I love this place! I take Adult Hip-Hop class w/ Tania and she is amazing! She studied dance in…read moreFrance and her knowledge and versatility is incredible. When I am dancing in her class, I FEEL like a dancer because she pushes us to our greatest potential. Not to mention the amazing work-out it gives and it doesn't feel like working out because it is so much fun! I encourage all adults who like to dance to try it out! Also, Giovanna teaches Zumba and she is also full of energy and a lot of fun. The owner Christine is a sweet lady and Carmen at the front desk provides great customer service. Parking is great because you are able to use the church parking lot next door for free. A GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS AND ADULTS!!!! So, get up and DANCE your way into a healthy lifestyle and have some fun too! Adults: you are never too old to dance and have fun, come on!!!

Ladies were so knowledgeable and helpful. Friendly and nice. Love these ladies here. Beautiful spot!read more

Gus Giordano Dance School teaches all of the the ideals and qualities I want for my kids…read more They work to treat all people the same and treat them well, they are positive and happy, community involved, fun and they make kids pay attention and listen all while being nice. Our 5 year old started nearly 2.5 years ago and we have been very happy with the program and what she has learned. She is not a dance pro but has basics down and still wants to go to class. She is super excited about her big show each year and is confident on a HUGE stage and being in front of people. She feels important and feels proud. I went to college with many ex dancers and have heard how awful balet can be and Gus has ballerina looking kids, smaller kids, bigger kids, boys who can dance, boys who can't dance and all kinds of kids all having fun. Her teachers Nicole Weingarten, Lauren and Amy have all been so sweet and amazing. I just cannot say enough about how thankful I am that they are in Andersonville and part of our community. I am not a person who intrinsically trusts people's intentions and I have made the mistake in the past of thinking nice people cannot really be that nice but these people really are. I have been late to pick up and they are amazingly nice. I am on the board for our school and they support our local school. These people are good even when they don't have to be. I appreciate them as a place that teaches children, as a local business and as a community member.

My 16 year old son visited from NY for their summer jazz intensive, and it was the most incredible…read moreexperience for him! He was challenged with working with the best choreographers, and can't stop talking about it. He really felt like he was part of a family after the first day! He's already looking forward to next summer!!

I have been taking dance classes my whole life and I am very picky about instructors. However I am…read morenew to Salsa and Bachata Dance academy of salsa is a wonderful dance studio. I feel so comfortable there and am incrementally learning to become more and more comfortable and fluid in Bachata and Salsa. Michelangelo is so gifted at teaching basic- advanced moves in a clear, easily digestible way. He also shows you how to embellish when you start to feel confident in the basic steps. Because of this, No matter what level you are at, you will see yourself improve with every class as I have. Dance Academy of Salsa is the place to go if you want to really learn Salsa and Bachata.

I've attended drop in salsa classes for the past 3 weeks and I LOVE IT. The energy is amazing…read more Micheal Angelo (the instructor) breaks it down in a way that's very easy to understand. Great classes for people of all levels.

Coming to Dance Center is the highlight of our week and we can hardly express in words how much we…read morelove it. I started taking group classes and they were fun, engaging, and the instructors do a great job of making everyone feel comfortable. The best part was that you didn't have to bring a partner! After some convincing, my husband agreed to take private lessons for more personalized instruction and we are very pleased with our instructor, Jesus, for his knowledge and professionalism. We highly recommend coming here whether your interested in learning something new or wanting to progress you skills in a variety of styles. Dance Center and it's amazing staff has it all!

It's a great spot to learn dance. There's a main open large room for the bigger classes, and a…read morefew side rooms for smaller classes as well. There's 1 right across from the entrance, 3 in a hallway offset from the main open room, and then 1 more in the back, past the hallway and across from the bathrooms. As I was attending this venue as a rented space for a Brazilian Zouk weekender event, I didn't interact with any of the Dance Center Chicago staff-- but they have a great space!

I've been a student for a about a year and a half now and its been a great journey. From the start…read moreLatin Rhythms was great from Ale at the front desk being awesome to the instructors teaching. At first i was nervous, I had never been on a dance floor before but they walk you through it, teach you some basics and they make it fun. Everyone always asks who I dance with (as a single guy) and thats my favorite part; its extremely social, you rotate partners every couple minutes and you slowly get to meet new people who will quickly become your best friends. A year and a half in, i now call myself a dancer and ive met more friends here than in the previous 4 years. So after getting over the forced fun awkwardness of the basics the second big thing for me was going out and dancing which i did at the Latin Rhythms socials. The positive reinforcement that i got from students and teachers was great, everyone has to start with the basics and everyone has been there. It really is an entire community built around helping you to get better and enjoy it. No one is a master from the get go and everyone just enjoys a good dance, doesn't need to be fancy. So here in my journey, I'm taking 5 classes a week, most of my friends are dancers and I'm learning salsa and bachata. I highly recommend latin rhythms because of the instructors, they have something for everyone and they are the best. I do take classes at other studios but for the beginner, the fundamentalist or if you want to work on a specialization, this is the best place in town. Its the people, the community and the environment that makes this place special.

I love this studio! The instructors spend time with each student during the class ensuring everyone…read morecontinues to excel. I've made many friends here as well. I appreciate the positive fun atmosphere.

