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Very organized and the dressing rooms are set up nicely, wish there was more seating in the ballroom area

Fly is such a fun, supportive, and fair competition. The staff is so friendly and encouraging. It truly is one of our favorite competitions!

I love fly dance!! They have the best staff and the atmosphere is amazing!!!

We love the venue and competition! Everything is running smoothly and staff is great!

We LOVE Fly! The judge's notes are fantastic, the atmosphere at the competition is positive, and I LOVE the fast, detailed communication I receive as the studio owner.

Fly dance competion was a smooth on time competion. My daughter enjoyed atmosphere. It was very organized and lots of fun

I enjoyed this location. The judges are fair. The atmosphere is high energy and the dances are fun to watch.

This competition was very different and unique. I loved the atmosphere and the levels of dance were very good. I would defiantly come back for another year! I would suggest more merch for next year!

Fly was a fun dance competition. Their WiFi was down so was a little confused on how to sign up for improv but found the sign up sheet and was able to sign up! Fun location and easy to get to.

This was our 2nd year at this competition and we have really enjoyed it. It ran on time, had a great selection of merchandise and all of the staff were friendly and helpful. Looking forward to returning in the future!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I recently had the pleasure of attending the Fly Dance Competition, and I can’t say enough wonderful things about the event! From the moment we arrived, we were impressed by the beautifully selected venue, which provided an inviting atmosphere while accommodating a large number of participants and spectators comfortably. The dressing rooms were spacious and well-maintained, offering ample space for dancers to prepare and showcase their routines. It was clear that a lot of thought had gone into creating a supportive environment for the competitors. A special mention goes to the staff, who were extraordinarily kind and helpful throughout the entire event. Their friendly demeanor and willingness to assist made our experience even more enjoyable, and you could tell they truly care about the dancers and their families. One of the standout features of the competition was the awards presentation. It was organized seamlessly, and we appreciated how easy it was to hear every announcement clearly, ensuring that all participants and their families could fully enjoy this celebratory moment. Overall, Fly Dance Competition exceeded our expectations, and we’re already looking forward to next year’s event. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for a wonderful dance competition experience!

Thank you for the experience. We really enjoyed this competition and the staff was so helpful. Our kids really enjoyed it and can’t wait to attend again!

This is our 4th year with Fly and we absolutely love them! Their judging is always fair and the competitions always run on time. I have just seen the 2026 schedule and can’t wait to join them for a 5th year!

I've been competing at Fly for three years now as one of my extra Competitions. I just do my Solos and I absolutely love it. It is one of my favorite Comps each season. They run it on time, it's well organized and the Flight Crew is always so nice to me! The venue this year was not great, but it was out of their control. They have done a great job at remedying the situation. I'm hoping they can book a Maryland venue next year. Thank you, Fly!

Fly was the best competition! We had an amazing time. They had the best energy and so many awards! We can’t wait to be back!

They were so much fun and made my whole studio feel so welcome. They gave us so many opportunities to express how we felt and made sure that all ages had fun. Thank you so much for giving us suck an amazing experience.

This is a great competition! I love how everything is based off of the airport! Great judges and love the improve and title! Would loved to have gotten the schedule a little earlier though.

Thank you for the excellent comp. Whole boys dressing room. Running onetime. Affordable improve and title

Venue worked perfect for props it had easy access to unload and put on stage. Judges were amazing! They even took time to talk to the dancers and let them know how amazing they were and to keep it up. Overall we had a great weekend spent with fly dance.

We love this comp! The theming is super fun, and everyone is super nice. The schedule works so well! Highly recommend!

Registration for fly dance competition was very easy! Everyone backstage is helpful and friendly! The venue is very nice and the stage is big!

This was a great small competition. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The auditorium was very nice.

Fly staff was super friendly! Event venue was great and accommodating! Great experience this weekend!

Awesome time! Super organized, my daughter LOVED IT

Staff was awesome! Whole Environment was welcoming! Very pleased With competition!

We do Fly every year and it’s first class!

Great staff at event! Has been running smoothly!

I love this comp! All of the people and teams are so good and very kind. Everything is so so efficient and fun to watch!!

Amazing competition it’s super fun! I love the environment and it’s very organized. The merch is super cute as well.

