Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles

My daughter Havana spent two weeks at this camp in June July 2015.
We came all the way from New Zealand and would like to say how welcomed we were into this summer intensive camp.
From the owners Serge and Yelena a big thank you
To all of your amazing coaches especially Galyna, Alina, Larissa, Natalia and Ben, this camp was hard but Havana loved the structure and can’t wait to come back.
I have no hesitation in recommending this summer intensive camp, thank you so much
From Donna and Havana from New Zealand

Wow, this school is the best rhythmic gymnastics school that I have seen. I am so glad that I have chosen this school for my daughter. The environment is very clean and well treated and the gym is very spacious for the kids to freely move around and practice comfortably. The staffs are so wonderful and well respected. The coaches are a highly qualified coaches that cares about the kids and helps them for their individual needs, that it is an honor for the gymnasts to be trained by them. The director of this place, Serge Mezheritsky is a very caring person that focuses into the children’s needs, and he always gives the kids motivation and encouragement to the kids which it makes them to have more confidence into becoming a more better athlete. I want to say thanks to director Serge Mezheritsky and the coaches for giving my daughter an opportunity to join and become a member of Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles.

Wow!!! This school is awesome! I really love it here and the coaches are so generous and caring to me and it is an honor to be able to work with them. This school is so big and clean and well taken care of. The gym has a great amount of space for the kids to work in without having any issues or problems. I’m having such a good time here and every week I’m getting stronger. The director of this place, Serge Mezheritsky is so kind to me and he gives me confidence saying that I can do it and not to give up, which builds my confidence more stronger. Thank you Serge and the coaches for helping me in believing myself and become a part of this team.

Great competitive training program! Large training facility. Summer program is intense, but provides incredible development for young athletes. Coaching staff is outstanding.

My daughter is a competitive dancer and we just finished 2 weeks at this intensive, my daughter absolutely loves it. This is her second year attending this program and we travel an hour each way to train with these amazing teachers. High level training provided by professional instructors who have Olympic background. The coach line up is amazing. My daughters flexibility and technique have shown great improvement. It definitely takes dedication and commitment to train at this level with some of the kids being national Champions but it’s well worth it, the results speak for themselves. My daughter had a great experience at this summer intensive and everyone was welcoming and professional. The Owner was always pleasant, attentive and professional, overall a great guy with great coaches.

I can’t believe how lucky I am to have found such a top notch training center so close.
1. Coaches are all high level champions either World Champions or Olympians, etc. They train using proven Soviet and Russian techniques and disciplines. I love their coaches!
2. The owners, coaches and parents are all very supportive, patient and friendly. They help me and encourage me (yes I need it — more than my child ;-))
3. The proof is in the pudding — the competition teams all place in the top 3 spots in all of the various levels.
If your looking for a «fun» recreational gym that plays with your kids and has birthday parties — DON’T come here! But if you’re looking for a place that will help your daughter focus and learn technique, structure and discipline then this is THE only place in the Valley to come to!
Caveat:
I’m a lil upset about the parent visiting from out of town that took photos of the bathroom and left such a bad review that had nothing to do with the training. Now EVERY time I check into Unilocal it posts the photos of the toilet. I have been coming here for months and it is NOT like that ever.
In the gyms defense, it may have been due to the high volume of lil children using the restrooms during the competition. But I don’t put it past some entitled mom scorned and getting her payback by throwing seat covers and tissue and taking a photo. I think its kinda funny… at least they had plenty of TP and seat covers! lol :)

