Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts - Dance studio in Chicago, Illinois
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Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts

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7466 West Belmont Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60634

Opening Hours
  • Monday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 4:00 - 9:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Thursday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Friday: Closed
  • Saturday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Sunday: Closed
46 programs

About Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts

Nestled in the vibrant city of Chicago, Illinois, Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts stands as a beacon for aspiring performers and dance enthusiasts. This studio offers a rich and diverse curriculum, catering to a wide spectrum of ages and skill levels. Their commitment to comprehensive dance education is evident in their robust class offerings, which prominently feature foundational styles such as Ballet and Jazz, alongside the energetic rhythms of Hip Hop and Tap. For those drawn to partner dancing, a comprehensive Ballroom program is available, covering a variety of traditional and contemporary styles. Forevermore also embraces the expressive depth of Contemporary dance and the dynamic storytelling of Musical Theater, providing a well-rounded artistic experience. The studio is dedicated to nurturing talent and fostering a passion for the performing arts within a supportive and inspiring environment.

Styles offered at Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts

Programs from Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts

46 programs available

Classes

DANCE ENSEMBLE

DANCE AND ACRO

Acrobatics Classes

Our Acrobatics Classes are a dynamic blend of art and athleticism, designed to captivate and inspire. In our Acro Classes, we offer an experience that's more than just dazzling tricks. We believe in building a strong foundation through conditioning, enhancing your strength, and nurturing the art of acrobatics. Our team of certified Acrobatic Arts instructors is here to guide you with the best guidance and instruction.

Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Pointe, Acro, and Musical Theatre

At Forevermore, we offer a variety of dance classes for children ages 2-18: Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Pointe, Acro, and Musical Theatre. Our commitment is more than just great dancing. We believe it's about nurturing the heart, soul, and artistry of each child. Our team of YPAD certified teachers is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing, and inspiring environment for all our students. Your childs' well-being and growth are our priorities. Whether you're a beginner taking your first steps or a seasoned dancer looking to refine your craft, we welcome you to join our dance family.

High School Program Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a stylized form of Jazz dance that evolved out of street and breakdancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and funky style. Students will learn the hottest dance moves seen by today's brightest stars while incorporating the fundamentals of Hip Hop technique.

High School Program Acro

With the guidance of Acrobatic Arts syllabus, Acro classes offer Dancers the chance to hone their strength and Flexibility. Beginning with Acro fundamentals such as somersaults and cartwheels, Dancers safely build the skills they need to achieve more complex movements, such as elbow stands, walkovers, and side aerials.

High School Program Musical Theatre

Our Musical Theatre Class helps students become Triple Threats - actors who sing, dance, and act. Ideal for musical-loving students aiming for school or community theatre roles. Whether confident in one area or not, this class builds skills and confidence across all aspects of musical theatre. Students study vocals, choreography, and receive acting coaching while staging up to two Broadway numbers.

High School Program Tap

Tap, a dance form from the 1900s, is loved by both audiences and dancers. It's like playing a musical instrument with your feet, creating rhythms through intricate sounds like flaps, shuffles, slaps, and scuffles. Learning tap involves mastering proper terminology while enjoying reproducing different sounds and rhythms.

High School Program Jazz

Jazz is the fire of contemporary dance! It utilizes techniques and movements inherent in Ballet and Modern Dance and spices it up with style and attitude designed to develop the expression of music through creative and fun choreography. These classes reflect many diverse styles of Jazz Dance ranging from Classical and Lyrical Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Musical Theatre Dance, while emphasizing the development of stage presence, alignment, and technique.

High School Program Pointe Program

Forevermore’s Pointe Program is a specialized opportunity for ballet students to enhance their skills and reach their full artistic potential. Admission is by recommendation from a Forevermore Instructor, requiring previous ballet experience, talent, and commitment. Students must enroll in Pointe Technique class and two Ballet Technique classes weekly. Pointe, an extension of ballet, involves dancing on the tips of toes in special shoes, originally used in Classical Ballet.

High School Program Ballet

Advancing to these levels indicates dedication and strong ballet alignment, stability, and placement. It typically takes two to three years to complete each level (with 2-3 classes per week). Dancers build stamina while maintaining clean lines and placement, show more independence in taking and applying corrections, and demonstrate increased flexibility and balance, including consistent double pirouettes.

Intermediate Program Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a stylized form of Jazz dance that evolved out of street and breakdancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and funky style. Students will learn the hottest dance moves seen by today's brightest stars while incorporating the fundamentals of Hip Hop technique.

Intermediate Program Acro

With the guidance of Acrobatic Arts syllabus, Acro classes offer Dancers the chance to hone their strength and flexibility. Beginning with Acro fundamentals such as somersaults and cartwheels, Dancers safely build the skills they need to achieve more complex movements, such as elbow stands, walkovers, and side aerials.

