Cindy Hadjidion of NY Dance Faktory was fired from her last studio in the middle of the 2011-2012 school year. We had a friendly working relationship with her and decided to open some classes at our studio for her.
A year and a half later, she announces out of the blue (mid year) that she will be leaving to open her own studio but not to worry because she will wait until September to open and that it will be at least 7 miles away (far enough to not be our competition).
Lo and behold, with three weeks to our recital she quits and opens her studio (it's the beginning of June). The studio happens to be 1.62 miles away. Far, far less than the promised 7 miles of distance between us.
She has openly solicited students online as well as at our own studio. She has also lied multiple times to us about her technique and experience level. All year she was using incorrect terminology and taught such poor technique that the students suffered more injury this past year than any other year. I have had 1 injury in all of the classes this year combined. She has had multiple injuries in each class over the past year all because she claims to know proper technique when she refers to technical elements with euphemistic expressions like "spin" instead of pirouette.
Her new studio looks suspiciously like ours.. the names are even similar.
Oh, her (now former) boss announced she was pregnant and Cindy announces her plans to open her own studio within the same school year the following day. The (now former) boss just had her baby a few weeks ago so Cindy consciously screwed over her very pregnant boss in the process of all this.
STUDENTS: BEWARE!! She will leave you in the middle of the year and abandon you through your dance education if she finds a better opportunity for herself.
PARENTS AND FUTURE EMPLOYEES: This is entirely unconfirmed but we had a substantial theft problem at the studio that suspiciously stopped when she quit. I have had $250 taken out of my purse as well as diamond earrings (that a student told me she saw Cindy wearing on a day I don't come in to the studio!)
I also believe that Cindy Hadjidion of NY Dance Faktory may be suffering from an undiagnosed mental illness or personality disorder. It's truly embarrassing being able to say I know this woman. I wouldn't let my children near her, you shouldn't either.
NY DANCE FAKTORY Reviews
Cindy Hadjidion of NY Dance Faktory was fired from her last studio in the middle of the 2011-2012 school year. We had a friendly working relationship with her and decided to open some classes at our studio for her.
A year and a half later, she announces out of the blue (mid year) that she will be leaving to open her own studio but not to worry because she will wait until September to open and that it will be at least 7 miles away (far enough to not be our competition).
Lo and behold, with three weeks to our recital she quits and opens her studio (it's the beginning of June). The studio happens to be 1.62 miles away. Far, far less than the promised 7 miles of distance between us.
She has openly solicited students online as well as at our own studio. She has also lied multiple times to us about her technique and experience level. All year she was using incorrect terminology and taught such poor technique that the students suffered more injury this past year than any other year. I have had 1 injury in all of the classes this year combined. She has had multiple injuries in each class over the past year all because she claims to know proper technique when she refers to technical elements with euphemistic expressions like "spin" instead of pirouette.
Her new studio looks suspiciously like ours.. the names are even similar.
Oh, her (now former) boss announced she was pregnant and Cindy announces her plans to open her own studio within the same school year the following day. The (now former) boss just had her baby a few weeks ago so Cindy consciously screwed over her very pregnant boss in the process of all this.
STUDENTS: BEWARE!! She will leave you in the middle of the year and abandon you through your dance education if she finds a better opportunity for herself.
PARENTS AND FUTURE EMPLOYEES: This is entirely unconfirmed but we had a substantial theft problem at the studio that suspiciously stopped when she quit. I have had $250 taken out of my purse as well as diamond earrings (that a student told me she saw Cindy wearing on a day I don't come in to the studio!)
I also believe that Cindy Hadjidion of NY Dance Faktory may be suffering from an undiagnosed mental illness or personality disorder. It's truly embarrassing being able to say I know this woman. I wouldn't let my children near her, you shouldn't either.