Stephanie Clemens.(director of The Academy of Movement and Music)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: November 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Clemens' Oak Park, IL, school offers ballet and dance instruction for pre-schoolers and older children. The pre-schoolers are taught creative movement in preparation for ballet, while older children learn traditional ballet and modern dance. Aspects of the school are described.

Oak Park, Illinois, acclaims itself as arts-friendly by continually reminding visitors that Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway and Doris Humphrey were Oak Parkers. The Academy of Movement and Music (AMM) housed in this Chicago suburb is part of its arts community.

AMM's director is Stephanie Clemens, whose ...

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