Batavia Academy of Dance

Award Winning Faculty, Acclaimed Curriculum

Celebrating Fourteen Years of Excellence In Dance Education

Classes offered in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap, Ballroom, Musical Theater, Acro Dance and more!

Beginner through Advanced Levels, Ages 18 months through Adult

2023 Best Of The Fox Readers’ Choice Award Winner!

Best of the Best National Title Winning Competition and Performance Team!! National Champions Since 2012!!!

Limited class sizes to ensure individualized student attention

Age appropriate costuming and choreography

Fun and positive environment! We'd love to be able to share our love of dance with you!

Our curriculum is designed to accommodate all levels and ages, from students who wish to achieve a professional career in dance to those who want to enjoy dance on a recreational level.

We strive to provide the highest quality of dance training to Batavia and the surrounding Fox Valley communities.

Gain confidence, poise, and lasting friendships by studying with nurturing teachers in a wholesome environment where every student is celebrated!

 

Classes and Registration

 

Pre-Dance

Designed for our youngest dancers, ages 2-4, these fun creative-movement classes focus on development of coordination, motor skills, listening skills, and musical and spatial awareness through the use of movement and imagination. Students learn the beginning elements, steps, and vocabulary of Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop or Acro dance. Class size is limited-register early.

Tap

Tap is a highly stylized dance form that includes variations known as Broadway, Buck, Hoofing, Rhythm, and Soft Shoe. Most people recognize tap dance from its percussive footwork, movements, and sounds that work together to create rhythmic patterns. This unique style of dance helps students understand and create different rhythms as they practice using their bodies as percussive instruments.

Hip Hop

Hip Hop teaches the latest trends in urban, break dancing, poppin', and freestyle dance movements. Learn the fundamental steps of one of the most popular dance forms in existence in these exciting classes! Set to the latest trends in urban music, students learn footwork, break dancing, poppin' and freestyle dance movements as influenced by some of today's hottest television shows and music videos.

Adult Classes

Our adult program is specifically designed for new or returning dancers ages 18 and over. Classes are designed to be non-intimidating and are conducted in a comfortable, fun environment! Whether you want to strengthen and tone in Ballet or Gain new rhythms and skills in Jazz or Tap, we offer adult classes in almost all styles of dance!

Classical Ballet

Ballet is the foundation of all other dance styles and is the core of our dance program. Our Classical Ballet curriculum is based upon the acclaimed Vaganova Method. Proficiency in classical technique, alignment, aplomb, strength, flexibility, vocabulary, ballet history and appreciation, artistry, and musicality are gained through the course curriculum.

Contemporary & Lyrical

Breathtakingly beautiful and innately expressive, Lyrical/Contemporary dance is a fusion of ballet, jazz, modern, and post-modern dance styles. Lyrical and Contemporary dance aims to interpret and illustrate the accompanying music in an emotionally expressive way through movement.

Latin Dance & Ballroom

Latin dance is a fun and lively class, an introduction to the principles of authentic Latin dancing. Students will learn the basics of timing, rhythm, footwork, turns and patterns of Cumbia, Merengue, Salsa, Bachata, Cha-Cha and Samba. In our Ballroom class, learn the fundamentals of both rhythm and smooth style dances, such as: Cha Cha, Waltz, Samba, Swing, Foxtrot, Salsa, and more in these fun classes!

Parent Child

Dance with your favorite star and create life-long precious memories together in these fun classes! Designed for parents and dancers of all ages! Choreography will be easy, fun, and entertaining and the classes will create an unforgettable experience for you to share with your dancer!

Jazz

Our jazz dance program incorporates traditional jazz dance, modern jazz, Broadway and contemporary jazz dance styles. Jazz dance classes are fun, energetic, and set to popular music! Students will learn the multiple facets and techniques of Jazz dance with a focus on turns, jumps, isolations, progressions, and combinations across the floor, choreography and performance.

Acro Dance

Combining dance technique and tumbling tricks, Acro dance increases flexibility, strength, and versatility in a dancer. From cartwheels to handsprings, learn acrobatic skills that are athletic and amazing as you strengthen your technique through dance skills.

Middle Eastern Dance

Middle Eastern Dance is a beautiful, powerful, expressive art form with deep roots in ancient history-as old as civilization itself! This class focuses on the basics of Middle Eastern dance including dance posture, isolations and undulations of the torso; arms patterns, basic traveling steps, turns, and musicality. Middle Eastern dance is beautiful, easy to learn, and a lot of fun!

Tuition Information

Our tuition is based upon the hourly rate of $15. Our school year is 36 weeks in length, from August 23rd to May 28th and culminates with our annual recital the first weekend of June! Tuition is billed monthly throughout the school year. Monthly tuition for one hour long class a week is $60. Tuition is pro-rated and you do not pay for scheduled school vacations and holidays. Make-ups are allowed and encouraged for any missed classes!

Batavia Academy of Dance

8 E. Wilson St., Batavia, IL 60510

(630) 406-8232

bataviadance@att.net