International Dance Academy

Reviews

• JL

  Josh Leichtung

  Oct 21, 2021
  5.0
  My wife loves IDA! Instructors are great!
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  Tracey Beckman

  Jun 7, 2021
  5.0
  I have been part of the IDA family for over 18 years. My daughter started dancing when she was 13 and now her daughter, my granddaughter is a ballerina in training. Mary and Debbie are so professional and make each dancer feel special while they are receiving top notch ballet training. For me the most amazing thing about IDA is how they treat each dancer equally regardless of ability or size, to me that speaks volumes. When you dance at IDA you are family!!!!
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  Monica Mosquera

  Jan 31, 2021
  5.0
  I really recommend IDA. My daughters have been almost 10 years and not only them love the academy but also the teachers and all IDA staff. For them and including us as parents IDA is as a second home. Everyone is like a another family. The level all the academy is super high, outstanding teachers, their commitment with the girls are unique and all the good values and discipline that the girls learn is invaluable. RAD examinations and the shows are outstanding. Thank you so much Ms. Debbie, Ms. Mary and Ms. Sheina for all your dedication, love , example and professionalism and thank you Ms. Diana and Nicole for all your support. We don’t have enough words to say how lucky we are to be part of this wonder academy. Thanks for all this support during this pandemic situation, IDA was the best during this summer with all the security. We love you guys!!! You are the best ......
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  Yiannik Bennett

  Oct 1, 2018
  3.0
  My daughter spent four years at IDA and is an older student. Positives are the ability to participate in the Nutcracker and to study towards RAD exams. Unfortunately, the negatives outweigh the positives in many respects. The culture at IDA is not pleasant. The teaching, particularly within the ownership tends to focus on those few identified as "favorites", with all others treated in an often unkind and sometimes cruel manner. My experience as a parent volunteer was just as bad, with some of the production management's behavior being so appalling that I stopped volunteering at all (although I understand this particular member of the production management is no longer with the company). The ballet instruction is good, and it's increasingly rare to find a studio where ballet is the focus and dancing competitively is not required to progress. This, RAD and the Nutcracker are the reasons for three stars, but if you have an older child and want their self-esteem to be encouraged and enriched by extracurricular activities, IDA is not the best place to achieve that.
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  Emily Ahles

  Jun 19, 2016
  5.0
  IDA was, and continues to be, my home away from home for the last 13 years. This is an excellent studio, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wishes for their child to be part of a high-quality dance environment. Most obviously, the dance education offered at IDA is superb. Through both the normal technique classes and the RAD examinations, all students at IDA will grow and excel as dancers. The most foundational technique is emphasized at all levels to emphasize clean, technically proficient dancing. Now, while getting back into ballet after college, I've received compliments about the cleanliness of my ballet technique and questions about where I have trained (despite being several years out of practice! Solid foundational skills stick). The studio has sent dozens of girls to well-known summer ballet programs (Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, Ellison Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, and more), has consistently seen exceptional and unusually high scores and pass rates in their RAD examinations, and has sent several dancers on to professional ballet companies. When I was performing in shows, I was always impressed with the level of care and concern put into the casting of roles. In order to create a special experience for every dancer, new and different roles were created almost yearly in order to create a roster that best showcases each individual dancer's talent. Hard work in the studio is noticed and duly rewarded at all levels of skill. The warm yet disciplined environment created at IDA by Mary and Debbie Buttner promotes personal growth for each pupil. I've learned many life skills from my time at IDA: the irreplaceable value of daily, consistent hard work, the personal strength required to work through discouragement, the incredible value of teamwork, the way one person's actions positively or negatively affect all those around them, and much more. These skills certainly helped me to grow as a dancer; but perhaps more importantly, they've helped me in my life outside of dance to be able to achieve my personal, academic, and career goals to date. Lastly, I can't emphasize enough the significance of the community created at IDA. This is much more than a dance school, this is a family and a home to all those who pass through it's doors. I've both experienced and witnessed so many dear friendships created at IDA, and feel lucky to be part of the family! Mary and Debbie, in particular, are lovely, warm-hearted women who run the studio with care, passion, and endless energy. They have been huge mentors and role models to me as I've grown up, and I have been welcomed back with huge hugs when I've come back to visit. Enrolling your child at IDA will guarantee their improvement as a dancer, their personal growth, and that they will join a close-knit community where they will be able to feel that they are a part of something important. It would be an excellent decision for your child.

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