Upper Merion Dance & Gymnastics Center LLC

Heidi Lichty

Not a fan of online selection of classes. Difficult to use, classes appear sometimes during early registration and sometimes not. Will not be given a 2+class discount unless you purchase at the same time, even if you purchase the next day.

Erica Griffin

So I will first say loved my daughters most recent coach Ms. Ashley and how she interacted with all of the children, she was firm while also being mindful of the fact that these are young girls under the age of 10 who are still developing emotionally and may need a little word of encouragement here and there. Ms. Hope was also good with the kids. Did not like at all that for at least the first six months my daughter was in this program I didn't know her coaches names. After speaking with quite a few of the other parents none of us knew the names of our children coaches because they hadn't bothered to introduce themselves. My daughter didn't even know her coaches name which is insane. Do not expect the usual feel you get from being a part of a team from this facility, it just not there. They are very much focused on numbers and its pretty obvious. The class my daughter was originally in was an hour a week class until I received an email which explained that they thought she had the potential to join pre-team. I decided to let her give it a try and as long as she was happy and could keep up with the schedule I would allow her to stay the course. There were many times while watching practice that I was very uncomfortable with the chastising of the girls because it was never balanced with encouragement and I mean almost never. As of recent my daughter was moved up a level again which required practice three days a week for three hours at a time. This became too much for my 8 year old and was no longer fun so she did not want to be apart of the program, so I don't have direct contact for any of the coaches to reach out to them so I contact them on the Band platform which we were given to receive messaging in regards to class etc. just letting them know we would unfortunately be leaving the program after a year of being enrolled and not one of the people on the staff even bothered to respond. Which further confirms here you are nothing more than a number. Response to the below response: My comment " We may see you in the future" was not at all to the facility or coaching staff but to a parent who so kindly responded that she would miss seeing us at practice and hoped to run into us again. We will not be returning to this facility. We were there a year, I've seen enough.

Lynn Bennet

Definitely a profit driven facility, not at all invested in developing the kids confidence or building the team moral much less even bothering to properly introduce them selves to the parents upon kids entering into the program here. I read the reviews prior to placing my child in the program here only to find out that they are indeed a profit driven facility. If you can go elsewhere.

Sean Andre

A nice big gym