Banned from the Studio

[twnkltoz]

Even if it were actionable, it would cost the teacher money to try to do something about it. It probably wouldn't be worth it.

But as the old saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression. No matter how justified that sign might be, it looks petty and the owner may never get the chance to explain themselves to someone new.

 

[DanceMentor]

I noticed on the studio website they offer to help people from other countries work in the US, and they will help them come here. So it may be a situation where the teacher got the help from the studio, and then left, possibly with an agreement to work for a period of time unfulfilled. That is just a guess.

I know a couple of other studios that do similar, and they too have had similar problems, yet they just bring in someone else, and someone else, etc.

 

[Joe]

you can obviously choose to serve or not serve whoever you want (unless you are a cake maker).

Not exactly. A cake maker can elect to refuse service due to scheduling, i.e., "we're too busy with other custom orders", but not because the prospective customers are LGBT.

 

[FancyFeet]

For a example, a new teacher comes to a studio and gets students assigned to him. He then opens his own studio and takes a a lot of his students with him. Understandably, the original studio doesn't want to see him again.

Um... I get that timeline and level are all factors in the above, but I just wanted to point out that if my pro were to leave for whatever reason, I'd likely choose to leave as well. The studio doesn't have anyone else that could offer what I need in a service - and unless they hired some really high-level between now and then, and his purely hypothetical departure would mean I'd need to look elsewhere... and may mean following pro. It wouldn't have anything to do with him "taking me with him", and I'd hope for the few students in my situation, the studio wouldn't be burning any bridges with either me or pro.

 

[fascination]

I noticed on the studio website they offer to help people from other countries work in the US, and they will help them come here. So it may be a situation where the teacher got the help from the studio, and then left, possibly with an agreement to work for a period of time unfulfilled. That is just a guess.

I know a couple of other studios that do similar, and they too have had similar problems, yet they just bring in someone else, and someone else, etc.

Problem is...they don't clarify...they just leave it out there for speculation

 

[danceronice]

Libel/slander in most places, he'd have to show both that he'd lost business AND that what they were saying wasn't true. In this case, they're saying he's not welcome to do business with them (true, and not illegal) and that they have no professional relationship with him (also true and not something they can contest.) There is nothing that indicates a student will be banned from associating with him outside the studio or prevented from doing business with the studio if they chose to do business with him. They don't accuse him of anything-the only implication might be they think he's using their studio name when he isn't associated with them. Really, it sounds like their concern is that he is or the are afraid he will be using their name as a credential or implied association when he shouldn't be. Provided they aren't telling students who ask something untrue ("Yeah, he sells kiddie porn" or "he was dealing cocaine out of the dressing room") nothing is libelous.

 

[Loki]

Heh. A studio here hired a convicted sex offender. I guess they neglected to do a background check on him.

 

[twnkltoz]

I wonder how often studios do background checks? I don't know for sure about mine, but I doubt they do.

 

[cornutt]

It's tacky. I've seen situations where an instructor was no longer welcome at a studio, but they always handle it on the down-low. You can find out if you ask, but most people don't ask. I saw one once where an instructor skipped town owing pre-paid lessons to a lot of students, and the studio had printed pieces of paper containing their last known contact info for him, if anyone asked.

But they didn't have it plastered on the door. If someone did that, I'd wonder what kind of establishment they were running, and how trustworthy it was.

 

[DL]

I wonder how often studios do background checks? I don't know for sure about mine, but I doubt they do.

How about professional associations?

 

[Joe]

How about professional associations?

Like...USISTD or USTA?

 

[DL]

Like...USISTD or USTA?

Well, some organizations seem to worry greatly over whether "their" teachers judge certain competitions, and I wonder whether they worry similarly over...

...OK never mind. Actually please seriously never mind. I'm not quite sure which zone I hit near the "triple point" of trolling, mere mischievousness, and legitimate concern.

 

[DanceMentor]

I noticed in this case the owner of the studio still has a video advertising his teacher on his YouTube channel. There are definitely some conflicts with logic going on here. I wasn't trying to read too much into all of it. I just had never seen something like this before and found it interesting.

 

[MaggieMoves]

I always find it more interesting when a particular student gets banned...

 

[Mr 4 styles]