Wings Dance Studio

Wings Dance Studio is a Dance Studio in Lockport, IL, located at 940 N State St. The studio offers dance classes in ballet, jazz, hip hop, and more for children and adults. It also hosts birthday parties and provides Cecchetti Ballet training, a method devised by Italian Ballet Master Enrico Cecchetti that involves a meticulously designed syllabus and examinations before a panel of examiners. The business holds a rating of 4.50 based on customer reviews.

Shannon Labus, the owner and Executive Director, opened Wings Dance Studio in 2010 after graduating from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Arts. She studied with Bea Rashid, Evon Freund, Laurie Merriman, and Gayle Kassing, and developed progressive programs in Ballet and Early Childhood for studios in the South Suburbs. Shannon is an Associate member of the Cecchetti Council of America, a member of the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, co-director of Soar Dance Company, and resident choreographer for Lockport Homer Youth Theater. Since 2023, she has also served as the Artistic Director of Dance Theater of Will County. Her students have been cast in professional productions including Ballet West's The Sleeping Beauty, Joffrey Ballet's Nutcracker, and Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker, and have gone on to dance in college programs. Wings Dance Studio was awarded ADCC Studio of Excellence in 2017.

The faculty includes Program Director Aimee Maley, who graduated from St. Xavier's with a teaching degree and is the co-director of Soar Dance Company and JV Coach of Lockport Township High School Dance Team. Operations Manager Barb Cogan supports the studio's daily functions. Dance Educator Lindsey Beebe began training at age 8 and performed with Metropolitan Ballet of Wichita, later training at Oklahoma City University and Wichita State University, where she performed with the Alithea Mime Theatre in Taiwan, Poland, and the United Nations.

The studio maintains a positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the quality of its training and community presence.

Wings Dance Studio brings professional Cecchetti Ballet training and diverse dance education to Lockport, IL, supported by a faculty with extensive performance and teaching backgrounds.

Wings Dance Studio is situated on N State St in Lockport, IL, just steps from North State Street and about a tenth of a mile from South Archer Avenue. The studio is also near Ludwig Elementary School and New Avenue, with Legion Park located about half a mile away.

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