Dance Contempra

RESEARCH-BASED REVIEW, NOT A FIRST-HAND VISIT. Everything below comes from the public sources listed at the end, accessed on 2026-10-11. No one from this site has taken or watched a class here for this review. Teaching-quality scores rely on published credentials and public reviews and are provisional.

Scorecard

Score change (2026-10-11): new review → 7.2. Why: first scored review of this studio (no previous score).

Quick facts

• Legal name: Pointe In Fusion INC. DBA Dance Contempra [7]
• Address: 303 Kelly Drive, Suite 12, Peachtree City, GA 30269 [7]
• Phone: 770.631.0460 [7]
• Hours (Google-derived): Mon 4–8:30, Tue 4–8, Wed 4–8:30, Thu 4–9 PM, Sat 10 AM–12 PM [9]
• Founded: “established in the Fall of 2001” by founder Paola Jenkins (B.S. Dance Education, Georgia State, cum laude) [1]. Another page says “26 years of business” [5]; the dates differ slightly.

The short version

• Faculty page with real bios: founder with a dance-education degree and professional modern-dance career; an Artistic Director of Ballet; teachers with a BFA (CalArts), Royal Academy of Dance training, and a certified cirque instructor [1]. Ballet schooling is stated as Cecchetti and Vaganova techniques [2].
• Fully published prices: tuition, multi-class caps, costume fees ($89.50 per costume), and approximate competition fees [2][4].
• Google-derived 4.8/13 [9].
• Philosophy explicitly avoids “a stressful environment”; competition is small (two competitions a year, solos/duets/trios only, ages 8+) [5][4].
• Good for: kids who want solid ballet/contemporary training without a high-pressure competition culture; adult ballet, tap and aerial silks. Maybe not for: families wanting a large competition team or lots of class observation.

What the studio offers

Ballet, pointe (“Evolving Pointe” ensemble), contemporary ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap, hip hop, acro, cirque/aerial silks, combo classes for tiny dancers, summer camps, competition (solos/duets/trios), a National Honor Society for Dance Arts chapter, adult beginner and advanced ballet, adult tap, adult aerial silks, wedding-dance lessons, and event-space rentals [2][6][8][4]. A free trial class is offered for most classes [2].

What parents and students say

The one review inside the 24-month window (Dec 2025, 5★) praises “amazing instructors,” how a 2½-year-old was welcomed, and the winter show [9]. Older reviews (2017–2024) consistently praise caring, professional teachers and technique; one alumna says teachers “pushed me to reach my best potential” [9]. A Google-derived directory tallies themes as caring teachers, nurturing/non-competitive, and strong technique [10].

Credentials, youth safety & red-flag check

• Background checks / SafeSport: not published on any page read.
• Observation is limited: parents are invited to watch “the last class of each month from September through January” [3].
• Withdrawal: 30 days’ written notice, tuition charged during notice; costume, registration and competition fees non-refundable [3][4].
• Competition results: none found at the studio level on an independent results site; the studio says it began competing in 2021 [4].
• Nextdoor’s unclaimed page lists an older domain and a personal-looking email (not reproduced here) [11].
• No BBB file found in BBB search.

Pricing

Published [2][4]: $75/month per 1-hour weekly class; $86 per 1.5-hour; silks $80; acro/silks combo $110; adult fitness $80 (1 hr) / $87.50 (1.5 hr); $5 off each additional hour through the third; non-company cap $245/month for up to 7 hours (company: 9 hours). Christmas show costume rental/cleaning $89.50 per dancer; spring recital $89.50 per class, per costume. Competition entry (set by organizers): solo ~$175–$245 per routine, duet/trio ~$85–$130 per dancer, plus possible media fees. Recital tickets are sold separately (prices not shown on the page read).

Other review platforms (checked 2026-10-11)

Blocked or unavailable (not worked around): Yelp blocks automated access, so no Yelp figures are used. Facebook pages need a login; only the page links listed by the studio or Google-derived data were noted, and no Facebook ratings are used. No Birdeye profile was found in search. BBB profile pages block automated access; BBB data comes from BBB’s own search results. No studio-level competition results were found on an independent results site; competition claims are the studio’s own and labeled self-reported.

