The Attic Christian Arts Center

I bring my daughter to class here, the owners are very nice and they have great core values.

This Christian dance studio has some really great workout ideas! I have never heard of «Pound» which is the class I tried tonight. High energy, enthusiastic workout performed with neon green ½ lb. weighted drumsticks! A lot of this is core, legs and arms workout. The instructor was very welcoming to the new students (Me!) And explained alternative movements if I couldn’t keep up with the whole routine. 30 min on Tuesday nights but it’s also offered Thursday and Sunday afternoon for a bit longer session. I think I will meet a few new friends here, the girls were very welcoming. I think it’s coed but I saw no guys in class. So yes, it’s Christian rock or pop music we worked out to and I liked it! I bought a punch card for 3 more sessions to be sure I’m committed. But you can save and buy 8 sessions for 40, too.
Nice dance room, wood flooring, mirrors, very clean. I saw a ballet class in session when I arrived and a Barre class when I left. Lots of variety! I will definitely be back :)

A few of my friends & I have been looking for a fun/​healthy girls night out spot somewhere between our houses (in the vast expanse of the West/​Far West suburbs of Chicago) & I stumbled on The Attic while I was looking for Zumba classes. I figured that Zumba would be a perfect excuse to get a workout in while having the opportunity to laugh at our collective lack of coordination & rhythm… boy was I right!
The Attic is a Christian dance studio, so I was worried at first that our class would be super God-centered…while I’m comfortable with my relationship with God, I wasn’t sure if my friends would be so keen on the idea of religion and fitness. I was happily surprised that everyone was ok with it & that the prospect of a fun Zumba class outweighed the potential preachiness of the environment.
What’s nice about The Attic is that they don’t push/​preach during classes. We would say a quick prayer before the dancing began & a quick prayer afterwards; the middle was a high energy, gut busting sequence of Zumba numbers that left me sweaty and gasping for air (in the best way possible). I always feel lighter after class, like I can be having the crappiest week ever & zone out for an hour and recenter myself. I emerge human again after an hour of good (clean) music, sweat, and laughter with a great group of women.
The other thing that I love is that the owner, Tracy, joins right in with the classes with as much vigor as the rest of us. It’s great to see an environment where the owner is as passionate about dance and fitness as the business itself. Zumba classes are super cheap too…$ 5 gets you into your first class, just to try it out and make sure that you like it. Classes after that are $ 10 a pop, or you can buy a 10 class punch card for $ 80 (or $ 8 a class). You just have to use your punch card in 90 days, otherwise it expires. What’s great about that is the accountability factor for anyone (like me) who might buy the card and then procrastinate like hell.
I should mention that Zumba isn’t the only thing that they offer. While I don’t have kids, I know that they do offer dance classes aplenty for kids & teens, as well as other adult dance fitness classes (like ballroom dancing… if only I could get my husband to do this with me…). All the dance that they do is clean and age appropriate, this is, after all, a Christian dance studio & not Studio 54, my friends. If I did have kids who were into dance, I would most definitely give The Attic a whirl because of that aspect.
The Attic has given me the opportunity to shake my weekly stress out with a bunch of friends (new and old) while laughing and dancing, all for the glory of Him… doesn’t get much better than that.