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I was a student at Arthur Murray Dance Ottawa for awhile. It was a nice introduction to latin and Ballroom dance and I had some really good teachers but unfortunately it has gotten way too expensive to dance there. You used to be able to take a private every other week and attend as many group classes and practice parties as you could and this would cost me about $3500 for the year (I would get the 'deal' because I paid for everything up front). But now they insist that you take a private every week and use up your classes more quickly so instead of the price I was paying before it will cost me over $7000 a year now!!! No thank you! They also did not have an expiry on the verbal contract that I agreed to but now they do as well which does not work for me. I have better places to spend my money.
Because they dishonoured the contract I had signed with them and just changed to this new rule over night, two of the owners of the dance studio really ticked me off. Their focus was on getting more money from me as quickly as they could. I don't do business with companies like that. Espeically ones that do not honour a contract we sign and agree upon together. You change it for our next contract. They turned out to be untrustworthy to me. So just a warning that they might seduce you with some great intro special (I paid like $800) but that is only to try and lure you into the studio. There are MANY less expensive ways to learn dance in Ottawa and more opportunities are coming all the time so shop around!
I was a student at Arthur Murray Dance Ottawa for awhile. It was a nice introduction to latin and Ballroom dance and I had some really good teachers but unfortunately it has gotten way too expensive to dance there. You used to be able to take a private every other week and attend as many group classes and practice parties as you could and this would cost me about $3500 for the year (I would get the 'deal' because I paid for everything up front). But now they insist that you take a private every week and use up your classes more quickly so instead of the price I was paying before it will cost me over $7000 a year now!!! No thank you! They also did not have an expiry on the verbal contract that I agreed to but now they do as well which does not work for me. I have better places to spend my money.
Because they dishonoured the contract I had signed with them and just changed to this new rule over night, two of the owners of the dance studio really ticked me off. Their...