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Steps Performing Companies

Performing Company ~ Jazz/Tap/Ballet
Ages 6 and up (4 to 5 hours a week)

Ballet & Jr. Ballet company ~ Ballet/Pointe
Ages 11 and up (5 to 6 hours a week)

Hip Hop Company ~ Hip Hop/Jazz Technique
Ages 7 and up (3 to 5 hours a week)

Elite Poms Company ~ Poms/Jazz Technique
Ages 7 and up (4 to 5 hours a week)

2009/2010 Performances Included:
WNBA Chicago Sky / Naperville Labor Day Parade / Fox Valley Showcase /
Dance Chicago / TDI Pom Competition / Adrenaline, DanceMakers, Showbiz, Headliners
Kathryn Bender Memorial Showcase

and... our Annual Dance Recital!!  •  Join our Award Winning Dancers

Admission by audition only

August 2010 Practice Schedule
2 Weeks Rehearsals -- Detail below:

• Aug 9th - 12th, Aug 16th - 19th   (Mon-Thurs)

  10am-12pm -- Shimmers & Limelights
  12pm-2pm  --  Glitters, Spotlights, & Footlights
  2pm-4pm  --  Steppin' Up, Studio Co, & Encore
  4pm-6pm  --  Junior Hip Hop, Ballet Company, Senior Hip Hop
  6pm-8pm  --  Encore, Junior B. Co, Principal Junior B. Co
  8pm-9pm  --  Tap Co

• Friday Aug 13th

We have an awesome opportunity to offer an all day workshop to you taught by Anthony Foster & Victoria Bunch!
 
Participants will include Glitters, Limelights, Footlights, Spotlights, Steppin' Up, Studio Co, Encore, both Hip-Hop groups, All Ballet Co & Junior B Co, and Tap Company. 
 
Anthony and Tori have been friends of Steps for a long time and offer a variety of styles and insight into how to become a more technical dancer as well as a more effective performer.  This is a great way to kick off the year!
 
The cost is $50 and will include the following classes:

Time                   Studio 1/Int.                          Studio 2/Adv.
10:00-11:30         Jazz Tech/Tori                        Ballet/Anthony
11:30-12:30         Ballet/Anthony                       Jazz/Tori
12:30-1:00           Break                                    Break
1:00-2:00             Lyrical or Cont./Tori                Hip Hop/Anthony
2:00-3:00             Hip Hop/Anthony                   Contemporary/Tori
3:00-3:30+           Wrap Up Session, Showcase and Q&A

ANTHONY FOSTER

A true product of Chicago land's finest educators, choreographers and theaters, Fosters' all-encompassing and diverse training background includes authentic tutelage in the forms of classical ballet and pioneered jazz technique from direct descendants of the late George Balanchine and Gus Giordano.  His dance collective is a culmination of styles, methods and disciplines including contemporary, abstract and classical ballet, funk, hip hop, house and jazz brought on by early-aged exposure to street-style, breakdance and gymnastic training, (1996 IHSA State Gymnastic Team member).  He has graced the stage leading such ballets as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Les Patineurs & The Last Waltz and has been featured in music videos for artists Echo and Groove Jam.  His television credits include season 1 of So You Think You Can Dance.

Anthony is set to begin a 7th season working with the dancers of Soleunique Dance Co., of which he is artistic director, choreographer and office manager.  When away from the home-studio, Anthony travels the U.S. teaching masterclasses, conventions and setting choreography.  He has had the honor of teaching on faculty for Columbia College Chicago, The College of DuPage, Embracing The Dream Dance Conference and, most recently, Dance Masters of Wisconsin.
 
VICTORIA BUNCH
 
Master teacher, choreographer and performer, “Tori” is a powerhouse educator.  When not traveling the U.S. providing unique and one-of-a-kind class offerings, she directs her energy towards the growth and development of the dancers in Soleunique Dance Company, balancing the role of Company Director, Choreographer and teacher.  She is alumni of Columbia College Chicago, has performed leads with Gateway Ballet of St. Louis, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, has toured all of Europe as Dance Captain for Holland America Cruise Lines and is currently a principal dancer with Chicago’s NoMiLaMad Dance Company.

Her return to the states has welcomed a wide-array of master class bookings and was pivotal in the infancy stages in the creation of Soleunique Dance Co.  Victoria is best known for bringing a students heart into their dance and her classes are highly sought after as she is an effective and exciting educator.

Victoria has been traveling the U.S. with the in-studio convention, The Deux, and is also a guest instructor for Dance Masters of Wisconsin.

• Shimmers!  On Friday, August 13

Come in from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM to try out some new styles!  We will be working on hip-hop and musical theater to get you ready for a well-rounded year!

• Friday, August 20

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  Hair, Make-up, & Nutrition with Shimmers, Glitters, Spotlights, Limelight, Footlight, Jr. HH
 
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM  Banana Split Party!  (Keep working on those splits!)
 
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  Hair, Make-up, & Nutrition with Sr. HH, Steppin Up, Studio, Encore, B. Co, All Jr. B Co, Tap Company