Personally, I love it here. As an adult who used ...

Personally, I love it here. As an adult who used to dance more competitively as a youth, I enjoy taking the drop-in classes at BDC. I take all Hip Hop/Street Jazz classes and have a blast with the instructors, although I must admit I do feel like an "outsider" sometimes as there are tightly knit communities built within each instructor's class (either they run shows together with their group of dancers and the full timers are very close knit). I have taken Bev Brown, Chio, Eric Jenkins, Jermaine Brown, and Joanna Numata. I like them all and each one is different from the last and as far as instruction there is certainly diversity amongst the group as well (you really just have to find the instructor that works best for your dance style). I'm dying to get to Rhapsody and Luam's classes but timing is never right as I live in NJ.

The only downside as I mentioned is I feel it can be a bit too cliquey in certain classes but one can never truly escape that. Classes can feel a little cramped and like you don't get personalized instruction so you truly have to "fight" for your spot up front if you're serious about getting any feedback from instructors. I used to take Jazz/Ballet as a teen, so I feel the "corrections" I receive now in the "Street" Classes are COMPLETELY different - not ineffectual, but it's more about the attitude and breaks in the movement rather than your "technique" - so sometimes I feel like I'm not really getting "feedback", but moreso just learning the teacher's choreography (if that makes sense?). Either way, I love what I get from the classes stylistically, so that's enough for me:)

A little expensive ($18/class), get there early as some classes are very popular and fill up quickly.