Great place to learn dance and also a great place to dance at their social nights. Very friendly…read moreand all levels welcome. Great date night idea too.

Yoga Sound Bath Experience I've been regularly attending the…read moreyoga sound bath sessions as a complement to dance classes. Matthew has thoughtfully designed each session to be a high class experience, from the moment you walk in - you're greeted by a beautiful open space, mats, bolsters, blocks, weighted eye masks, and blankets. There's a printed card which covers the details of each session provided ahead of the class that outlines the experience. The session itself is calming, deep, and a much needed disconnect from the chaos of the outside world. Afterwards he offers herbal tea and some of us spend time socializing before heading out. It's a unique experience that benefits busy people with busy lives and offers much needed self care.

I really enjoy Brass Ring's classes and instructors. There are so many classes to choose from and…read moreeveryone is supportive of exactly where you are at. You may have to share a pole depending on how full the class is but it's a friendly and diverse community. I feel very gender affirmed at Brass always.

A newly renovated space, but the same amazingly queer community! This stunning studio offers…read moreall-gender classes and has a TON of variety with awesome instructors. Community-driven and a safe place to take on pole dancing at any level!

This dance studio is for all ages and most styles. I signed my 4 yr old cousin up for ballet/tap…read moreclasses and couldn't be happier with the teachers, studio space, and costs!!! If you have any kids looking for lessons......this is the place to do it!

The moment you walk in the door you feel like you are in a giant dance because each team member…read moreflows as if they are in a dance with their beauty and grace. To sign up, you must purchase private lessons and within the package, you are invited to attend group dance classes as well. There are typically at least two private sessions going on at any given time along with a group session. Throughout our six sessions, we were paired with three different instructors - Austin, Ben, and Mitchell who were all 5-star professionals. We have primarily danced with Austin in our private lessons and working with him is such a pleasure. He asks questions like are you here to become a professional? For a big event coming up? Or for fun? Either way, all team members treat you with the utmost respect as this is their chosen craft. They are attentive to every part of their student's body to set you up for success to be the best dancer you can be. In our first group dance class, there was myself, my partner, and two other pairs of partners there. This is a great part of training for dance because you rotate partners around the class and therefore learn to take smaller or larger movements based on your new partner. Pro-tip for parking: park on N Marshfield Ave after 6 PM for free parking. I can always find a spot there - it is a quiet side street.

My fiancé and I came to Arthur Murray for help putting together a wedding dance for our first…read moredance. We were partnered with the loveliest of instructors, who is always upbeat and encouraging, which is just what we needed as newcomers to the world of dance. We could only afford the beginner's package which consists of four dances, but they allow us to add on individual classes down the road if we need a refresher prior to wedding day. Highly recommend!

I found this community dance program by word of mouth about a year ago. My kid is in the Creative…read moreMovement/Pre-Dance I class for 3 and 4 year olds, which is not called pre-ballet but is essentially pre-ballet. I never studied ballet, and I didn't want a ballerina; I wanted a Flamencista! But I couldn't find a Flamenco class for three year olds, and so this was meant to be a just a placeholder for the Flamenco lessons. Fast forward a year: my kid is now old enough for Flamenco (also at NEIU), but this is now her favorite of all the ridiculous kid-classes I have put her in. Plus, the class is super affordable - about $10/class. So, I can't really pull her out. Other details you might want to know: Rachel Burton is the director and may teach some of the older classes. She also seems to choreograph the recital. She does not teach the youngest class that I know of; that has been taught by graduate students in NEIU's dance program and, at one point, by a dancer from Ensemble Español. There are about 10 kids in the two youngest classes, and there are two, sometimes three, teachers present for each. You have to stay on site during the class, but you're outside the studio (and can spend that time kvetching with other parents, if that's your jam....it is my jam, and I've met at least three other parents I consider "keepers"). They have a recital once a year, and, though I anticipated hating the whole recital thing, it actually was a highlight of our summer last year. Tickets were cheap (I think $5/each), and so my whole family came. My kid was adorably clad in a costume that (1) I didn't have to finance with early withdrawals from my 401K and (2) I tricked her into wearing a second time for Halloween. Rachel hires a photographer and a videographer, so you can buy the DVD and pictures, if you want to - and, at least on the pictures, YOU DO.

