I have danced at ASA for 5 years and I love it here. I don't know where I would be without ASA ( a…read morestep above dance academy). I don't now if I would be dancing and I am very happy to be at ASA because I have grown so much as a dancer and as a person. I have done amazing at all my competitions with my solos, duets and groups. I feel like Shannon ( the director and owner of ASA) really spends as much time back stage as possible so I can go on stage feeling confident in what I put on that stage. I love ASA.

From the owner: A Step Above Dance Academy offers high quality dance education to all ages and levels. Ballet,…read morePre-Professional Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Acro-dance, Pre-School classes, competitive and performance groups, there is something for everyone. As Batavia's premiere dance studio, we promote proper technique and training in a safe and positive environment for all. ASA has been voted Batavia's BEST dance school in 2015 & 2016! A Step Above Dance Academy features: - 6,200 square feet - 4 spacious studios - Comfortable parent waiting area - Sprung marley floors - ASA Boutique - Large parking lot

After some emails, there was a misunderstanding so I brought my 13 year old on the wrong week for a…read moretrial class. The owner seemed a little rude that week, but I thought maybe she was having a bad day. But that is not my frustration. We returned the second week for the trial class. The entry is very small and we were told to tell the desk we were there for a trial class. First, the owner was very condescending and responded, "Can you give me a moment?" In a very short tone and a fake smile. At that point I was unsure whether this is someone I wanted to deal with on a weekly basis. But the final straw was - we stepped aside and waited, and waited, and waited. She then goes into a class and starts teaching it! We remained ignored. So I asked another woman. In the meantime the class starts. We find out the trial class is with children 11 and under. My 13 year old was done. Had the owner not seemed so nasty at even ONE interaction, it may have changed our mind. But we have already spoken to two other places that had a VERY different approach. ~Dr.K

My daughter has been dancing with Dreams since they opened the doors. She has come so far and has…read morelearned so many life lessons while doing something she loves. Jenny has shown her compassion, patience and her love of dance as well. This is the perfect place for boys and girls to have a wonderful dance experience.

This is a great new place to learn to dance! They have group classes, private lessons and frequent…read morepractice parties. My husband and I take ballroom dance private lessons from Marta Rodriguez and Nick Rodriguez - in the rhythm styles: Chacha, rhumba, east coast swing, bolero and mambo. Love them! We've also observed Marta giving lessons to a competitive figure skater improving her musicality and expression and a couple preparing to dance at their son's wedding. Really kind instructors who teach you at the level where you are. My husband/dance partner and I are competitive dancers came to Marta looking to add more advanced styling and improve some areas where we weren't in synch. She is a champion dancer (in her native Poland) but is able to "push" us just enough (a little at a time). We've seen Nick for years teaching at other studios and dancing with his students at competitions and showcases. He always makes his students look great -dancing well and feeling confident. Next month it will be us dancing pro/am with Nick (me) and Marta (my husband)! We will also be dancing with each other.

Brilliant venue. Top-notch employees. This place was definitely designed for sound. I have seen…read moreseveral shows here. The latest show was Tony Danza in October 2017. Every seat on this venue has a great view. I love the fact that cell phones are not allowed in here. Text messaging is not allowed. Photographs from your cell phone are not allowed. You can sit here and watch a show without being bothered by everyone holding up a cell phone in front of you. It is freaking glorious and a welcome break in the technological hell that going to concerts in America has become. Thank you for this policy Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

BFAC hosted the Applause Talent dance competition on March 7, 2020. The venue was too small for…read morethis event. Parking was at 110% capacity with every possible curb utilized. The main seating area was packed. Yet, they were reluctant to open the balcony. To cap it all off, a dumpster behind the facility caught fire. People were sprinting out the doors to move their cars. The fire department came and put it out. But, then the HVAC system started to pull smoke into the auditorium. Everyone reeked of a fire smell. Just a terrible experience. My advice to BFAC - know your limits.

