Photos: Athletes of Dance Spring Recital

Check out our gallery of photos from Saturday's recital.

A packed house filled the Athletes of Dance studio inside the Masonic Temple Saturday morning for its 2012 Spring Presentation dance recital. The recital featured dancers of all ages showing the progression of dance students will experience the older they get. Check out our photos from Saturday's event, and if you have any of your own, please upload and share them with us! If you'd like to learn more about Rebecca King and Sasha Kozadayev, the owners of Athletes of Dance, CLICK HERE. To find out more about some of the community members and vendors who helped make the recital a success, CLICK HERE. To find out more about the studio's Summer Intensive, click here.

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Robert Bykowski

12:44 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012

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Former DG Panther Dancer Relishes Role as Rush Arena Football Dance Captain

Mekial Singleton, who's been with the Rush for six years, says she fell in love football and dance in fourth grade.

Mekial Singleton learned at a young age that if she wanted to accomplish her dreams, from entertaining arena football fans to one day tackling terrorism, she had to toughen up and work hard. In fourth grade, she attended her older brother John’s meet-the-football-players event at Downers Grove South High School. “I saw the Phillies on stage and I was star struck,” Singleton said of the school dance team and the moment she knew what she wanted to pursue. “I was very determined and diligent.” Singleton, who was born and raised in Bolingbrook and moved with her family to Plainfield in 2008, made the Phillies varsity team as a freshman and served as captain junior and senior years. After graduation in 2004, she heard a radio commercial that …

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Paulette Delcourt: Madonna for Super Bowl MVP!

Making it to the Super Bowl takes some strength and conditioning, but maybe not the kind you think.

This year’s Super Bowl was one of the best displays of athleticism I have ever seen. I’m talking about Madonna. At 53 she’s been entertaining people for over 25 years—over five times as long as the average NFL player’s career (you can Google that) and she’s still going strong.  Underneath her blond extensions and leather breastplate was a well-conditioned athlete. With the backlighting and dry ice effects, maybe you didn’t notice she easily scaled her movie-set bleachers in high heels and lacquer leggings.  I watched in amazement as she crouched down to the floor—bent her knees way beyond 90 degrees—and got back up under her own power. I wouldn’t attempt that without an aide or a Life Alert.  While Madonna has faked the ability to sing …

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Paulette Delcourt

8:47 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012

On another note, Madonna was furious about M.I.A,'s little "gesture" as she should be. What a dumb thing to do, and a rude way to behave considering she was Madonna's invited guest. That was very unprofessional, and unlike what some might think--this is the wrong kind of publicity. I think M.I.A. is going to be sanctioned for it, as she should be.   more ›

VIDEO: DGS Fillies Halftime Homecoming Performance

Watch the Downers Grove South Fillies' performance from Friday night

Miss the game? Want to watch the show again? Just check out our video below.

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