Dance Studios Virginia Beach is a site where we hope to answer any and all questions a parent may have about enrolling their child in dance.

One of those questions is, how much will this cost?

Rates for the various studios, at least the professional ones, are surprisingly similar with one another.

Attitudz and Golden Slippers for example, are almost identical in what we paid per month for our daughter.

However, at Golden slippers we had to pick a class like tap and jazz to enroll her in, which did include some introductory ballet.  If we wanted her to experience modern or hip-hop or anything else, we had to sign up for that separately.

At Attitudz we enrolled our little one in the Children’s Class which included instruction in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Singing, Acting and Musical Theater.

I feel this keeps things new and fresh for our daughter who needs constant stimulation to keep her interested in things.

Of course some of this time is set aside for learning the routine our daughter will perform at the annual recital but much of the time is actually spent learning and exploring new things.  At Golden Slippers pretty much each class was recital routine practice.

Our daughter now enjoys going to class and learning to express herself in many different ways.

I cried the other day when my daughter broke out in the most beautiful dance when she heard a song come on the radio.  You could tell she was expressing how she felt and not just going through the motions of some structured routine like she had at Golden Slippers.

Now to be fair to Golden Slippers here.  We were not at all happy with our instructor because we felt our daughter was not getting enough individualized instruction.  Yes, we understand that she is in a class with other children so one on one work is not reasonable but more could have been done to help our daughter learn.

For example,  we found out that an instructor at one of their other locations had actually made a dvd of the routine so the children could practice at home and therefore be much more confident not only in class but in front of hundreds of people at the recital.

Our instructor would not do this so we went to the other studio and got a copy from one of the parents and this helped our daughter immensely.

So, I think one of our biggest problems with Golden Slippers is perhaps the instructor we had… but this is no excuse.  These instructors should be monitored and the parents comments and concerns addressed, which they are not, and so we left.

So, to answer the question, is dance class expensive?  Well, it is not cheap but it is well worth the moneyy invested so long as your child is receiving value for the time they spend at the dance studio.

We pay about $90 per month for two hours a week of instruction.  Money is not something we have a lot of so we need to make sure that we are spending it wisely.

We are committed to paying this amount each month for our daughter to be able to interact with other children and actually get something out of the classes, which, we are happy to say, she absolutely does at Attitudz.