Classes Offered At TDC

Dance and Play is an exciting way for you and your child to enter the dance world and join the TDC family!

The Dance and Play class is for your 3 year old dancer. The class begins in September and wraps up at the end of April. It is a beautiful start to dance as thru Dance and Play the students get a feel for the studio, music and the movement of dance once a week in a 30 minute class.

The Dance and Play class requires in studio participation only as this group of students will not compete in Dance Experience or participate in Recital. 

Tiny Tot dance is a really exciting class where your dancer aged 3/4 can take both ballet and hip hop in the same 45 minute time slot providing quality physical dance activity! 

Each Tiny Tot dancer ends the season participating in Dance Experience and/or Recital.

Arco Dance is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements. 
We are very fortune to have two of our own Instructors; Dana Mutimer and Chelsea Edwards CDTA certified in Acro Dance!

Arco Dance is offered to all dancers ages 5 and up.

Ballet is the foundation of all dance. Through ballet dancers learn poise, grace, self-confidence and a self-discipline that they carry throughout all dance and into life.

The Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D.) Syllabus is taught at TDC with the option of taking exams. R.A.D. provides students with a sound knowledge of ballet steps, emphasizes a high standard of performance and encourages a love for dance and the art of movement. 

Dancers who already take a regular ballet class and ballet exam class can progress toward pointe work at the appropriate level. 

Jazz is an athletic style of dance that provides strength and flexibility training for a dancer. 

TDC teaches The Canadian Dance Teachers Association (CDTA) syllabus with the option of taking exams.

Ballet is a necessary foundation for jazz and becomes a pre-requisite in the Inter A Program.   

Tap is a fun and exciting form of dance where your feet make the music! This genre provides dancers with a strong sense of musicality and rhythm. 

TDC teaches The Canadian Dance Teachers Association (CDTA) Syllabus with the option of taking exams. 

It is recommended that students start tap at a young age to learn the skills. TDC does not enrol dancers who are new to tap into tap classes who are 12 years or older. 

Lyrical dance is a style of dance created from the fusion of ballet, jazz and contemporary dance techniques. 

Lyrical dancing is performed to music with lyrics to inspire movements to express strong emotions. 

Ballet is necessary foundation for lyrical and becomes a pre-requisite in the Inter A Program. 

Modern dance is an interpretive style of dance best described as a contemporary and theatrical dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.​

Ballet is necessary foundation for modern and becomes a pre-requisite in the Inter A Program.

​Hip-hop is a popular style of dance that refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.  Hip Hop students learn a funky style of dance of which incorporates a wide range of styles including breaking, locking, popping, levels and tricks.  ​

Along side the regular Hip Hop Class, TDC also offers an exclusive Boys Hip Hop Class to boys ages 6-12!

Recreation Hip Hop & Jazz is a fun and low key 30 minute class that combines the excitement of both Hip Hop and Jazz dance styles. 

Our recreational class does not require a costume as there is no attendance to competitions or recital.  

This class is for ages 10 and up.

Strength & Conditiong class is the perfect environment for a dancer to be nurtured to grow as the class focuses on turnout, flexibility and strength which in turn aids and fosters all dance disciplines.

TDC offers the S&C class as the schedule allows.