This place made me fall in love with ballet. However despite the professional environment it provides favoritism is taken unfairly among all individuals enrolled in the academy. Additionally Tuition is beyond insane in comparison to other studios and despite working so hard for endless years all I got was a sense of failure lol. Moreover despite it being a “ school” nothing is taken on to ensure that girls are not being neglected by their other peers.

Ms Christine is so strict! She yelled at my daughter ! My daughter is scared of her, my daughter doesn’t want to go! Ms Christine is mean teacher.

Alexander Kalinin, now a dance teacher at Southland Ballet Academy- Probably the most high privilege and honor of my life was to have been invited to train with a real Bolshoi dance master, Alexander Kalinin, and to have danced with his company in my youth. An invitation to the dance that I will never forget. You are always a dancer after that down to your heart and soul. Pure heaven. Rebirth as an artist- with out having been aware of it at the time of my youth - was my experience. A extreme discipline that came quite naturally to me but gave a uplifting ride like no other. Many of the reviews compliment that Russian trained guy who is so very excellent at training the young men at this studio. He was trained with the likes of Baryshnikov at the Bolshoi! I do not understand why they do not take the time and give him the credit and mention his name. If you are considering dance lessons for your child, consider it the greatest stroke of fortune if you are able to have your child take even one class from a true master of the dance, Alexander Kalinin.

Teachers are great, kids learn well and enjoy attending. Recitles every year are also awesome.

My daughter has been studying here for almost a year, a very professional childrens ballet school.