I loved fly dance competition!! The staff and other studios were so kind and helpful! They chose such a nice venue. I also love organization of this comp!!

This is my daughter’s first competition and everything is going great! Everything is very organized and so fun for the dancers. Love the improv contest!

Loved. Been fun thank u so much

We love fly! Great atmosphere! Always awesome judging. Very competitive!

Great energy throughout the competition! We love the atmosphere! And all around a great competition!

Awesome venue. I had a great time, easy access to the bathrooms. The judges were fair and overall very entertaining. Great experience

Very well run event! Staff was amazing and customer service was wonderful- kids had a blast!

We attended fly for the first time this last weekend and our studio had a great time. It was well organized and ran on time. All the stuff was super friendly and we are definitely going to be competing with them again in the future

Very organized competition, everyone feels like a winner at the end. Love this competition

Friendly staff. Venue was good considering the last minute change. Can’t wait to come back.

Very professional competition. Ran on schedule and kids had a great time. Definitely looking forward to coming again next year.

Fly is such a welcoming and talented environment. The staff are super friendly and helpful. The competition is always on time and runs smoothly!!

Such a great environment! The staff is great and so helpful! Have never had a bad experience here!

We love fly dance competition! I love coming here with my studio! I have been coming to this competition since I was 10 and I am now 14 and I love it so much! Everyone here is so kind and friendly!!

Fun competition. Very well run!

We are so glad our studio got in on short notice! They have such a fun theme, and everyone I talked to was positive. :-)

Amazing environment and the staff was amazing! Such a great way to start off the competition season!

Fly was such a good atmosphere, the Colorado competition was smaller with not many studios but it was great for our first competition of the season, I was a dancer and a coach of a younger team and we all enjoyed it and had so much fun!

We loved the fly dance competition! Great judges, high energy, very organized. Love the improv options that give kids a chance to be creative!

Fly has been so accommodating and kind with schedule changes. Fly has been so encouraging to all the dancers. We love going back to Fly every year!

One of the most welcoming competitions we’ve been to. Kids at all levels feel appreciated. They also do a great job at staying on schedule- a big win for all the parents!

My kid is having a ton of fun! The competition is well organized and moving quickly which is great with little ones.

Fly was so well organized. The commentators were great. Venue was laid out nicely. Everyone was so friendly! We are so excited for a tap judge!

Had a real nice time at Fly in Youngstown. We will be back. We attend Fly every year

Top talent on the stage! High energy!

Best competition this year. I’m having so much fun. The vendors have so much cool stuff. The stage present is amazing and the location. #letsgoflydancecimoetition

Very organized and fun! Sound was great. Love the feedback from staff. They are all friendly

Our first time at fly! The staff is so nice. The presenter is very engaging with the audience members too. Very organized and great lighting. We are excited to be here.

amazing competition! very nice staff, fair awarding, fun activities, awesome judges, and great venues! overall 5 stars!

We had the best experience at Fly Youngstown this weekend! Super well organized and such amazing staff! We will be back!

First time we have done Fly and it was an amazing experience. The competition was smoothly run and the staff was upbeat, helpful and kind.

I’m a dance mom who’s a former dancer and I’ve been in this industry a long time. There were so many things wrong at the Fly competition we went to, it’d be hard to name them all, so I’m just gonna share the one thing that’s inexcusable. I was backstage with my dancer fixing a costume malfunction and walked up behind a guy who was on a laptop CHANGING SCORES! I stood there for a minute just baffled and he did it to three other routines! I know what their program looks like because I judged for a comp a few years ago that used the same program. I left it alone because one session already did awards and after seeing him change more than one score, I’m sure he changed scores there too. Why have judges if you’re just going to fudge the numbers? How is this justifiable? This same guy was seen walking around through the day, not watching dances. Then he went on stage and did the most rushed and boring awards ever. The awards coordinators tried signaling him to slow down but he was in his own world. It wasn’t until our next comp practice that I found out the guy is the OWNER and he has ZERO dance experience! I’m sorry. WHAT!? Needless to say, we won’t be back. And maybe it’s just me being jaded, but does anyone honestly believe that all of these 5 star reviews are actually written by parents, dancers, or SOs? Yeah, me neither. He fudges scores, so writing fake reviews definitely isn’t below him.

