Elite Dance Intensives

  • Dancers ages 14 & up gain technique, performance quality, leadership, and teaching skills while developing the ability to pick up choreography quickly

  • Classes include Ballet, Choreography, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, Musical Theater Tap, Partnering & more

  • Hands-on assisting experience and opportunities to mentor younger dancers

  • Add intensives after Elite for full day of training

  • Perform multiple dances for in studio performance on Friday!

Elite Dance Intensives
June 2027

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ENROLLMENT OPENS WINTER 2026
᠅ High School Intensive Age 14 & Up
᠅ Three Weeks | New Intensive Each Week
᠅ 9:30am to 3:30pm
᠅ Add Intensive 3:30pm to 5:00pm
᠅ Enroll Early - Intensives Will Fill

  • MONDAY
    9:30am-3:30pm | Elite Dance Intensive

    TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY
    9:30am-3:30pm | Elite Dance Intensive
    3:30pm-5pm | Musical Theater Intensive

    FRIDAY
    9:30am-1:00pm | Show @ 12:15pm

  • MONDAY
    9:30am-3:30pm | Elite Dance Intensive

    TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY
    9:30am-3:30pm | Elite Dance Intensive
    3:30pm-5pm | Tap Intensive

    FRIDAY
    9:30am-1:00pm | Show @ 12:15pm

  • MONDAY
    9:30am-3:30pm | Elite Dance Intensive

    TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY
    9:30am-3:30pm | Elite Dance Intensive
    3:30pm-5pm | Hip Hop Intensive

    FRIDAY
    9:30am-1:00pm | Show @ 12:15pm

Elite Dance Intensive Schedules

“The Elite Dance Intensive was amazing! I grew so much in my own dancing while also learning how to mentor younger dancers. I left more confident and inspired.”
— Dancer Age 18
“The teachers at GUS have absolutely gone above and beyond and created a learning environment that brings so much joy to my daughter. I am blown away.”
— Parent of Dancer Age 16
A dancer in black athletic clothing with one hand on the floor and the other behind her head in hip hop shoes.

Elite Dance Intensive
June 2027

  • Cost of program announced when enrollment opens Winter 2026.

  • Required attire emailed one month before intensive.

  • GUS® | 5230 N Clark Street | Chicago
    GUS® is located in Andersonville, a lovely neighborhood, 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, 10 minutes from Wrigley Field, and six blocks away from stunning Lake Michigan.

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