Acrobatic training teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, and above all, discipline and concentration. With careful, quality instruction, a dancer will gain more flexibility and upper body strength. It is an excellent way to learn spatial awareness, an important element in partnering and ensemble work. Acro dance is safe, challenging, and takes a certain amount of flexibility and agility to perform. Acrobatic movements can include handstands, hand balances, flips, handsprings, and cartwheels! DanceFusion is an Acrobatic Arts Certified Studio.

Acro Dance 9-12 Intermediate

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Acrobatic training teaches flexibility, balance, strength, discipline, and concentration. A dancer will gain more flexibility and strength thru progressive drills. Acrobatic movements can include handstands, hand balances, somersaults, walk-over variations, headstands, aerials, elbow stands, cartwheel variations and more! The goal is to place Acro skills into a dance routine, therefore blending artistry with athleticism.

Skills required:

  • Go from standing down to a bridge on their own, hold bridge for at least 10 sec with heels down.
  • Working on kick over, can do it on their own, ok if leg is not super straight.
  • Handstand with good form.
  • Leg straight cartwheel on one side
  • Bridge recover.
  • Hold plank for 60 seconds.

We will work safely from this base of skills.

Ballet is a pre-req for this class. Either Ballet 1 right before at 5pm OR Ballet 2 Thursdays 3:30- this level is by placement-email for info.  Exceptions may be made based on how many and what other classes dancers are enrolled in and have been enrolled in. Please email.

The Fall term runs from September 14 – December 7 2026

Cost is $285 + GST

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.

Autumn Term:  Sept 17th-Dec 10th 2026

Cost $262 + 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.

AutumnTerm:  Sept 17th-Dec 10th 2026

 

Tap Intermediate 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.

This class is geared towards stundets who already have the basics and are ready for speed and complexity.

Autumn Term: Sept-Dec. 2026

 

Lyrical Acro-Dance 9-12yrs

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Lyrical dance is an expressive form of dance that blends various styles. It challenges dancers to use movement to interpret music and express emotion. A lyrical dancer’s movements attempt to show the meaning/mood of the music. It is all built on a foundation of technique that includes turns, kicks, and jumps and is set to uplifting current music.
This open-level class will cater to a variety of previous dance experience. Dancers will develop coordination, musicality, and artistry.

Acrobatic training teaches flexibility, balance, strength, discipline, and concentration. Through safe and progressive training, a dancer will gain more flexibility and strength to achieve skills. The goal is to incorporate acro skills into a dance routine, therefore blending artistry with athleticism.
OPEN LEVEL: For this level, dancers do not need prior experience, as a variety of skills and progressions will be introduced to safely accommodate their current level.
DanceFusion is an Acrobatic Arts Certified Studio.

The  Autumn term runs from Sept 17th-Dec 10th, 2026.

Fee is $262 + 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 just completed her Bachelor of Education, congrats!

Acro Intermediate 13yrs+

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Acrobatic training teaches flexibility, balance, strength, discipline, and concentration. Through safe and progressive training, a dancer will gain more flexibility and strength to achieve skills. Dancers learn musicality, and various dance techniques to develop their skills. Acrobatic movements can include handstands, somersaults, headstands, cartwheels, bridges, walkovers, and more! The goal is to incorporate acro skills into a dance routine, therefore blending artistry with athleticism.

This is an intermediate class, not a beginner/open-level class, geared toward dancers with prior dance (2+ years twice a week)

For this level, dancers need to be enrolled in at least two other classes a week, with one being in Contemporary, Ballet or Jazz.  Email for pre-req exceptions.

Turns and jumps HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 

Skills required:

  • Go from standing down to a bridge on their own, hold bridge for at least 10 sec with heels down.
  • Working on kick over, can do it on their own, ok if leg is not super straight.
  • Handstand with good form.
  • Leg straight cartwheel on one side
  • Bridge recover.
  • Hold plank for 60 seconds.

We will work safely from this base of skills.

Please email if you are unsure about the level.

Autumn term runs from Sept 16th-Dec 9th.

The cost is $262+ GST.

DanceFusion is an Acrobatic Arts Certified Studio.