My Mom and I absolutely love Fly Dance Competition because as a young dancer, Fly has given me opportunities that most competitions don’t offer. For my level of dance they offer a Regional Title Competition and a National Title Competition. You have the option to participate in the opening number of their Turbulence Showdown at Nationals, which is a huge honor, especially for someone who’s in the First Time Flyer division. At Fly Dance Competition everything is based around their flying theme. Which is so cool! If the dancer is in the Novice Level, at Fly they are known as First Time Flyers, Intermediate Dancers are Business Class, and Advanced Dancers are First Class Flyers! Even their awards ceremony is based off their theme as well. They also offer amazing workshop classes and a super fun Improv Competition. At Fly they recognize no matter if you’re a First Time Flyer or a First Class dancer, we all put in the same amount of hard work and dedication. They give us all fair opportunities to succeed in the dance world.

We LOVE fly! The competition is extremely well run! We love the awards and dancing even got to learn a line dance from the staff! To add on to that the staff is so welcoming and is so helpful if any issues! Not to mention extremely kind, the judges are extremely fair and give amazing feed back especially love Ms. Harper! The floor and back drop are very nice and good quality! One of our favorite competitions since covid!!

Fly has historically been a hot mess for many. But we were left disappointed and frustrated. Regionals was a mess- tons of issues with their sound, forgetting to give awards, mixing stuff up. The MC was treating it like her own personal comedy show and every single time someone got a Million MIler, she made obnoxious airplane noises that drove everyone in the audience insane (maybe that was the point?) Nationals was a let down. First, one of the judges/the teacher for the master class was stuck at the airport trying to rent a car. They had to combine the teens and juniors/minis for the first class (1pm-2:15pm). The second class was supposed to be from 2:30-3:30, where they would be properly split up. The teens then left to do their second master class, while the 11 and under kiddos sat around having ZERO update or idea what was going on from 2:15-3:45. Studio owners/teachers were trying to track someone down to figure things out rather than Fly coming and communicating, or just combining the classes. They sat around doing nothing, the teacher suddenly showed up and they did a very rushed class from 3:45-4:30. The opening number rehearsal was supposed to be from 4:00pm-6:30pm but they pushed it back to 4:30, so kids who didn’t opt to do master classes had to wait to start the opening number, and the kids had no break between the master class and opening number. No compensation was offered. There was not a lot of diversity chosen for the Turbulence Showdown (some studios didn’t get routines chosen at all, while others had a lot of routines and were basically competing against themselves). They had routines with the exact same kids in both placing in overalls (usually only the highest scoring can place in overalls if it’s the same exact kids). Every Title winner was already the 1st Overall and the MC would literally say “Okay let’s do this again except with a crown!” When honoring them. What in the point of Title if you’re just going to give it to who got 1st Overall? For a Nationals event we expected so much more. They had a PJ party Thursday night and that was the only “special”/different thing besides the Turbulence Showdown and the master classes you pay extra for. Other than that, it’s the same as regionals. Bottom line is- there are better comps out there that provide a more diverse, fun, and organized experience for Nationals. Spend your money with them. Also do some research in the various FB groups to read other experiences— especially from past employees/judges/etc— who will never work with Fly again because of the way they run the business.

Thanks for a great Nationals in Seattle. Everyone with Fly Dance was so positive and supportive. My daughter is beyond shy and the love she received was amazing. My daughter loved her classes and fell in love with her very first opening number routine. She loved the energy of the judges and felt so confident in class and on stage. We can’t wait to Fly again next year.

This is our daughters first year of dance competition and our experience has been incredible. The Fly Dance judges are so positive and welcoming and all of the dancers have such a positive attitude. We love the Fly Dance atmosphere and are honored to be part of Nationals.

In the heart of Tacoma the Fly Dance competion was held with such professionalism, in a a spectacular venue that had an amazing stage setup. The schedule was right on time and information communicated out was in line with the event.

We love attending Fly Competitions. It's one of our most favorites!!!

The competition was so well organized and such fun staff!!

Such a fun competition to be at!! Love the staff!

This competition was amazing! Loved the hard working staff

This is our first Nationals with Fly! Classes and show rehearsals have been intimate and so positive! We will be back!

