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Mid-Illinois Gymnastics and Dance, Inc. offers recreation classes, competitive teams, open gym times, parties and gym rentals, and dance classes. Children can take part in specific gymnastics and tumbling classes such as Tumble Tot with Parent, Tumble Gems, Tumble Stars, Tumble Stars Step Up, Tumble Twisters, and cheer classes. The program also includes a Girls Xcel competitive gymnastics team with five levels, a Girls USA Gymnastics competitive team from Levels 1 through 10-Elite, and a boys and girls competitive tumble team.
• Schedule: Open Monday–Thursday in the late afternoon and evening, Friday in the late afternoon, and Saturday morning, with summer offered in shorter sessions that include several break weeks.
• Price: $10 must be paid in advance for one trial lesson.
Mid-Illinois Gymnastics and Dance, Inc. was established in 1969 and is the oldest private gymnastics club in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. It is a USA Gymnastics Club and uses limited graded classes on Olympic specification equipment. The program states that it emphasizes basic movement and progression that leads to improvement in agility, flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination, confidence and self-esteem, and it offers professional, progressive, safety-oriented instruction. Gold stars in the gym area represent a state, regional, or national champion, and a pro-shop on site carries Alpha Factor Aerials leotards in bright prints and solids. Observation is available through windows, and parents are not allowed in the gym during class except with Tumble Tot with Parent.
The stated mission is “TO CHERISH YOUR CHILDREN,” with goals to teach physical fitness in a progressive and very safety-oriented atmosphere and to have each child enjoy and learn from the program at his or her own pace. The mission also includes teaching as many gymnastics and dance skills as possible, including very high-level skills to gifted and appropriate students.
The leadership team includes owner Larry N. Moehn; owner and director Louise Pope Moehn; and owner, head coach of all tumbling and AA teams, and artistic director of Mid Illinois Dance, Kristin Moehn Bower. Staff credentials listed include multiple advanced degrees, USAG Elite Coach status, USAG and USTA tumbling certifications, USAG safety and skill certifications, USAG PDP coaching certifications, NAWGJ judging credentials, nursing credentials, and other professional degrees.
Program guidelines state that after one lesson, all girl gymnasts are required to wear a one-piece leotard of their choice with no tights, with optional bike or gym shorts over the leotard, and all white socks or footies if footwear is desired, which must be removed if they cause slipping. Boys are required to wear bike or gym shorts and a t-shirt tucked in. No jewelry or chewing gum is permitted, hair must be secured away from faces, personal items are to be kept to a minimum, and each student is to bring their own marked water, with no food or drink allowed in working areas or the lobby.
Last updated January 9, 2026.
• Schedule: Open Monday–Thursday in the late afternoon and evening, Friday in the late afternoon, and Saturday morning, with summer offered in shorter sessions that include several break weeks.
• Price: $10 must be paid in advance for one trial lesson.
Mid-Illinois Gymnastics and Dance, Inc. was established in 1969 and is the oldest private gymnastics club in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. It is a USA Gymnastics Club and uses limited graded classes on Olympic specification equipment. The program states that it emphasizes basic movement and progression that leads to improvement in agility, flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination, confidence and self-esteem, and it offers professional, progressive, safety-oriented instruction. Gold stars in the gym area represent a state, regional, or national champion, and a pro-shop on site carries Alpha Factor Aerials leotards in bright prints and solids. Observation is available through windows, and parents are not allowed in the gym during class except with Tumble Tot with Parent.
The stated mission is “TO CHERISH YOUR CHILDREN,” with goals to teach physical fitness in a progressive and very safety-oriented atmosphere and to have each child enjoy and learn from the program at his or her own pace. The mission also includes teaching as many gymnastics and dance skills as possible, including very high-level skills to gifted and appropriate students.
The leadership team includes owner Larry N. Moehn; owner and director Louise Pope Moehn; and owner, head coach of all tumbling and AA teams, and artistic director of Mid Illinois Dance, Kristin Moehn Bower. Staff credentials listed include multiple advanced degrees, USAG Elite Coach status, USAG and USTA tumbling certifications, USAG safety and skill certifications, USAG PDP coaching certifications, NAWGJ judging credentials, nursing credentials, and other professional degrees.
Program guidelines state that after one lesson, all girl gymnasts are required to wear a one-piece leotard of their choice with no tights, with optional bike or gym shorts over the leotard, and all white socks or footies if footwear is desired, which must be removed if they cause slipping. Boys are required to wear bike or gym shorts and a t-shirt tucked in. No jewelry or chewing gum is permitted, hair must be secured away from faces, personal items are to be kept to a minimum, and each student is to bring their own marked water, with no food or drink allowed in working areas or the lobby.
Last updated January 9, 2026.
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