The Bolingbrook Park District dance program offers professional instruction in all styles of dance to all ages. With a “studio” atmosphere and an outstanding and passionate teaching staff, our dance department is one of the best in the state, nationally recognized and progressive in its programming. Sign up for one or more of our many classes and see why the Bolingbrook Park District Dance Program is so popular.
Questions about the dance program? Call Stacey Archer-Little at (630) 783-6641.
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Bolingbrook Park District Danceforce is the Park District's award-winning, nationally-acclaimed performing dance company. Click here to check them out!
PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE DANCE LESSONS
Private and semi-private dance lessons are available for those students in our program looking for one-on-one instruction to improve their dance skills. Private lessons are for a half hour or an hour and must be pre-arranged.
1/2 hour private $20
1 hour private $30
1 hour semi-private (2-3 dancers) $45
SUGGESTED DANCE CLOTHING:
Boys Warm ups or sweat pants and T-shirt
Girls Creative Movement,Pre-Ballet,Ballet / Tumbling,
Ballet/Tap, Ballet: Leotard & tights
Jazz, Lyrical Jazz: Leotard & tights, jazz pants, fitted stretchy clothing.
Hip Hop, Kidz Hip Hop, BPD Danceforce: Jazz pants, stretchy clothing or warm ups.
Irish Dance: Stretchy clothing.
SUGGESTED DANCE SHOES:
Class Shoes (Boys & Girls)
Creative Movement: Ballet shoes
Pre-Ballet, Ballet, Ballet/Tumbling, Ballet/Tap: Ballet & Tap shoes
Tap: Tap shoes
Jazz: Jazz shoes or dance sneaker
Irish Dance: Ballet, Jazz or oxford gym shoes
Hip Hop, Jazz/Hip Hop, Kidz Hip Hop: Dance sneakers, gym shoes or oxford gym shoes
BPD Danceforce: Dance sneakers or jazz shoes & gym shoes
Lyrical Jazz: Lyrical soles,ballet shoes, or split sole jazz shoes
Musical Theatre: Jazz shoes
CHARACTER-WEAR
The Bolingbrook Park District dance program offers a cool and trendy line of clothing for boys/girls & men/women. Character Wear was created to provide clothing with positive messages and designs at affordable prices, and they are great to workout in. Character Wear is available at all dance events and specific days/times during the week. For more information, call Chris Buerger at
(630) 362-8997.
Teacher information sheets are available at the front desks of the
Annerino Community Center and Bolingbrook Recreation &
Aquatic Complex. The information sheets provide a description of the professional training and background of each instructor on staff.
The Bolingbrook Park District dance program remains a step ahead, improving the quality and professionalism of our program by providing participants with a class syllabus. The syllabus details the content of the class they will take and outlines what skills will be taught. This provides both the participant and family with valuable information pertinent to their overall training.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
For six consecutive years the Junior, Teen and Senior Danceforce Jamm Teams have taken top honors in national dance competition: Honolulu, Hawaii in 2003, and Chicago, Illinois in 2004 through 2007. Cash awards have exceeded $3500 with numerous first place awards and highest overall scores.
Over 40 Danceforce members have won convention scholarships in the past six years. One dancer, Joe Fields, was recently selected out of over 3500 dancers from across the nation as the Urban Jamm Well-Rounded Dancer for the 2006 convention season. This award is presented to the dancer who stands out among all of the dancers attending the entire season of conventions in all areas and styles of dance, and is considered the most likely to "make it" in the professional dance industry.
In 2004, the Bolingbrook Park District Danceforce and Power Dance Project received the Outstanding Program Award from the Illinois Park and Recreation Association. Only one Outstanding Program Award is granted per population category (five categories).
Questions? Call Desiree Pepper-Venzant, Dance Program Coordinator at (630) 783-6631.
Excel Musical Theatre Company presents
SUMMER SENSATIONS
Saturday, August 16, 2008
3:00 pm
Bolingbrook Promenade Outdoor Stage
Excel Musical Theatre Company is the Bolingbrook Park District's all-new children's musical theatre group. Performances are scheduled throughout the year. Don't miss this one!
