Meet AMA Student, Karissa C.! Age 10 Fun Facts About Karissa! ♦ Her Favorite Food: Pizza, pancakes, mac ‘n’ cheese ♦ Her Favorite Color: Blue ♦ Her Favorite TV Show: Dance Moms ♦ Her Favorite Activity: Dance Quick Q&A ♦ Classes Karissa Takes at AMA: Jazz, tap, ballet, ADF, and ADF Competition Team ♦ What [...]
On Saturday, June 21, forty-six of our AMA Music Students will be performing pieces in piano, guitar and voice. They have been working since January on songs that everyone will enjoy! The music recitals will be held at: The Des Plaines Library 1501 Ellinwood Des Plaines, IL 60016 Performance Times: 12:30 p.m. & 2 p.m. [...]
This year, AMA Dance & Music School’s Annual June Recital will be like no other you have ever seen! Why? We are having LIVE scenery! If you have never heard of such of thing, you HAVE to come and see this show! While the performers are dancing and tumbling, the song artist will be up [...]
On a warm, sunny 86-degree day, AMA Dance & Music School’s ADF Performance Team danced through the streets of Park Ridge, Illinois showing the crowd what team spirit is all about! They performed a jazz routine to Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody! ADF's Co-Director, Kimmy Ehlke shared: “Because our June show is themed [...]
One of the biggest (but very fun!) jobs of putting together a production like AMA Dance & Music School’s June recital is making scenery and tons of props! Our shows at AMA are very unique. We spend a lot of time and energy on building a visually fun world around that theme! We build sets [...]