Home Of National Champions!
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Studio Dance Arts offers a nationally award winning competitive dance program for students starting at the age of 5yrs.
This program is geared towards the student wanting a more serious approach to dance education. Mandatory technique and choreography classes are involved, as well as traveling to different cities to compete at the regional and national levels.
Teamwork and camaraderie are learned, while the SDA Company travels throughout North America impressing judges and audiences alike and proudly putting northern Ontario on the map at major dance events!
Our competitive program has received countless titles, choreography, entertainment and overall high score awards, as well as having produced students who have been accepted into such prestigious institutions as The National Ballet Of Canada, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Quinte Ballet, Interlochen Arts Academy, Blue Lake Academy and the San Fransisco Conservatory of the Arts, to name a few.
SDA has various levels of competitive study to accomdate various levels of commitment.
Watch and learn more about SDA's Dance Programs.
HalfTime Company
SDA's award winning Recreational/Competitive Dance Team!
This is the perfect way for students to experience the excitement of dance competition at a more casually commited level.
THE SDA HALFTIME Company requires approximately 3-4 hours per week of training in the major dance disciplines (ballet, jazz & tap), and will still receive the high quality instruction, choreography and costuming as our FULLTIME Company.
HALFTIME Company dancers travel to ONE out of town regional event experiencing the competitive dance world side by side with our FULLTIME Company.
- MINI Halftime Company (6-8yrs)
- JUNIOR Halftime Company (9-11yrs)
- TEEN Halftime Company (12yrs+)
HALFTIME Company dancers showing potential also have the opportunity to transition into our FULLTIME Program.
FullTime Company
SDA's award winning FULLTIME Company is by assessment.
This program is a more serious study of dance with more hours of training per week required. Extra rehearsals and other commitments are required for this program.
The FULLTIME Company travels to at least two out of town regional events per season, as well as National Finals events.
Intensive Company
SDA's INTENSIVE Company is by invitation.
This program is for the extremely serious dance student who wishes to commit and dedicate themselves to training at a pre-professional level.
INTENSIVE Company members are required to travel to conventions and competitions, as well as field trips to major dance centres such as Toronto, New York City and Los Angeles.