DanceSportVA

New ownership has changed everything at this studio. The instructors, the HVAC, the lighting, plumbing and freshly painted. The attitude is wonderful and the social parties and fun and well attended. Yes the instructors are also in the business of selling but I have seen where this does not take precedence over the quality of teaching.Since their Friday social dances are open to the public all someone who is unsure needs to do before buying a Groupon is show up, pay the $10 admittance and attend the party and included lesson. It's really too bad the only reviews I am seeing are from those with no prior Yelp reviews. It makes you wonder.

This review is in regard to a Groupon we used here. Groupon is only a selling technique to get you to buy incredibly overpriced individual lessons! We, unfortunately, fell for it and wasted our $30 on basically two sales pitches. We wised up and did not return for our third "private" lesson. Our instructor was nice enough, but the facilities left a lot to be desired and for the prices of the packages we did not even consider returning.

The teachers are excellent, professional, with a lot of experience to recommend them. The facility is clean and well-maintained, with good floors and full mirrors. They're down a star in my book due to the response to a minor accident (a dancer's toes were stepped on while she was wearing open-toed shoes and were bleeding): the owner of the studio brushed aside the request for an emergency kit, or even a bandaid. The instructor I spoke to afterward also shrugged it off. After having gone to the Friday night group dances on and off for several months, I can't say this atmosphere entirely surprised me, and it goes along with an undercurrent of disdain for anything other than competitive ballroom dance (including, apparently, safety concerns).Overall, a good place to go for learning ballroom dance and training for ballroom dance competitions, and fully possible to have a very good experience there. Just bring your own bandaids.