Mirror Image Dance Academy

Katrina C. 

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11 years ago

My daughter went to Mirror Image Academy for a few years. Then after one of the most talented dance teachers moved Marni Duin. Marni now owns a studio of her own. Studio M School of Dance! My daughter LOVES it. Leaving Mirror Image was the best thing we could do for her. After watching all of the poor Mirror Image families getting screwed over by the staff! Studio M is amazing! Marni treats her students like family! 

dance dad 

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14 years ago

MIDA outperforms the competition! – My daughter has been dancing at MIDA since she was 3. She loves it. She never wants to leave! She has made a ton of friends. She is now 9 and her group started going to competitions 2 years ago and this year nearly swept every category. MIDA even took "top studio" honors. When we were first looking for a studio we wondered what performances were available. All have a recital but MIDA has more. They have a ton of opportunities for the kids to perform at including the recital (they always wo... read more

GabrielJR15 

on Citysearch

15 years ago

I stand behind MIDA – There are 4 full-time teachers at Mirror Image Dance Academy of Appleton. All have had numerous years of dance experience and teaching. NONE of our teachers have self-taught themselves anything. The fact is that our studio competes in numerous competitions every year and our students have always taken top awards at each and every one. In fact, we took "Top Studio" at one of them this past competition season. I will never speak poorly of any other studio simply because we all have our own ways of running... read more

richardwhiskey 

on Citysearch

15 years ago

Wonder how much dancinjen was paid to write her review – I took my child to mirror image for lessons, and while there I heard constant arguing between the instructors, saw highly qualified people belittled by the owner (when and if she was there) and saw many great teachers come and go. The parents that have left are not overly negative people, they just saw through the lies, procrastination, and disorganization. As far as dancers that have left over the past years, and calling them "not typically very talented" please reali... read more

Proud Dad 

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15 years ago

Great place for kids to learn to dance. – I would not send my young daughters to any other school in the Valley. Their rates are reasonable and the teachers that my girls have treat my kids great. My kids might not ever be Clara because they don't take 6 hours of dance classes a week but they are not that old or dedicated to dance yet. My kids are having fun learning with teachers that make it fun for them. When my kids get a little older and want to go into competition dance I already know I have them at the right studio be... read more

rollin girl 

on Citysearch

15 years ago

best in fox valley – My daughters have been dancing at Mirror Image for the last 6 years. They are still young and I see that this studio is evolving into something great. The formation of competition classes at MIDA has drastically improved the level of dancing at the studio over the past two years!!!! YOu cannot find more dedicated teachers than at MIDA, and the competition teams have beat out other studios in the Fox Valley area (at the junior and younger level). This is a fairly new studio and the current group of dancer... read more

DANCINJEN 

on Citysearch

15 years ago

Our students have so much fun! – I must make an argument here to the testament that the teachers here are not certified. I for one am a teacher at Mirror Image Dance Academy and I have a bachelor’s degree in Arts Administration and Dance. As far as certifications go...I guess it depends on what kind you're talking about. There are a million out there...in my 24 years of dancing I have ran into a ton of horrible "certified" teachers simply because that's all they did...get their certificate...they didn't actually go out and e... read more

applemom 

on Citysearch

16 years ago

Poor instruction and lacking in organization – The right hand never seemed to know what the left hand was doing here - terribly disorganized. Teacher turn-over rate is high - the good teachers that were here have left to start their own studios, and the ones that remain are not certified to teach.