Before people learned to tip-toe around, everybody always knew exactly who was sneaking the pizza from the fridge at night. Appreciate even more skills of the pointed foot with today's Groupon: for $65, you get one eight-week children's or adult dance class at Mary Lorraine's Dance Center (up to a $130 value, including the $20 registration fee). This deal is valid for all classes 75 minutes and under. Groupon holders can choose to begin their eight-week session either the week of September 6 or the week of November 7.

The instructors at Mary Lorraine's Dance Center educate bodies in expressiveness by providing dance instruction in disciplines including ballet, tap, hip-hop, pom, musical theater jazz, and more. Kids as young as three can begin developing rhythm and movement skills during Preschool Dance sessions, and students can plié and pirouette through multiple levels of Ballet or Ballet/Tap classes. All ballet sessions consist of practicing barre techniques and executing center floor work to help tiptoers master such essential skills as twirling down a spiral-staircase handrail. The center also teaches the ancient art of self defense and kicking down trees during tae kwon do classes helmed by instructor Paula Millerd.

Dance-center founder Mary Lorraine studied in Chicago with the elite Hubbard Street Dance company and has participated in more than 85 musical-theater productions throughout the Midwest over the course of a career that has spanned more than three decades. A professional choreographer, dancer, and actress, Ms. Lorraine is certified by the Royal Academy of Dance and Dance Educators of America.