Founded in 2001, Local-Motions Inc. is a non-profit organization (501(c)3), dedicated to the promotion of performance arts among school-aged children in Chicago. Providing Performing Arts Instructions in dance, theater, set design, vocal performance, and fine art, which benefit children and youth from ages five to eighteen.

New Location Information:

Sayre Elementary Language Academy
1850 N Newland Ave, Chicago, IL 60707

773.622.3267 or email us at localmotions3@gmail.com

Testimonials

“My first time coming to Local-Motions was June of 2006 and I was fresh out of grammar school. It was the day after graduation when I got a call from a lady named D’Lana O’Neal for an interview through Mayor Daley’s After School Matters program.” … “It has been five years since that day and now I’m the Creative Director. It has been an amazing journey. Local-Motions has helped me develop and mold the talents that I possessed and didn’t know I had. I’ve become a stronger leader, more goal-oriented, a better artist, and so much more. I never think about where I would have been if I hadn’t come to Local-Motions because this is where I belong”. – Sandra Sims, student

“As an educator, artist, author and parent, I’ve experienced the multi-faceted growth of Local Motions from various perspectives. From the first time I met D’lana her passion for nurturing the creative side of youngsters in the community was clear. We share a belief in the intrinsic value of the arts in the development of the whole child.” – Susan A. Friel, Arts Education Consultant

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