Registration this time of year is only on a case by case basis. Please call 763-488-1611 for information.
Placement consultations and teacher conferences by appointment only. All other matters are handled through our drop box system, email or telephone.
Drop Box Hours
M-TH 4-8 :: SAT 10-2
Contact
Email :: (763) 488-1611
Saturday Yoga
Join our amazing yoga class for youth and adults of all levels on Saturdays from 8:45-9:45 am.
Associate Merchants
Click Discount Dance's logo below; then click on "4 Teachers" and enter teacher id number 29755 to find our class lists. You can also use this number for a one time discount of 10% upon checkout.
 
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"After watching just one of Dance Impressions' shows our family was hooked for life: the most amazing training, incredible entertainment, and high quality performances. The education is superior and a great value. We know you'll love it!" Parent
"My daughter had the most amazing dance education and experience at Dance Impressions. Ms. Wendy and her staff are simply amazing. They have high values and their new program is absolutely the right ticket. We were so excited when they re-opened, that we came in and signed up our granddaughter for her first dance class ever. Another generation of amazing dancers and entertainers is coming our way!" Grandparent
"We are convinced that Dance Impressions is the only place for us. A strong dance education combined with values, integrity and life lessons. Not to mention we didn't even know our kids could sing! Dance Impressions is a treasure for children." Mom
"The teachers at Dance Impressions are improving the lives of my kids every day with their high standard of values. I just want to thank them for doing what they do for my children AND at such an affordable price." Dance Dad
Registration this time of year is only on a case by case basis. Please call 763-488-1611 for information.
Placement consultations and teacher conferences by appointment only. All other matters are handled through our drop box system, email or telephone.
Drop Box Hours
M-TH 4-8 :: SAT 10-2
Contact
Email :: (763) 488-1611
Saturday Yoga
Join our amazing yoga class for youth and adults of all levels on Saturdays from 8:45-9:45 am.
Associate Merchants
Click Discount Dance's logo below; then click on "4 Teachers" and enter teacher id number 29755 to find our class lists. You can also use this number for a one time discount of 10% upon checkout.
Applause
"After watching just one of Dance Impressions' shows our family was hooked for life: the most amazing training, incredible entertainment, and high quality performances. The education is superior and a great value. We know you'll love it!" Parent
"My daughter had the most amazing dance education and experience at Dance Impressions. Ms. Wendy and her staff are simply amazing. They have high values and their new program is absolutely the right ticket. We were so excited when they re-opened, that we came in and signed up our granddaughter for her first dance class ever. Another generation of amazing dancers and entertainers is coming our way!" Grandparent
"We are convinced that Dance Impressions is the only place for us. A strong dance education combined with values, integrity and life lessons. Not to mention we didn't even know our kids could sing! Dance Impressions is a treasure for children." Mom
"The teachers at Dance Impressions are improving the lives of my kids every day with their high standard of values. I just want to thank them for doing what they do for my children AND at such an affordable price." Dance Dad
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News
On this page you will find news and feature stories. If you are looking for our Company C calendar, there is a link on the left column of this page. For more information about our award winning teams, programs, policies, workshops, performance opportunities, etc. please contact us via email or at 763-488-1611.
Feature Stories
Students Selected For Ballet Technique Video & Website
 Dance Impressions students Eliza & Kyra Peterson have just been selected for a new online ballet technique video. The dancers were told they had the cleanest technique of anyone in the auditions. Shooting for the video is slated for late December/Early January 2010. Video release date and online launch is unknown at this time, but we will keep you posted.
DI Student Selected For Hopkins Youth Ballet
 Dance Impressions student, Kyra Peterson, was selected for the prestigious Hopkins Youth Ballet (HYB) Company. HYB is one of the upper midwest's up and coming professional Youth Ballet companies. She will have the honor of studying under the distinguished Mr. Phillip Carman and Ms. Leslie Daly. Her teacher, Ms. Wendy Graack, said she was very proud Miss Peterson and all of her dancers who took the Michelle Lucci workshop and auditioned. Professional opportunities like this are one more advantage of the Dance Impressions training approach. Email us for more info.
Former DI Student Succeeds In Los Angeles Dance Scene
 Nicole McDonald, a Dance Impressions recent graduate, has just finished shooting a Puma commerical and a MTV music video in Los Angeles for up and coming artist B.O.B., a protoge of Outkast. This video is a unique re-mix filmed for Reebok and will be shown on either MTV or MTV2 in the near future. Additionally, Ms. McDonald was engaged by Christian Perry as his apprentice. Mr. Perry is one of the leading dancers for "Dancing With The Stars." He has also appeared in film and television in such works as "Mona Lisa Smiles" and "Everybody Loves Raymond." Ms. McDonald was an award winning dancer for Dance Impressions in group, small groups and solos. She is also working on several other new projects, so stay tunedd.
