Dance Direct Reviews

Name: Dance Direct
Address: Harlequin House, ,, Newton Abbot
Rating: 4.69

4.7 Rating 7,792 Reviews

93 %

of reviewers recommend Dance Direct

4.7

Based on 7,792 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service, Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	96%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	99%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.7 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Easy

About Dance Direct:

Dance Direct has grown from a family run business to become the leading dancewear retailer in the UK and Europe. Our passion is in providing high quality, affordable dancewear and accessories to the dance community; our pride is in enabling dancers to achieve their dreams without worrying about the cost. Working in partnership with Revolution Dancewear – one of the world’s leading costume and dancewear manufacturers – we also supply a fantastic collection of high quality ready-to-wear costumes for shows and performances.

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Harlequin House, ,
Newton Abbot
TQ12 4BT

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“The shoe was too small, it definitely was not the size I ordered even though it was printed so. After a week of no response via email with evidential photos the lady told me that it was trial and error and I needed to just keep ordering. I don’t think anybody has the time or money to keep reordering and sending back shoes. If you order a size you think it would be ok, not 1/2 the actual size it should be.”

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Posted 4 years ago

I have passed this to the Customer Service team who will be in contact with you

Posted 4 years ago

“Lack of communication. Long delivery time and ended up having to open a PayPal dispute for a refund”

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Posted 4 years ago

I am sorry you had to wait so long to get your refund but I can confirm that it has been done. There was a delay in despatching your order. Due to the current circumstances we are operating social distancing measures in our warehouse, but we are now endeavouring to keep to 3 working days between order placement and despatch of the order.

Posted 4 years ago

“Ballet shoes terrible fitting, ordered size 3 but it is no bigger than the size 1 we have at home. I also ordered a size 2.5 jazz shoes which were way bigger than the ballet shoes of size 3...”

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Posted 4 years ago

I am sorry you are not happy with your shoes. Ballet shoes always seem to come up smaller than other shoes and different brands vary in their fitting. Please contact hello@dancedirect.com if you want to return them.

Posted 4 years ago

“Done one order and everything arrived separately on different days. I wasn’t notified this would be the case. Jazz shoes were a poor quality and didn’t represent the image online”

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Posted 4 years ago

We have more than one warehouse but only ship from one. Therefore rather than delay the whole order we shipped the ballet shoes on their own and then when the jazz shoes came in from the other site these were shipped the next day. Please send a photo of the jazz shoes to hello@dancedirect.com so they can inform the merchandising team of the difference between the image and the actual shoe.

Posted 4 years ago

“Sizing of shoes is way off, ordered a 13 tap and ballet shoe tap shoes are huge and do not fit ballet shoes are far too small and do not fit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

I am sorry you have had problems with the sizing of the shoes. Ballet shoes always seem to come up smaller than tap shoes. Please contact hello@dancedirect.com who will help you.

Posted 4 years ago

“I’d actually like to have my purchase before I review them?!?”

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Posted 4 years ago

You should have received one pair of ballet shoes as they were despatched on the 17th September. Unfortunately the other pair are out of stock and our supplier cannot get them to us before the middle of November. If you want to choose a different brand please contact hello@dancedirect.com who will help you.

Posted 4 years ago

“Having ordered an item you sent the wrong colour. I was advised to email for a replacement exchange but it would take 48hrs and another 3-7 days. I have had no confirmation or acknowledgement. When the item was a birthday present I am not impressed.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Thank you for your review. I understand that you have been contacted by our Customer Service team and that they have resolved the issue.

Posted 4 years ago

“Bonjour, une honte, commande passée le 7 septembre 2020, avec 10 € de frais de ports et personne ne sait me dire ou est ma commande ! c'est scandaleux ! On nous annonce une livraison rapide pour 6,90 € j'en est payé 10 € j'attend, j'attend, j'attend ! Je pense que c'est limite légal !!!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

Nous sommes désolés d'apprendre que vous n'êtes pas satisfaits de notre service. Veuillez faire preuve de patience pendant cette période de transition.Veuillez nous envoyer un courriel à hello@dancedirect.co.uk avec votre code postal et votre nom et nous vous fournirons une mise à jour de votre commande. Meilleures salutations

Posted 4 years ago

“I placed my order and it took three times of contacting customer services for my items to eventually be despatched. Due to the lateness I have had to return many of the items and am still awaiting a refund (17 days after returning). Again I have contacted customer services who say they cannot trace my package and when they are unable to answer the question they close the chat. I am now over £100 out of pocket and will NOT be using or recommending this company to anyone.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Thank you for the review. Our customer service team has been in contact with you and I understand all has now been sorted.

