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  • 4.3 - Average Ratings
  • 43 Total Reviews
    Parent : 67.44 %
    Dancer : 6.98 %
    Studio Owner : 11.63 %
    Teacher : 13.95 %

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  • Montrose ,CA
  • 818-541-1316
  • office@ladancemagic.com

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L.A. DANCE MAGIC

Apr 15 2019

My daughter loves the convention teachers and classes. She hates the audition process as do most of the kids and parents. If you get a number on day one, you are in the running, if not, you are not in the running for anything. At first it can be a relief that you can just take class, but then the teachers pulling out the kids with a number into a separate group, doesn't really help that or push the kids to try harder, especially when there is no feedback as to why they didn't get a number, etc. The classes are awesome and the teachers are great for the most part. As a parent of a teenage girl, I do not like that all of the faculty are young men, their mental and visual biases are hard wired and show. Overall, it is great. It would be the premier convention and very popular if they changed their audition process and added some more female teachers.

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Apr 15 2019

Mar 10 2019

Competition: I was not crazy about this competition. Many of my complaints had to do with the venue. There was one large dressing room that was packed. You could barely move in there. One nice thing that LADM did have was a person in the dressing room with a headset on to let the dancers know who needed to head to the stage. As for judging, it seemed like a very biased event. There are a few studios in our area that travel around the country to attend various LADM events and they seemed to walk away with most of the awards. Some were warranted but not all numbers killed it enough to sweep everything. There were also teams that had their dances choreographed by some of the judges which seems like a conflict of interest to me when they are judging. The awards are sad. They truly need to give the dancers a pin or something for participating. Parents spend a lot of money on entry fees and for them to walk away with nothing is poor and cheap. Convention: We really liked the teachers. They were great with the kids. The dances were age appropriate. I think the way the choose scholarships is odd. It doesn't necessarily give the students something to work towards in the classes.

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Mar 10 2019

Aug 10 2017

LADM is a studio favorite. The faculty is always amazing, classes are never too big, and they keep it fun. The competition always pulls some amazing talent which helps the dancers really strive for their best.

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Jan 30 2017

My daughter just completed her third LADM Convention in Denver. Over the last three years we have enjoyed the experience very much. 2016 brings an exciting new backdrop with lots of lights and multimedia video backgrounds. My daughter has won free regional scholarships for two years, and was a Teen finalist this year.We go to a lot of conventions and one different experience here is that the teachers do not usually pull out student demonstrators toward the end of each class. I think it makes the kids work less hard because there isn\'t a \"reward\" of potentially being a demonstrator. It was an interesting difference from most of the conventions we attend. Because the scholarship auditions are held at lunch on the first day of convention, the kids find out who \"gets a number\" on day one, they come back on Sunday morning to do final Scholarship auditions, and then winners are announced at the closing show on Sunday. This worked great for my daughter because she was a finalist, but if she weren\'t I think it would be disappointing that only the kids who \"got a number\" on the first day won any of the multiple and generous scholarships given out at closing show. We loved the faculty, especially new addition Curtis who is just fabulous. We also really liked Christian\'s optional lunch talk on dance and higher education - promoting college for our aspiring dancers - something we don\'t hear enough of in the dance industry. Because Christian works in commercial dance and is on faculty at USC Glorya Kaufman\'s Dance program, he is very credible and we appreciated his effort to teach the history of dance as well as his practical advice. We listened to competition awards and they were VERY confusing, need a better system of articulating and differentiating dancers for awards. Overall, a wonderful, organized convention with enough space - thank you for not overselling! We thought the teachers were great, with strong jazz emphasis, low Contemporary. Highly Recommend!

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Nov 21 2016

Amazing faculty, they took time to educate the kids in a meaningful way. The classes were very full, but that\'s par for the course. Overall we left better than we came and are excited to return!!

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Nov 20 2016

Our daughter competed at LA Dance Magic in Chicago 2016. We were impressed with how well the competition ran. There were a lot of very talented studios in the Chicagoland area that competed. The judging seemed very fair. The hotel venue was very nice for the competition and convention classes. The convention classes were awesome with amazing and inspiring teachers. We would love to attend another one in 2017!

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Apr 25 2016

One of the best conventions out there. Love the staff, they remember the kids from year to year. Never over sell so there is always room for the kids to dance. Competition is tough, but the critiques are great.

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Mar 06 2016

Love Ms. Jackie and her staff!

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Feb 22 2016

What a great weekend spent at LADM! My daughter had an amazing time at the convention and the competition was a blast. The talent was unbelievable across all studios there. It was a great way to start off our competition season.

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Nov 11 2015

best convention ever! great judges!

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Nov 11 2015

Competition is great and high quality teachers for convention. I just wish that it wasn\'t so crowded in the convention. We pay a lot of $$$ for my kids to not be able to see or to tap dance on carpet!

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Nov 10 2015

One of my fave dance comp experiences. As the mom of a male dancer, it was amazing to have so many male dance teachers. Looking forward to attending with the studio again in 2016.

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Aug 24 2015

We took a small group to the Chicago event. Thought the teachers were extremely approachable and down to earth. Excellent experience!

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May 31 2015

The judges could be more helpful in their critiques. I know you don\'t get to see a dancer\'s journey, but repeating that the dancers need more ballet through an entire number is not helpful with improving them, or inspiring them as a dancer. Your customers pay lots of money to attend these comps to learn. I\'m not saying to be easy on anyone, but \"be critical, helpful and inspire\". I believe this is what LADM is suppose to be about.

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May 14 2015

This faculty is simply the best - so many conventions have arrogant teachers who don\'t have time for the kids,,,not the case at LADM. SO down to earth and real. They really teach the kids so much more than dance. They inspire every dancer to share their own unique talents and feel good about who they are as individuals. We absolutely adore Jackie and her entire staff. They are a class act.

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May 05 2015

We love LADM! Teachers are great and accessible to the kids. Competition is tough, it is a great experience.

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Mar 16 2015

Positive, upbeat and professional staff. Studios are given a flashdrive of the dances with the judges making comments as the students are dancing. The feedback was helpful, not just generalized statements. We would definitely attend again.

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Mar 11 2015

Just a fabulous experience. No hassle, just inspired dancing and happy dancers:)

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Mar 08 2015

They are the best! We had the most inspiring weekend of the year with them. I can\'t say enough great things:)

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Feb 15 2015

Very fun and energetic competition! Excellent with all levels of dance. This is a great competition if you have a young dancer just entering the competition world. They are very welcoming and have special classes geared towards the little ones.

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Nov 24 2014

Awesome faculty! Our kids had an amazing weekend!

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