DI Staff Brings Back New Techniques From NY Teacher Training
 Dance Impressions' teachers trained in New York City this summer at Dance Teacher Summit NYC. This was an amazing opportunity to bring new ideas, techniques and choreography back to our students from master teachers like Gil Stromming, Doug Caldwell, Mark Meismer, Mandy Moore, Mike Minery, Sheila Barker and Finis Jhung. Classes include cutting edge choreography, instructional innovation, new dance techniques, and studio innovations.
(Photo: DI Teachers in New York City's Times Square.)
Dance Impressions' Students Study With Michelle Lucci
 Dance Impressions' students, Emily Donlon, Danialle Steman, McKenzie Shelton, Kyra Peterson and Eliza Peterson studied with famed former Prima Ballerina Michelle Lucci during a workshop at the Hopkins Dance Center. Whether performing the classics or contemporary works, Michelle Lucci's versatile dancing and exceptional technique have earned her renown as one of the finest ballerinas in the world. As gentle as she is demanding, she brings the experience of years of dancing with the American Ballet Theater, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, and the Milwaukee Ballet. Most recently, Ms. Lucci was the ballet mistress with Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Phantom of the Opera" touring company. Students in these classes then had the option of auditioning for the Hopkins Youth Ballet. It was an honor and a privilege for our students to take classes from such an esteemed teacher.
Former DI Student Hired As LA Assistant Choreographer
Misty Gilman, a recent Dance Impressions graduate has been hired as an assistant dance teacher/choreographer to Andrea Paige Wilson. Ms. Gilman is a recent graduate of Dance Impressions. She was a member of Dance Impressions award winning elite large and small groups as well as a soloist and scholarship winner. Andrea Paige Wilson is a dancer, choreographer and actress in Los Angeles with numerous credits including movies, television, dance shows, commercials, stage productions, and musical productions.
Dance Impressions' Student Studies In New York
 Dance Impressions' student, Kyra Peterson, just returned from a week of study in New York at the Broadway Dance Center. She studied under famed lyrical and jazz teacher Sheila Barker. Miss Peterson also took master classes from Beyonce's choreographer and Amy Ryerson, dance captain from the hit Broadway show West Side Story. She also had additional training in ballet, hip hop, jazz, contemporary, and pop ballet. Ms. Barker complimented her teacher, Miss Wendy Graack, saying that she was very impressed with Kyra and that Ms. Graack was doing everything right in training her students.
Former DI Student Dances With Rockettes
 This 2008 holiday season, Miki Berg will perform as part of the precision performance dance team, the Rockettes. The 26-year-old Elk River native has been performing with the precision dance team for the past six years during their annual shows, which run from September through January. Berg said dancing has been a part of her life since she was 12 and taking tap, dance and ballet at Dance Impressions in St. Michael. Read more here.
Dance Impressions Featured On Fox 9 News As Industry Expert
Dance Impressions Featured On Fox 9 News As Industry Expert
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| DI Students To Perform In Aladdin
- Dance Impressions students AvriElle Becker, Kloee Larson and Paris Becker will be performing in Out On A Limb's production of Aladdin. The shows will be at the O'Shaugnessy Auditorium on the campus of the College of St. Catherines. Show times are
- Friday, March 5th 7pm
- Saturday, March 6th 2pm
Come out and show your support for these amazing students. read more ...
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 | Billy Elliot Casting Director Calls On Dance ImpressionsThe Casting Director for Billy Elliot The Musical on Broadway in New York just contacted Dance Impressions for a potential private student audition. Apparently, we were recommended by a national organization that said our teachers and students were some of the best in the industry. Dance Impressions students are the only students in the area trained in a triple threat of dancing, acting, and singing. We knew our teachers and leadership in this area would bring big results, but even we were surprised by the endorsement. Congratulations to our hard working DI students. If you are interested in training that could lead to these kinds of results, contact DI today for more information on our programs. read more ...
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| Students Shoot Ballet Technique VideoKyra and Eliza Peterson shot an online video to demonstrate proper ballet technique. The girls were selected through audition based on their excellent ballet technique and overall impression. The video was shot in downtown Minneapolis in late December. The video and other illustrative images will be online at the Wish Upon A Ballet website in the near future. Click read more below to be taken to the website. read more ...
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| Congratulations. Great Holiday Show Everyone! Congratulations to all our students and volunteers for a great holiday show. We also want to extend our heart felt thanks to Hopkins Youth Ballet and City Scape Dance for participating in the festivities. It takes so much time and effort to do a show of this magnitude, so we really appreciate everybody's work and cooperation this holidy season. Season's Greatings to all!
