International Performing Arts Academy - Los Angeles, California

Yunia C.

Doy una estrella porque no puedo poner menos, pero mi experiencia con esto ha sido fatal, son unos ladrones y estafadores es todo mentiraaaaa, no cometan el error de poner a sus hijos en esto, los embullan y despues resulta que todo es falso, las clases las hacen en un aulita improvisada que de aula no tiene nada y te embullan a tu hijo o hija diciendo que tienen mucho talento y al final es para que des un adelanto de casi 600 dolares y solo tienes tres dias para arrepentirte, Dios mioooo, que falsedad.

JT T.

These people approached my teenaged daughter while she was shopping with friends at Yorktown Mall outside of Chicago. They cornered her, wouldn't let her pass, and insisted she fill out a form, and were extremely pushy and rude. It was terribly unsettling to her. She was just there to hang with her friends. Leave our kids alone, creepers.

tanya T.

These people are scam artists! They take money right out of your account and do not refund it by ANY means. My child didn't even go to one class. We asked for a refund the next day when we were told that these people were scam artists. After making several calls to Sandra Heyer (aka Sandra Bernadette) we made zero progress. This woman proceeded to cry over the phone saying she felt so bad that her own company was screwing us around on our refund. Then she proceeded to lie to us saying that they could not locate our child's form because her name was misspelled. DO NOT give these people a dime! They pump up your child telling them they are the next Nickelodeon star. They have no talent scouts and their "industry professionals" are people with no legitimate licensing. They discuss tuition right in front of your child and make you look like the bad guy if you have to decline due to the outrageous cost of classes that aren't even taught by professionals. This company is by far the worst "talent scouts" I have ever had the displeasure of associating with.

kedopek K.

My son was scouted at the mall and decided to attend the show case held in Houston 04/24/2016 with lots of kids and parents. It was exciting to see my son among those walking there and in the end they called his name for further interview. At the end of the interview when the money part came up, I tried balance what's best for his future versus the cost, I decided that money comes and goes so got my son into this program and paid the upfront fee of $595.00. The following day Monday while reading the reviews, I kinda got scared and worried as many of them were negative and thought I may have also been scammed. Good thing I had the recruiter’s contact so I texted her and she responded with a bit genuine and honest text that she believes the program is good for my son and she can only speak for herself given the kids she has worked with and believes that my son would gain from the program and urged we give it a try. She was so kind and even asked that I call her directly with feedback on my son’s first day of class experience which will be beginning of May 2016. She regretted that some people can go negative online about things they have not even tried urging me not to believe everything I read online as many of them are not accurate. For now am stuck and despite the cost involved, I will just give it a try and see how it turns out.

Kya B.

I haven't been to the classes yet but I got accepted today and I am pretty excited for the classes. The tuition costs a lot of money then I expected but I'm greatful that my mom has enough money to pay for this and other things. The directors are pretty nice but it kind of depends on which one you get because I could tell when they introduced theirselves. Some I could tell where strict, nice or a little bit of both. But the one I got was nice. I will write another review when I'm done with the 6 months!!!!!

Vernell E.

My 2 daughters are about to graduate in 3 weeks from the modeling school. They have been very helpful in all aspects. It really built up the confidence and self-esteem of my 2 kids and that alone is already worth it. My kids are always excited to go to the studio every other week.

Remember, there is always no guarantee in one way or another that my kids are going to make it to the entertainment industry. But just to get the opportunity and to improve their talent is what makes this academy so worth it.

Thank you and we are still looking forward to continue bringing our 2 daughters to your dance and singing school to have their talents exposed more.

MOA E.

Thanks for the reviews! My daughter was handed an invitation to get involved with them at Costco. I suspected it was a scam as a real agency has the clients beg them for the work ... they don't have to go looking for clients. Also the part about taking classes was a red flag to me as that indicated they were hunting down money. No real agency has you pay them - it's the other way around with a legitimate agency ... that's what those in the business say ... so we'll be steering clear of this one. Thanks again for those reviews! It's helped me know for sure what my guts were telling me - a scam.

Robin S.

This is a scam. They completely misrepresented the school to me and after 3 classes my daughter was promised a singing coach that never came through. The school refused to refund my money. My daughter was miserable and refused to continue to go to grueling 4 hour classes to learn how to walk a runway. Do NOT get fooled by this school. They are scam artists.