Creative Dance ages 4-5 yrs

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NEW INSTRUCTOR!!!  Welcome to our vibrant Creative Dance Class. This exploration-based class is designed to be an exciting stepping stone for young dancers, introducing them to the fundamentals of a traditional dance class while maintaining a delightful atmosphere of openness and freedom. In this class, we foster a playful and encouraging environment, allowing young dancers to express themselves freely and discover the joy of movement. Through imaginative activities and age-appropriate coordination techniques, we guide children in learning the next steps toward a more structured dance experience. They will learn movement FUNdamentals like skips, gallops, pointed toes, turns and jumps and more.

Join us as we embark on a dance adventure.

The Fall term runs from September 14 – December 7 2026

Cost is $250 + GST

Emily is a ballet and contemporary dance instructor who grew up dancing at Kootenay DanceWorks in Rossland, BC. During her years at the studio Emily participated in the pre-professional training program and danced in leading roles. Now she is being mentored by Renee Salsiccioli, the studio director of KDW and a graduate of the Palucca University of Dance Dresden Master Dance Teacher program, while continuing to pursue professional development opportunities to further her training. Through this mentorship, Emily has explored new pedagogical approaches through hands-on teaching, choreography, anatomy, and injury prevention.

She is currently enrolled in a Dance Science and Dance Medicine course through the Austrian Academy of Dance Medicine and Pedagogy, under the direction of Dr.
Judith-Elisa Kaufman.

Alongside academic work, Emily has assisted with the choreography and production of KDW’s Charlotte’s Web and many other similar projects. She is
passionate about creating a safe and supportive environment where every student feels
valued, connected, and supported. Emily is excited to share her love for ballet technique and creative expression, while guiding dancers to discover their own artistic voice.

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

 

Acro Dance 7-9 yrs

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A dance class that provides the potential for personal expression and coordination skill building. One of the goals of creative dance is to communicate through movement and use imagery and games to have fun while creating the building blocks of movement development. This class also uses traditional exercises to familiarize students with dance vocabulary, musicality, and choreography.
Acro Dance terminology and positions will be introduced in an age-appropriate way (pike, straddle, tendu, bridge, somersault, plank, handstand, candlestick, etc).
The class combines acrobatics development with dance skills. It fills quickly, and there are limited spots at this age.

Students bring their own yoga mats. Extras are available to borrow.

The Fall term runs from September 14 – December 7 2026

Cost is $262 + GST