Performing Arts Classes in Chicago, IL

Feel your body lengthened, strengthened, aligned, and free to move! This Stretching & Alignment class incorporates elements of yoga, pilates, and ballet technique to expand your personal range of motion and prevent injury. Variations on exercises will be offered to help movers of all backgrounds and fitness levels safely challenge themselves. ...

Find your groove from the safety of your room! This fun, upbeat, beginner-friendly class breaks down the fundamentals of street and commercial dance forms to build up your technical skills and confidence. The session will incorporate an injury prevention warm-up, introduction to new moves, a piece of choreography, and a guided freestyle session. Our...

Great acting skills are the core of a successful career in voice over. However, performance ability is only half of the required skill set. The other half is knowing how to successfully run a small business, and how to navigate the complex voice over industry. Business & Money 101 provides students with a review of the evolution of the voice over...

As a professional, your voice is your product. You use your voice for longer periods and in more ways than other people. And because you literally are your instrument, your physical and emotional well-being can seriously affect the quality of the sound you produce. We voice-over artists must be vocal athletes! Just like athletes in sports,...

Hi everyone. These are difficult times. We are so sorry for the strain, anxiety, fears, and grief that our community is going through right now. Our studio's education department is fully functioning ONLINE ONLY right now. Your training can be done COMPLETELY REMOTE--so keep going. Don't give up. Our incredible coaches also happen to be good people...

Important: This course is for New Students only. For Returning Students, please proceed to this course. Only New Students can avail of these promotional prices. Clients cannot purchase a 2nd 3-Part class for $99. We will not be able to warrant promotional price purchases for returning students. This is an on-camera class that stresses acting for...

Edge Studio’s Investigate Voice Over Class is the first step in your voice over education. In this interactive, three-hour long class you will work in a small group setting with one of our Edge Studio Instructors to: Get a brief overview of the modern voice over industry Read for a coach and receive live feedback. Receive a follow-up call with a...

Important: This Price option is for New Students Only. For Returning Students, please proceed to this course.  Only New Students can avail of these promotional prices. Clients cannot purchase a 2nd 3-Part class for $99. We will not be able to warrant promotional price purchases for returning students. -- The advanced class gives advanced and...

This is for everybody, whether you're a newbie or novice (experienced) improvisers, actor, people who have fear in public speaking and for anyone who is looking for (((FUN))). This will help actors and improvisers to be ready on stage and to always be prepared to do different characters. It is great for those who are shy or just nervous. It is great...

This online 2-hour virtual intro is an introduction for anyone to learn the fundamentals of improvisation with our unique character-based approach. You will learn the basic tools, rules, and philosophy of improv through games, drills, and virtual scenes… All through your computer screen! AND Now More then Ever! Not only can our Virtual Intro-to-Improv...

This is for everybody, newbies or experienced improvisers, actor, people who have fear in public speaking and for anyone who is looking for (((FUN))). This will help actors and improvisers to be ready on stage and to always be prepared to do different characters. It is great for those who are shy or just nervous. It is great if you have a fear in...

Argentine Tango basic tools with focus on technique connection, musicality, and navigation.

This online improv class for teens (ages 13-17) will focus on the essentials of improv: spontaneity, listening, agreement, and collaboration. Through games and exercises students will step outside their comfort zone, working together to create original characters and scenes, accessing new corners of their creativity!

Through scene work and audition technique we'll work on the different skills needed to act for the screen. Beginners and advanced actors alike will also study basic acting technique and hone their auditioning skills. This special one-hour online class is taught by Caroline Gordon-Elliott, and promises to be upbeat and fun, as well as practical and...

Would you like to be an actor? Explore the basics of acting in a safe, positive and encouraging environment. Learn how to break down a script or prepare for an audition. Create and develop believable characters through effective use of imagination.  Breathe life into every scene and move people emotionally. Work on film & T.V. scripts with...