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| Ms. Emily Wins Jump Ballet Scholarship Emily Donlon won a ballet scholarship at the Jump Workshop in Minneapolis this past weekend. Jump Workshop is a part of the larger Break The Floor Productions company where our teachers train each summer. Congratulations Ms. Emily.
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| DI Students Take Top Awards At WCDE
Left to right: Kyra Peterson, Female Teen WCD Elite Dancer; Eliza Peterson, Scholarship Winner; Paris Becker, Scholarship Finalist; Cammi Ailts, Scholarship Winner, Nicole Neutgens, Scholarship Finalist and Garret Ailts, Male Junior WCD Elite Dancer. read more ...
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| DI Students Rock West Coast Dance Explosion
Dance Impressions Company A & B dancers attended the West Coast Dance Explosion workshop Oct 31-Nov1. DI came away with one of the highest percentages of dancers awarded. Congratulations to all DI dancers who worked so hard at this workshop. Without all of you this kind of success could never happen. It takes a village and the DI village rocks! read more ...
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| DI Students To Perform In Aladdin
- Dance Impressions students AvriElle Becker, Kloee Larson and Paris Becker will be performing in Out On A Limb's production of Aladdin. The shows will be at the O'Shaugnessy Auditorium on the campus of the College of St. Catherines. Show times are
- Friday, March 5th 7pm
- Saturday, March 6th 2pm
Come out and show your support for these amazing students. read more ...
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| Billy Elliot Casting Director Calls On Dance ImpressionsThe Casting Director for Billy Elliot The Musical on Broadway in New York just contacted Dance Impressions for a potential private student audition. Apparently, we were recommended by a national organization that said our teachers and students were some of the best in the industry. Dance Impressions students are the only students in the area trained in a triple threat of dancing, acting, and singing. We knew our teachers and leadership in this area would bring big results, but even we were surprised by the endorsement. Congratulations to our hard working DI students. If you are interested in training that could lead to these kinds of results, contact DI today for more information on our programs. read more ...
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| Students Shoot Ballet Technique VideoKyra and Eliza Peterson shot an online video to demonstrate proper ballet technique. The girls were selected through audition based on their excellent ballet technique and overall impression. The video was shot in downtown Minneapolis in late December. The video and other illustrative images will be online at the Wish Upon A Ballet website in the near future. Click read more below to be taken to the website. read more ...
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| Congratulations. Great Holiday Show Everyone!Congratulations to all our students and volunteers for a great holiday show. We also want to extend our heart felt thanks to Hopkins Youth Ballet and City Scape Dance for participating in the festivities. It takes so much time and effort to do a show of this magnitude, so we really appreciate everybody's work and cooperation this holidy season. Season's Greatings to all! read more ...
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| Ms. Emily Wins Jump Ballet ScholarshipEmily Donlon won a ballet scholarship at the Jump Workshop in Minneapolis this past weekend. Jump Workshop is a part of the larger Break The Floor Productions company where our teachers train each summer. Congratulations Ms. Emily. read more ...
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| DI Students Take Top Awards At WCDE
Left to right: Kyra Peterson, Female Teen WCD Elite Dancer; Eliza Peterson, Scholarship Winner; Paris Becker, Scholarship Finalist; Cammi Ailts, Scholarship Winner, Nicole Neutgens, Scholarship Finalist and Garret Ailts, Male Junior WCD Elite Dancer. read more ...
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| DI Students Rock West Coast Dance Explosion
Dance Impressions Company A & B dancers attended the West Coast Dance Explosion workshop Oct 31-Nov1. DI came away with one of the highest percentages of dancers awarded. Congratulations to all DI dancers who worked so hard at this workshop. Without all of you this kind of success could never happen. It takes a village and the DI village rocks! read more ...
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"Proudly serving the communities of St. Michael - Albertville, Rogers, Monticello, Elk River, Maple Grove, Big Lake, Becker, Hanover, Dayton, Maple Lake, Anoka, Becker, Champlin, Osseo, Buffalo, Clearwater, Otsego, Rockford, Delano, Orono, Zimmerman, Princeton, St. Cloud, Annandale, Plymouth, Wayzata, Minnetonka, New Hope, Golden Valley and the metro Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area for 17 years."
"Proudly serving the communities of St. Michael - Albertville, Rogers, Monticello, Elk River, Maple Grove, Big Lake, Becker, Hanover, Dayton, Maple Lake, Anoka, Becker, Champlin, Osseo, Buffalo, Clearwater, Otsego, Rockford, Delano, Orono, Zimmerman, Princeton, St. Cloud, Annandale, Plymouth, Wayzata, Minnetonka, New Hope, Golden Valley and the metro Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area for 17 years."
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