Art & Dance
SPRING 2022 ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
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Art – Evanston Art Center at McGaw (Ages 5-13). Powered by expert Evanston Art Center instructors: Step-by-step and stroke-by-stroke, Evanston Art Center instructors will help you embrace your inner artist so you can let your true colors show. Explore a wide range of materials such as water color, collage, print making, nature sculpture, ceramics and more. Have fun learning drawing skills to create animals and landscapes and then graduate to creating 3-dimenssional assemblages and free-standing sculptures. Explore famous artist such as Picasso, Miro and Claus Oldenberg. Register here>
Dance – Creative Dance (Ages 3-5). A great first introduction to dance in a fun, safe environment where every child can have a positive experience and foster the love of movement. Learning basic ballet steps, students will improve coordination and gross motor skills while learning to follow instructions, creative play, spatial awareness and rhythm in a structured setting. You deserve the best! Classes are lead by instructors with master’s degrees in dance. Register here>
Dance – Hip-Hop (Ages 5-8). Dancers will learn the fundamentals of hip-hop. While improving rhythm, coordination, strength and conditioning, students learn a series of fun, energetic hip-hop steps while allowing their creativity and personality to shine through basic technique, tricks and routines in this fast-paced dance class popular with both boys and girls. Participants with no prior dance experience are welcome! You deserve the best! Classes are lead by instructors with master’s degrees in dance. Register here>
Dance – Hip-Hop & Breakdancing (Ages 9-13). Dancers will learn the fundamentals of hip-hop and breakdance. While improving rhythm, coordination, strength and conditioning, students learn a series of fun, energetic hip-hop steps while allowing their creativity and personality to shine through basic breakdance technique, tricks and routines in this fast-paced dance class popular with both boys and girls. You deserve the best! Classes are lead by instructors with master’s degrees in dance. Register here>
Dance – Ballet/Jazz/Hip-Hop (Ages 5-13). Highly experienced instructors bring top-notch programming to the McGaw YMCA, allowing youth to enjoy the best of all worlds in experiencing this ballet, jazz and hip-hop combination class. A developmentally-appropriate curriculum introduces students to ballet, the foundation of dance development, while instilling the building blocks of jazz and hip-hop, where students express their creativity and individuality. This class is perfect for beginners to enhance their capability to excel in all areas of dance. You deserve the best! Classes are lead by instructors with master’s degrees in dance. Register here>
Martial Arts – Karate (Ages 5-adult). Our instructors are experts in the martial arts and provide safe and ethical training that adheres to the values of discipline, personal growth and respect for others. Karate is a strategy for self-defense, as well as an individual performance sport that tests balance, coordination, and physical and mental strength. Meet our new instructor with decades of experience! Register here>