Specialties
Dance Classes for ages 3 through Adult, Dance Companies, Early Childhood Performance Classes, and Competitive Company. For Kids: Hip Hop, Boys Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, Breakdancing, Tap and more!
For Adults: Hip Hop, Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Ballroom, and more!
History
Established in 2011.
DLD Dance Company was founded in 2004 performing as background dancers for Professional Singer, Songwriter Arthur J. Daniels. DLD Dance Company also performed their own Hip Hop Fusion pieces during these performances.
DLD Dance Center opened 2011 in Downtown Downers Grove and is currently now located in Fairview Plaza in Downers Grove, IL. All of our Instructional Staff perform with DLD Pre-Professional and Professional Dance Company.
Owner, Dyanna Daniels has been dancing for the past 13 years and is a graduate of WIU. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Choreography at Jacksonville University.
We have both Male and Female Instructors at DLD along with a very extensive Adult Dance Program.
Meet the Business Owner: Dyanna D.
Dyanna Daniels co-founded DLD with Arthur J. Daniels in 2004. She is the Director and Head Choreographer of DLD Dance Company. Dyanna opened DLD Dance Center in 2011. She is also the Head Choreographer of the Flash Mob Group of Chicagoland.
She began dancing at WIU through their dance department and the GBCC Dance Troupe. She began choreographing in 2004. She was President of the Troupe from 2005-2007. She has taken Master Class from Mia Michaels, Jill Pribyl, Fabice Calmels, Ian Eastwood, Kyle Hanagami, Nika Kljun, Jun Quemado, Brian Puspos, Lando Wilkins, Daz Harris, Johnnie Campbell, Shannon Johnson and Bam Martin.
Her choreography to date includes Hip Hop, Contemporary, African, Latin, Lyrical, Spiritual and Jazz. She previously choreographed a Flash Mob that was featured on ABC in July of 2013! She has choreographed for GBCC's Dance Troupe since graduating and her choreography was also featured in Elgin Ties Dance Festival, Freespace, Dance Chicago, and Going Dutch.
