Youth and Teens
VSC Dance’s junior ballet program gives careful attention to the individual needs and development of the younger dancer. We encourage creative thinking, artistic expression, self-discipline, and musicality while fostering a solid foundation and technique born from the natural joy of movement found in every child.Pre-professional
These classes are designed for the serious student, age 12 and up, and are a continuation from the junior ballet program. Students are challenged to gain a deeper and more thoughtful understanding of the art form of ballet, both artistically and technically. Careful attention is given to develop dancers who are self-directed, versatile, open-minded, physically confident, and who have a solid understanding of functional anatomy and creative expression. Exams are also offered at this level.Pointe
Students work on strengthening exercises to develop the muscles of the feet required to support the dancer while on Pointe. Exercises will include floor, barre, and centre work. More advanced students will also learn classical variations and repertoire including some partnering work.Modern/Contemporary (youth and teens)
This program encourages individual expression and creativity. While developing solid modern technique, these classes promote coordination, freedom in movement, confidence, and overall body awareness. Improvisation, creative process and an introduction to partnering are explored in this program. These liberating classes will let your joyful dancer shine!Modern/Contemporary (pre-professional)
Dancers will develop a solid technical base to support individual expression. Classes focus on healthy body imagery and alignment while encouraging freedom of movement, authenticity, and qualitative movement choices. All classes include release work, core conditioning and technique. Movement combinations, improvisation, partnering work and creative process skills are honed in these classes.Adult Modern/Contemporary
These classes focus on wholesome body imagery, good alignment and artistic expression. They encourage freedom of movement, and overall body awareness. All classes include a general warm-up, release work, core conditioning, technique, movement combinations and choreography. A great way to stay in shape and express yourself at the same time. Classes for beginners to advanced dancers. Come prepared to sweat, laugh, and experience the joy and delight of being in your body!Adult Ballet
This class is designed specifically for adults wishing to experience the joy, benefits, and discipline of ballet. All classes include barre work, centre practice and variations. These classes foster and celebrate body awareness, movement, and the creative expression and experience of the individual. Immerse yourself in the beauty of the music and enter another world. The classes are non-competitive, friendly and a great way to maintain a healthy, happy body.Conditioning/PYC Training
Want to take it to the next level? Whether you are a seasoned dancer or just looking for an effective way to condition your entire body, PYC is for you. Pilates/Yoga/Conditioning combines a series of different fitness- and dance-based techniques and fuses them together (yoga, pilates, core work, strength and endurance training). This is a guaranteed effective way to lengthen muscles and increase overall flexibility and range of motion in the joints. Strengthen your entire body and improve your overall endurance! Come give it a try. All levels welcome.IMPROV: In, On, Over, Under, Around and Through
An improv class that takes it to the street! Develop skills in the studio to observe, create, and transform your viewpoint, drawing inspiration from your environment. Take and transform information from both animate and inanimate partners, enhance physical connectivity, core support, and activity through all limbs, for an embodied physical understanding of movement. We'll take the ideas we've played with in the studio outside, to hang upside down, climb over, jump on, roll through, stand in, fly into, what we find. Why should kids have all the fun?!Yoga for Dancers
Draw on the principles of Vijnana Yoga to wake up energetic lines of connection, and expand your dance possibilities. We'll work mostly with the first three of the Seven Vital Principles, Rooting, Connecting, and Awareness of Breath, to bring ease to balance, grace and fluidity to dance combinations. Find a clearer connection to your core, and bring breath awareness into your performance, calming nerves, making dancing even more joyful.