What are we thankful for? YOU! And also... We put together a little video for our AMA family and friends, featuring students and teachers sharing what they are thankful for during this Thanksgiving season. Enjoy! Wishing you and yours a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday!
(Today's AMA post comes from AMA dance instructor, Lauren Tedeschi!) I remember my first dance class back at the park district in 1998 with the AMAzing Ann Marie Frank. I was in my shiny new buckle tap shoes, black leotard and pink tights. I remember slipping on the dance floor. She would call out “marching [...]
Meet AMA Student, Ethan H.! Age 13 Check out AMA’s AMAzing Student of the Month for November! Introducing Ethan H.! Ethan is thirteen years old and a first year AMA student. At AMA he takes tumbling and loves to practice his favorite tricks: side aerials and back handsprings! Ethan also loves eating pasta, the color [...]
Entering into her second season with AMA, Miss Jenn Kropke teaches some of our most energetic and technical jazz, lyrical, and hip hop classes! Miss Jenn grew up right here in Des Plaines and attended Maine West High School, just like many of our AMA students! […]
As many of you know, we began a performance company for our older dancers a couple years back in December 2012: “The AMA Dance Force.” The feedback for the whole experience (performances, work/study program and competition) of our ADF performances has been extremely positive. We knew it was only a matter of time before our younger students would show interest in ADF, asking “When can I audition for the AMA Dance Force?” And so our junior performance company was born: “The AMA Future Force!” […]