Miss Loren began dancing, like many of her students, at age 4. Performed in her first recital at age 5 and continued dancing locally through the years. A long time student of Miss Carol Hutchinson, she began teaching ballet classes in 2005 for the Oak Forest Park District. In 2006 she took on the role as head of the ballet program at the Na'ama Rose Dance Center in Park Forest IL. In 2009 Loren began her own  ballet program. That program would later become Barre None Ballet. In 2009 Loren and her husband Steve (yep... that is him in the picture) opened Room To Move Studio in Steger IL. The space acts as home for Barre None Ballet as well as many other dance programs run by local instructors. Saddened by the horror stories of unfriendly studios she had heard over the years she aimed to run a family friendly studio with a welcoming, judgment free,  happy environment and tons of community spirit. Loren, Steve, their dog Jack, and a couple of cats - Tyson and Sophia, reside in Steger, a couple of blocks from the studio. She is grateful everyday for all the continued support.

     Ms. Brenda began taking dance at the age of 3 with Carol Hutchinson at the Park Forest Conservatory of Music and Dance. She began her professional career at the age of 16 with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Wisconsin Ballet Theatre in Green Bay. She then went on to dance with Fort Wayne Ballet in Indiana, Charleston Ballet Theatre in South Carolina, Bryant Ballet in Chicago, Ballet Eddy Toussaint in Florida and Quebec, Canada, and Columbia City Ballet in South Carolina.
    Upon getting married and moving back to Illinois, she became a guest artist with the Illinois Ballet in Peoria, under which she has also performed with the Opera Illinois, Cedar Rapids Opera, and the National Ballet of Panama in South America. Ms. Brenda has been featured in a publication of the Peoria edition of Arts Alive as well as in a book titled Ballerina Girl, which features photography of Richard Curry. She has worked with many world-renowned teachers and choreographers, of which many pieces were original works, including:  Allegra Kent, Maria Tallchief, Melissa Hayden, Stephanie Ballard, Mark Dendy, Jill Eathorne Bahr, Eddy Toussaint, Anna Marie DeAngelo, Septime Webre, Jergen Schneider, and Mary Price Boday.
    Ms. Brenda retired from her professional performing career in 2006. She and her husband Scott are the proud parents of 2 lovely little girls. Ms. Brenda is currently the Ballet Mistress at Dance Images in Tinley Park. We are  extremely grateful to Ms. Brenda for sharing her knowledge and expertise with us here by teaching our advanced level classes.

Miss Bridget started dancing with American Dance Center in Homewood, IL around the age of seven where she studied ballet and jazz for six years. There, she began dancing en pointe and performed in three student showcases. Bridget continued dancing through elementary school, choreographing and performing in various liturgical pieces for masses at St. Lawrence O’Toole Parish in Matteson, IL and danced in the World Youth Day mass in 2008. Bridget and her twin sister Ally began taking ballet and lyrical classes with Miss Loren at Room To Move during the winter of 2009. Since then, Miss Bridget has marched with the nationally acclaimed Marian Catholic High School marching band (where she currently attends school) as a member of the color guard and was a featured dancer in their fall 2010 show. She has also performed solos and class pieces in two Room To Move student showcases. Miss Bridget is very excited to continue taking ballet and lyrical classes at Room To Move and to be assisting Miss Loren with the Baby Ballerinas and the Pre Ballet students.

Miss Ally started her dance career at age seven with American Dance Center in Homewood, IL where she studied ballet and jazz for six years. There, she performed in three student showcases and began working en pointe at age twelve. Ally continued her training and broadened her dance repertoire in grade school by choreographing and performing in several liturgical dance pieces for St. Lawrence O’Toole Parish and “World Youth Day: Chicago Style”. Ally, along with her twin sister, joined the Room to Move family in the winter of 2009 and began taking ballet and lyrical classes with Miss Loren. Since then, she has performed in two of Room to Move’s student showcases in both class pieces and her own choreography. In 2010, Ally joined the seven-time Grand National Champion Marian Catholic High School Marching Band as a member of the colorguard. There, she was a featured dance soloist in their fall show, “On Being hit on the Head”. Today, Miss Ally continues to study dance at Room to Move and is thrilled to now be assisting Miss Loren in the choreography and teaching of the teen/adult lyrical ballet class.