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    Fred Astaire Dance Studios

    3.7 (3 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    2 years ago

    I love the beautiful new ballroom downtown Valparaiso. The owners and teachers are so patient and fun. A great place to learn to dance!

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    10 years ago

    Good place to learn to dance. Mark is a very good teacher. He is very technical, but very patient as well. You will learn a lot.

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    Civic Dance Center

    Civic Dance Center

    5.0(1 review)
    9.4 mi

    Can't find a better studio around here. The studio is nice and clean. Offers a variety of classes…read morefrom ballet to yoga for a variety of levels. Four teachers work/teach there and one of them is the owner. The owner is Natalie Kolosci. She is extremely experienced and great with kids. I have danced with Natalie for eleven years almost twelve. Ms. Natalie's ballet beginnings were with Elisa Stigler at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Through Miss Stigler, Natalie was introduced to Miss Ann Barzel, dance critic for the Chicago Tribune and Dance Magazine, who would later become a central figure in launching many acquaintances in the dance field during the next several years. Natalie made her ballet debut at age 8, dancing with the Bolshoi Ballet Company from Moscow, Russia. For the following six years, she continued to perform, alternating each year with the Kirov Ballet Company from Leningrad. She received a Medal of the Bolshoi Theatre from Asaf Messerer, Artistic Director of the Bolshoi, and was asked to be the assistant coach for the children's roles, while on tour in Chicago. Her professional debut was at age 15, dancing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy with the Allegro Company, Directed by Robert Lunnon and Doreen Tempest of London.  Richard Ellis (of Ellis-DuBoulay Ballet School in Chicago) was another great inspiration for Natalie, dancing roles in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Giselle.  For eight years she also performed in Ruth Page's production of The Nutcracker in Chicago, progressing yearly to more advanced roles. While studying on scholarship in NYC with the Joffrey Ballet, she became friends with company member Charthel Arthur, where they later both studied under the direction of Wynn Shaw in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Charthel later became Ballet Mistress of Joffrey Chicago. Besides her expanded career in ballet, she also directed the Flag Corps for the Lake Station High School Band; did special choreographic selections for the Purdue Drama Club; directed and judged the local Jr. Miss Pageant; was Indiana State Floor Ex Champion for four consecutive years, as well as the National USTA Strutting Champion for Baton Twirling, where she had the opportunity to meet astronaut Ed Mitchell. As studio owner of Natalie's School of Dance for over 20 years in Lake Station, she traveled throughout the U.S. with her dance troop, "Fabulous Feet", participating in regional and national competitions, conventions, lectures, and performances, accumulating over 500 awards.  After 20 years of marriage, raising two sons, and directing her own dance school, she decided to put her dancing and teaching on hold and pursued a career in the business world. She later became the associate director of the Indiana Ballet Theatre NW, choreographing, rehearsing, and staging full-length ballets including The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, along with several original pieces for the company. She has choreographed and staged several pieces for local dance centers, as well as worked with local park departments and South Suburban College. Natalie has now been in Portage for over 10 years and continues with expanding her technical classes, choreography, and encouraging students in the dance field, who would otherwise have chosen a different arena. Civic Dance Center's annual Nutcracker and Winter Showcase has become a holiday tradition in the community. Her challenge has been to re-stage some musical theatre pieces, which would generate audience appeal as well as produce energy and vigor from her students in every annual Summer Showcase- including scenes from West Side Story, Sweet Charity, Chicago, Grease, Cabaret, and Burlesque. Unafraid of new styles, but holding true to the classics, Ms. Natalie continues to amaze even herself sometimes with creative opportunities that enhance her students and their performances. Ms. Natalie works diligently at pulling everything she can out of her students to make them the best they can possibly be! Civic Dance Center 6341 Central Avenue - Portage, IN 46368 Peach Tree Central Plaza dancewithnataliek@gmail.com 708.417.7129

    Dancebizz Centre For Dance

    Dancebizz Centre For Dance

    3.7(3 reviews)
    9.7 mi

    My 13yo daughter has been dancing under Lexis wing since she was 5. Lexi is like her big sister and…read moreall of the teachers and girls are great!

    There are much better dance studios in Chesterton than DanceBizz. In order to take a dance class…read morethere, you have to pay for one whole month, and cannot cancel 30 days before the next month. So essentially, you are locked into paying for two months, without even taking one class to see if you or your child even likes it. And there are many reasons not to like it. *Upon my 3 and 4 year old granddaughter's first class, there was no direction on which classroom to go to, where to put their belongings, introduction to the teacher. No direction what so ever. *Two very small waiting areas with two TV screens to watch rotating classroom views. There is no real way to hear the teacher, or see what is being taught, or how it is being taught. *Area was not clean. *Unable to use the bathroom without walking thru an active classroom, and informed only if it was an emergency. For children and adults. *When attempt was made to talk with owner about these criticisms via email, and potentially get the second month refunded, the office staff was loudly discussing the email in a demeaning way at the front desk, and in ear shot of the whole waiting room. *When further attempt to discuss was made via a phone call, the owner responded with a very negative email, threatening to blacklist the 4 year old involved from any other dance studios. Trust me, there are better dance studios in Chesterton! Save your money and your sanity and take a free class elsewhere, and decide in a fair manner if a studio is for your child.

    Fred Astaire Dance Studios - dancestudio - Updated May 2026

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