Pointe to quite a few friends and they love it too...we now have a van full of girls in a car pool now! My daughter is not going to be a professional dancer but she is enjoying learning to move her body gracefully and to the beat of music. She has gained confidence so much so that she has now said she'd like to try out for her high school team.

Beyond upset!!! To EnPointe Performing Arts in Ponte Vedra: you get a 1 from me. Extremely rude staff. They are arbitrarily teaching manners to our children that are not in alignment with our values. Bullying and embarrassing 4 and 5 year olds is NOT what we want. Our girl was punished way too many times and no ONE at the studio called parents to tell them what happened. Class from 4:30-5:30 and then a class 5:30 to 6:30 and no time to change, no place for parents to be there to help, and meanwhile they sat her in the classroom against the wall watching others dance and she's punished because she didn't change fast enough?? My girl doesn't need to stay there for an extra hour. Call the parents so I can pick her up. Bullying is what you are teaching these kids. I rather have a left foot dancer that is nice and kind then a ballerina that is arrogant, pretentious and a bully! This was the third time with an issue and I had enough. Before this my girls were barefoot for several classes because they didn't have the right shoes or so the studio said even though we had bought the ones they jotted down at the dance wear store they sent us to!! Again, not a single call or email to the parents... Just have to hear it mm from my embarrassed girls or upset girls or their girlfriends to find out!!! I know routines, I know discipline... I played volleyball for my schools including college. My brother was in Triple-A pro baseball. My mom was in professional volleyball. My dad a retired career officer captain from the Navy. And I lived in France where they have very strict dance schools, but this is beyond belief. Not to mention, they called my mother-in-law a liar over hair ware! We have enough bullying and embarrassing ways that surround our kids for a studio where I want them to enrich their lives and well-being as well as learn a technique treats them like this. If this is teaching in your book, it isn't in mine and you are not a parent to take that teaching from me, much less when I'm not informed nor around. More than four times you bullied my girl. No more! Good luck to you.