Dance With Me Glen Head

My son, Brett, has been a student with the Dance With Me Glen Head studio for 8 years, since he was 8 years old. He is an original student since the studio was a month old, and has enjoyed himself the entire time.
Brett is on the Autistic Spectrum, but nonetheless, the teachers and staff past and present have always been enthusiastic, supportive, and encouraging to name a few qualities.
Dance With Me is a family in every sense, and is nothing less than exceptional. I cannot say enough about the teachers and staff. Dancing, his involvement with the showcase sand competitions within the Dance With Me company has contributed to his development, confidence, respect, social and communication skills. Brett dances because he loves it and has fun. Everything they teach you at Dance With Me doesn't start and stop on the dance floor. You take it with you.
If I could rate Dance With Me 10 stars I would. And we look forward to celebrating Dance With Me Glen Head and Brett's 10th anniversary.
Thank you for everything! Yours Truly, Ada Brett Mulligan

I have been taking ballroom lessons at Dance With Me Glen Head for five years and I am completely satisfied with my progress and my program.

Dance With Me provides exceptional instruction in a warm, friendly atmosphere. Their instructors are well-trained in all areas of dance. Whether your goal is to be a competitive ballroom dancer or if you just want to feel more comfortable in social dance situations, DWM has a program to meet your needs. Their instructors are adept at assessing a student's skills and then design each student's program to optimize their individual growth and success.

Dance With Me offers its students a variety of experiences, such as competitions and showcases, that are designed to give students the opportunity to practice and hone their dance skills.

Dance With Me students have access to the best coaches in the dance world. I have had the opportunity to train with both World and American Champions and their input has been an invaluable tool in my personal growth as a dancer.

Over the past five years, my experiences at DWM have enriched and changed my life. I have found great people, great friends and great success at Dance With Me. It is more than just a place to learn to dance. It is a place to grow.

I personally feel that this place is a total rip off. I first came to Dance With Me after going to a studio that was not teaching me the proper technique. I was about 17 years old and got an introductory deal. The instructor was nice but was teaching me open level dance routines and was NOT teaching me technique. I didn't go there to dance some silly show dance like the celebs on Dancing with the Stars. Today, I find it rude that they had such little respect for the art of ballroom dancing to not start off by teaching me true technique. Not knowing what a good instrutor really was at the time, I continued dancing there until my package was done. The manager would not work with me in getting me new package at a good cost and wanted me to pay $120 for 45 mins. I didn't go back to the studio and began to dance in Brooklyn and NYC.

If you want to learn how to dance ballroom, go to Ballroom Palace in Roslyn, they are way more reasonable for Long Island and they have instructors who are invested in you progress. If you go to Dance Passion in Brooklyn, you can also get quality private lessons from $50 -$70. Ballroom dancing should be respected and not captialized on and exploited.

The only reason I didn't give it one star is because I actually did like my instructors. However, it was hard to trust what was real and what was fake because ultimately they are salesman. In my opinion, this place portrays the family atmosphere to pull you in but they merely are just preying on people who need attention. Therefore, this is not a place for someone who merely just loves to dance and wants to learn. They delay your process to keep getting you to purchase more lessons. I don't think all the instructors were like this but were being forced to do what management wants. This is why they have such a high turnover of instructors.
They are also completely u organized!! They messed up scheduling so many times and yet give the student a hard time when needing to cancel of its not at least 24 hours in advance. I get that it's hard to fill the slots but if it's okay for them to cancel then why is it not okay if something comes up for a student? They say well you can dance with someone else and they just sometimes won't even tell you until you get there. For the amount of money it costs for a lesson, I should dance with the instructor of my choice, not theirs.
It is also very gossipy there and there are a few students that have been there awhile and think they are superior to all. If you are a good dancer you get looks that can kill because of the jealousy that exists in that place.
I actually love DWTS and will admit that is why I was drawn there. I stayed because I like my instructors but honestly this place is a ripoff and poorly ran. Sorry Maks, Val, and Tony but I just feel your names are used as a way to take more money from people and it's a disgrace because just as you love to dance, there are many people with a true desire to learn. Why not make it more affordable? Perhaps you would not have all the issues that I noticed in the short time I was there. Ballroom dancing is expensive, yes I get that, but is way more affordable other places and you get more for your money.
The bottom line is dont get sucked in like I did. I'm done there and although I love to dance I am happy I left. I don't like dishonesty and fake people. They would have gotten further with me if they didn't always try to schmooz me because I am too smart to fall for that. Anyway, I could go on and on but I think this says enough.

The experiences at this studio are those I could never have anticipated. Each instructor is extremely patient and caring and you never feel intimidated. Although they are all professionals with varying levels/areas of expertise, your lessons are customized to your personal goals, and them some, as they bring the best out of each and every student. There are many days I get frustrated with myself, but they encourage you every step of the way--and a few big time belly laughs in between don't hurt to make it enjoyable and memorable. I have made some new friends for life. I saw a quote form the Dance with Me parent company today as follows "Don't be afraid to be amazing. The first step is always the hardest, but once you get moving you start grooving". That about says it all!