The Yonteen Dancer's - Dance & Ballet Classes

My experience with Yonteen Dance has been unfortunately unpleasant. My 11 year old daughter danced here for a year. We came because it had a small club feel and seemed less competitive than many dance schools. As a father who organised and paid for my daughter’s dance, I initially only got group messages addressed “Hi Mums”. In fairness once I brought this up with Jody, it changed. When we came back this year, my daughter was enthusiastic. It turned out she was the only student from the whole class who was not invited to be in their performance team that does the Hawkesbury Show and other places. She sat out a chunk of the lesson time watching everyone training. When I asked about this, the message in brief was that she was not up to standard for the team, and if she were included it would raise the group age bracket which would make them less competitive. I was never told she was lacking in any way in dance in the past. She did not get encouragement or a pathway to show or develop the skills she was apparently lacking. She was just excluded- the only one. If your child is a top dance student and looks the part, Yonteens may be for you. If you want to build your child’s self esteem, keep them active and have them learn new skills in a nurturing environment, this may not be the club for you.