My fiance and I started dancing with Anna so that we would have a little more flair on the dance…read morefloor during our first dance at our wedding. Let me tell you in no uncertain terms that Anna was born to teach! Even though she is already a very accomplished professional dancer, she has not forgotten how it feels to be stepping out on the dance floor for the very first time, which is the quality that truly makes for a stellar instructor. My fiance and I use our practice time before our weekly classes as little date nights! We have a glass of wine, practice, and exercise our minds as we look forward to our wedding. To get the most out of Anna in your lessons, I do recommend you practice. What's more is Anna will incorporate moves that will show off both partners' outfits. If applicable, she will ask the bride what their wedding dress looks like, so it can be both properly maneuvered in and shown off! I cannot recommend Anna enough. She is driven, talented, and she GENUINELY cares about all of her students.

Danced here for many years until it became a hostile environment…read more Very unfriendly and rigid

My daughter's have learned so much at Elevate Dance and feel so comfortable in the space. The staff…read moreare very accepting and accommodating of different needs. Highly recommend!

Love this studio! It is like a second home. With the help of the amazing teachers there, my…read moredancer has grown exponentially, which would have never happened at the previous studio we were at. Annual recitals are always impressive and professional. They also have art classes on Friday, which are also wonderful and fun! Check them out!

This dance studio is absolutely incredible!…read more Each of the staff members are personable and super friendly. They are patient in explaining every step + process that you may have questions about and make sure you are comfortable along the way. There is no time wasted in their lessons and you leave each lesson feeling like a million bucks! Have I mentioned how FUN this place is?? These are the type of people and type of place that make you want to come back as soon as you leave. If you're reading this and not sure if you want to start dancing or not, DEFINITELY give this studio a shot. You won't regret it!

We had so much fun at our dance lessons! Our instructor, Jaclyn, was fantastic! She was so much fun…read moreand was very patient! We had 4 "emergency" lessons before our wedding & the studio was so accommodating with our schedule. Everyone was very pleasant & friendly. We loved getting to watch the more advanced dancers, too. We are hoping take more lessons in the near future, to improve on our already learned skills & to learn some new ones!

So sad I heard no dance this year. Beautiful place and beautiful people. We will miss you all.read more

I never before experienced such a lack of care for students and such a disrespectful attitude on a…read moreservice company like I had with this studio. Especially considering that it caters to very young children. Last year we enrolled both our daughters in ballet and dance classes. We thought that the owner, Ms Leslie, was strict but otherwise a good teacher and enrolled them again this year in multiple classes. This time the classes seemed different, the teachers were very young (one I believe was Ms. Leslie's daughter) and didn't seem to have the right experience to make the classes interesting to very young kids (my daughters are 6 and 3). Still we remained in class believing it was still a good activity for them. That was until a few weeks ago... it was a very cold day and the studio was not nearly warm enough for little girls in short sleeved leotards. I was wearing a coat, as well as almost every dad or mom in the waiting room with me. In the middle of my daughter's class, she came out asking to go to the bathroom. I took her to pee and she told me she was very cold. Her skin was indeed cold and she was trembling a bit, so I (as a concerned dad) put her jacket on her (it was a fitted fleece jacket with a zipper an no hood or anything loose) and sent her back into the classroom. A few minutes later a hear a loud voice from the teacher telling my daughter to take her coat out. I go back and, as the door of the classroom opens, I hear my daughter say "but I'm cold" and see the teacher push her out of the door saying "No, you are NOT! Now go take out your coat or you won't be allowed back in class" I took my daughter out of the class and (trying not to create a scene) went to talk to Ms. Leslie's husband who was at the desk (Ms. Leslie had been absent at that point for several weeks). There I told him that I understood thta the teacher was trying to uphold the rules of the studio and, independent of if I agreed with them or not, I didn't think a teacher should act in such a manner, contradicting my daughter's feeling and assuming what she was or not feeling (specially because it was indeed cold and all the teachers were wearing long sleeved shirts and warmers while the students were in thin short sleeved leotards). Instead of showing understanding, apologizing or at least showing some empathy to the situation, he started telling me that those were the rules of the studio and that most students would fake cold to get out of class and that he saw my daughter do this many times. I decided at that point not to push the subject and, after getting home, we wrote an email to Ms. Leslie to explain the situation and see what could be done to prevent this from happening again. A week later, before the next class, we received a reply saying that we got all fact wrong, that my daughter was using a hooded coat, that it wasn't cold and that she was disrupting the class. It ended reinforcing that those were the rules of the studio and they would not allow any exceptions. Since we were both there and Ms. Leslie was back, my wife tried to talk to her to clarify, but she started complaining to my wife of the misbehavior of our OTHER daughter. She was clearly emotionally unbalanced and was taking her frustration with us or the situation on my other daughter, which was not even part of the initial problem. My wife kept saying that she didn't want to have that kind of discussion in front of all the other parents there (her clients) but Ms. Leslie kept raising her voice and saying that nobody would listen to them there. Well, I was sitting with the other parents in the waiting room and I DID hear, so i went there and tried to move the discussion back to the original issue (the teachers behavior with my older daughter). Ms. Leslie looked at me with hate and said that if we wanted to have our kids in class we should follow protocol and then turned back and close the door in my face. We left then to never come back to that place. Don't care if they issue a refund or not or if we lose the rest of the season and deposit on clothes and recital. There no way I'm exposing my daughters to this kind of environment and will make sure I warn as many parents I can so they don't fall in the same situation I did.

States membership fee on the phone for $30, does a bait & switch, sees that I am not Hispanic and…read morethe price then got doubled to $60

I found out about this little studio from a friend. They offer Zumba classes Monday thru Saturday…read more It is a little hidden gem. They have plenty of parking in the back of the studio. The studio is inviting and so are all of the people there. The instructor made sure to greet us and introduced is to the class before starting. I really loved the vibe of the place. They have weights that you can use for class. There is also a little snack shop inside where they sell refreshing energy drinks and snacks. I'm sure I'll be a frequent visitor.

My daughter and I recently took dance lessons at the Ballroom Center to prepare for our…read moreFather-Daughter dance at my daughter's wedding. We wanted to do something a little different than the ordinary, that involved a combination of slow and fast dances (e.g., a mashup). We worked with Dasha and she was both brilliant and amazing. She choreographed the whole dance with us, all the while taking into account my very limited dance skills. She made the entire process fun and memorable for my daughter and me. And she helped put together an epic dance that my daughter and I will never forget. The wedding is now 2 weeks past and we (and others) are still talking about it. Thank you Dasha and the entire staff at Ballroom Center for helping us, and for providing such a supportive and encouraging environment. We can't begin to tell you how much we appreciate it. ~Ed

Fantastic instructors! Enjoying learning better dance form. Very positive and welcoming dance…read morecenter.

We are in our first season with Illinois Dance Conservatory or known as IDC, it has been an amazing…read moretime! My wife and I have 2 daughters dancing with the school, they look forward to their classes every week and every time. Prior to IDC, they didn't get the education and training they deserved and the shocking part was we didn't know what they were missing until IDC. They are professional, knowledgeable especially on those little details that make a true dancer and they are fun of course! Hands down best dance school we've seen! They also have a non-for profit school that hosts the Nutcracker in Lake Zurich, Illinois Youth Dance Theater check that out too! ~Proud parent of two dancers!

From the owner: Illinois Dance Conservatory strives to create versatile dancers through equal parts art and…read moreathleticism by emphasizing technique, self expression, and musicality. Offering classes in Ballet, Pointe, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap and Musical Theater. Registration is on-going. Come try your first week of classes for free!