Intermediate Program Musical Theatre

Our Musical Theatre Class helps students become Triple Threats - actors who sing, dance, and act. Ideal for musical-loving students aiming for school or community theatre roles. Whether confident in one area or not, this class builds skills and confidence across all aspects of musical theatre. Students study vocals, choreography, and receive acting coaching while staging up to two Broadway numbers.

Intermediate Program Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance appeals to the creative spirit, offering freedom and expressiveness. Students learn Horton, Graham, & Limon techniques, focusing on internal movement, breath, and connection. Through warm-ups and exercises emphasizing extension, release, momentum, and improvisation, dancers develop versatility to handle any style.

Intermediate Program Tap

Tap, a dance form from the 1900s, is loved by both audiences and dancers. It's like playing a musical instrument with your feet, creating rhythms through intricate sounds like flaps, shuffles, slaps, and scuffles. Learning tap involves mastering proper terminology while enjoying reproducing different sounds and rhythms.

Intermediate Program Jazz

Jazz is the fire of contemporary dance! It utilizes techniques and movements inherent in Ballet and Modern Dance and spices it up with style and attitude designed to develop the expression of music through creative and fun choreography. These classes reflect many diverse styles of Jazz Dance ranging from Classical and Lyrical Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Musical Theatre Dance, while emphasizing the development of stage presence, alignment, and technique.

Forevermore’s Pointe Program

Forevermore’s Pointe Program is a specialized opportunity for ballet students to enhance their skills and reach their full artistic potential. Admission is by recommendation from a Forevermore Instructor, requiring previous ballet experience, talent, and commitment. Students must enroll in Pointe Technique class and two Ballet Technique classes weekly. Pointe, an extension of ballet, involves dancing on the tips of toes in special shoes, originally used in Classical Ballet.

Intermediate Program Ballet

Advancing to these levels indicates dedication and strong ballet alignment, stability, and placement. It typically takes two to three years to complete each level (with 2-3 classes per week). Dancers build stamina while maintaining clean lines and placement, show more independence in taking and applying corrections, and demonstrate increased flexibility and balance, including consistent double pirouettes. To prepare for the High School Program, students are recommended to attend ballet classes 2-3 times a week at these levels.

Elementary Program Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a stylized form of Jazz dance that evolved out of street and breakdancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and funky style. Students will learn the hottest dance moves seen by today's brightest stars while incorporating the fundamentals of Hip Hop technique.

Elementary Program Acro

With the guidance of Acrobatic Arts syllabus, Acro classes offer Dancers the chance to hone their strength and Flexibility. Beginning with Acro fundamentals such as somersaults and cartwheels, Dancers safely build the skills they need to achieve more complex movements, such as elbow stands, walkovers, and side aerials.

Elementary Program Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance appeals to the creative spirit, offering freedom and expressiveness. Students learn Horton, Graham, & Limon techniques, focusing on internal movement, breath, and connection. Through warm-ups and exercises emphasizing extension, release, momentum, and improvisation, dancers develop versatility to handle any style.

Elementary Program Musical Theatre

Our Musical Theatre Class helps students become Triple Threats - actors who sing, dance, and act. Ideal for musical-loving students aiming for school or community theatre roles. Whether confident in one area or not, this class builds skills and confidence across all aspects of musical theatre. Students study vocals, choreography, and receive acting coaching while staging up to two Broadway numbers.

Elementary Program Tap

Tap, a dance form from the 1900s, is loved by both audiences and dancers. It's like playing a musical instrument with your feet, creating rhythms through intricate sounds like flaps, shuffles, slaps, and scuffles. Learning tap involves mastering proper terminology while enjoying reproducing different sounds and rhythms.

Elementary Program Jazz

Jazz is the fire of contemporary dance! It utilizes techniques and movements inherent in Ballet and Modern Dance and spices it up with style and attitude designed to develop the expression of music through creative and fun choreography. These classes reflect many diverse styles of Jazz Dance ranging from Classical and Lyrical Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Musical Theatre Dance, while emphasizing the development of stage presence, alignment, and technique.

Elementary Program Ballet

Following a classical syllabus, our Ballet classes promote technique, poise, and agility, and introduce age-appropriate movements at each level. Taught with classical music and French terminology, Ballet is known as the building block for all styles of dance! It is recommended that students begin to attend ballet twice a week at this level. Much like playing an instrument, practice is a critical part of success in any classical art form.

Primary Program Musical Theatre

Singing, dancing, and acting all take centre stage in our Musical Theatre classes, which are designed to build off of Jazz technique and grow each Dancer’s artistry. With several mini-musical opportunities throughout the year, Dancers build their confidence as a “triple threat” performer!

Primary Program Hip Hop

This high-energy class offers Dancers a way to explore age-appropriate street movements set to popular music. Body isolations, quick footwork, and syncopated rhythms are emphasized, along with learning how to freestyle.

