About Ovation Dance Studio
More than just a dance studio, Ovation Performing Arts Studio is a place where students of all ages can come and learn dance, singing, and theatre. With the help from Ovation staff, each student will grow as a performer as well as a person. Ovation Performing Arts studio is a place you can call home. Our studio is a place to connect, make new friends, and grow.
Our dance and performing arts studios provide classes in multiple performing arts, including voice, dance, and theater classes, in Sycamore, Illinois and the greater DeKalb area.
Alana Chilton
Ever since she was a little girl, Founder and artistic director Alana Chilton wanted to share her passion with others. She wanted to create a place that brought together different types of performing arts and help to create real triple-threats. With this vision in hand, she created Ovation Performing Arts Studio.
Miss Aaliyah
Miss Aaliyah is currently an online student at Southern New Hampshire University for their psych program. She danced for 10 years and did cheerleading all 4 years of high school. She has been dancing at Ovation, as a student, for the last few years. When she is not dancing at Ovation she is working in special education. Miss aaliyah currently teaches beginners/intermediate jazz and hip-hop for all ages.
Miss Molly
Miss Molly is currently a junior at Northern Illinois University (NIU), where she is pursuing a degree in History with a certificate in Secondary Education. In addition to her academic commitments, she is an active member of the NIU Silverettes Dance Team.
Before joining the Silverettes, Molly served as a two-year captain of her high school dance team, the OHS Pantherettes. She was a dedicated member of the team throughout all four years of high school, competing as a Varsity dancer.
Molly began dancing at the age of three and joined Envision Dance Company in the fourth grade. Over the years, she has trained in a wide range of styles including ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz, contemporary, and break dancing. Her competitive achievements include national championships in Hip Hop (Starbound) and Contemporary (Celebration), as well as extensive competition experience in Jazz.
Miss Regan
Miss Regan is 16 and currently a junior at Genoa Kingston High School where she takes multiple AP classes and has a gpa above a 4.0. Besides dance, she also does sideline cheer and competes in basketball and track and field. Miss Regan started dancing at Ovation at 8. Her first classes were tumbling and hip hop. She now dances four nights a week in multiple genres. This is her first year helping to assist classes and is loving it!! She is hoping to provide the same happy safe space to dancers that dance has given her.