Moves Dance Studio is absolutely phenomenal. Our little one attends classes at their Wheaton…read morelocation. If you want your child to love and grow into dance at all levels, look no further. The director, Tenesha has a lot of responsibilities for over 400 dancers and a full staff and tons of details but she always seems to have everything together and is always calm and peaceful and it trickles down through the whole staff because management always sets the mood at any organization. The teachers are outstanding. My little one (3yo) has had two teachers, Ms. Amy and Ms. Kaitlyn. Both teachers were excellent with three year olds. My little one is a bit of a free spirit (not being rude on purpose but sometimes is so moved by the music that she'll spontaneously all of a sudden dance / run around the room ecstatically). Ms. Amy always had the perfect gentle touch and ways to effectively redirect her in such positive, non-humiliating ways that achieved the results of getting her to pay attention or keep her in place without affecting her self esteem or eroding her enthusiasm, sometimes just gently holding her hand in the dance line to stop the urges. Slowly my little one learned the rules in a safe environment. The result is that my little one leaves her classes with a love of dance and comes home to her try her moves with joy in her heart. Having personally been subjected to the terrible "nazi style ballet" approach myself as a kid, which made me simply leave dance as fast as I possibly could due to how unfun it was, I wanted my child's experience to start as something fun (which it is and should be!) and build on that. My little one had Ms. Kaitlin for the summer Frozen Dance Camp - she was excellent too! The dance camp was awesome. The kids absolutely loved it and having Olaf come visit on the last day was a real winner. My little one is a cuddler and the teacher made room a little one and for her requests for closeness when they did the daily craft while gently telling her when she needed to go back to her circle on the ground. The result is my child adores and feels safe with her teachers and can't wait to go back. The rehearsal was a first rate production and was totally organized. The dress rehearsal was so helpful for the dancers and their families to understand the routine. This is a studio where your child will learn to love dance as a young child so that as they get older that love of dance turns into the internally motivated discipline they need to study higher levels of technique. Lots of positive reinforcement and great age-appropriate techniques for the little ones with progressive challenges as they get older. I highly recommend this studio! We signed up our little one for the Baby Be a Star camp for singing and dancing and plan to continue enrolling continuously for as long as our little one wants to dance. From the looks of it, that will be a while :)

Moves is fantastic! My Child has been going to both the North Aurora location and Wheaton…read morelocation. Awesome teachers at both locations.

My granddaughter has been attending this school since she was almost 3. She is now almost 8. The…read morelevel of confidence she has attained I attribute to the loving, caring instruction she has gotten from the staff at this school. They are now her "family". I would recommend this school to anyone looking for a happy nurturing atmosphere.

I used to dance here in high school and have nothing but amazing memories and gained the talent and…read moreconfidence to go on to become the captain of my college dance team.

My three and a half year old niece loves Lady Gaga. So of course she loves to....Just Dance!…read more Every now and then I'll accompany my niece, Madelyn to her weekly Saturday morning dance class lasting about 45 minutes. About three teachers, eager teenage girls, lead this class of 3-4 year olds in basic but most importantly fun dance exercises. Teachers here are patient and truly take the time to make sure the kids are learning the proper forms while making it fun at the same time. My favorite part is to see my niece holding on to the bar bending into a plie with her frilly pink tutu. Parents are able to see their little ballerinas in action through a one sided mirror that looks in the dance studio. I definitely suggest arriving at least 5-10 minutes early so you get a good seat on the "viewing bench." Parents are typically not allowed into the class, but I've seen exceptions made for children with severe separation anxiety. As a parent, or even an aunt, it's easy to forget to bring this that or the other to class. Thankfully, both ballet and tap shoes are available at their gift shop for rental free of charge to children enrolled in classes. I cannot wait to attend the recital at the end of the class!

Wow! My fiance and I needed to learn our first dance for the wedding, and we were a little late in…read moreplanning. With one days notice, they scheduled is for a double lesson and taught us some easy basic steps to let us survive. We had so much fun working with them, and our wedding dance is looking great!

WARNING: NOT LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY…read more My girlfriend and I came here for their beginners salsa class for a date night and had an unfortunate experience with the instructor, Carl. He gave us a hard time for wanting to dance together and called us out mid class saying "well usually it's men as leads and women as followers but hey, it's 2025, who am I to judge." It was uncomfortable and unnecessary to call us out when we just wanted to be treated like what we are...a normal couple on a date night. I reached out to the owner afterwards to see if they could amend the situation and sadly got no response. I wanted to make sure other queer couples didn't have the same experience as us. We will definitely not be returning and will be sure to let others know about our negative experience.

