Try to stay positive and have an open mind The first few dance classes can be tough. You might be new to dance or moving up to a new level. You are probably meeting a lot of new people. Maybe you have a new teacher. It is easy to feel intimidated and uneasy but remind yourself that everyone is in the same shoes. Be kind and encouraging to your fellow dancers and remember that the most important thing is to have fun! Enrol in the right class Our instructors are excellent at making class recommendations for students but if you feel like you aren’t in the right class, talk to us! We want to make ..read more

Here are the School of Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, we are truly fortunate to have the most amazing, warm-hearted, highly-trained dance instructors. We can't help but boast about them a just a little, so for our very first blog post we wanted to feature on our incredible faculty. The school would not be the same without all of their hard work, loyalty, and commitment to the students. Carmen Cairns - Associate Artistic Director, School of CCDT - Dip RBS (TC), BA Hons Dance Education, CBMN Miss Carmen has been teaching ballet with us since 2007. Born in England, she began her training a ..read more

Take a sneak-peek into some of the homes and dancing set-ups of our very own School of CCDT dancers as they prepare for filming their Showcase 2021 "HOT! Off the Press" pieces. This year has been unlike any before. Truly. For all of us. When this pandemic hit in March of 2020, we braced ourselves and buckled down. We shifted for the first time to online classes and modified the end of our year. There was no Showcase in 2020. At the time, we thought that a momentary stoppage in regular programming would give us the time we needed to regroup and begin again "like normal". Spoiler alert: Normal n ..read more

Try to stay positive and have an open mind The first few dance classes can be tough. You might be new to dance or moving up to a new level. You are probably meeting a lot of new people. Maybe you have a new teacher. It is easy to feel intimidated and uneasy but remind yourself that everyone is in the same shoes. Be kind and encouraging to your fellow dancers and remember that the most important thing is to have fun! Enrol in the right class Our instructors are excellent at making class recommendations for students but if you feel like you aren’t in the right class, talk to us! We want to make ..read more

Here are the School of Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, we are truly fortunate to have the most amazing, warm-hearted, highly-trained dance instructors. We can't help but boast about them a just a little, so for our very first blog post we wanted to feature on our incredible faculty. The school would not be the same without all of their hard work, loyalty, and commitment to the students. Carmen Cairns - Associate Artistic Director, School of CCDT - Dip RBS (TC), BA Hons Dance Education, CBMN Miss Carmen has been teaching ballet with us since 2007. Born in England, she began her training a ..read more

Take a sneak-peek into some of the homes and dancing set-ups of our very own School of CCDT dancers as they prepare for filming their Showcase 2021 "HOT! Off the Press" pieces. This year has been unlike any before. Truly. For all of us. When this pandemic hit in March of 2020, we braced ourselves and buckled down. We shifted for the first time to online classes and modified the end of our year. There was no Showcase in 2020. At the time, we thought that a momentary stoppage in regular programming would give us the time we needed to regroup and begin again "like normal". Spoiler alert: Normal n ..read more