Ascending Star Dance Directory
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MamLuft&Co. Dance’s dance classes for adults, teens, and kids are about more than learning movement and healthy, active practices: they’re also about problem solving, etiquette, physical awareness, and confidence. We promote gender-inclusive and age-appropriate dance. We focus on growing character without participating in costly dance competitions. We are community-based.
The company approaches movement as a process of investigation, rather than thinking of dance as a vocabulary of actions. While MamLuft&Co. Dance works to make Modern Dance accessible to the general population, ML&Co. also challenges pre-conceived notions of what dance is by searching for authentic, organic, and original movement. MamLuft&Co. Dance’s explorations are led by director Jeanne Sopanha Mam-Luft, whose personal history informs the company processes, as an immigrant and refugee of the Khmer Rouge genocide, as well as an interdisciplinarian of design, architecture, photography, and video.
Choreographer and Movement Coach Maureen Janson based in Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin, is sought after for her enthusiastic approach and her strong ability to collaborate. Her choreographic work covers a stylistically broad range--from period dance to ballroom, to ballet, to abstract gesture and everything in between. She is as comfortable working in an intimate theatre setting as she is in a large-scale concert hall and is experienced with movers and dancers of diverse training and backgrounds.
Maureen is also the publisher/editor of Scoliosis Quarterly print magazine. She the only certified Yoga for Scoliosis trainer in the state of Wisconsin and guides private sessions for those with scoliosis in Madison and Chicago.
McDonald Dance Academy offers classes in ballet, jazz, hip hop, musical theater, modern and tap, plus special classes, including Yoga and Pilates. Because a dancer needs a strong foundation, Linda McDonald and her staff, all of whom have degrees in dance or have danced professionally, stress proficient use of dance terminology and an understanding of theory, as well as encouraging participation in workshops and public performances. As a result, many McDonald Dance Academy students have won scholarships from Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, and performed in both Joffrey Ballet and Schaumburg’s productions of the “Nutcracker.”
Believing it is important for students to be exposed to many different styles of teaching, Linda McDonald invites many guest teachers and choreographers from several prestigious companies in the Chicago area.
The State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) serves to encourage, initiate and facilitate an enriched environment of artistic, cultural and creative environment in Michigan.
This Mission Statement has never been more important. It clearly frames the purposes of the Council as part of the broader environment in Michigan that strives to reinvent the State. This Mission Statement recognizes the need for a strong creative sector in our State that is fully engaged with many of Michigan's other key sectors including industry, healthcare, education and tourism.
As State government's lead agency charged with developing arts and culture policy and grant-making, MCACA recognizes the need for, and seeks out, a wide variety of public and private sector partners to help fulfill this mission. Our partners provide needed services to the field through collective knowledge, expertise and genuine care for the mission of the Council and the fulfillment of our collective goals.
Furthermore, the Council works to fulfill its mission by serving as champions, advocates and a point of connection and coordination for the field with legislative, corporate and other leaders with an interest in seeing the mission of MCACA fulfilled. The Council also seeks out those other champions, inside and outside the halls of government, in order to give voice to all concerned and to better achieve the Council's mandate and mission. Lastly, the Council serves to advise the Governor concerning the various ways that the arts and support for the arts can integrate with gubernatorial policies and goals, especially in connection with economic development, place-making and education initiatives.
The Michigan State Dance Team is a part of the Michigan State Athletic Department. This team is made up of dedicated and talented dancers who wish to represent the university in a positive and spirited manner. As a member, they have the opportunity to perform at all home football and men's and women's basketball games, other home athletic events, as well as bowl games, the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments, and various community and alumni functions.
Midwest Academy of Dance provides professional dance instruction at prices affordable to middle and lower income participants. For 20 years we have offered classes in tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, hip hop, and modern for all ages & all sizes - beginners to advanced level dancers.
Midwest Dance Center is one of the premier dance studios in the Midwest. We specialize in cultivating talent in our dancers and allowing them to develop a unique passion for dance. We offer a wide variety of studio classes including Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, and Tap. MDC offers both a recreational dance program for ages 3 to adults, and a competitive dance program for ages 8 to 18. At MDC we bring in talent from the professional world to continue to grow our dancers and to offer unique dance experiences. We love building confidence and instilling hard work into our dancers from young to old!
Our studio offers classes in ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary,pre dance and stretch and technique. Classes available for ages 2-18. Our instructors are young and fun, with lots of experience in many different styles! If you are looking to take class at a studio with current dance styles and superb instructors, you have found the right place.
MEDC is Amelia’s premier dance studio where kids and teens experience dance in an outrageously fun and non-competitive atmosphere. The philosophy of Midwest Elite Dance Center is to enhance the development of each student’s dance knowledge and artistic ability. Our mission is to motivate, educate, and inspire in an energetic and positive atmosphere. Midwest Elite Dance Center offers personalized attention to every individual to help them succeed with their own personal goals. Our dedication to your children will foster their love and desire for the art of dance! Midwest Elite Dance Center offers group classes and private lessons in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, gymnastics, and leaps/turns. Classes are offered to children ages 2-18 from beginner to advanced. Each child is placed into a class based upon age, ability, and previous training