Join in with Showtime Productions, a popular local dance studio run by Megan McAfoos, featuring ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, pointe and pre-pointe, and intermediate and advance acro  taught at YWCA of Alton.

Classes are held in our two dance studios and gymnasium at YWCA of Alton.

Dance classes offer a wide array of benefits, including increasing strength, flexibility, and coordination in students.  Students have an emotional outlet to release their feelings in a safe space.  Dancers are able to express themselves through movement and learn how to channel their energy into positivity.

Dance helps out youth develop coping mechanisms they can carry it into adulthood and continue to use dance as their outlet rather than choose a more destructive habit.

For more information on dance classes, please contact (618) 558-7700 or check out Showtime Productions web page at www.showtimeproductionsalton.com.

YWCA of Alton offers a conveniently located Fitness Club located in downtown Alton.

Monthly fees are $12 for individuals and $22 for families with no contracts required.  Seniors have the option of annual memberships for $100.

The Fitness Club includes ellipticals, treadmills, stair climbers, rowing machines and stationery bikes.  Each of these machines offers a way to complete your warm-up, workout, and cool down.

On site free weights and weight machines allow you to strengthen one specific muscle at a time or group of muscles, and are effective for building muscle tissue and strength.

Fitness Club members have access to our gymnasium with a full sized basketball court and our locker rooms.

Research shows that not only can weightlifting improve your body composition and give you a toned appearance, it can also improve your overall health. Weightlifting can help you burn fat, reduce your risk of diabetes, prevent back pain and even help you fight depression.

The Fitness Club is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am through 6 pm.  For more information or to become a member, please contact 618.465.7774.

YWCA of Alton sponsors seasonal  Line Dance classes led by the lovely Diane Ingram.  The class features Specs and Stilettos instructors.  Dances vary from week to week but include “Cupid Shuffle,”  “Wobble,”  “Chuck Baby,”  “Wild Wild West,” “Cha-Cha,” and “Blurred Lines.”

Line Dancing is a unique form of exercise because it provides the heart-healthy benefits of an aerobic exercise while also allowing you to engage in a social activity.

Many of our Line Dancers have started out with the intention of dropping in for a class and then find themselves becoming addicted to line dancing because they love the music, the confidence that grows from mastering a dance, and the friendships that start to form in the YWCA of Alton Line Dance classes.

Classes are affordably priced at $5.00 per session.

Check back with us during Winter 2019 for the next session of Line Dancing by calling 618.465.7774.

YWCA of Alton offers a weekly intermediate yoga class taught by Judy Maher Saturdays from 930 am to 11 am.

Drop in classes are $10 per session.  Monthly fees are $30 with ACH deductions in lieu of cash payments.

Reduce your stress level.  Increase your flexibility.  Lower your blood pressure and lung capacity.  Improve your sense of balance.  Lessen your anxiety.  Do yourself a favor and come by YWCA of Alton for a Intermediate Yoga class.

YWCA of Alton offers a weekly Zumba class on Thursday nights at 630 pm in the Levis Room taught by Tanya Fox.  Good times and a good work out guaranteed.

Zumba targets lots of different muscle groups at once for total body toning. Boosts your heart health. You not only get aerobic benefits (it really gets your heart rate up!), you also get anaerobic benefits – the kind that help you maintain a good cardiovascular respiratory system. Helps you de-stress, too.

Come join Tanya Fox for Zumba class and get your heart moving!