Ballet Intensive

JULY 14 - 17, 2025

AGE 8 TO 28 YEARS

Why Choose GUS®?

Ballet & Leaps 2024

GUS® is family run, welcoming, professional & iconic!

Gus & Peg Giordano started the school in 1953 and their daughter Amy now leads GUS®

Join The Legacy.

“Ballet Intensive was incredibly professional in a constructive and encouraging environment.”
— Google Review

Ballet Intensive | Leaps & Turns Intensive

Both Intensives are closed for most levels - Contact us to inquire if spot is open

  • Mini Ballet Intensive

  • July 14 - 17, 2025

  • 10:30am - 12:00pm

  • 3 Levels

  • Age 8 - 28

  • Mini Leaps & Turns Intensive

  • July 14 - 17, 2025

  • 1:00pm - 2:30pm

  • 3 Levels

  • Age 8 - 28

  • MINI BALLET INTENSIVE for the dancer who wants to improve in every style. Ballet technique is the foundation every dancer needs to excel.

  • Focus on classical ballet technique, alignment, turn out, and extension

  • GUS® highly recommends taking Leaps & Turns Intensive after lunch break. Bring a lunch to eat in park behind GUS® monitored by GUS® staff between the Intensives.

  • Ballet Intensive is a perfect compliment to Leaps & Turns Intensive on same days from 1:00pm-2:30pm

  • GUS® has an incredible history of training dancers for every dance genre! Broadway, Rockettes, movies, television, dance companies, cruise ships, master teachers & college professors

  • Intensive location: GUS® | Original Gus Giordano Dance School located in family-friendly Andersonville | 5230 N Clark St | Chicago

  • Dancer must be eight years as of 6/1/25

  • Required attire for Ballet Intensive and Leaps & Turns Intensive emailed by June 14

  • Ballet Intensive and Leaps & Turns Intensive will fill - Enroll early for best rate!

  • Ballet Intensive AND Leaps & Turns Intensive are included in your training IF you audition and are accepted for College/Professional Intensive and Pre-Professional Intensive! Click here to audition!

  • Intermediate

  • High Intermediate/Advanced

  • Advanced/Professional

Ballet | Leaps & Turns Levels

“My daughter learned so much taking Ballet and Leaps & Turns! She loved the variety of master teachers. She told me each teacher wanted her to learn and improve - We highly recommend training at GUS!”
— Parent of Dancer 15yrs
“GUS is a top-notch training facility for dancers of all ages PLUS it’s a family, and a legacy.”
— Dancer 26yrs

Ballet Intensive
Rate

$300 | Enroll after 4/20/25 if any spots left

Leaps & Turns Intensive
Rate

$300 | Enroll after 4/20/25 if any spots left

ENROLL NOW | Summer 2025

AUDITION | Summer 2025

All programs subject to change

GUS LEGACY FOUNDATION

Gus Legacy Foundation, non-profit, founded in 2017 provides accessible dance programs to underserved youth and young adults to increase their physical and mental health, confidence, and to gain critical skills that last a lifetime.

Gus Legacy Foundation supports dancers in many ways from awarding Jayden Perkins Memorial Scholarships to assisting dancers financially with transportation, housing, attire and training. If you would like to help change a life and support a dancer, click below to learn more.