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96% would recommend us: in 2007, we asked our students if they would recommend us to their friends and family. Read their comments below.

In the press

Cat's Corner in La Presse (August 2007)

Gmail: Behind the Scenes de Google (August 2007)

Cat's Corner Facebook Day (September 2007)

Occupation Double TV show (October 2007)

CKUT 90.3 FM (November 2007) (26 mins)

From September to December 2007, we asked our students what they liked most about our classes. Here are their comments:

  • L'enseignement attentif et précis
  • L'atmosphère, les mouvements appris, l'attitude des profs
  • Danse rapide, musicalité
  • Teachers and pace
  • To make us dance with everybody
  • Atmosphère détendue (pas de competition), bonne musique!
  • Les mouvements diversifies et originaux
  • Learning the moves
  • La facilité d'apprentissage
  • La rotation
  • L'attitude des instructeurs.
  • Détendu, friendly, très agreeable, entraînant, toujours souriant.
  • Staff
  • Learning lindy J / small class size was really nice!
  • Opportunity to review previous lesson. The group critique in last class was helpful! (leader)
  • Attitude of instructors / how it rubs off on your classmates!
  • Great atmosphere, great mood, great energy!
  • I loved the dynamics between the instructors, it was clear that they are passionate dancers. The class atmosphere was very fun and positive.
  • Practicing swing-out variations
  • Learning lots of moves (follower)
  • Les gens et la musique
  • Atmosphère
  • Le fait de rencontrer de nouvelles personnes et de découvrir le swing
  • Danser! ... progresser!
  • When I got to dance with the teacher, it's hard to follow someone that has a hard time leading!
  • Dancing with different partners
  • The rhythm / speed
  • La musique
  • When we actually danced and let ourselves go
  • The speed at the beginning
  • Les explications de mouvements détaillés
  • La danse.. quoi d'autre?!
  • La technique
  • Fun, easygoing
  • Friendliness of the teachers
  • Danser, vivre, m'amuser!
  • Easy to follow instructions
  • Danser
  • L'ensemble
  • I can't think of any social activity or sport that is more fun than swing dancing (and it's great exercise too)
  • The swing community is like a big family
  • Swing dancing welcomes people of all ages, singles and couples alike
  • Cat's Corner has the nicest instructors !
  • Commentaries personnalisés pour chaque danseur
  • Adrian's comical, sit-com-like humor is hot!
  • The twirly turns
  • I like routines to start
  • Taking the time to give us tips and ways to improve our dancing
  • La complicité de Jen et Adrian, la façon d'enseigner
  • Apprendre la chore
  • Learning jazz steps (solo dancing)
  • The fact that it's a routine
  • Routine
  • La performance qui est le résultat de notre travail en classe
  • It's really motivating to know that we are performing at the end of the course. Oh, and the teachers are cool
  • Challenging - so it made me work hard and learn a lot
  • The attention of the teachers
  • Lots of new moves & chance to polish old ones
  • La chorégraphie, l'ambiance et le challenge
  • Creativity and energy
  • Instruction and fun, challenging routine
  • Variety, always something new
  • Les moves
  • Dancing after the class, fun choreography
  • Rencontrer la gang, apprendre des nouveaux pas
  • Le challenge, l'attitude
  • Creative and challenging
  • Charleston is fun again thanks
  • La choregraphie, l'ambiance, le challenge
  • Les gens qu'on rencontre
  • La choregraphie et les professeurs
  • Finally 'getting it'
  • Fun, dynamic, cool jazz moves
  • Great ambiance
  • Videos=helpful, made sure everyone understood without making anyone feel dumb
  • The teachers
  • La qualité de l'enseignement
  • People, dancing, instructors
  • L'ambiance de savoir qu'on va performer, l'humour, le groupe
  • Good instruction, approachable instructors
  • Prof trop sympathiques!
  • Oui mais seulement avec de l'expérience
  • Atmosphere superbe
  • Great instructors lots of fun
  • I already am a volunteer and sales rep of CC (de facto)
  • People are so sociable
  • Yes you guys are super friendly and make dance accessible
  • It's a ridiculous amount of fun!
  • L'atmosphere, qualité du swing
  • Musicality
  • Musicalité m'a aide beaucoup
  • That they paid attention to the individual needs
  • The mood
  • Musicality course
  • Very positive and encouraging atmosphere
  • Learning new moves and practicing
  • Yes. Good pedagogy
  • Oui, facon agreeable d'apprendre a danser
  • Yes, because it's a good atmosphere
  • Lots of fun balanced with good learning
  • Yes, duh!
  • Yes, in general I've found the classes to be far better structured than at other dance spaces, so you're more likely to learn more.
  • You're awesome
  • Switching so you dance with different people
  • Danser! Apprendre en s'amusant. Cardio + plaisir
  • L'énergie des instructeurs
  • Le fait d'apprendre beaucoup de mouvements et d'être capable de faire des enchaînements tôt dans la session (lead)
  • Attitude et humour
  • And easy to follow - learn a lot in each class
  • Tres bonne ambiance et instructions excellentes

Some students even wrote us testimonials.

Caroline, psychology student at Concordia and research assistant in an electrophysiology laboratory - "I absolutely love Cat's Corner! Great people, great ambiance, great profs...What more could I ask for? I definitively recommend this place to anybody who want to learn swing while having a blast."

Yuju, Software Quality Assurance Analyst of SQA - "I like the location of Cat's Corner. It is very convenient being in downtown. I work just around the corner so makes it better for me. Cat's Corner's studio has a friendly and cozy atmosphere. The teachers are motivated, upbeat and they make the class fun. "

Jenifer, mechanical engineering student at McGill - "Swing-dancing at Cat's Corner? A must! The teachers at Cat's are simply amazing! Not only do they show us the steps and moves, but they also pass on their passion and teach us about the importance to connect with the energy of the music.

Cat's Corner is all about a common desire to dance and blend our soul to the rhythm. A living community of friendship, passion and growth. It's where I fell in love with Jazz and the beauty & freedom of body expression. Every time I dance at Cat's Corner, I live a whole new experience at each step, with every different partner. If you have swing-dancing fever, I assure you, you'll love the Cat!"


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