BOLINGBROOK DANCE FESTIVAL 2008
Annerino Community Center
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Master classes for all levels by professional industry choreographers! Each year, professionals from LA, Orlando and Chicago come to Bolingbrook to teach the latest in dance trends right here in Bolingbrook. The classes are designed for all levels for participants from 7 years of age and older. Look for details on the choreographers, registration and schedules in early July at www.bpddanceforce.org
Multi-Cultural Dance Festival 2008 Showcase Concert
Bolingbrook Village Hall Performing Arts Stage
Sunday, August 10, 2008
4:30 pm
This year's dance festival showcase concert takes on a new flare, celebrating the many diverse cultures of Bolingbrook with multi-cultural dance companies. You'll still be able to see the jazz and hip hop we've become accustomed to at this concert, but as an added bonus to this free concert, you'll be treated to exciting performances unique to their culture. Filipino, African, Indian, Hispanic and other heritages come together in this exciting showcase concert. This FREE concert performance is one you won't want to miss!
Do you know of a dance company that represents a culture or ethnicity that you'd love to share with the community of Bolingbrook? Perhaps you dance in one yourself! Interested dance companies should email sarcherlittle@bolingbrookparks.org or call Stacey at (630) 783-6641. If you are a part of or know of a cultural dance company that would like to be included in this concert, please call (630) 783-6641.
General Information:
o The annual May Concert Series takes place the weekend of May 16-18, 2008 at the Bolingbrook High School Auditorium. This year there will be four separate dance concerts featuring students from different areas of our dance program. The first dance concert takes place on Friday evening at 7:30 pm and will feature the Power Dance Project and the BPD Danceforce. The second concert, our youth, teen and adult concert, takes place on Saturday, evening at 7:30 pm, and will feature students enrolled in youth and teen/adult hip hop, ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical jazz, jazz/hip hop, all adult dance classes and the Danceforce Teen & Senior Companies. Two separate concerts will take place on Sunday, the first at 3:00 pm and the second at 6:00 pm and our early childhood students enrolled in creative movement, pre-ballet, ballet-tumbling, youth ballet I for 8-9 year olds, kidz hip hop ,ballet-tap and the Danceforce kidz & junior companies will be divided into the two concerts. We will advise each early childhood class of which concert they will perform in on Sunday by mid-March after concert lineups have been determined.
o Registration for the dance classes must take place within the first 2 weeks of the session in order to be fitted for costumes and have the costume ordered for you. Feel free to contact Desiree Pepper-Venzant at (630) 783-6631 for special circumstances.
o The Winter/Spring dance session is 16 weeks long. (exception-Monday, Friday and Saturday early childhood classes: 15 weeks, Friday youth/teen/adult classes: 14 weeks).
o A $50 non-refundable costume/production fee is included with each class enrollment. Withdrawn students will still receive a costume. Only a $5 production fee has been added the last session of Power Dance Project, B-Boy/B-Girling, and the last session of all adult dance classes. Irish dance and Excel Musical Theatre Company do not participate in the May Dance Concert Series, so no additional fees have been applied.
o Costume measurements will take place the third week of class. If you miss this day of class, please contact Desiree Pepper-Venzant (630) 783-6631 to submit your child's costume measurement. Hips, bust, waist, and girth measurements must be submitted. Costumes need to be ordered by early February to ensure that they will be received in time for the dance concert in May.
o Dress rehearsal will be held on Thursday, May 15 for Power Dancers and Saturday, May 17 for all other dance department classes (Saturday evening concert performers will rehearse Saturday morning, the performers for Sunday's concerts will rehearse Saturday early afternoon). Your class will be assigned a specific rehearsal day & time based on the concert schedules. Dancers will be informed of their rehearsal time during class in April.
* Picture day is scheduled for Saturday, May 10th! Details will be confirmed in April.
o Detailed information about rehearsal schedules, DVD orders, program shout outs and flowers at the concert will be distributed during class in April.
o Instructors reserve the right to place students in the appropriate class level.
o If you do not plan on participating in the concert, this must be disclosed upon registration and you will not be charged the $50 costume/production fee. Once costumes have been ordered, this fee is non-refundable.
New! Check out the new Danceforce website which will provide updated and detailed information on these concerts - www.bpddanceforce.org . Start watching for concert details and updates in April.
