A Fairytale Ballet

This is our second dance studio and first official ballet class and OMG it is by far the cutest class I have ever seen! The studio is absolutely adorable, looks exactly like a fairytale! The instructors have all been so sweet and fun! Each week is a new fairytale which is read to the ballerinas then reenacted using costumes and props, every girls (and moms) dream come true! There is street parking right by the studio, very convenient! Highly recommend this class, my 2.5 year old LOVES IT!

Truly a gem. Very imaginative fun and great for kids who have trouble with following exact classes like gymnastics. Creative and loving staff. My daughter loved her camp and special classes and is now starting the regular yearly class

My daughter (3) really enjoyed their summer classes! We will definitely try AFB again. :)

We really love this place. My daughter took classes for three years (up to age 6) and my 2 year old son is now in classes. We need to see how we can donate some boy costumes because they are all princess outfits (which our son loves nonetheless), but I am super tickled that they are as accommodating of him as they are. We have attended classes at both the Lakeview studio and the new one in Bucktown, which is closer to our new house. Both are great!

Leslie S’s review really said it all. The literature, the costumes, the adorable studio. It’s all great. Even parking isn’t bad during the day. I really love the small class sizes too. I will say that we did have one teacher who didn’t seem to have a lot of experience with small children, as evidenced by the language she used to give directives and by the moves she attempted to teach 2 – 3 year olds but that was isolated. All teachers since have been top notch.

THE GOOD:
Great program for young children beginning ballet.
Really captures the imagination and the beauty of ballet.
Good teachers who are really good with young children.
THE BAD:
prograrmming could be expanded.
THE UGLY:
Nothing ugly. A really great idea. Well executed.

Love, love, love A Fairytale Ballet.
I was desperate to find a drop-​in ballet class for a visiting three-​year-​old this summer, a task that is not easy to do in Chicago, despite the plethora of ballet studios for kids in the city. Most require that students sign up for the entire session, and our little one was only going to be in town for two weeks. After consider Unilocaling, I found A Fairytale Ballet and discovered that they offered summer camp options in the summer. After a brief email correspondence, I learned that A Fairytale Ballet offers a la carte options during the summer, meaning that children can go once or twice a week for as many weeks as they choose. It’s perfect for families going on vacation or testing the ballet waters with a little one.
What I really love about A Fairytale Ballet is that they bring literature to life. Each week, the summer camp classes focused on a particular story, such as Beauty and the Beast and Angelina Ballerina. The teacher reads parts of the story each day, and then the students act out the scenes from the book with props that they make themselves. For example, during Beauty and the Beast week, the students decorated notebooks with foam letters and stickers, then danced as Belle, visiting the «bookstore.» They put on shawls to «search» for their father in the woods. It was such a wonderful way to help expand children’s imaginations and instill a love for literature.
And the studio! Absolutely adorable! They’ve painted the walls with bright, colorful murals that just make you happy to be there. They even have a little door for the students to walk through. Parents can watch the class through the windows, which isn’t always allowed at ballet studios, but very much appreciated here since we wanted to take lots of pictures.
The teachers are wonderful too. Miss Ashley was absolutely delightful — we really appreciated that she approached us after class to tell us how our little one did. And Miss Dana… well, our little one just loved her. I really cannot say enough good things about the teachers, or the studio for that matter.

Yes, this place is so friggin cute. Just had 2^nd class for my little one and she loves it. It’s all she talks about all week. We attend the one in Old Irving (on Irving).

This place is ADORABLE, my little girl loves going to ballet & tap here! Her teacher, Ms. Eleana, has the patience of a saint.