Posted 4 years ago

“Je suis cliente depuis de nombreuses années et commande chaque rentrée les tenues de plusieurs fillettes pour leurs cours de danse, en France et en Belgique. Cette année, j'ai une commande qui n'arrive pas depuis le 5 septembre ! Le service client est injoignable, aucun suivi de commande... Depuis la fusion avec l'entreprise anglaise c'est catastrophique, alors que les services étaient excellents jusqu'à cette année. Absence de stock, service client injoignable (et en anglais), délais de livraison non respectés... Aucun geste commercial malgré les desagréments ! Je sais que même les professeurs de danse sont en difficulté pour leurs commandes de groupe. À ce jour, je pense que je ne commanderai plus chez Dance Direct, aucun respect des clients. 👎”

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Posted 4 years ago

Nous sommes désolés d'apprendre que vous n'êtes pas satisfaits de notre service. Dance Direct est depuis 21 ans une compagnie britannique et la filiale française a été fondée par la suite ! Veuillez faire preuve de patience pendant cette période de transition.Veuillez nous envoyer un courriel à hello@dancedirect.co.uk avec votre code postal et votre nom et nous vous fournirons une mise à jour de votre commande. Meilleures salutations

Posted 4 years ago

“Awful company customer service is so bad. Paid for product & never recieved them & had to chase for refund I would never recommend them in a million years”

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Posted 4 years ago

Unfortunately the item you ordered was discontinued by the manufacturer and as soon as this was realised a refund was requested by the customer services team. This should appear on your bank statement shortly.

Posted 4 years ago

“Had bad customer service after experiencing a quality issue ... still haven’t had a response to my 4 emails ... was always my first stop shop for dance wear but will avoid from now on”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Sent return of ballet shoes and never got my exchange pair”

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Posted 4 years ago

Please can you tell me when these were returned and I will look into it. Did you send them back on a tracked service?

Posted 4 years ago

“took way too long to come”

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Posted 4 years ago

I am sorry there was a delay in despatching your order. Due to the current circumstances we are operating social distancing measures in our warehouse, but we are endeavouring to keep to the 5 - 7 days between order placement and despatch of your order.

Posted 4 years ago

“I’m still waiting to receive my order. It was sent without my house number and so couldn’t be delivered. I have been waiting 18 days since ordering & have had no information from you despite me emailing asking where my order is.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Dear Wendy The situation has been sorted out with the Customer Service team and your parcel will be redirected back to you when Royal Mail return it to us. Your back orders will be sent out to the correct address when the goods are back in stock.

Posted 4 years ago

“I ordered two black masks 2 weeks ago, and received one over a week later. Not only that but the invoice was totally wrong stating I had only bought one, not two. I had to contact them myself to get this rectified, no response for 6 days. I had to re contact them again, to be told they are now out of stock (so they were clearly out of stock when ordered else why would they only send one mask) and to wait until the back order which is due beginning of October. Not acceptable, companies are quick to take peoples money for goods yet do not deliver them (literally!!!). I wouldn’t recommend this site again and I will avoid in the future. They should be firstly reimbursing my postage at the very least, but sending me the second mask free as a good Will gesture and refunding me the cost! But they have offered me nothing just a fake apology which doesn’t mean anything.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Dear Chelsea I am sorry that you have had to wait for the second mask to come back in to stock. The original invoice only showed the item that was sent. The masks have now come back in to stock and it is being sent out today with Royal Mail 24hr service. The tracking number is VB186151674GB. As a gesture of goodwill we are going to refund your delivery charge and send you a 10% off code for your next order. Due to the current situation there are fewer customer service advisors in the office and therefore some queries are taking longer to respond to. Please be reassured that we are doing our best to help everyone.

Posted 4 years ago

“Had to return shoes as not what I expected and that’s where all the trouble began. Woeful customer service and long time to refund, even by COVID standards. Avoid. Much better shops out there”

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Posted 4 years ago

Thank you for your review. We are still operating with limited staff to comply with social distancing and we are working as quickly as possible. We are still a few weeks outside of our usual 14 day returns processing time and due to this it took longer than usual to process your refund. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Posted 4 years ago

“Never received order acknowledgement when place an order. When ordered it said order would be despatched within 3 days, was no notification after 3 days, had to chase it to see where my order was, Patricia apologised for a delay and said it would be despatched on 24hours delivery, however it was not, order was sent on standard 48 hours service. When received, order was sent a size smaller than i ordered, ordered small adult - received extra small adult! Order was returned! Very poor all around!”

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Posted 4 years ago

Thank you for your review. I am sorry to hear that you have encountered a delay with your order and also that you received an incorrect item. We are still operating with limited staff to comply with social distancing and we are shipping orders as quickly as possible and we are sorry that your order was delayed. Once we receive your order back we will of course process a full refund and please accept our apologies once again.

Posted 4 years ago

“Bought a pair of tap shoes in June and have not worn them due to lock down and first class back today now they don't fit didn't expect to be told " no refunds or returns" waste of money Avoid”

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Posted 4 years ago

We offer a 28 day no quibble returns policy to allow customers time to try on their goods when they have been delivered and return them with a free Royal Mail returns label if they don't fit. The goods are then refunded.

Posted 4 years ago

“I have not received the order”

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Posted 4 years ago

Thank you for your review. Your order was shipped on 10th September with European Air Mail which is an untracked service and can take up to 10 working days to arrive in Ireland.

Posted 4 years ago

Dance Direct is rated 4.7 based on 7,792 reviews