COCA — Center of Creative Arts

They do some absolutely amazing productions here. As good as anything I have seen. The sets are very professionally done. And the acting is fantastic. The theater itself is not huge this it has a very comfortable feel about it. The staff is extremely polite and helpful. If you enjoy live theater you should definitely pay them a visit.

great spot for both kids and adults to take dance and other arts classes. they do a variety of classes from ballet to tap to modern dances. dance rooms have nice floors and mirrors to see parents can watch from outside most rooms with the mirrored glass the facilities are nice and there is a theater with some performances of various shows from people there parking across the street in garage they have upcoming showcase

Great venue for theater. I saw a great play on Sunday, October 8th. The production of Color Purple was excellent.

We've taken 3 classes and all have been an excellent experience.

This review only applies to preschool summer camps, which I do not recommend. The classrooms were small and consistently unclean (or even picked up), large groups of young kids with minimally engaged staff, the activities and crafts were underwhelming. We signed up for 2 summer camps, after a bad experience with the first camp, we tried to unenroll. Since we missed the cut off for refund, I went ahead and tried one day of second camp. It was more of the same, our child, who separates easily and doesn’t usually have anxiety, lasted 20 minutes before I was called because he told staff his body and stomach hurt. I was glad he did, because I didn’t have a good feeling dropping him off either! We won’t try them again at any age.

The institution only cares for money and not the well-being of the children. If I could give them zero starts I would. They approved for a 6 years old child to take classes and summer camps with kids 8 to 10 years old just to please the request and schedule of the father disregarding the concerns from the mother (divorce parents). They are disregarding their own policies since they list age ranges for the classes and all possible social implications for a child that will be the only 6 years old (kindergarten) with a class full of 8 to 10 years old kids (4th and 5th) during whole days. They don't even are able to give an argument of need for this exception due to child's skills. There are answers were and I quote "The final decision rest with the registering ($$$) parent'. 'For camp approval we don't always consult instructors first'. 'I personally have not seen (Child's name) art". "We think the risk is low".

My son had an appalling experience with a level one instructor. He was vicious with the children. I pulled him from the school and asked for a refund for the classes. They said they were aware of the problem due to similar complaints and offered a partial refund. They acted like this was a huge favor to me. Needless to say he lost the minor interest he had in taking dance class. Really too bad. My daughter was in the hip hop crew 10 years ago and it was a very different place. This situation coupled with the culture of arrogance prompts this review. There is a really nice school in Webster groves called gateway center for Performing Arts if you get tired of the COCA vibe.