The experience so far has been very positive. The staff are helpful and informative, the classes are fun, and they truly care about the dancers. We’ve been to a number of competitions and conventions, and Fly is definitely one of the BEST!

We love this competition and all it has to offer!

What a great comp we love bringing our studio here!

Very inclusive and fun awards.

We love Fly! This is one of my favorite competitions to compete at!

Coming with my daughter as an independent entry was hard and we were all alone but all the staff was so welcoming and amazing to work with and even went above and beyond to make her feel comfortable and less nervous since she was there by herself sometimes it can get a little overwhelming and lonely especially also taking convention classes.

Friendly and great pacing.

Wonderful event! Daughter had so much fun!

Great competition! Great time!

Would rather a Nationals competition be held somewhere more accommodating than a high school

Fasten your seatbelts for a high-flying spectacle that will leave you soaring! This dance competition truly took off, with performers executing gravity-defying moves that had the audience's spirits in full ascent. From the moment of takeoff, it was clear we were in for a first-class experience, with routines so smooth they seemed to glide effortlessly across the stage. By the time this aerial showcase touched down, there was no doubt that these talented dancers had truly earned their wings.

Amazing venue, instructors and experience with Fly Dance Competition !!

This is my first time with this competition for Nationals and I just love the energy the staff, the judges, the backstage crew— everyone brings it and makes this event about the kids and how hard they have worked. The events they host bring all of the studios together and i have made so many new friends. The master classes were probably my favourite part of the whole weekend!

This is our first Nationals competition and I can’t even begin to explain how great Fly has been. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. The Fly National Competition is second to none when it comes to an incredible experience both for dancers and parents!

Amazing staff! Very organized and this is the third fly dance comp. Love it every time!

We love coming to Fly! It is a fun atmosphere and we have enjoyed the locations they have chosen. The awards are always fun to watch! All of the staff have been wonderful when we have had questions or even buying gear at the merch tables. We are exited to be here!

We love Fly! Staff was great and venue was nice. Great weekend.

We love Fly! At nationals right now and everything is awesome as always. We look forward to everytime we get to go to a Fly comp!

Our family loves Fly. They have always done a fantastic job with our dancers.

Love it

We love FLY!

This is the worst competition we have been to in 10 years of competitive dance. We attend at least 6 competitions a year. They say they have a tap judge? Just because you can do a few tap moves, doesn’t make you a judge. Our teachers wouldn’t even let us listen to the judge’s comments because they said there was no point. Fly Competition thinks they know a dancers level from the 2-3 minutes they see them on stage and the number of dances they are in. Our studio will try and put the dancers in as many dances in their level as the parents request. So the number of dances a child is in has nothing to do with the ability of the dancers, but Fly thinks so. There was an AMAZING dancer with elite capabilities in turns, leaps, and other techniques. This dancer had 3 solos, but was allowed to remain in the primary or intermediate division and of course took 1st. There were songs with the n- word and other vulgar language and still placed in the overalls just because it was a hip hop number. There were highly suggestive dances with inappropriate costumes that did not get disqualified and placed in the overalls. We have attended Fly for 2 regionals and a national in Las Vegas and it didn’t get better. Three strikes, we are done. Don’t bother paying cash for title because they will forget to call your dancer and since it was cash there is no way to get your refund. The ninth place banner was spelled incorrectly ALL 3 TIMES WE ATTENDED. Our dancers and parents didn’t want to even attend this year, but our studio wanted to give them another chance. Please read all the comments about this competition. The staff rude to the dancers. I could keep going, but if you got this far you get the point. I will say the awards are cute.

Amazing dancers, judges and staff. Everyone was very helpful and made the experience great!

Great variety of dances and a great atmosphere!

I love this competition so much! They were so nice to all of the dancers and studios and were really helpful to the teachers! I can’t wait to attend this competition more in the future!! I really recommend coming to this competition!!

We have attended Fly each season since they started, and we have had a great time each year. Communication is good leading into the event and the event runs on time or a little early. Our daughter loves attending and looking forward to attending again next season!

So much fun, good organization and loved the theme!

Fly was a first class experience all the way! 😊 As a parent I enjoyed this competition tremendously and so did my dancer. We loved how they switched it up and instead of a dance party they brought up coaches/studio owners to show their talents! Our girls are still talking about Fly two weeks later! Thank you to the staff for being so accommodating. We will be Flying 😉 again soon!

