The Claire Bataille Legacy Program is an opportunity for advanced pre-professional or early career dancers to train in a variety of dance dialects with some of the most qualified teachers in Chicago at a fraction of the cost. Applicants are accepted through audition only. Our training model is to bring equity to as many dance styles as possible, so we offer a Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Commercial, or Hip Hop track within our overall studies. If accepted, dancers would take 10 technique classes a week while receiving personalized mentoring from current and former performing professionals to create their schedule and help reach their personal goals, in addition to nourishing their own choreographic voice and expanding their professional network by working with current, established choreographers. If interested applicants should email  ChicagoMovementCollective@gmail.com with:

-A letter of intent for joining the program and long term goals afterwards

-A video or a link to a video performing their favorite or most comfortable style of movement

ALL genres applicable. The next stage would be to take a class that is different from the genre presented in the video. If accepted, Claire Bataille Legacy Program dancers would curate an individualized schedule aimed at each dancer's specific capabilities and goals with Founder Ethan R. Kirschbaum.