Industry Testimonials

"There in Champaign is an oasis for the arts, and the whole world will know and come running. For we in the arts look for studios where we can be surrounded by the love and support that Christine Rich has put inside this magnificent building.

"The students get the best from the best, her staff of talented teachers leave no stone unturned when it comes to their young budding stars. The one thing that a parent can rest assured in is that their child will be in the best environment to learn to express that gift from within."

- Tony and Emmy Award winning performer Ben Vereen

"The dancers at the Christine Rich Studio are beautifully trained and coached.

"I was very impressed with their performance abilities."

- Dmitri Roudnev
Director, Dmitri Roudnev Ballet School of Chicago;
Artistic Director, Ballet Intensive from Moscow

"The Christine Rich Studio is producing dancers of the same excellent quality that is usually only found in major cities."

- Sherry Moray
Dance Magazine's Teacher of the Year 2000

"If I were a parent in Champaign-Urbana, I would be very happy that the Christine Rich Studio was there.

"I just wish we had a school as good as hers in Chicago."

- John Schmitz
Curator Dance Chicago

The Chicago Tribune on two CRS students:

"...the remarkable talents of Andrew Cribbett and Becky Ramos, both age 11, and dancing almost as if they were New York City Ballet principals."

- Sid Smith
Arts Critic Chicago Tribune, November 2003