“the video critiques with Aris DeMarco are absolute fire”

In terms of video critique, the video critiques with Aris DeMarco are absolute fire. No seriously, you can send him one of your worst comp videos that you strongly disliked and he will break down everything you did right, and everything you can improve on..but he will do it in a kind way that makes you dislike your dancing less and appreciate the dance you gave him to critique more. He also gives feedback insanely fast. I was not expecting a response in weeks. He gave me feedback in less than a day (technically in my case – instant feedback like less than an hour) and that’s insane. 

As a dancer, I think it’s very easy to be self-deprecating and dislike your dancing. Aris is very invested in you both as a dancer and person. Aris’s advice is very technical but it’s also again…. very kind, because he does remind you that yeah your dancing isn’t all that bad. You don’t walk away from your critique self loathing all your flaws. If anything, working with him makes you want to incrementally work on your own dance at any given time.

In terms of video critique he dissects all parts of your body movement, so you do get feedback on all parts of your dancing from your upper body to your feet. Moreover, he tells you this area can be improved on and this is one way to approach it, and tells you what that does to your dancing and why. Also he does watch your video not once…not twice… but at least 3 times if not more to give you the best feedback he can give. You can send him a 3 minute video and you may end up with 23 minutes of advice because he’s just that invested. 

So overall, solid 10/10, one of the best video critiques I’ve had and would easily recommend him for video critiques but private lessons too. 

The TLDR version: Aris is super invested, gives you a lot of advice for your time, and is super kind/ will make you dislike your dancing a lot less.

--Tina Lin--