REGISTRATION OPENS JULY 1
Pre-Teen (Ages 11 - 13)
Annual Dance Program
September 9, 2024 - June 8, 2025
Since 2002, City Dance Corps has offered high-quality dance classes led by professional and accredited instructors. Our holistic and welcoming environment nurtures children's growth, focusing on both their development and performance skills. Join us to experience top-tier dance education in a supportive community dedicated to excellence in dance. Our pre-teen program offers dancers the opportunity to join The Groove Crew, our Hip Hop dance crew, as well as the Youth Performance Company. See our full Pre-Teen class schedule below:
BALLET
Ballet is a classical dance form. This class focuses on proper technique for progression, starting with traditional barre exercises and incorporating port de bras and core strength. Center work includes adagio, pirouettes, petit allégro, and grand allégro. Emphasizing musicality, students are exposed to classical and contemporary composers. Ballet classes perform twice a year in the Winter Show n Glow and the Annual Recital.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE (RAD) BALLET CLASSES
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is an international leading syllabus of classical Ballet. Students work on ballet terminology, history and movement. Classes start at age 6 and dancers have the opportunity to move through graded levels. Examinations will offered to students who wish to progress through the RAD syllabus. Visit www.radcanada.org for more information. RAD classes do not perform in the recital or winter showcase.
HIP HOP & STREET DANCE STYLES
Hip Hop is a street dance that has evolved along with Hip Hop culture. Hip Hop class focuses on traditional Hip Hop moves, vocabulary and grooves. Street Dance Styles encompasses additional forms of street dance, like Breakin, Tutting, Locking and Popping. This differentiation in classes sets us apart from other youth programs in the city as we strive to teach authentic Hip Hop dance forms. These classes perform twice a year; our Winter Show n Glow and the Annual Recital. Dancers in this class have the opportunity to join The Groove Crew, our Hip Hop performing crew.
JAZZ/CONTEMPORARY COMBO
Jazz Combo is a class that combines a variety of techniques influenced by Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Modern and Acro elements. Combining these dance forms into one class builds well-rounded dancers skilled at all styles while improving strength, flexibility and musicality. These classes perform twice a year; our Winter Show n Glow and the Annual Recital.
DANCE ATHLETICS
Dance Athletics class is the blend of dance conditioning, Acrobatic arts and various dance styles like Jazz and Lyrical dance. The Acro component of the class teaches Handstands, bridges, cartwheels, and more advanced tricks as the students further their study. The dance conditioning component strengthens balance, flexibility, spins, jumps and more. This is a great to take if you want to improve your child's technique, stamina and overall dance abilities. These classes perform twice a year; our Winter Show n Glow and the Annual Recital.
TAP
Tap dance is a rhythmic style of dance combined with Jazz technique. The tap shoes are used as percussive instruments to create sounds while hitting the floor. The class emphasis is on musicality, rhythm, coordination, style and technique. These classes perform twice a year; our Winter Show n Glow and the Annual Recital.
MUSICAL THEATRE - NEW!
This class combine's singing, dancing, and acting into a full body experience. It's designed to develop creativity, confidence, and performance skills while having lots of fun. This class includes physical and vocal warm ups, theatre games, singing, dancing, acting, script writing and performances. These classes perform three times a year; our Winter Show n Glow and the Annual Recital and their own Musical Theatre showcase.
Tuition Fees
Annual Fee
The Annual Youth Program fee is $740+hst based on 37 weeks of classes per season. We have installment options available as well.
Registration Fee
A $30 one-time registration fee applies per student per season.
Costume Fee
Students performing in the annual recital will incur a costume fee of $100 - $130 per dance, per dance season.
Established in 2002.
Dance More. Live More.
ADDRESS
TORONTO LOCATION
950 Dupont Street
Toronto, ON M6H 1Z2
​
OAKVILLE LOCATION
2630 Bristol Circle Unit 100
Oakville ON, L6H 6Z7
​
416-260-2356