Contemporary Floor & Partnering

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This Contemporary class employs contact-release, floor work, and good tunes. We aim to be adventurous, curious, relevant and inspiring.
Dancers develop coordination, musicality and artistry through centre work and across-the-floor combos.  Open level class, with layers added depending on experience. Find flow to move to the ground and back up again. We will cover some Kaeja Elevations. Click HERE for examples

The term runs from May 19th – June 16th 2026. 

The fee is $99 + GST.

Afro-Beat

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Guest Artist in Residency June 2nd-June 17th 2026.

Afrobeats Groove

Every class starts the same way: with the body. Before the steps, before the counts, before the choreography, there is the pulse. Afrobeats is a living conversation between West African tradition and contemporary dancefloors, from Coupé Décalé roots to the global sounds coming out of Lagos and Accra right now. In this class you learn to find that conversation in your own body. Rhythms that live in the hips, the chest, the feet. No experience needed. Just show up.

Ivan Touko, also known as Amöûgįvan, is a multidisciplinary artist, movement facilitator, and Selectah DJ rooted in Afro x Latin diasporic traditions and Ubuntu philosophy. Bamiléké from Cameroun and based in Edmonton, he fuses together dance, music, mindfulness, and somatic practice into experiences that help people feel grounded, free, and connected. Through Groove Activations with Ivan, he leads workshops across Canada and internationally that blend Afro, Caribbean and Latin movement with embodied wellness.

Spring Term: June 2nd – June 17th 2026

Cost $70 + GST

Popping adult-youth 13yrs+

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Popping is a street dance style that originated and developed in the 1970s in California within Black and Latino communities, set to the sound of funk music. A core element of the dance is the rhythmic contraction and release of muscle tension, often referred to as “hitting” or “popping.”

This class explores the different timings, textures, shapes, and concepts that define popping. Students will be introduced to foundational styles such as waving, animation, and electric boogaloo, among others.

Term runs May 20th – June 17th 2026.

Fee is $99 + GST.

Contemporary Intermediate 12-15yrs

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Contemporary is a style of dance that combines elements of several genres, including modern, release, classical technique, and more, depending on the instructor and choreography. Often, in terms of the focus of its technique, contemporary dance can combine floorwork and modern dance’s stress on the torso but is not confined to these techniques. Contemporary at DanceFusion also employs contact-release, floor work, and good tunes. We look to be adventurous, curious, relevant and inspiring.
Dancers develop coordination, musicality and artistry.

The class is fast-paced and athletic and designed for dancers with a background in dance. It is intended for movers looking for a more complex and challenging class, physically and mentally.
For dancers who want to try a drop-in, please email for details. office@slavadancefusion.com

The term runs from May 22nd – June 19th 2026. 

The fee is $99 + GST.

Afro House Open Level

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Guest Artist in Residency June 3rd-June 17th 2026.

Afro House: From Kuduro to Gqom

Afro House is not one thing. It never was. This class traces the arc of a diaspora in motion, from the raw, percussive footwork of Kuduro born in the streets of Luanda, through the spiritual, bass-heavy weight of Gqom out of Durban, and everything that lives between those two poles. Angolan rhythms, Amapiano textures, House sensibilities rooted in the African continent and its diaspora. Each class is a movement and music journey through one facet of this world. We go slow. We go deep. The music teaches as much as the steps do.

Ivan Touko, also known as Amöûgįvan, is a multidisciplinary artist, movement facilitator, and Selectah DJ rooted in Afro x Latin diasporic traditions and Ubuntu philosophy. Bamiléké from Cameroun and based in Edmonton, he fuses together dance, music, mindfulness, and somatic practice into experiences that help people feel grounded, free, and connected. Through Groove Activations with Ivan, he leads workshops across Canada and internationally that blend Afro, Caribbean and Latin movement with embodied wellness.

$70 + GST

 

 

Ballet Focus 14yrs+

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This intermediate-level technique class teaches classical ballet foundations with healthy movement principles.Beginning with barre, the class progresses through turns, extensions, and jumps, supporting strength, clarity, and dynamic range. Emphasis is placed on coordination, musicality, and efficiency of movement, encouraging dancers to develop versatility, control, and expressive freedom within a strong technical framework.

