This is the best dance studio in London! This is our 10th year there. It took us some time to find a school that offers truly professional approach to teaching. It is not a factory school. Every student gets personal attention and support. This is the only school in London that we were able to find that pays very close attention to technique which is paramount to the future of any developing dancer. Plus all students become lifetime friends! Best dance school in London, ON.
Our daughter moved to this studio a few years ago. We love it here. Ms. Carter and the other teachers are wonderful. They really pay attention to each student and we have been impressed because students are extremely well prepared for performances, yet there is also joy and a love for dance apparent in the kids. This is the type of teaching we have been looking for in a studio. If you want quality, artistry, and the love of dance instilled into your child, this the place for you. The real thing!
We had a very poor impression of this lady, Ms. Carter and her sister-in-law, Ms. Penny screaming on parents and kids in front of all other kids and their families. Never apologies and only arrogance. Harassment, bullying and abuse should be zero tolerated in any school and she just encourages it by being a role model at it.
True quality of teaching and sincere care for the well-being of young dancers is what sets this reputable studio apart. Victoria Carter is an internationally known instructor and several of her students have gone on to dance professionally at the highest level. This being said, she also has, first and foremost, the health and happiness of the students as priority. The studio is performance-focused and does not compete. The environment exudes love of dance, movement and artistic expression.
My kids have been dancing since three years ago in Victoria's dance school and we are very pleased with the excellence of the training offered to kids, and the consideration and sensitivity towards children needs (particularly boys) and towards parents requests.
I was looking for a ballet school offering the Vaganova method, the Russian style in London Ontario. I am a big fan of Evelyn Hart and I attended her last performance at the Grand Theatre many years ago, here in London. Before registering my kids to a dance school, I also attended several dance schools recitals in town. Even if all the schools were fantastic at their shows, I was touched by the level of expression and emotion in the port-des-bras of the ballet students from Victoria Carter. I was also pleased to see the clean work in their ballet technique and the age-appropriate wardrobe used. Extremely tasteful productions, elegance and a deep sense of artistry. I was also looking for a studio that has no competitive dance but high quality production ensembles. Discussing my parent views of the dance training with Victoria Carter, I was pleased to find a high resonance of what I wished to offer to my children. Finally, and most important, the two studios floors have the same level of "softness", floating wood covered by linoleum. This was very critical to me, as I visited studios with the level of hardness, wood on cement, and difference in bouncing feeling between the studios in the same school are undermined by the instructors and is the grounds for major injuries in our kids dancing many hours per week. Very pleased to have Victoria's long experience and professional training (she is graduate from the National Ballet of Canada) in London! Thank you!