Giving 2 stars instead of 1 because I actually enjoyed the class I was taking there (stretching…read morewith Linnea) and would have kept going had the administrative staff not treated me like crap. Aloft uses an online platform called VAMP for students to sign up for classes, manage payments, and more. I used to email them to let them know when I would be absent but then noticed on the dashboard that there is a "Manage Absences" button on the online account dashboard. In an effort to be respectful of their time I began using it to log my planned absences instead. I felt bad for having wasted the administrative staff's time before I had made this discovery of a seemingly more streamlined way to record my absences. But after a few months of using the "Manage Absences" button on my account dashboard, I noticed I hadn't received any makeup credits. This amounted to about ~$120 in class credits I should have received, but didn't. I emailed Sarah Tapper, the person who handles this stuff, and she responded with the lifeless and cold bedside manner of an animated machine, not offering any help whatsoever and instead just recited company policies to me without offering any solutions or even partial credit. (I've included all of the emails with this review but Yelp puts them out of order which makes it hard to follow, so I've numbered them to try to make it easier.) She basically told me that despite my efforts to be respectful of her time, Aloft was keeping my ~$120. Any other business would see that what I did by using a button that was clearly labeled "Manage Absences" to *MANAGE* my *ABSENCES* is an easy mistake to make and would have credited me back for the absences I logged but also informed me that going forward I was to do things following their weird old-fashioned protocol that makes you feel like you're back in the dial-up days of the internet, which I'll outline below: At Aloft, you are not to log planned absences in the streamlined account dashboard. That would be too simple and modern. INSTEAD, you have to email back and forth with Sarah Tapper about any planned absences AND log them into the account dashboard. (According to Sarah, logging absences in the account dashboard helps instructors know who will show up and emailing Sarah ahead of time is what gets you the credits, which seems like it just creates a lot more unnecessary work for everyone). It's like this place is run by the same people running the DMV or something. Like they've been doing things the same way since they first opened over a decade ago and are holding their own customers at fault for daring to assume they would be utilizing the very platform they have for literally everything else (registering for classes, managing payments, you name it) to also be able to manage absences and get credit for makeups. Why do things the hard way when you can just cut out all this extra work and make things simple for everyone? And why was I treated with the same understanding and compassion as a protagonist in a Kafka story? I was literally just trying to be respectful of Sarah's time and was instead met with zero compassion. In initial emails with her I was very respectful and understanding and offered to do things in Aloft's weird roundabout way going forward, but would like my previous planned absences credited back to me. She just responded with company policies and not lifting a single finger to help me with my ~$120 that was now just spinning down the drain. So then I got upset and informed her that I would be writing reviews about this experience to warn others as well as reporting them to the BBB because they had taken my money and weren't giving it back despite my logging my absences (albeit not in *exactly* the way they wanted them to be logged). I never called anyone names -- but I did express my frustration about the complete lack of understanding and absolute unwillingness to bend even a little bit for a good customer who had referred others to their business and had been going there for half a year and intended to keep going. It's not like there's an elaborate enigmatic code that Sarah would have to crack that absolutely prevents them from helping me--they just didn't WANT to help me, despite the fact that I only got into this situation because *I* was trying to help *them* out! Finally, the owner decided to get involved and did in fact refund most of my ~$120 back to me but said that it was best if I didn't attend classes there going forward and I agree. I don't appreciate how I was treated--punished for the crime of mistakenly trying to do something nice for someone.

Two years ago, I took a huge risk to move all the way from South Florida to Chicago to do Aloft's…read moreProfessional Training Program and can honestly say it was my best decision. Aloft has been like a second home to me. The coaches are always welcoming and encouraging and always pushing you to succeed. The training space it's self is one of the few places i've been too where everyone is friendly and you don't feel judged. I have been able to make life long friendships here. I highly recommend Aloft to everyone regardless of abilities and if you're not interested in training, Aloft always puts on amazing shows.

This class is amazing. I'm so happy to see it still exist. I did ballet here in the 90s and I still…read morehave skills and techniques I remember. Mrs.Boitsov does not play she teaches you discipline, she's passionate and immaculate. If you are interested or your child is interested in ballet you will not regret enrolling in their classes.

If you tap dance, or want to learn, you must absolutely GO HERE. When I moved to Chicago I…read moredesperately searched for an advanced adult tap class, and 6 months later I've finally found it. For $13 a class you'll make sounds you didn't know you're feet were capable of. For true beginners it's the best place to learn, because you'll be learning from experts. It's a very small, easy to miss place, so just look for the number on the door.