Dance Studio

this dance studio is a amazing all types of different styles

When I was deciding on a recreational dance school for my young daughters over 4 years ago, it was a tough decision since there were many schools to choose from.  After visiting several dance studios, I decided on the Annex for a few reasons: the studio offers good recreational and competitive programs, it has a family-like environment and dance classes that could be openly observed by parents. My girls have now danced 1 year recreationally and 3 years competitively. They both love the thrill of being on stage and competing confidently against other dancers. The Annex dance instructors have been fundamental in making this happen. The teachers are amazing and encouraging with my girls. They reinforce proper technique yet make it a fun learning environment for their dancers. My girls are constantly being challenged and I can see great progress with their dance knowledge and skills year to year.  My daughters love to dance and enjoy dancing at the Annex. They work hard and have formed firm friendships and learnt to balance their time between school, homework and their activities. Thanks to the owners Sarah and Cheryl for creating such a wonderful space for them to dance and offering my girls many opportunities to become better dancers!

Excellent dance studio!

Excellent leadership. Training is superb. Attitude of girls is encouraging and supportive. Teachers and owner are professional and yet able to make the girls feel like a big family. This is our first year trying them after having participates with 2 other studios. So far we are very pleased. The hours are versatile for busy parents schedules as well.

Lynn helped my fiancée and me with our first dance and was so fun an energetic. Highly recommend!

Fantastic teaching, great option of classes, and suitable for all levels (even a complete beginner) - plus super lovely staff. Cannot rate highly enough.

they are the best!

I am extremely disappointed , we missed the dance recital this weekend as we did not get any reminder emails, the Monday Memorial Day was off and that’s when our class is. Monthly reminders about the payment never failed to come, but a reminder to atleast tell about the upcoming performance is not unreasonable to expect. The kids work hard and we as parents put in our time and hard earned money for such poorly organized event. Yes a paper was given, but a reminder email is not so tough , I am extremely disappointed. And the email is blocked off comes as failure to deliver , hence had to resort to putting up my grievances here.

The BEST place to dance. The quality of instruction is amazing. The staff is extremely knowledgeable AND they truly care about their students!! The recreation program is so much fun and a great way to start dancing! The competition program is award winning and extremely talented. You will not be disappointed.

My Wife and daughter light up just talking about the dance academy. I love the "feels like family" atmosphere.

My husband and I were looking for dance instructors for our upcoming wedding ceremony, and came upon Fred Astaire due to their high reviews. We loved our instructor Denise, you can tell she is a professional and made the lessons fun. However, we were a little disappointed as we felt we had to make long term commitments to our dance lessons when at the moment we were only looking to learn for our first dance in the wedding. Denise was able to teach us the basics of most latin dances, and we learnt few dance steps for the beginning and the end part of our song. For the middle part of our song, we had to figure out on our own because while we were told at the beginning that 5 classes would give us a basic overview of the steps for the entire song, during the end we were told 5 classes were not enough. There was pressure to sell more classes, which is normal given the nature of the job, however, we would have at least expected to get the full routine for the song we've chosen. There was a lot of repitition in the first few classes, which could otherwise be used to learn new steps, eventually leading to covering the whole song. I would not recommend Fred Astaire to couples looking for choreographed wedding dance, unless you are willing to take minimum 10 classes or will continue with them in the long term. They do not offer hourly classes and are package-based lessons with minimum 5 classes. However, if you are looking to dance as a hobby or have a longer commitment to develop your skills, they are definitely the place to go to. Everyone is friendly, the place is clean and you cannot deny their passion in teaching dance.