While we honour the essential techniques, students will develop technique through centre work and across-the-floor exercises and port de bras. Working on honing in on musicality, precision and focus while fostering the grace and strength this form has to offer. Ballet is a rich and varied form, and Hilary will offer a class that will integrate healthy alignment, challenge muscle memory, and develop musicality. Get strong, flexible and graceful.

Spring Term: May 22nd – June 19th 2026.

The fee is $99 + GST.

Hilary Shanklin received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Dance from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). She’s had the opportunity to work with incredible teachers & choreographers from The National Ballet of Canada, Kaeja d’Dance, and Toronto Dance Theatre and choreographer Hanna Kiel of “Human Body Expressions.” Hilary’s had the honour of performing at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony, numerous works at Dance Ontario’s Dance Weekend, and on Disney channel’s “The Next Step” pilot episode. Hilary’s passions have always been in dance and movement, as well as teaching.  She has completed her Bachelor of Education.

Tap ages 9-12 yrs

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Students will learn tap terminology, technique, and steps like shuffles, flaps, time steps, cramp rolls and more, by doing a combination of centre exercises and movements across the floor. Tap will help to develop confidence, mental concentration, physical coordination, and musicality.

Forged in the oppressive landscape of slavery and indentured immigration in 19th century America, tap has evolved over the years into an energetic and truly musical dance form. Tap, as a dance style, is percussive and rhythmically complex, and has movement that celebrates the marriage of motion and sound. This liberating dance style can stretch backward and forwards in time, evoking rhymes from before the birth of jazz music.

While the exact origin point of tap dance is often in dispute, most scholars agree that the conditions behind its development lies in the merging of West African dances and the clog dances and jigs of Irish, Scottish, and English immigrants. Where these groups came into contact to create modern-day tap has generally been focused into two very different geographical areas: The antebellum American South, and urban immigrant northern neighborhoods like Five Points in Manhattan.

Spring Term:  May 22nd – June 19th 2026

Cost $99 + GST

Tap Open Level 14yrs +

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Students will learn tap terminology, technique, and steps like shuffles, flaps, time steps, cramp rolls and more, by doing a combination of centre exercises and movements across the floor. Tap will help to develop confidence, mental concentration, physical coordination, and musicality.

Forged in the oppressive landscape of slavery and indentured immigration in 19th century America, tap has evolved over the years into an energetic and truly musical dance form. Tap, as a dance style, is percussive and rhythmically complex, and has movement that celebrates the marriage of motion and sound. This liberating dance style can stretch backward and forwards in time, evoking rhymes from before the birth of jazz music.

While the exact origin point of tap dance is often in dispute, most scholars agree that the conditions behind its development lies in the merging of West African dances and the clog dances and jigs of Irish, Scottish, and English immigrants. Where these groups came into contact to create modern-day tap has generally been focused into two very different geographical areas: The antebellum American South, and urban immigrant northern neighborhoods like Five Points in Manhattan.

Spring Term:  May 22nd – June 19th 2026

Cost $99 + GST

HipHop 9-12 yrs

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This class will explore Hip Hop along with other street dance styles, to express yourself through music and movement.

Slava will bring a playful, creative perspective to help guide students in their exploration of the foundations of Hip-Hop grooves, footwork, floorwork, and more. The class will include conversations about Hip-Hop Culture and its history and roots.

No prior experience is needed, just an openness to learn, move and create.

Spring Term runs from May 25th – June 22nd 2026

Cost is $90 + GST.

Hip Hop/House Open Level

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This mash-up class will be geared to introduce dancers to two uplifting and very different styles.

The Hip Hop component will integrate party dances and music of the 80′s and 90′s to the present day and explore choreography and across-the-floor grooves. Prepare to move and get funky and work your brain-body connection.

House Dance is a style of dance that originated in the late 70’s and early 80’s from underground clubs in Chicago and New York. It reflects and comes from club music known as House, which evolved out of the disco era.  House dance emphasizes fast and complex footwork combined with fluid movements in the torso.
This class will make you bounce, sweat and feel freaky, funky fine. We will add layers of speed and complexity as the weeks go by.

It will be a full-body cardio workout with a strength and stretch component.

Get ready to work hard for this lunch hour power class.

May 20th – June 17th

Cost $75 + GST

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