Primary Program Acro

With the guidance of Acrobatic Arts syllabus, Acro classes offer Dancers the chance to hone their strength and flexibility. Beginning with Acro fundamentals such as somersaults and cartwheels, Dancers safely build the skills they need to achieve more complex movements, such as elbow stands, walkovers, and side aerials.

Primary Program Modern Dance

Study classical techniques from Limón, Horton, and Graham and develop a strong grounded sense of movement. This class is all about body awareness, and making pictures with the shapes and lines of the body that are created from the inside out.

Primary Program Tap

Tap, a dance form from the 1900s, is loved by both audiences and dancers. It's like playing a musical instrument with your feet, creating rhythms through intricate sounds like flaps, shuffles, slaps, and scuffles. Learning tap involves mastering proper terminology while enjoying reproducing different sounds and rhythms.

Primary Program Jazz

Jazz is the fire of contemporary dance! It utilizes techniques and movements inherent in Ballet and Modern Dance and spices it up with style and attitude designed to develop the expression of music through creative and fun choreography. These classes reflect many diverse styles of Jazz Dance ranging from Classical and Lyrical Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Musical Theatre Dance, while emphasizing the development of stage presence, alignment, and technique.

Primary Program Ballet

The entry level into the Youth Ballet Program. Students in this level are usually six to eight years old. In this class, they will learn the basic ballet positions, the progression of a standard ballet barre, and the French vocabulary that makes up ballet. These students also move into beginning center work, away from the support of the ballet barre. Some Creative Movement activities are used to explore the young dancer's inherent love for movement.

Kindergarteners-3rd Graders Modern Dance

Study classical techniques from Limón, Horton, and Graham and develop a strong grounded sense of movement. This class is all about body awareness, and making pictures with the shapes and lines of the body that are created from the inside out.

Kindergarteners-3rd Graders Acro

With the guidance of Acrobatic Arts syllabus, Acro classes offer Dancers the chance to hone their strength and flexibility. Beginning with Acro fundamentals such as somersaults and cartwheels, Dancers safely build the skills they need to achieve more complex movements, such as elbow stands, walkovers, and side aerials.

Kindergarteners & 1st graders Hip Hop

This high-energy class offers Dancers a way to explore age-appropriate street movements set to popular music. Body isolations, quick footwork, and syncopated rhythms are emphasized, along with learning how to freestyle.

Kindergarteners-1st Graders Jazz

With an influence of both tradition and trends, our Jazz classes incorporate the latest styles, offering our Dancers a well-rounded experience. Technique and self expression grow step by step as the dancers groove through each class to upbeat music.

Kindergarteners-3rd Graders Rhythm and timing

Rhythm and timing are the focus in this lively class. Dancers learn classic steps and phrases, building their skill in musicality, clarity, and speed throughout each year of study.

Kindergarteners & 1st graders Ballet

Introduces the young dancer to the steps and grace of ballet, including barre exercises, traveling combinations and turns. Some Creative Movement activities are used to explore the young dancer's inherent love for movement.

Kindergarteners-3rd Graders Drama Kids

Drama Kids teaches young students key building blocks for theatrical and musical stage performance and nurtures the growth of confidence in their own ideas and self expression. Through musical and theatrical games, imaginative story-telling, and song performance, students will learn basic acting and singing terms and skills.

K-1st Grade Program

Watch your child discover the joy of dance with Forevermore's K-1st Grade Program! Designed with your little one in mind, our program emphasizes fun and friendship while fostering confidence through fundamental technique training. With us, your child will not only learn the basics of dance but also experience the thrill of performing on stage. Join us for our exciting annual Jingle Jam Holiday Show in December and Recital held in June. where young dancers shine bright! Start your child's dance journey with us today.

3-5 year olds Ballet

Introduces young dancers to basic ballet through the stories of the great ballets and storybook characters. Different classical ballet themes and storybooks are explored throughout the season.

3-5 year olds Ninja Acro

Ninja Acro is just the right class for children who love to go all around and upside down! By introducing basic skills from jazz, hip hop, acro, and creative movement, we guide these dancers through skills that are locomotor (sliding, galloping, leaping) and non-locomotor (stopping, stretching, rolling).

4-5 year olds Tap

Introduces the young dancer to the rhythms and fun of tap.

3-4 year olds

Designed for toddlers to enhance gross motor coordination and listening skills through music, props, crafts, and dance.

Early Childhood Program (12 months- 36 months olds and caregivers)

Designed for toddlers and caregivers to enhance gross motor coordination and listening skills through music, props, crafts, and dance. We use creative movement, fun songs, and energetic games to kick-start your little ones' success!


Frequently Asked Questions

How do I contact Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts?

Call Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts at (773) 237-5200 or visit https://forevermorearts.com/.

Is Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts open on weekends?

Yes, Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts is open on weekends — Saturday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

What days is Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts open?

Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday.

What city is Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts in?

Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts is in Chicago, Illinois.

What is Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts's phone number?

Reach Forevermore Dance & Theatre Arts directly at (773) 237-5200.