My now-husband and I used Chicago Dance for choreography for our first dance at our wedding. We met…read morewith Sam for our consultation and talked her through our experience level (limited), some constraints (my husband is deaf with cochlear implants), and our expectations for what we wanted to get out of the sessions. While Sam had her work cut out for her with us, she never let her cards show and was 100% patient and kind throughout ever lesson. We ended up purchasing 8 sessions leading up to the wedding and we HIGHLY recommend Chicago Dance and Sam, specifically! The options are endless: whether you want to just learn some different dance types and be able to use those lessons to freestyle or if you want 100% choreography... Chicago Dance is the way to go. A couple highlights. 1. Sam was energetic and excited to try all kinds of new steps / tricks and she made us willing participants. She also valued our feedback and ensured that we were confident in what we were doing. She incorporated more of the steps/moves we enjoyed and flexed if we were not comfortable with anything. We laughed a lot playing around with new successful and totally unsuccessful attempts at tricks. Given our experience level, I was so impressed with her ability to articulate feedback and say the right things to make anything "complicated" seem simple and feasible! 2. We started looking forward to our dance lessons. Considering this was still in the middle of COVID, aside from dinner dates, we had not really done much in the way of date nights. We ended up loving our lessons and looking forward to these "date nights" as we were having so much fun and felt like it was driving more connection. 3. We were torn about which song to dance to. For the first two lessons, we ended up learning waltz basics and started learning choreography to one song. We were practicing at home one day and decided to try with a different song, and fell in love. Sam quickly jumped into action helping us play with the different types of dance we can incorporate into the new song. She cut the music based on my suggestions seamlessly. No joke - she provided full service.

Great instructors. Welcoming and inclusive environment. Good variety of dance types. We took…read moreclasses for our wedding first dance and it was a very good experience. The space is clean with good mirrors and floors, and separate rooms so several classes can meet at the same time. Close to the CTA brown line as well! No free parking nearby but there is metered parking and a paid parking lot nearby.

The teachers here are wonderful. They are very patient and very good at breaking things down and…read morepracticing certain steps with you until you have it figured out. I still have a long way to go, but I have learned so much here. It doesn't matter if you are dancing with a very experienced dancer or someone who just started, the other students are friendly and supportive. It is a very inter-generational, international place. I've danced with people of all ages from all over the world here. It's never to late to start dancing. You will be glad you took a class here.

I have been going to this studio for over a year and it is due time I leave a review. There are a…read morenumber of dance options in Chicago but I really value Latin Street and keep coming back. The instructors are all so approachable, FUN, and helpful in learning moves, building upon them, and being aware of musicality. I have had such positive interactions with each of them and would recommend them all, but I do have to say - Yanira is just someone I look up to so much as a dancer. She has so much to offer and teach and somehow she also presents herself so humbly and beautiful all at once. #goals Those that work admin have worked with me with my changing schedule and I value their patience with me So much! So much. I definitely have been blessed by Latin Street and I would recommend this school.

We've enjoyed a number of performances over the years- I ask for HSD tickets for my birthday every…read moreyear- and we always have a blast. Every time! The choreography is so innovative and the dancers are incredibly strong, each with breathtaking range and immense depth of expression. A night at the Harris Theatre watching Hubbard Street dancers perform followed by dinner at nearby Acanto is my absolute favorite thing to do in Chicago!!

I love this place. It's great for adults, whether or not you have prior dance experience…read more Signing up for class is really easy, especially your first time. Just arrive early and sign up & pay with the person at the front desk. I've been to the Intermediate Modern and the Beginning Hip-Hop classes. In both, people are very accepting -- I have not gotten any judgmental vibes from other dancers, which is awesome! (Because growing up in the dance world, competition is all around you.) I have been driving here form the northern suburbs, and there is free street parking in the evenings. Just read the street signs & you should be fine!

Nice teachers, welcoming environment clean space i've gone several times for different classes all…read moreof them good.

Super posh dance center. Came for a 90's/00's dance class with Dre. It was a high energy but low…read morepressure class. I really enjoyed the class and the studio that the class was held in. Our class was in studio #5. The sound system was good. Unsure if I loved the floors, but they worked good for this class. Ample spacing for our class which had nearly 2 dozen participants. The space it self is really comprehensive. I saw multiple bathrooms and a gender-neutral bathroom. There is at least 5 separate dance spaces. Each space was arranged depending on dance style. I saw a room with several barre. The general area also boosted several areas to just chill while waiting on a loved to finish a class. On this day...all the kiddos were taking classes. So many little one excited to take their dance classes. It was cute because this little girl kep staring at our class through the window. Highly recommend seeing all the offerings at this dance center. I was surprised by the many offerings they have. I want to try a beginner hip-hop but we will see. Tip: Parking is located around the building on street. Mostly free but get there with time to look. I found it easier to just park off Belmont and walk.

This review is for the two week accelerated Broker course…read more Bottom line, this course will prepare you for the state exam. It's my feeling this course is probably the best bet if you are serious about taking the state exam quickly and passing on your first attempt. The course is entirely worth the price point. You get all of the study and learning materials you need will need. No need for an additional class or study program. My course was taught by Oliver. I will admit Olivers teaching style and my learning style did not mesh at first. The longer you're in the course, the more you understand his direct and no BS approach. You have a huge amount of information to cover and you have to do it on schedule. Theres no time for off topic questions or hypotheticals. You are there to learn the rules and laws surrounding Illinois Broker licensing, not developing sales techniques, or understanding the operations of a real estate company. My personal thoughts on getting the most out of this course: 1. Listen to every word the instructor says - There is a reason they are explaining things they way they are. 2. Attend every class - About halfway through the first week you'll ask yourself why you put yourself through this - push through! 3. Review each days material every night. - Practice those quizzes and exams that come with your book.

The Real Estate Institute has been an excellent resource for my continuing education. The entire…read moreexperience was professional from start to finish -- clear course instructions, well-structured material, and an easy-to-navigate system. I also appreciated how responsive and helpful their team was whenever I needed assistance. It made the CE process smooth and stress-free. I would absolutely recommend them to any real estate professional looking for reliable and high-quality continuing education. FIVE STARS