Elite Dance Academy Programs
Elite Dance Academy, 12109 W 159th Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491
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Elite Dance Academy Programs offers dance classes and training that include ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, hip hop, acrobatics, pointe, and musical theater. The program also includes a summer camp, a summer intensive, and a 6-week class session.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: 6-week class session
Elite Dance Academy Programs offers summer camps for ages 3–9 and a summer intensive for ages 8 and up with five days of master classes taught by expert teachers in the dance field for beginner through advanced dancers. Programming includes Grown-Up and Me for ages 6 months–3 years with an adult, First Steps Age 2 (Independent), Tiny for ages 3 and 4, Mini & Petite for kindergarten through third grade, Foundations–Advanced for fourth grade and up, and Elite Dance Company Competitive and Performance Teams. The program includes a professional training option that will prepare students for a career in dance and also offers options for those who want to dance for fun.
Instructors at Elite Dance Academy Programs are professional or former professional dancers who have received dance degrees from universities and continue to train in the dance field, and several instructors are current performers with Chicago-based companies. The leadership team includes Ashley Deets (Artistic Director, Instructor & Choreographer), Paige Deets (Business Manager, EDC Team Leader, Instructor & Choreographer), Renée Deets (Owner), Gina Cozzi (EDC Director, Instructor & Choreographer), Laura Witter (EDC Team Leader, Instructor & Choreographer), and Rebecca McDevitt (EDC Team Leader, Instructor & Choreographer). The team is CPR/First Aid/AED certified, trained in emergency preparedness, follows a code of conduct and safety handbook, and participates in ongoing training and discussions regarding dancers' safety, injury prevention, and mental health.
Ashley Deets is an award-winning dancer, teacher, and choreographer, a certified Acrobatic Arts, Rhythm Works Integrative Dance, and Wingman for Dance educator, and a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business Administration. Paige Deets is a professional dancer, certified teacher, and award-winning choreographer who graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, trained on scholarship at Visceral Dance Center and in Kibbutz Ga’aton, Israel under the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, and received her teaching certification in physical education and dance in 2021. Gina Cozzi is a certified M1 Acrobatic Arts Instructor and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Psychology. Laura Witter completed the iTap Teacher Training Program under the direction of Hillary-Marie and received a Merit Scholarship to continue her training at the Giordano Dance Center in Evanston. Rebecca McDevitt graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Dance.
The program’s mission states that it is a supportive atmosphere dedicated to fostering professionally trained students with high self-esteem, self-discipline, and self-respect, and that it is dedicated to nurturing not only exceptionally talented athletes and artists, but healthy and well-rounded individuals. One parent testimonial describes Elite as a second home for their children, notes that the staff pour their heart and soul into the studio, and states that the school is well organized and cherishes dancers of all ages and levels. The same testimonial notes that the family’s daughters have participated in the school since 2011, that the staff have consistently provided what the parent describes as top notch dance education while adapting and growing with changing times, and that Elite has become a second home for their daughter.
Last updated May 24, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: 6-week class session
Elite Dance Academy Programs offers summer camps for ages 3–9 and a summer intensive for ages 8 and up with five days of master classes taught by expert teachers in the dance field for beginner through advanced dancers. Programming includes Grown-Up and Me for ages 6 months–3 years with an adult, First Steps Age 2 (Independent), Tiny for ages 3 and 4, Mini & Petite for kindergarten through third grade, Foundations–Advanced for fourth grade and up, and Elite Dance Company Competitive and Performance Teams. The program includes a professional training option that will prepare students for a career in dance and also offers options for those who want to dance for fun.
Instructors at Elite Dance Academy Programs are professional or former professional dancers who have received dance degrees from universities and continue to train in the dance field, and several instructors are current performers with Chicago-based companies. The leadership team includes Ashley Deets (Artistic Director, Instructor & Choreographer), Paige Deets (Business Manager, EDC Team Leader, Instructor & Choreographer), Renée Deets (Owner), Gina Cozzi (EDC Director, Instructor & Choreographer), Laura Witter (EDC Team Leader, Instructor & Choreographer), and Rebecca McDevitt (EDC Team Leader, Instructor & Choreographer). The team is CPR/First Aid/AED certified, trained in emergency preparedness, follows a code of conduct and safety handbook, and participates in ongoing training and discussions regarding dancers' safety, injury prevention, and mental health.
Ashley Deets is an award-winning dancer, teacher, and choreographer, a certified Acrobatic Arts, Rhythm Works Integrative Dance, and Wingman for Dance educator, and a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business Administration. Paige Deets is a professional dancer, certified teacher, and award-winning choreographer who graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, trained on scholarship at Visceral Dance Center and in Kibbutz Ga’aton, Israel under the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, and received her teaching certification in physical education and dance in 2021. Gina Cozzi is a certified M1 Acrobatic Arts Instructor and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Psychology. Laura Witter completed the iTap Teacher Training Program under the direction of Hillary-Marie and received a Merit Scholarship to continue her training at the Giordano Dance Center in Evanston. Rebecca McDevitt graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Dance.
The program’s mission states that it is a supportive atmosphere dedicated to fostering professionally trained students with high self-esteem, self-discipline, and self-respect, and that it is dedicated to nurturing not only exceptionally talented athletes and artists, but healthy and well-rounded individuals. One parent testimonial describes Elite as a second home for their children, notes that the staff pour their heart and soul into the studio, and states that the school is well organized and cherishes dancers of all ages and levels. The same testimonial notes that the family’s daughters have participated in the school since 2011, that the staff have consistently provided what the parent describes as top notch dance education while adapting and growing with changing times, and that Elite has become a second home for their daughter.
Last updated May 24, 2026.
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