Love this dance competition. Everyone is so friendly and love how many opportunities it opens for our girls !

Wish it was in Tulsa, but venue is great!

My daughter and I had a great first experience at Fly! The staff and environment were amazing! There was a few mix ups back stage but the staff helped to get things straightened out in a timely manner . We needed to leave early due to timing and travel and accommodations were made so my daughter could receive her awards. Can’t wait for nationals !

We attended the Dallas competition as an independent with my 8 year olds solo. The staff was amazing and super kind. They let us know promptly where to go and guided us since we were without a studio. The backstage help was Chris and he was OUTSTANDING!! Competition ran on time and my daughter loved how relaxed they made her feel. Awards were amazing, and she walked out with her head held high! Thank you for an amazing time, we will definitely Fly again next season.

One of the worst competitions I've been to. My daughter has been competing for 5 years now. Last year was horrendous at Fly. This year we decided to give them another shot and were disappointed again. They pride themselves on "supporting the underdog" but they punish kids with good technique and skill. And if they think your studio director placed another kid in the wrong level THE ENTIRE TEAM pays for it. There isn't even me tap judge yet they pride themselves on having a dedicated tap judge. One of the judges is engaged to the announcer. But then that same judge also passes out awards during adjudicating. NOT the specialty awards judges give out, the adjudications and overalls the judge was passing out. I've never seen that before in all the years I have gone to competition. It seems like a conflict of interest. The announcer Dixon was unprofessional and classless. I get having a "laid back" attitude, but we also pay a lot of money to have a professional competition. If you are a small studio that has newer dancers, this is your competition. But if you are a larger studio that focuses on technique and putting on a performance, DO NOT WASTE your time!!!! Good dancers want to see good dance. They won't adjudicate appropriately and in the end will never have the larger well-known studios competing there. Complete waste of time and money.

I’m loving how chill the atmosphere is.

We are new to this competition this year. Very appreciative of how the competition has kept us in the loop with everything that's going on. I'm very Impressed.

They have been very communitive. And this is a new comp for us! We will def be back! FLY!!!

This competition has been great! Friendly staff and have communicated with parents as they have had technical difficulties with a truck breaking down and not having all the things they need!

Fly is by far one of our favorite competitions. Not only is the scoring actually fair but they have great merch too! The staff is so helpful and kind. Very professional. My daughter and I absolutely love the whole experience! We will be back!

I was very hesitate to write anything but I just can't get over what a disaster of a dance competition this was. I have been in business for over 20 years bringing dancers to competitions each year and I have never experienced anything like this. And we have been to some crazy ones. But nothing like this. We attended the Atlanta competition on May 4th. We arrived at 7:15am (when they stated the doors would open) as we had our first dancer scheduled to take the stage at 8:05am. There were no Fly Staff anywhere to be found which I initially thought was strange and my first red flag. I thought surely there would be a check in table or something like other dance competitions have but nothing. We waited so long that I actually started thinking if the competition was actually happening or not. At around 7:50am, doors opened and we all walked in to the area where the competition was which is an open type convention hall. The competition staff were still setting up, laying wires down, putting tables out, lights, etc. I was floored and knew this was about to be horrible. No one told us what to do. There were no announcements letting us know where to go , where to change, what was going on, or anything. We just found our way where they had constructed dressing areas. If this had been my first time ever doing a competition I would have been very lost. From experience doing this as long as I have I knew what and who to look for but there were no representatives from Fly walking around checking on dancers or anything. I would think if you are starting as late as they were when you had Parents and Studio Owners walking in someone should have A. Been greeting people letting people know what is going on and B. Make an announcement letting people know when you planned to start etc. But they couldn't do that because their sound system wasn't hooked up yet. The reps that we did see were sat a table and you had to go find them. Once you found them they weren't welcoming or friendly at all. Once we actually got into the area where the competition was we waited for an hour and a half before the competition even started. My first dancer that was suppose to start at 8:05am did not go on stage until 9:30am. You would think that since they started LATE that they would be trying to catch up and get back on stage?? Nope. After about 8 dance routines they took a judges break. We were floored. I understand that Judges need to take breaks, I have been in that position myself but you dont take a break after you have only started 15 min ago. AND you especially don't if you are running behind an hour and 30 min late starting. But the amount of judges breaks that they took were unbelievable. There were a lot of them all day long. Because of all of the judges breaks combined with numerous technical issues by the end of session one we were a little over 2 1/2 hours behind. After Session one ended the rep for the comp made an announcement for all Studio Owners to meet her at the merch table . At this point It was around 4:40pm. She proceeded to let us know that the stage was broken and that we would have to wait for someone to come and fix it. She couldn't provide any time line for us other than it would take an hour for even someone to get there to access it and then additional time for them to fix what was wrong with it. All of us studio owners agreed that we didn't want to wait as at this point because by this time it was already 5:30pm/5:45pm and technically we were suppose to start Session 2 AWARDS at 6pm! We had not even started the Session 2 competition yet! None of us Studio Owners had had a good experience at all and truthfully we didn't trust what we were being told. Our faith in what they were saying was broken. We all asked could we be refunded for the fee's for Session 2 that clearly weren't going to happen. Finally after much pleading and begging for some sort of answer we were told we would be refunded for the Session 2. I received an email Saturday night stating apologies and that the comp would be refunding us for Session 2. I inquired Monday about when we could expect a refund and was notified by the Director that we should expect it within the next day or two as the office was traveling . If Fly plans to stay in business lots of things need to change with customer service being one of the top priorities! Along with organization. I had a Senior who this was her last competing and I hated that this was the type of competition she finished her competitive career with. We will not return ever again. If I could give zero stars I would.

