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April 2023 by Sara S.
This place is located in a really rough area. To get to the studio you need to walk by a lot of homeless people’s tents. The men there appeared to be aggressive and violent, drinking in the middle of the day and screaming. As I hurried by with my friend, one of them started cursing and spat in our direction missing us by only a few inches. And when we were walking back to my friend's car, there were a few more men whispering to each other and looking at us threateningly. We didn’t feel safe at all!!! And when we got back to the car we saw that it was keyed!!! Her brand new car was keyed! It had to be one of those crazy men. Be safe and keep your cars safe and skip this ballet studio until they move to a better location that's much safer and cleaner!
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April 2023 by Sara A.
This place is located in a really rough area. To get to the studio you need to walk by a lot of homeless people’s tents. The men there appeared to be aggressive and violent, drinking in the middle of the day and screaming. As I hurried by with my friend, one of them started cursing and spat in our direction missing us by only a few inches. And when we were walking back to my friend's car, there were a few more men whispering to each other and looking at us threateningly. We didn’t feel safe at all!!! And when we got back to the car we saw that it was keyed!!! Her brand new car was keyed! It had to be one of those crazy men. Be safe and keep your cars safe and skip this ballet studio until they move to a better location that's much safer and cleaner!
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February 2021 by Rachel Mullins
Legitimately crushed that corrupt government overreach closed this place. Enough of the madness!!!!
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July 2019 by Stacey N.
I used to love this place. I've gone on and off for years. To make a long story short...2 years ago I bought a $300+ class package. In my first class of the package (I had been before to Ballet Bodies when it was on ClassPass, not sure if it still is, and I have taken ballet as a teen and as an adult for 20 years), I seriously injured my calf muscle. The instructor was flippant when I told her. That sucked but I was ok with taking accountability for my body and choices. I went to my doctor immediately after and was told I needed to wear a medical boot along with physical therapy to heal. So I did. Then I got pregnant and had an insanely rough pregnancy. Physically rough. Baby is here now. I am still doing physical therapy because my body took a big hit from the injury and from labor and healing has been a slow road for me. My therapist said I could go back to doing ballet and stretching. I walked into Ballet Bodies twice to resume my class package after explaining my life. The first gal didn't get back to me at all. The second wrote me a short email about how they won't honor the package I bought. I guess it expired after a year. Which I will now only go to places where there is not an expiration date. And I asked if they could make an exception since I hurt myself in their class initially and I have the documentation to show my timeline and injuries etc. Nope. Didn't matter. I even asked for just half of the classes to be honored since I really couldn't come to ballet this entire time. Still no. I feel that from a guest relations standpoint, what's the harm in being cool and just honoring a class package? If anything I would have bought more classes and praised your awesomeness to everyone. But now I just feel like for a small business to be so stingy is so lame and if I hear the words:: "our policy is..." a little piece of me dies. This spot is so far removed from being cool and treating people with love and respect that it feels like money comes first. To the new owner of Ballet Bodies...I'm not sure why you make the choices you make but I'll take my pirouettes elsewhere. Much love.
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June 2019 by Angie L.
I am new to Ballet Bodies. I have only been to Stretch class so far, but I love it! The instructor Jennifer was fantastic, she really took her time with me as I am stiff as a 2X4 and not very flexible. I will take other classes at this studio. Parking is so easy, in back there is a tiny lot, if that's full the side street has free parking. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this place!
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April 2019 by Michelle M.
I feel bad giving this a 3 star rating because I have taken Romi Rivera's virtual classes on PopSugar Fitness. Romi is such a great instructor: her transitions are smooth and she gives a lot of instruction about where you should be feeling the workout and the placement of your feet. I took ballet burn with Stephanie Hall and unfortunately it wasn't as great of a first experience I'd hoped for. There wasn't a lot of room in the class so it would have been great if Stephanie moved off to the side and let the students watch their form in the mirror. I think it also would have been great if she provided more descriptive detail - "jump here" doesn't tell me what foot goes in front of which foot or where I should feel it. Or if we're doing Abbs and I cannot see you please let me know if my head is up or down and don't roll your eyes when I ask. Hahahaha Once we got to the trampoline - I finally broke a sweat. Lord have mercy! Hahah I killed it on the trampoline but that probably had more to do with my familiarity with holding a squat. Some other poor ladies were having a bit of a hard time and Stephanie wasn't tending to anyone or giving assistance. I'm sure there has to be better instructors. I'm going to take a gf with me next time and give it another chance. If you are familiar with ballet and the steps - you'd be fine in Stephanie's class, but wear shoes that have a grip! The floor is slippery in nikes.
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April 2019 by Olga B.
I can't believe those negative reviews I just saw here. This is a very nice place to go to. It's definitely not for those who are taking their first ballet class ever. The ballet classes are intermediate - advanced. I mean - come on- nobody is going to take 20 minutes to teach you the basic stuff. All the other classes are for any level I would say. I also like Pilates reformers classes. I am happy their classes run all day, so you can always find a class for your schedule. The studio has a/c and heater, which is awesome! It's bright and cozy. I wish they would play more classical music, but getting out of my comfort zone is fine too. ;) All of the instructors are very beautiful, fit and talented! I love being around them so very much.
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January 2019 by Diva N.
Highly recommend to anyone looking to break an ankle or two! Just take a regular ballet class if you want a ballet body. 100% less Pitbull, 100% less jumping on trampolines with no instruction/modification/guidance other than "Ohp! Be careful!" when some of the untrained, highly confused girls are practically flinging themselves off into the stratosphere. Seriously though, I'll break it down: I signed up through Classpass and honestly was just like sure whatever it's a ballet inspired cardio class. Got to the studio, it's...not really that nice. Not dirty or anything, but just nothing to write home about. They have tea and water and some black apparel and random pointe shoes everywhere (god knows why). The front desk girl showed me around the studio after apologizing for assuming I wasn't using my real name(???) and there's no door to the actual studio so you just kind of mosey back. Class was pretty full and the dancer that was teaching (super fit, definitely a trained dancer, NOT. AN. INSTRUCTOR) didn't introduce herself or ask anyone's names. Jumped right into some pretty basic ballet routines if you have a background, but if you don't -- godspeed. At no point did she go around, provide corrections or modifications, which is why I say she was not an instructor. After a couple uninspired, repetitive floor routines to upbeat pop music, the trampolines came out. Trampolines. We were doing ballet choreography...to top 40 hits...on trampolines. The dancer that was teaching didn't have a trampoline though, so she just showed us the gist on the floor. I can't make this up. It was just...honestly....awful. Please go somewhere else and get real instruction by a trained professional to get after that body you want. If you want to try ballet, take a real ballet class. I promise it's not worth risking injury to come here. Goodbye, Classpass credits, I'm sorry you had to die in vain.
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October 2018 by Grace U.
Love love love coming here. The classes are so good and my favorite is ballet basic with Romi. She's amazing and has the best body. Her form is impeccable and she's a great instructor. Very professional.