What recent reviewers say (keyword analysis)

• Window: 2024-10-11 to 2026-10-11 (last 24 months). Sample: 1 review, dated 2025-12-08 to 2025-12-08. Source: Exa Places (Google-derived).
• Top compliments: caring instructors (1), great instructors / teachers (1), performances / recitals praised (1), kids love it / fun (1).
• Top complaints: none.
• Recent-experience score (RCE): 5.3/10 (4 positive vs 0 negative theme mentions; samples under 10 reviews are pulled toward a neutral 5; n=0 gives exactly 5). Only reviews visible on the pages read are counted; this is not a random sample. Search snippets were not counted.

Score breakdown (dance-studio rubric §5.14)

The rubric weights below make up 90% of the score; recent customer experience (keyword analysis) is the other 10%. Overall is capped at 9.0. Unknown criteria score 5. See /how-we-score/. | Criterion | Weight | Score | Evidence | |—|—|—|—| | Instructor credentials & training | 20% | 8 | Founder B.S. Dance Ed.; BFA and RAD-trained faculty; Cecchetti/Vaganova schooling stated [1][2]. No DMA membership found. | | Program breadth & age range | 15% | 8 | Age ~2½–3 to pre-professional pointe; cirque/silks; adults; small competition program [2][6][4] | | Facilities | 10% | 5 | No sprung-floor, studio-count or viewing-area details found; observation limited to set days [3] | | Transparency (tuition, recital/costume fees, contracts) | 15% | 9 | Tuition, costume fees, competition fees, withdrawal/refund rules all published [2][4][3] | | Reputation (parent & student reviews across platforms) | 20% | 7 | 4.8/13 Google-derived; no BBB file [9] | | Youth safety & policies | 10% | 5 | No background-check/SafeSport policy found | | Longevity | 10% | 9 | Since fall 2001 (25 years) [1] | | Recent customer experience (keyword analysis, last 24 months) | 10% | 5.3 | n=1; 4 positive vs 0 negative theme mentions | | Overall | | 7.2 | 0.9 × 7.45 (weighted average of the rubric rows) + 0.1 × 5.3 = 7.235 → 7.2 |

Bottom line

A well-run, transparent mid-size studio with qualified, degreed faculty and a deliberately low-pressure culture. It trails GAD on facilities information and review volume, and, like every studio here except Kavanagh Porter, publishes no staff-screening policy.

Sources (accessed 2026-10-11)

1. Dance Contempra official site, Faculty. https://www.dancecontempra.net/faculty
2. Dance Contempra, Class Information (tuition, costumes, ballet technique). https://www.dancecontempra.net/classes
3. Dance Contempra, Policies and Closures. https://www.dancecontempra.net/policies
4. Dance Contempra, Dance Competition Info. https://www.dancecontempra.net/dance-competition-info
5. Dance Contempra, Is DC right for you? (philosophy). https://www.dancecontempra.net/is-dc-right-for-you
6. Dance Contempra, Adult Dance Classes. https://www.dancecontempra.net/adult-dance-classes
7. Dance Contempra, Performances (legal name, address, phone). https://www.dancecontempra.net/performances
8. Dance Contempra, home/menu. https://www.dancecontempra.net/
9. Exa Places listing (Google-derived). https://exa.ai/library/place/3d5ggf1nj92
10. balletclasses.org studio page (Google-derived summary). https://www.balletclasses.org/studio/dance-contempra-peachtree-city-ga/
11. Nextdoor business page. https://nextdoor.com/pages/dance-contempra-peachtree-city-ga/

Research-based, not a first-hand visit. Data labeled “unconfirmed” (search snippets, machine summaries) is shown for context only and never moves a score.

Disclosure: no compensation, free classes, discounts, or affiliate relationship. Nothing here was published or sent to the studio. No minors are named and no information about photos of minors is included. Found an error? See /corrections. How we score: /how-we-score/.