Southport Performing Arts Conservatory and Entertainment

The SPACE Outreach Dance and Music Programs strive to help build a foundation for artistic appreciation and create greater self-esteem. The program is designed to complement the student’s current academic curriculum by adapting age-appropriate “books” for the stage.

Educational Program in Music creates an awareness of arts through experiences in music. To build a foundation for artistic appreciation and greater self-esteem, S.P.A.C.E offers this special program to all public and private schools. The program curriculum meets the Illinois Board of Education performing arts standards.

In-School Dance Performance consists of Power Point presentation, lecture and demonstration by professional dancers, S.P.A.C.E. Dance Ensembles, and a narrator. The structure of this performance is to demonstrate the development of dance as an art form including the cultural and social exchanges that occurred over time.

This program is facilitated by a teaching artist (6 to 8 weeks program)

Character dance program is stylized folk or ethnic dance for the ballet stage. Our mission is to first provide students with academic and performance-related opportunities in different dance styles from Europe, and secondly to enrich their experience through cross cultural interaction. Most popular dances in the Classical Character repertoire are the national dances of Hungary, Russia, Poland, Italy and Spain: czardas, mazurka, polka, tarantella, flamenco, etc.