I tried this place out a few months back and was happy and disappointed. I enjoyed the workshop I took but the social dance that night was very different. I felt very much like an outsider. I had a hard time getting anyone to dance with me probably because I'm from out of state. I went to another social in the hopes that maybe the first experience was just a fluke. That time I found a very pleasant group of other out of towners to chat and dance with and was told by them how the studio is very much a clique and that if you aren't "accepted" into the owners inner circle you'll be shunned and talked about and no one from the studio will dance with you. I asked why they still go if they are treated negatively and they said they love dance too much to let ugly behaving people scare them off and that the dance community here is small and they want to support what is here. From observation and things I overheard the women of the studio circle seem particularly notorious for this clique behavior and bad mouthing of other women outside their circle. It's disheartening that grown adults with families are acting like they are five years old. There are always two sides to a story and it really sounds like some of these people need to be heard because they are having things said about them that aren't true. I don't understand why this kind of behavior is becoming more common amongst studios. Dancing is supposed to be fun. I don't know why the studio is no longer having socials but if this is how they treat people that aren't in their circle maybe it's for the best. I find myself asking WWJD? If I hear of more socials I'll certainly try again in the hopes that I'll have a better experience.