Chicago Movement Collective

CMC first opened its doors Fall of 2020, and we are so proud to still be offering classes, workshops, intensives, and performance opportunities 6 years later! To thank YOU for being an invaluable part of the CMCommunity across these years, we invite you to join us in celebrating another year of sharing the studio & dancing together!

ALL September, we are offering a special BOGO sale on classes. Join us for morning ballet and stay for our afternoon class FREE!

Afternoon classes are all Int/Adv:
Hip Hop
Modern/Contemporary
Contemporary
Contemporary Horton
Contemporary Play

Limit one BOGO per person

Photo by Andrew Weeks
Photo of from Contemporary Series with Noelle Kayser

Check out Adv/Pro Ballet these upcoming weeks with Brian Enos on Tuesdays & Fridays, 10-11:30am at our weekday location Definition Dance Academy!

Catch Contemporary Play this Friday subbed by Ash Stevens. Class is 11:45am-1:15pm at our weekday location Definition Dance Academy.

We will begin with activating our isolations, grooves, and stretches for our warm up. Then create a communal phrase together. After the creation of the phrase we will take it apart with more improv games until class is over.

Photo by Michelle Reid

🚨LOCATION UPDATE🚨

Starting Monday, Aug. 17th, weekday classes will return to Definition Dance Academy at 2525 N Elson Ave

Saturday classes will remain at The Chicago Academy for the Arts

PARKING UPDATE: Construction has concluded. The parking lot at The Chicago Academy for the Arts is OPEN and available for use again.

CMC will be closed BOTH Monday & Tuesday this week (July 27th & 28th) due to construction. Classes will resume on Wednesday, July 29th.

This July & August, catch Contemporary with sub Lindsey Scouten on Fridays, 11:45am-1:15pm. Class is at our summer location The Chicago Academy for the Arts thru Aug. 14th*

Class will begin with a led warm-up, rooted in sensations, pleasure, and building heat - ending with a combination for artists to explore their limits and endless capabilities. This class is meant for the artist looking for an open space to research and connect to their authentic movement, balanced with technicality through guided modalities.

More about Lindsey:
Lindsey Scouten (she/her) is a movement artist, choreographer, and educator based in Chicago and New York City. Lindsey has performed with companies such as the Lyric Opera of Chicago; Merce Cunningham Trust (inaugural resident company at the REACH, John F. Kennedy Center); Visceral Dance Chicago; and PURUS MOTUS – among many others. Some of her most notable performances include works by Andrea Miller, Noelle Kayser, Katie Carey, Osnel Delgado, and Gianna Burright. Additionally, Lindsey was formerly a company artist & choreographer for Hot Crowd for 5 years – where she also served as Rehearsal Director and Artistic Development Associate. As a freelance performer, Lindsey has had the opportunity to share her art across the country and internationally in places such as Puerto Rico and Seoul. She was named a finalist for dance and choreography in Chicago Reader’s Best Of 2024. Lindsey received her degree in dance at George Mason University, where she worked with world-renowned choreographers Doug Varone & Nacho Duato. During her freshman year she was awarded the Emerging Artist Award with scholarship.

Photo by Michelle Reid

*Class on Aug. 28th at Definition Dance Academy

Check out our weekly Feldenkrais® class subbed by Jaina Alexander on Wednesdays July 22nd & 29th. Class is 9:10-9:55am at our summer location: The Chicago Academy for the Arts

More about Jaina:
Jaina Alexander (she/her) is a singer, actor, educator, and dog mom. A multi-genre artist, Jaina has sung with theatres, opera companies, and choirs all around the Midwest, at award-winning cabaret and jazz clubs, and with The Rolling Stones. Her work as an educator focuses on vocal confidence and flexibility to allow for bold and brave artistic choices. Select projects include: The Secret Garden (Lily, Guest Artist Residency with Cloud County Community College & Manchester Theatres), Chicago Premiere of Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line To Freedom (Ensemble, South Shore Opera Company), and The Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin (Chorus, a multimedia benefit for Holocaust survivors with The Defiant Requiem Foundation). She is also a proud member of Estill Voice (EMT-C), MICHA, VASTA, and the Feldenkrais Guild of North America.

Photo by: Sebastian Orr Photography