Banned from the Studio

DanceMentor said:
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.
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Meh, odds are he's entirely forgotten that the video is even there.
 
snapdancer said:
What did you do to incur the wrath of the studio?
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I went with a then bf to a chain studio where he was taking lessons, while I took them from an independent coach/pro. When we split off, I still had some friends there and they asked me not to return when I showed up at the last social.

I apparently still have a free lesson there.
 
OK, that's a little different. Most of the studios in my town are open to people dropping into their group classes and socials. A lot of people including me patronize multiple studios. But there is one franchise studio that does not mix, I expect that if I showed up at their socials I would be turned away. I assume that I am by default banned from that studio, unless one of their members had me as a guest. As was the case for you.
 
snapdancer said:
OK, that's a little different. Most of the studios in my town are open to people dropping into their group classes and socials. A lot of people including me patronize multiple studios. But there is one franchise studio that does not mix, I expect that if I showed up at their socials I would be turned away. I assume that I am by default banned from that studio, unless one of their members had me as a guest. As was the case for you.
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It's a bit different when they send you an email not to return with their company letterhead attached in the signature... but it's the same sort of sentiment.
 
snapdancer said:
What did you do to incur the wrath of the studio?
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I was a difficult student. I asked a lot of questions during my lessons, and I asked to learn more difficult dances like hustle and samba. I also didn't fit in well during the parties, probably because my social skills weren't very good then. And I challenged participating in an event because practice wasn't going well. So I got kicked out. It was over 14 years ago...a long time ago ...in a galaxy far, far away.

It turned out to be a blessing. My instructor was one of the 6 week wonder teachers we've talked about on the boards. I had some lessons from a FADS teacher before wonder teacher so I knew a few things, and I realized later the wonder teacher didn't know that much more than I did. For example, I saw a more experienced female teacher showing wonder teacher the open Cuban walk in rumba right before my lesson, when wonder teacher then tried to teach it to me. And me asking to learn dances like the hustle didn't go well, because allegedly he got dizzy, and he was trying to teach me a version of the hustle where you didn't spin to compensate. There were other warning signs as well. Wonder teacher had a full time job, and teaching dance was a part time side job. Not long after getting kicked out, I found my way to a much better teacher. The studio gave me a refund for lessons I hadn't used.

After some years had passed, I went back to the studio for a Friday night party. Wonder teacher was long gone. A few of the other studio staff remembered me though. I was nervous I would be asked to leave, but I wasn't. I visited the studio a couple of times though the years, and nothing bad happened. I even participated in a one day event they hosted awhile back. I believe the studio is closed now.
 
Clever guess! Most private instructors with whom I am acquainted would strive to "work" with that student to solve this issue. As it was, the studio owner tried polite approaches many times before resorting to the ban card. His issue was highly offensive body odor. At the risk of generalizing, ladies are offended by such poor hygiene.
 
I know of two situations at one studio where the students (separately, and at different points in time) were "banned" due to alcohol. One was a gentleman who was a sloppy intoxicated person and made everybody uncomfortable, and the other was a lady who was an exuberant intoxicated person who didn't want the group class to dull her buzz, so she'd bring her own wine and drink throughout the class and then yell and laugh at her own jokes and do grand jetes all over the floor.

I'm thinking they were "asked to not come back" in case of liabilities and not necessarily due to the drinking. I do know in the gentleman's case the staff tried talking to him for months before bringing the hammer down.

He just switched studios.
 
s2k said:
didn't want the group class to dull her buzz
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LOL

s2k said:
so she'd bring her own wine and drink throughout the class and then yell and laugh at her own jokes and do grand jetes all over the floor.
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LOL-ing even harder at this.


In all seriousness, though, drinking (beyond a glass or so) and ballroom dance don't mix... I've lead a couple of intoxicated ladies and it was borderline frightening, for both of our safety.
 
DanceMentor said:
"Teacher Name" will no longer be allowed to teach at "Studio Name". The studio has terminated any relationship or ties with "Teacher Name" effective immediately.
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I see nothing wrong in informing students that a teacher is no more available. In addition, if there are students or other people feeling cheated of victimized by the teacher, then such a notice will make them feel part of their revenge taken.

But this could have been done in a softer way, depending of the degree of offense or disagreement:

Teacher C. L. will no longer teach here. Our studio has terminated relationship with him.
 
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