The World's Best Dance
Each winter, Dance Victoria produces a free, ten-day community celebration of dance called Dance Days. We share free classes, workshops and studio showings at local dance studios, and present works-in-progress (Rough Cuts) by some of the west coast’s hottest dance artists and choreographers at DV Studios. As a longstanding community collaboration, Dance Days engages the […]
Come and view VAB’s Vocational Division students working diligently during rehearsal. Enjoy watching our students work on Evening Solace – a piece originally choreographed by VAB’s Post-Secondary Bridge Program Director, KerryLynn Turner in 2017 and Spring 2: part of The Four Seasons tetra-ology choreographed by Victoria’s own Alysa Pires. Evening Solace is a contemporary ballet […]
Once again we have partnered with Dance Victoria to bring you some open community classes for free as part of Dance Days Victoria! Pre-booking is require; go to https://www.alive-mindbody.com/studioschedule to book! Barre Fitness takes the beauty and grace of lovely Ballet inspired movements and fuses it with fitness and athletics for a beautiful, sweaty class! […]
Celebrate Dance Victoria’s Dance Days with Flamenco Victoria, your local studio dedicated to the art of Spanish dance instruction! These FREE 1-hour classes are open to adult dancers who are new to flamenco dancing. No experience needed. Challenge yourself with some fun new moves! Registration required. January 13 or 20, 2023 at 6:05-7:05 p.m. Location: […]
This class is an introduction to Ballroom dancing. We will be teaching you the basics to Waltz, Rumba, Swing, Salsa and Merengue. This class is available to both singles and couples. No experience necessary. We simply need all participants to register ahead of time. Call us at 250-940-6050 or email us at [email protected]
In this class we will be diving into the fundamentals of ballroom dancing and giving you the foundation you need to understand how to move comfortably with a partner to two of the most popular dances, the Waltz and the Tango. The emphasis will be on proper posture and connection to your partner, and how […]
Dance for joy in this high-energy West African dance class with MoonDance Dynamic Arts School! Accompanied by live drumming! Everyone welcome! Pre-registration required by email: [email protected] This class is held in the upstairs Shaw Studio at Dance Victoria Studios.
Bygones Creators David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen have travelled the world performing in Kidd Pivot’s most recent works and are at the forefront of new west coast dance theatre. Bygones combines hyper-detailed choreography, ghostly architecture, puppeteering and illusions. Bygones premiered at Bulgaria’s One Festival, toured Europe, and was co-commissioned by Dance Victoria through the Chrystal […]
This class is your opportunity to learn how to move your hips and keep time to the rhythm of the Rumba and the Cha Cha Cha. No experience or partner is necessary. Come and learn the basic steps of these wonderful partner dances and then learn how to connect them with a partner to the […]
This session is designed to give you an opportunity to practice some of the steps and techniques you learned in the previous classes in a social dance environment. But there will be multiple professional dance instructors at hand to give you help when you need it and to answer any questions. Come have fun practicing […]
This ballet class will consist of an Elementary barre, and is geared to allow for all levels of dancers to work on technique. The centre work will be more elaborate exercises that will more suited for at least an intermediate level. Dancers can take just the barre or stay for the full class.
Partyfit® brings fitness back to dance fitness. Using the seven basic functional movements of the human body: Pull, Push, Squat, Lunge, Hinge, Rotation and Gait. Partyfit® is a fun, safe, balanced, and effective workout. The dance aspect of Partyfit focuses on freedom of movement, allowing participants to find their own way to feel the music. […]