I'm hooked! I have attended some other pole dance studios since I became pole-addicted 3 years…read moreago. I want one that I can go to, get a great workout, learn new moves, and have fun-- Tiger Lily is the place. I didn't want to go to one that has a bar in it where you just play around and wait for a pole. And 90 minutes was too long for my busy schedule. Also, I want instructors who are in good shape! So here it is- a 60-minute FUN sexy class with instructors whom live the fit lifestyle while supporting all the different bodies & ages whom come into the studio. They build up strength to progress, support your growth, and constantly find new challenges. They teach you how to dance, how to do tricks, and have fun doing it. Why Pole Dancing? Move over Zoomba! So I'm too uncoordinated for zoomba to look or feel sexy & I don't feel myself getting STRONG in other fitness-type classes. Pole class will get you those sexy arms (which is the NEW cleavage by the way). I began pole dance fitness years ago, starting out shy, overweight, and feeling unsexy in my postpartum new mommy role. This brought the fun me back. It's like that feeling of going out to the clubs (remember that?) mixed with an exhilarating/challenging workout. Fast-forward 3 years & 40 pounds lost & I am hooked. I can't go without my weekly pole fix. Its stretching, abs, yoga, flexibility, aerobics, and of course everyone's favorite- DIRTY DANCING!

Looking at all these nice reviews you would think this place would be amazingly reliable and…read moreprofessional. I was so excited on the day of MY Bachelorette Party to come to this establishment and have some fun with my Brides Maids. Instead, we arrived to locked doors, lights out and no one in the building. We waited and waited to see if anyone would show up. No one did. Someone forgot to actually schedule the class time. So no one knew to be there for our class. I understand mistakes happen. I do. But wouldn't you check to be sure you scheduled our class time before you took our $150 deposit??

A few of my friends & I have been looking for a fun/healthy girls night out spot somewhere between…read moreour houses (in the vast expanse of the West/Far West suburbs of Chicago) & I stumbled on The Attic while I was looking for Zumba classes. I figured that Zumba would be a perfect excuse to get a workout in while having the opportunity to laugh at our collective lack of coordination & rhythm...boy was I right! The Attic is a Christian dance studio, so I was worried at first that our class would be super God-centered...while I'm comfortable with my relationship with God, I wasn't sure if my friends would be so keen on the idea of religion and fitness. I was happily surprised that everyone was ok with it & that the prospect of a fun Zumba class outweighed the potential preachiness of the environment. What's nice about The Attic is that they don't push/preach during classes. We would say a quick prayer before the dancing began & a quick prayer afterwards; the middle was a high energy, gut busting sequence of Zumba numbers that left me sweaty and gasping for air (in the best way possible). I always feel lighter after class, like I can be having the crappiest week ever & zone out for an hour and recenter myself. I emerge human again after an hour of good (clean) music, sweat, and laughter with a great group of women. The other thing that I love is that the owner, Tracy, joins right in with the classes with as much vigor as the rest of us. It's great to see an environment where the owner is as passionate about dance and fitness as the business itself. Zumba classes are super cheap too...$5 gets you into your first class, just to try it out and make sure that you like it. Classes after that are $10 a pop, or you can buy a 10 class punch card for $80 (or $8 a class). You just have to use your punch card in 90 days, otherwise it expires. What's great about that is the accountability factor for anyone (like me) who might buy the card and then procrastinate like hell. I should mention that Zumba isn't the only thing that they offer. While I don't have kids, I know that they do offer dance classes aplenty for kids & teens, as well as other adult dance fitness classes (like ballroom dancing...if only I could get my husband to do this with me...). All the dance that they do is clean and age appropriate, this is, after all, a Christian dance studio & not Studio 54, my friends. If I did have kids who were into dance, I would most definitely give The Attic a whirl because of that aspect. The Attic has given me the opportunity to shake my weekly stress out with a bunch of friends (new and old) while laughing and dancing, all for the glory of Him...doesn't get much better than that.

This Christian dance studio has some really great workout ideas! I have never heard of "Pound"…read morewhich is the class I tried tonight. High energy, enthusiastic workout performed with neon green 1/2 lb. weighted drumsticks! A lot of this is core, legs and arms workout . The instructor was very welcoming to the new students (Me!) And explained alternative movements if I couldn't keep up with the whole routine. 30 min on Tuesday nights but it's also offered Thursday and Sunday afternoon for a bit longer session. I think I will meet a few new friends here, the girls were very welcoming. I think it's coed but I saw no guys in class. So yes, it's Christian rock or pop music we worked out to and I liked it! I bought a punch card for 3 more sessions to be sure I'm committed. But you can save and buy 8 sessions for 40, too. Nice dance room, wood flooring, mirrors, very clean. I saw a ballet class in session when I arrived and a Barre class when I left. Lots of variety! I will definitely be back :)