Our studio is located at 200 McKinley Street, Suite B, East Peoria IL.  We are located in the small strip mall that is in the back of the city parking lot on East Washington Street.  We are very conveniently located just a couple minutes away from the Levee District!
Studio hours:  Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:30-7:30.  Hours are based on when we have someone attending the front desk and can vary a little from these posted hours.  Our Remind service for parents and current students, Facebook messenger or email are the best methods of reaching us.  Messages received after 9:00pm or before 9:00am will likely not be answered immediately. During class time, please contact us by FB Messenger or by our Remind service as our phone number is Sara's personal number and she is not able to answer while she's teaching.
*For classes, you will need:  (we can order)
  • Pink Ballet Shoes
  • Tan Tap Shoes
  • Tan Jazz Shoes - for jazz & pom
  • Tan Lyrical shoes - if teacher required
  • Hip Hop classes:  clean tennis shoes or jazz shoes for practices. 
  • ​Tumblers & hip hop students wear white canvas tennis shoes only for recital. Need to purchase locally. We don't order these.
  • Most students will need tan tights (ordered through the studio) for recital.
  • Team members MUST order all shoes exclusively through the studio to match.
When you come to class:
  • Hair must be pulled back out of your face.
  • Have on dance appropriate clothes such as a t-shirt and shorts or leggings or dance leotards.  NO jeans, jean shorts. or jean skirts or jeggings. You can't move in them!  Dresses/skirts don't work well either. 
  • Must wear proper shoes.  No dancing in socks or slippers.
  • In the winter, tumblers are encouraged to wear gripper socks to keep little feet warm.
  • If you have different color shoes now, that's fine but as your child outgrows them or before recital time, you'll need to buy the correct color so everyone matches.
  • Please DO NOT wear dance shoes outside!
  • ​Please bring your own water bottle!
*Ballet shoes must be actual ballet shoes and not the slipper type shoes. 
*Tumbling shoes are only needed for recital.  Students will tumble in their bare feet for class or socks with grippers in the winter. 
*Hip Hop students wear clean tennis shoes that are not worn outside or jazz shoes if they already have them. 

*We order dance shoes about 3-4 times a year: first week of summer classes, first week of fall classes and early in the spring before recital and competition.  Be on the lookout for order dates in our newsletter, on the online calendar and on the white board in the studio.
A full dress dance recital will be held in the late spring/early summer after the fall session so students can show off everything they have learned during the year. Students love this part!  Pictures will be scheduled to be taken during a week prior to recital so costumes are nice and clean. More details will come as the dates get closer.  We hold our recitals at East Peoria Community High School in the auditorium.  Picture location will be announced.
There will be a watch week twice a year during the school year and at the end of the summer session so parents can come into class and see what is being learned.  We have found that children can concentrate much easier when parents aren't in the same room.  Check the calendar, white board or newsletter for exact dates.  DO NOT bring food or drinks in with you to the dance areas.  Only water in closed bottles is allowed past the waiting area.  Seating is very limited so we are having to limit guests to 1 or 2 people per family per watch week depending on class size.  Also, please keep conversation to a minimum.  Students have trouble focusing and teachers have trouble teaching with a lot of excess talking in the room.  We do have a small waiting room where parents are welcome to sit and listen to classes.  Team parents (including team training classes):  you may choose to watch only 1 hour of their class time and towards the end is best.   Hip hop team parents may watch the whole practice since it's only an hour.  Extra team practices are not included in watch weeks.  Thank you!
A couple notes about the parking lot:  If you are coming into the studio for longer than a couple minutes, please park in the middle of the parking lot and not right in front of the building for the convenience of the grocery store and the barber shop.  If you are parked for a few minutes while waiting for your child to come out after class, it will be much safer to park directly in front of the building. This is a city parking lot and there are a lot of cars coming in and out quickly and frequently.  It is written into our rental agreement to have our parents and teachers park in the middle of the lot and not directly in front of the building.
All studio closing announcements will be sent by our texting service, posted on our facebook page as well as on cinewsnow.com/closings and will run on WEEK-TV and HOI-19. Please check all these resources before texting/calling our teachers.  Announcements will be posted at least 2 hours before the first classes should start for the day.  Cancelled/missed classes will not be refunded.  If too many are missed because we've had to cancel for the same class, makeup classes will likely be scheduled.
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