To say that this was the worst experience at a dance competition would be an understatement of the century. Doors were supposed to open at 7:15am and dances were supposed to start at 8am. At 7:15 the director poked her head out of the door and said that they are not ready and that they needed 20 more minutes. It took them over 30 minutes to open the doors and then they didn't communicate anything for nearly two hours with the dancing not starting until 9:30am. Once they finally got started they kept having all sorts of audio issues with the wrong music playing and audio going in and out. The stairs to the stage were not properly attached with large gaps between the stairs and the stage. The stage itself was not super even and extremely wobbly/unstable. They setup giant lights on huge tripods on each side of the stage, which kept tripping the kids up as they were coming on and off the stage. Even though they started extremely late they made no effort to try and catch up on some of the time, continuing to take breaks and stopping for no apparent reason. And the only communication we got was a "We appreciate your patience. Obviously we are sorry" one second statement at the beginning of awards. The awards were strange, to say the least. The mic was not working properly, it was either super muffled, not working at all or it was screaming, which they laughed off once and never tried to correct. You couldn't hear or couldn't understand most of what the director was saying. No one could follow the awards to the point that some of the kids were not coming up when called because they (and the rest of us) didn't understand that they were being called. They literally took one of the judge's tables, dumped all of this poor woman's stuff on the floor and put her table on the stage so that the director could spread out all of her papers, which she had trouble following during the awards (partially, probably, because the table was so low that she was fully hunched over for the entire awards ceremony). But what made this an absolute disaster is that during that awards (the only awards that occurred) a big part of the stage literally collapsed in on itself, with one of the legs bending out of shape and sticking out like a little mountain in the middle of a big, collapsed valley. There was little to no communication to everyone in the ballroom. At one point they called up all of the studio owners to the back of the room and basically kept them there with little to no information for hours. Two hours after the 2nd session was supposed to start, which was actually 4 hours delayed already (at this point almost half an hour before the whole day was supposed to end per schedule) they announced that there was an issue with the stage (DUH!) and they were trying to work with the 3rd party vendor to possibly come out and fix the stage. The stage was not safe to dance on! One of the crew actually came on the stage at this point and tried to jump on top of the collapsed area and over the leg that was poking to, seemingly, show all of us that it was not all that unsafe. Personally, I thought the man was going to fall through the stage with the broken leg going straight through him but I am thankful that it did not happen. I have to give props to all of the studio owners there who, together, said that enough was enough and the safety of their students, as well as their mental state (as they were all being held in limbo and have been there for nearly 12 hours at that point) was more important and they pulled the plug by pulling all of their dancers. My hat is off to the studio owners and their leadership! Once the studio owners did that, the comp finally cancelled the rest of the event. Hugely disorganized, totally uncommunicative, careless competition! I would not recommend this to anyone.