About the Studio
We pride ourselves in recognizing each student’s individual strengths and guiding them to their full potential as an athlete and artist with positive encouragement.
We are very proud of our scholarship program to help all children discover the joys of dance.
Most of our students place into Stevenson High School’s dance companies- Repertory, Melange, and Concert Dance; as well as freshman, Junior Varsity, Varsity Poms; and the musical theatre and drama programs.
Our annual, end-of-year performances are professionally produced with high-quality sound, lighting, and age-appropriate costumes, music and choreography.
Our studios are equipped with sprung dance floors with marley surfaces, full-length mirrors, ballet barres and viewing windows so parents can observe classes without disrupting learning.
Since 2002, our 3 Award-Winning Dance Companies- Expressions Junior ( 6th,7th, 8th Grade), Expressions Senior (High School) and in 2011, Expressions Hip Hop (6th grade and up), have created an outlet for our dancers to perform and experience dance outside of our studios. Auditions are held annually and audition announcements are posted on our website, facebook page, studio lobby and announced in classes. Our companies have performed at Great America, Dance Chicago, County Fairs, numerous fund raisers, charity events, school Fine Arts Days, Co. Dance, New York City Dance Alliance, Jump and Tremaine Dance Conventions and Competitions. 2012-2013 season Auditions will be held in September of 2012. Check our Company Page for more information!
- We have 2 professional percussionists for our modern classes, select hip hop classes and a professional pianist for our most ballet classes.
- Our students have completed summer programs with American Ballet Theatre, The Joffrey, Chicago Ballet, Ballet Met, and Milwaukee Ballet.
- Our signature piece, St. Theresa, placed in the top 10 in Dance Chicago’s 2009 Dance Slam and our students were featured in the Dance Studios of Chicago Calendar’s Cover and June and September months.
- LAD alumni have been accepted into prestigious university dance and musical theatre programs. Many have received talent scholarships.
- LAD alumni are dancing professionally in dance companies, on Broadway and in Broadway National Tours.
