BALLET

The Richmond Academy of Dance offers a wide range of classical ballet training. The year-round program offers a Children’s’ Recreational Division, a pre-Professional Program and a Senior Professional Intensive.

The Children’s Program provides graded classes taught by caring professionals. Offering Royal Academy of dance Examinations, and several performance opportunities the classes are structured to encourage each child to be its best in a supportive and encouraging environment.

The Professional and Senior Professional Intensive programs are entered into by audition only. Designed for the serious and passionate dancer, these programs are structured to produce Canada’s future professional performers. Training is intensive and includes ballet technique, pointe, variations, repertoire, body conditioning, Pilates, modern, Royal Academy of Dance examinations through to and including the Solo Seal Exam as well as a highly specialized Intermediate and Senior Half-Day Program.

Graduates from these programs will have developed versatility, a keen stylistic sense and an ease when working with choreographers and performing on stage.

Noted choreographers and dance company directors are continuously invited to work with the dancers in these programs. Learning how to audition and focussing career ambitions are part of the learning journey. These hugely successful intensives have placed dancers in many of North America’s largest companies and most prestigious university programs. It is the Academy’s faculty and their vast knowledge and experience which is the backbone of the success in these programs. Fully registered teachers who have danced professionally with some of the world’s finest companies pass their expertise on daily to provide these unique results.