Spotlight Dance Academy

I started my lifelong love of dance with "Miss Nancy" back when she owned Dance 10 in Astoria, Queens. Back then she was just "Nancy." She chain smoked while sitting on a stool in the studio. Although I have fond memories of my time there, I do recall feeling somewhat j...ipped later on in life when I was taught REAL dancing. I also remember that she had her little group of favorite students. Those students weren't necessarily the best dancers, it was more along the lines of "how much money is the parent paying?" While they got extra attention, solos in the shows, and got bumped up levels in classes, everyone else was just sorta there and she didn't seem very much interested in our development as dancers. I took classes with her for about 4 or 5 years, and my knowledge of dance didn't really go anywhere until I switched studios at about the age of 11. She is not a good teacher for ballet. She was trained in tap and old school jazz technique. Her ballet knowledge is very limited, and from my memory, she was more concerned about the end of year show-down then about actually teaching dance. To be honest, I didn't even learn a pirouette until I left her studio. I was 10, taking ballet for over 4 years! And I am what one would call having a "dancers body" and continue to perform ballet, on pointe, at the age of 33. So this wasn't a case of "ignore the bad dancer." I was far from that. This was in fact the mid-late 80's, over two decades ago, therefore, I'm sure her dance instruction has modernized. However if you are looking at an actual dance career, I say go elsewhere. Read More

If i could give this place 0 stars i would have. Its horrible. The owner "Miss Nancy" is a highly overrated hasbeen. She never made it in her professional life and now takes out her jealousy on all of the girls. Worse then that this studio holds students back by not giv...ing them all of the opportunities that are out there for dance students. I switched schools and i'm so much happier since i did. . . Read More

Put Simply, it is "so-so". The best part of it is an instructer named "miss Colleen" who is wonderful with younger girls and the recital at the staller center. But be warnd, you PAY$$$ for hat recital in hefty demo fees.