!!! IF RESPECT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO GIVE AND RECEIVE THEN STEER CLEAR OF THIS SCHOOL !!! This review has nothing to do with the coaches or the quality of the gymnastics taught at this school, but it has everything to do with the moral appearance of the school owner/​director and other employees.
We came to LA for the Regional Championship 2015 hosted by this school. I’m not going to comment on the sum of money it cost to participate and to watch, because it’s topical for a competition like this. I’m going to explain, how I feel that the sum felt like a total waste of money.
They were awarding every group as the group would finish up and then they were to hold a large overall ceremony at the end of the day. As it turned out they decided to award my child’s group at the large ceremony, I would assume that was done to have more people there, but to me — an out of town parent, it was very inconvenient. When I approached the school’s owner/​director to express my discontent with the fact that why would they hold little kids (January to June 2007) here past 9pm (they were off schedule) and the large award ceremony was not to start until well past 8pm, he was nothing but extraordinarily rude! He told me that if I was a «normal» parent I would’ve gotten a hotel room (on top of all the money that was already spent and the fact that we only live a 2 hour drive away). When I told him that he didn’t need to be rude, he turned to me and told me to leave. When I calmly said — «Excuse me?», he replied — «Get out!».
In the end all I wanted was a notice in advance that we weren’t going to get awarded until much later, that way in the gap of time I had, I would’ve at least been able to take my kids out to dinner, now I have 2 very tired and hungry kids, it’s 8:35, the award ceremony is far from starting and the only reason we are still around is because my daughter worked hard for this and it would be unfair to take the award ceremony away from her.
I will try to contact the USA Gymnastics Organization and report all of this to them. I don’t understand how people with poor quality communication skills should be allowed around little children and to hold high level competitions.
Update: right before writing this review, at approximately 7:45pm, I was approached by a female representative from this school, who kept insisting that they were only 10 minutes off schedule. I was desperately trying to get across to her that all I needed was an honest time frame to when the award ceremony would start, because I wanted to get some food for the kids. She kept on repeating 10 minutes, even when a younger girl that was with her pointed out that they were at least 24 minutes off schedule, she still insisted on 10 minutes. When I saw the same lady again I pointed out the time on my phone, it was about 9:10pm and I had calmly told her that all I had asked her for was an honest answer, because I wanted to understand if I did or did not have the time to feed my kids. At this point, I’m not entirely sure why, but she started telling me how great she is and that the school hosts 4 competitions a year, and that if I didn’t like something I could leave. The only thing at that point that I replied to her was that if they can’t host competitions with dignity, they shouldn’t host them at all!
In the end the award ceremony didn’t start until about 9:30pm. It was a total nightmare! Most of the kids were exhausted and hungry, I saw at least 3 – 4 girls crying.

We wanted to enroll our daughter in some sport or dance for after school. After a friend of ours who is a professional dancer suggested part time rhythmic gymnastics and part time Latin dance lessons, we started to search for something in our area.
After coming to the introductory class and seeing all the beautiful gymnasts doing unbelievable hoop, ball and rope routines, we were hooked.
We started off slow with 2 times a week and then shortly after increased to 4 times a week.
My daughter absolutely loves it. She is at level 3 and not close to competing yet but she is working hard to advance.
The coaches (ballet and gymnastics) are very good. They not only teach technique but also discipline and hard work. Thank you Ben, Sveta, Elmira, Alina, Elvira and Liana.

This is the best rhythmic gymnastics school in Los Angeles. My daughter has been training here for the past 3 years. I have nothing but the best things to say about coaches and the staff in general. The program followed by this school is on par with the best European schools. Its only a matter of time before one of the students from this school will represent USA in the Olympics. Thank you Serge and the staff for making my daughter dedicated gymnast.

My daughter has been taking rhythmic gymnastics for a little over a year. Rhythmic Academy has been such a positive influence on my daughter’s life. Serge, the owner of the gym has been very accommodating when my daughter first began. He was patient with us as she eased her way into the program. The coaches are all incredible. Each coach has something different to offer. My daughter has grown so much in the past year. She has not only grown as an athlete, she has gained much self esteem, time management skills and discipline from being enrolled in this amazing program. I highly recommend this gym!

My daughter had joined this club in the beginning of this year. I had recommended this club to my friends and our kids are happy and excited to be part of this place. I reviewed previous comments and would like to express my opinion that you can not make everyone happy. Unfortunately most of the people write reviews only when they have negative things to say. This is why I am posting my review. As I said I had referred there before and will continue recommend this club in the future. They have reasonable prices, Flexible schedule, good teachers.

The best rhythmic gymnastics camp! Very we’ll organized and managed, it exceeded all expectations. My 7 year old Level 5 spent entire summer attending this camp and every day she was raving about her time there. Knowledgeable and very experienced coaches and staff find time to give individual attention to every athlete. We’ll be coming back next summer!

Stay clear of these unprofessional people! They called me after 10 at night to threaten to sue me for posting my experience on Unilocal.I asked Serg to not call me so he texted me saying to remove my experience and he is going to have his lawyer contact me on Monday. This place is seriously a nightmare.

My daughter enjoyed coming to your rhythmic gymnastics academy. It was a very good experience for her. We recommend your school.

Parents beware: they only accept automated credit card charges as payment, meaning they charge your credit card automatically each month.
When you cancel, that is when the problems begin, they continue to charge your credit card. Each time you call they confirm you are cancelled and say they are reversing the charge, then the next month, they charge your card again, you are on a permanent fixed $ 75 per month charged to your credit card for the rest of your life. The same phone call has to be made each month for the reversal.
I have nothing bad to say about the actual academy, my review is just related to their unethical payment methods. I don’t see why automated credit card payment is required, why not a check or cash or pay as you go?
Do not release your credit card number to this academy, If you ever decide to cancel, it will cause you stress, and much wasted time with the many phone calls you have to make to both the academy and your credit card company.