Summers Academy of Dance

An outstanding dance studio for children and adults. The studio offers a wide variety of styles and competition opportunities. The students receive top quality instruction from passionate and talented instructors. Additionally, Dance Company students are given the opportunity to perform alongside professional guest artists during the year.
Overall, my daughter’s experiences with the studio over the course of the last 6 years have helped her develop into a well-​rounded, confident, disciplined individual. She has made many great friends and considers it her home away from home. I would highly recommend Summers Academy of Dance to anyone interested in having their child grow as a dancer.

More than just dance! Both of my children started dance as toddlers at Summers Academy. While one of them moved to another sport, my youngest has now been dancing for 12 years and she isn’t even in high school yet! Not only are the dancers trained professionally, they are encouraged to serve their community. As members of the dance company, dancers gain skill, grace, time management, confidence, and pride, as well as become contributing members of their local community. If your child wants to dance — REALLY dance, not just learn a routine to perform, Summers is the place. Whether your child is interested in an instructional program or is looking for the challenge of dance company, there is something at Summers to suit your needs. Amazing new studio on Route 14 in Crystal Lake, definitely worth stopping in and checking it out! You can’t go wrong — amazing instructors, safe environment, wonderful parents, and dancers who support each other and form lifelong bonds. Simply the best studio around!

As far as dancing instruction if you want your child to do well in ballet and jazz this is a great studio for instruction they are serious about dance and their instructors are great. This is not a studio to do arts and crafts and a bit of dance, this is a studio for dance training. Hip-​Hop and Poms competition this is not the studio for your child… there are others in the area that are better.
The owner is a complete #&%@$, we came from another competing studio to inquire about classes, the owner came out and started ripping on the studio we came from, made my daughter do some jazz and ballet moves in flip flops (hello ankle injury waiting to happen) in the lobby in front of a bunch of random people, and proceeded to tell her how awful she was and it was our current studios fault. Well, of course we know she needed improvement that is why my daughter was there was for more instruction, but she didn’t need to be treated like she was a mutant from «the other studio». Owner needs to get off her high horse and realize she is not Abby Lee Miller from Dance Moms, that her studio for the longest time was in a rundown strip mall next to a 7 – 11, now near an animal shelter, in Crystal Lake… not a fabulous world renowned studio… and the students she puts down are the children of the parents that write her the checks that keep her business going.
If it wasn’t for my neighbor having such a good dance experience, after our inquiry visit run in with the owner we would have never set foot in a class. So 4 stars for dance instruction, 1 star for having to deal with the owner.

Just great! The teachers are friendly and nice, perfect for my two girls. They have learned so much in such a short time, and we really feel part of the family. I really enjoy is being able to watch my children in class thru large windows, which was not available at the other studios I checked out. I look forward to their dance recital and being part of this studio for many years to come.

Just great! The teachers are friendly and calm, perfect for my two girls. They have learned so much in such a short time, and we really feel part of the family. I really enjoy is being able to watch my children in class thru large window, which was not available at the other studios I checked out. I look forward to their dance recital and being part of this studio for many years to come.