Dance Center Evanston

💗 Early Primary Dancers, it's almost time to join your friends on stage!

👣 Tippy Toes 1, Tippy Toes 2, and Pre-Ballet 1 dancers, we are so excited to get you on stage. Teachers will be onstage guiding dancers through this joyful, low-pressure experience with all the extras (lights, sounds, costumes) that make performing on a professional stage so exciting!

👋 GROWN-UPS
- North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie at 9501 Skokie Blvd.
- Doors open at 10:30am (We recommend coming at least 20 minutes before the start of the performance.)
- Enter through the FRONT MAIN LOBBY DOORS, tickets will be checked.
- Get checked in, use the restroom, and find your seats.
- Once checked in, please bring your dancer completely dressed and ready to dance quietly into the main theater.
- The performance will begin with an explanation of how everything works, then the dancers will be called to the stage (accompanied by one adult)
- All dancers remain ONSTAGE with their teachers and helps for the full performance.
- The lobby will be open after the performance for taking pictures, seeing teachers, and congratulating dancers on their BIG accomplishment.

❓ 📱 (847) 328-6683 | 📩 [email protected]

📸: Matt Glavin

🎉 TODAY'S THE DAY! Our Saturday evening Student/Academy Recital is tonight and we couldn't be more excited!

📌 Reminder: Shelby, Vicki, Julie Ch., and Eduardo's Wednesday Ballet Academy production has Warm-Up and Dress Rehearsal at NORTH SHORE CENTER 4:00-5:50pm.

✨ DCE's Saturday Evening Student/Academy Recital 2026
6:30pm | North Shore Center for the Performing Arts at 9501 Skokie Blvd.

💃 DANCERS must arrive at the BACKSTAGE DOOR by 6:00pm. To find this entrance, go to the back parking lot on the east side of the building, and go all the way into the parking lot. The backstage door is at the top of the ramp next to the loading dock. Look for the DCE sign marking the entrance. Dancer will check in with a DCE staff member inside and follow the multiple direction signs backstage to get to the dressing rooms. NO family/audienc e member are permitted backstage; they will enter through the main lobby doors.
All dancers remain backstage when they are not performing. Dancers are not dismissed unthe the entire show has finished. They will go to the lobby as a group and meet family members in a specific section of the lobby after the show.
No food or drink is permitted in the dressing rooms or Rice Room. Water bottles are permitted but must close securely to prevent spills.

😍 AUDIENCE members will need to show the ticket digitally to enter the theater lobby. Please have the TIcketmaster app downloaded on your phone and/or tickets added to your phone's digital waller prior to arrival. NO BALLOONS, WATER BOTTLES, OR FOOD are allowed to be brought into the theater. If you have food or beverage for your dancers, you will need to drop off at the stage door.

If you have any questions, please, don't hesitate to reach out to the DCE office.
📱 (847) 328-6683 | 📩 [email protected]

📸: Matt Glavin

🧳 Dress rehearsals start today which means recital is only 4️⃣ days away!

🚨 These dress rehearsals are MANDATORY. If a dancer is not on stage for their dress rehearsal, they will not be able to participate in the performance of that piece. Check out Tuesdays full recital schedule and classes still held.

💚💙 Student/Academy: Dress rehearsals will be held at DANCE CENTER EVANSTON (STUDIO5). Dancers must arrive at least 20 minutes before the start time of their rehearsal slot IN COSTUME, HAIR STYLED, WARMED UP, and CHECKED IN.
📌 Dancers will check in with DCE staff in Studio 4, wait with their teacher and class, and then will be led through the backstage area before rehearsing on stage.
📌 1 adult per dancer may observe the dress rehearsals from the audience seating in Studio5.
📌 If a dancer is rehearsing multiple dances in a rehearsal block, please arrive wearing the first costume listed for that block. There will be dressing rooms available for dancers needing to change costumes during evening rehearsals.

📱 (847) 328-6683 | 📩 [email protected]