Dance (verb): to move one's body, mind and soul. Welcome to the Official Page of the LV Rogers Dance Program! LVR Dance is a high quality dance education program set in a modern studio facility under the direction of the very talented Jennifer MacMillan. The LVR Dance Program is made up of Dance General Studies 9-12, Dance Company 9-12, and Dance Academy 10-12. Dance students in grades nine throug
h twelve attend classes four days weekly and train in ballet, modern, jazz and hip hop. Dance students regularly perform at different venues throughout the Nelson area and compete and perform at various festivals. Beyond technique and performance, dance education at LVR includes developing a theoretical base in dance history, choreography, literacy, health, anatomy, world dance as well as dance related careers. Dancers Dancing, Ballet Kelowna, Ballet Jorgen, Ballet BC, the Margie Gillis Foundation and Move: the Company are only some of the dance professionals who have graced the program over the past several years with master classes, workshops and residencies. Students have also had the opportunity to travel, to compete, to attend performances in Vancouver, to view dance classes in action at Simon Fraser University, to meet with faculty and finally to take classes from some of the best of the industry. Several students have gone on to pursue their love of dance at prestigious studios provincially, nationally, and in a couple of instances internationally. The LV Rogers Dance Program puts on multiple shows annually at the Capitol Theatre to showcase dances that students have been working on over the semester, and Dance Company and Dance Academy regularly travel to compete in dance festivals around BC, come support this wonderful program by attending these incredible performances! Information concerning upcoming events will be posted regularly!
