Front Street Dance

Front Street Dance offers classes in Tik Tok Dance, K-Pop Dance, Pee Wee and Mini Ballet/Hip Hop, Pee Wee and Mini Ballet/Tap, and a Sampler Platter class where dancers try Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, and Hip Hop. The program also includes Levels I to IV in Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, and Hip Hop, along with Adult Tap and Adult Ballet. Tik Tok Dance classes include learning Tik Tok dances and filming them, and K-Pop classes recreate choreography from K-pop Demon Hunters, BLACKPINK, BTS, Stray Kids, and more, with all choreography filmed.

• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday to Thursday between 4:30pm and 9:00pm, and on Saturday between 9:00am and 3:00pm

Front Street Dance is a 501c3 not for profit dance school that offers nonprofit, family-centered training from toddlers through adults, with classes available for ages three through adult. The program is for competitive and recreational dancers, with some classes mixing both and some for competitive students only. Adult programs include Adult Tap and Adult Ballet and are described as creating skilled dancers and happy adults with balanced lives and encouraging a love for the arts as part of a healthy lifestyle. Front Street Dance states that it provides strong technique, healthy balance, and a lifelong love of dance, and describes itself as Winfield/Wheaton's preferred dance studio with great dancers, happy kids, and balanced lives.

Front Street Dance is dedicated to providing a positive, encouraging environment where every dancer is supported as a whole person. The stated goal is to help dancers grow their technique and confidence while maintaining time and space for life outside the studio. The program focuses on progress at each student’s individual pace, emphasizing strong foundations, creativity, and personal growth, and values community where dancers build friendships, encourage one another, and feel a sense of belonging without the pressure of an overwhelming schedule. The program states that it believes dance should add joy to life, not stress.

Front Street Dance has been proudly serving the Wheaton/Winfield community since 2010. Multiple choreography and teacher appreciation awards decorate Lynn Kuti’s years in this profession. They describe themselves as Winfield/Wheaton's preferred dance studio.

Ms. Lynn (Lynn Kuti) is the studio manager and master teacher, and is the studio founder/owner. Lynn Kuti began her dance career training at Addison Park District, studied at the Glen Ellyn School of Ballet under Maureen Mylan, was mentored by Bill Gary, opened Lynn's Acadamie of Dance in Carol Stream in 1998, and opened the non-for-profit Front Street Dance Center in Wheaton in 2011. Ms. Brandi (Brandi Coté) is a dance teacher and competition assistant manager who has been teaching and choreographing for 15 years, has worked with many different studios and companies including Inside Out dance crew in Chicago, danced and sang for 3 years at Six Flags: Great America, created many award-winning competition pieces, choreographed for High School Musical and Honk Jr. at Lakeside Player in Kenosha, choreographed Descendants the Musical for Johnsburg High School, and performed in Seussical with Theatre 121. Ms. Tessa (Tessa Macino Miller) is a dance teacher who has danced a large variety of styles, performed in Fox Valley Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” in 2017, and performed as a featured dancer and dance captain in The Beverly Theatre Guild’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Ms. Emma (Emma Waterman) is a dance teacher who recently 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 started teaching at age 14.

Last updated May 24, 2026.