Performance Dance & Cheer Teams
Find Your Team. Share the Spotlight.
The music starts. Your teammates are beside you. It’s time to show what you can do!
Rootz performance teams give dancers and cheerleaders a place to develop their skills and discover the excitement of performing together.
FIND YOUR RHYTHM
Performance Dance
Focus on a dance style you love while building technique, strength, and flexibility. Explore teams in hip hop, jazz, lyrical, and poms.
Every rehearsal is a chance to put the pieces together—and every performance is a chance to share that progress.
BRING THE ENERGY
Performance Cheer
Combine jumps, motions, dance, tumbling, and stunting in a team routine. Cheer builds teamwork, commitment, and confidence, with coaches directing choreography and stunt positions.
Bring your enthusiasm, celebrate your teammates, and experience the pride of working toward a shared goal.
Take the Fun Beyond the Studio
Teams perform four times between January and May. Past appearances have included Chicago Bulls games, Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the Genesee Theater. Venues vary by season.
There’s a Place for You
For the 2026–2027 season, dancers and cheerleaders entering first grade or above in fall 2026 are eligible to audition. Everyone who auditions will be placed on at least one performance team.
Explore Our Teams
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| Class | Description | Location | Ages/Grades | Session | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Sign Up |
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| Performance - Cheer (Advanced) | Location: American Academy of Gymnastics, 1845 Raymond Drive NorthbrookCheer Performance Team is guided by the expertise of Coach Andrea. The sport of cheer teaches our athletes the value of commitment, teamwork, sportsmanship, integrity, self confidence, respect for self and others with a positive attitude. Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at various venues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game, Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the Genesee Theater. Cheer includes tumbling, motions, jumps, dance and stunting all learned and choreographed into a cheer routine. All routines will be choreographed by the coaches and decisions for stunt positions will be made only by the instructor. | Deerfield | Grade 1+ | 2026/2027 School Year | 7:00-9:00pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance - Cheer | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at various venues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game, Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the Genesee Theater. The Cheer Performance participants will learn jumps, motions, dance,tumbling, and stunting which will all become a part of their routine learned. Decisions for stunt positions will be made only by the instructor. | Deerfield | Grade 1+ | 2026/2027 School Year | 5:00-6:30pm | 4:00-5:30pm | Sign Up Now | |||||
| Performance - Hip Hop | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at variousvenues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game,Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the GeneseeTheater. Performance Team Dancers will focus on a single genre of dance over thecourse of the year (August 2026 through May 2027) while buildingstrength, flexibility, and technique. | Deerfield | Grade 1-3 | 2026/2027 School Year | 4:00-5:30pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance - Hip Hop | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at variousvenues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game,Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the GeneseeTheater. Performance Team Dancers will focus on a single genre of dance over thecourse of the year (August 2026 through May 2027) while buildingstrength, flexibility, and technique. | Deerfield | Grade 3-6 | 2026/2027 School Year | 4:00-5:30pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance - Hip Hop Boys | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at variousvenues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game,Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the GeneseeTheater. Performance Team Dancers will focus on a single genre of dance over thecourse of the year (August 2026 through May 2027) while buildingstrength, flexibility, and technique. | Deerfield | Grade 1-3 | 2026/2027 School Year | 4:00-5:00pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance - Jazz | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at variousvenues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game,Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the GeneseeTheater. Performance Team Dancers will focus on a single genre of dance over thecourse of the year (August 2026 through May 2027) while buildingstrength, flexibility, and technique. | Deerfield | Grade 1+ | 2026/2027 School Year | 4:00-5:30pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance - Lyrical | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at variousvenues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game,Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the GeneseeTheater. Performance Team Dancers will focus on a single genre of dance over thecourse of the year (August 2026 through May 2027) while buildingstrength, flexibility, and technique. | Deerfield | Grade 1+ | 2026/2027 School Year | 4:00-5:30pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance - Lyrical | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at variousvenues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game,Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the GeneseeTheater. Performance Team Dancers will focus on a single genre of dance over thecourse of the year (August 2026 through May 2027) while buildingstrength, flexibility, and technique. | Deerfield | Grade 3+ | 2026/2027 School Year | 5:00-6:00pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance - Poms | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at variousvenues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game,Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the GeneseeTheater. Performance Team Dancers will focus on a single genre of dance over thecourse of the year (August 2026 through May 2027) while buildingstrength, flexibility, and technique. | Deerfield | Grade 1+ | 2026/2027 School Year | 5:00-6:30pm or 6:30-8:00pm | Sign Up Now | ||||||
| Performance- Stunt Group | Teams will perform (four times a year) from January through May at various venues near Rootz. Performances in the past include: Chicago Bulls Game, Hawthorn Mall, Christian Heritage Academy, Great America, and the Genesee Theater. This team is only available for participants on one of the Cheer Performance or Cheer Compete Teams. This team will focus on one routine based on stunting. Participants, as well as stunt positions within the team, will be chosen by Coach Andrea based on skill level. | Deerfield | Grade 1+ | 2026/2027 School Year | 5:30-6:30pm | Sign Up Now |