About
Front Street Dance offers Ballet/Hip Hop combo classes, Tik Tok Dance, K-Pop Dance, Ballet/Tap combo classes, Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, and Hip Hop. Ballet/Hip Hop and Pee Wee and Mini Ballet/Tap are combo classes that include two types of dance in one class. Tik Tok Dance focuses on learning popular Tik Tok dances and filming them, and K-Pop Stars classes focus on learning K-Pop moves, recreating choreography with a personal touch, and filming the routines. Levels I to IV in Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, and Hip Hop are technique classes that progress a dancer from beginner to advanced in each style, and Hip Hop is done to child-friendly hip hop music. The Ballet program combines Checcetti, Vaganova, and Balanchine methods and follows a syllabus that progresses students from Pee Wees through Level IV with consistent progression. The program includes options for both competitive and recreational dancers, with some classes mixed and some only for competitive students.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
Front Street Dance is a 501c3 not-for-profit dance school that was created to share dance with children and adults in the community and has been serving the Wheaton/Winfield community since 2010. The school describes itself as Winfield/Wheaton's preferred dance studio and states that it believes anyone who wants to dance should be able to, that its teachers are the best in the area, that teachers work as a team, and that teachers have creative freedom to manage their own classes and choreography. The mission of Front Street Dance is to provide a positive, encouraging environment, support each dancer as a whole person, focus on progress at each student’s individual pace, emphasize strong foundations, creativity, and personal growth, and prioritize community and a sense of belonging without an overwhelming schedule, with the stated belief that dance should add joy rather than stress.
Ms. Lynn (Lynn Kuti) is the Studio Manager and Master Teacher and has an extensive dance background that began at Addison Park District, continued at the Glen Ellyn School of Ballet under Maureen Mylan, and expanded into Jazz and Tap under mentor Bill Gary; she previously opened Lynn's Académie of Dance in Carol Stream and in 2011 opened the non-for-profit Front Street Dance Center, has received multiple choreography and teacher appreciation awards, and has been a guest teacher and choreographer for many local dance schools. Ms. Brandi (Brandi Coté), Dance Teacher and Competition Assistant Manager, grew up in a dance studio, has studied hip hop, tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, and musical theater, has 15 years of teaching and choreographing experience, has worked with multiple studios and companies including Inside Out dance crew in Chicago and performed for three years as a dancer and singer at Six Flags: Great America, has created award-winning competition pieces and stage performances, and has choreographed for High School Musical and Honk Jr. at Lakeside Player in Kenosha, Descendants the Musical for Johnsburg High School, and performed in Seussical with Theatre 121. Ms. Tessa (Tessa Macino Miller), a dance teacher, has trained in many styles with ballet as her favorite, performed in Fox Valley Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker in 2017, and was a featured dancer and dance captain in The Beverly Theatre Guild’s production of The Wizard of Oz. Ms. Caroline, a dance teacher, started dancing at age three at Moves Dance Studio in tap, ballet, hip hop, and jazz, did cheerleading in high school, minored in dance at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater where she danced in the program for four years, and developed a particular passion for tap and contemporary/jazz during her senior year. Ms. Emma (Emma Waterman), a dance teacher, began dancing at age two, competed from age nine through high school, earned a BFA in Contemporary Dance and a BA in Psychology, has performed in works by Camille A. Brown, Elizabeth Shea, Beatrice Capote, and others, and has been teaching contemporary and modern classes since age 14 while pursuing her degrees.
Last updated January 11, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
Front Street Dance is a 501c3 not-for-profit dance school that was created to share dance with children and adults in the community and has been serving the Wheaton/Winfield community since 2010. The school describes itself as Winfield/Wheaton's preferred dance studio and states that it believes anyone who wants to dance should be able to, that its teachers are the best in the area, that teachers work as a team, and that teachers have creative freedom to manage their own classes and choreography. The mission of Front Street Dance is to provide a positive, encouraging environment, support each dancer as a whole person, focus on progress at each student’s individual pace, emphasize strong foundations, creativity, and personal growth, and prioritize community and a sense of belonging without an overwhelming schedule, with the stated belief that dance should add joy rather than stress.
Ms. Lynn (Lynn Kuti) is the Studio Manager and Master Teacher and has an extensive dance background that began at Addison Park District, continued at the Glen Ellyn School of Ballet under Maureen Mylan, and expanded into Jazz and Tap under mentor Bill Gary; she previously opened Lynn's Académie of Dance in Carol Stream and in 2011 opened the non-for-profit Front Street Dance Center, has received multiple choreography and teacher appreciation awards, and has been a guest teacher and choreographer for many local dance schools. Ms. Brandi (Brandi Coté), Dance Teacher and Competition Assistant Manager, grew up in a dance studio, has studied hip hop, tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, and musical theater, has 15 years of teaching and choreographing experience, has worked with multiple studios and companies including Inside Out dance crew in Chicago and performed for three years as a dancer and singer at Six Flags: Great America, has created award-winning competition pieces and stage performances, and has choreographed for High School Musical and Honk Jr. at Lakeside Player in Kenosha, Descendants the Musical for Johnsburg High School, and performed in Seussical with Theatre 121. Ms. Tessa (Tessa Macino Miller), a dance teacher, has trained in many styles with ballet as her favorite, performed in Fox Valley Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker in 2017, and was a featured dancer and dance captain in The Beverly Theatre Guild’s production of The Wizard of Oz. Ms. Caroline, a dance teacher, started dancing at age three at Moves Dance Studio in tap, ballet, hip hop, and jazz, did cheerleading in high school, minored in dance at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater where she danced in the program for four years, and developed a particular passion for tap and contemporary/jazz during her senior year. Ms. Emma (Emma Waterman), a dance teacher, began dancing at age two, competed from age nine through high school, earned a BFA in Contemporary Dance and a BA in Psychology, has performed in works by Camille A. Brown, Elizabeth Shea, Beatrice Capote, and others, and has been teaching contemporary and modern classes since age 14 while pursuing her degrees.
Last updated January 11, 2026.
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