The American Rhythm Center (ARC) was founded as a Social Enterprise dedicated to supporting diverse groups of independent and emerging artists as well as small companies. The ARC is a centrally located dance/arts studio in the center of the European arts district that offers culturally diverse dance and wellness classes by some of the very best instructors in Chicago. The ARC helps build and harbor a creative and supportive community with subsidized rentals through which the majority of student tuition goes directly to the instructors and companies in residence.