Young Dancer Program at Dance Teq Centre Toronto

04/19/2019

DanceTeq in Versailles!

25 years ago as a young dancer, and after concluding a run of performances in Germany, I accompanied my teachers, co-artistic directors of Opera Atelier, Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, to Paris while they taught a seminar in Baroque staging, acting, and dancing at the Opera Comique. Each morning I would walk to 54 Rue de Clichy to attend Barre Au Sol classes with Jacqueline Fynnaert, not far from the Palais Garni`er. Little did I know at that time how much that trip would influence me as a dancer and teacher of Ballet.

As of this posting 25 years have past, and I was fortunate enough to have had a wonderful career working with many great artists and creators throughout the world. The art of ballet, La Danse, is my career and more: it's the common thread woven throughout my life linking training to performance to theatre to choreography to teaching to opening Dance Teq Centre and making a home for DanceTeq.

This series of mini-documentaries filmed in 2018 on my 6th tour to perform in the Royal Theatre with Opera Atelier illustrates my connection to France, Paris, and in particular the Chateau de Versailles where the Sun King, Louis XIV, summered. As it was by his decree that the first school to train professional dancers ('L'Academie de la Danse') was founded, we ballet dancers each owe him a debt of gratitude for his forward thinking.

I hope you'll join me, Jeremy Nasmith, Dance Teq Young Dancer Program Artistic Director, as I elaborate on some of the recent and ancient history of ballet, and my time in it's birthplace.

Thank you to Stelth Ng for Filming, Photography & Editing, and Matt Antal for Audio Production.
Produced by Triple Pointe Media

www.triplepointe.ca

Official YouTube Trailer:
https://youtu.be/cKAMKbokb3M

03/08/2019

DanceTeq YDP student Shelby Bain and guest partner Thomas Stevens in pas de deux class, Studio A, at Dance Teq Centre. Photo by Karolina Kuras

02/08/2019

DanceTeq in Versailles!

25 years ago as a young dancer, and after concluding a run of performances in Germany, I accompanied my teachers, co-artistic directors of Opera Atelier, Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, to Paris while they taught a seminar in Baroque staging, acting, and dancing at the Opera Comique. Each morning I would walk to 54 Rue de Clichy to attend Barre Au Sol classes with Jacqueline Fynnaert, not far from the Palais Garni`er. Little did I know at that time how much that trip would influence me as a dancer and teacher of Ballet.

As of this posting 25 years have past, and I was fortunate enough to have had a wonderful career working with many great artists and creators throughout the world. The art of ballet, La Danse, is my career and more: it's the common thread woven throughout my life linking training to performance to theatre to choreography to teaching to opening Dance Teq Centre and making a home for DanceTeq.

This series of mini-documentaries filmed in 2018 on my 6th tour to perform in the Royal Theatre with Opera Atelier illustrates my connection to France, Paris, and in particular the Chateau de Versailles where the Sun King, Louis XIV, summered. As it was by his decree that the first school to train professional dancers ('L'Academie de la Danse') was founded, we ballet dancers each owe him a debt of gratitude for his forward thinking.

I hope you'll join me as I elaborate on some of this recent and ancient history of ballet, and my time in it's birthplace.

Thank you to Stelth Ng for Filming, Photography & Editing, and Matt Antal for Audio Production.
Produced by Triple Pointe Media

www.triplepointe.ca

Official YouTube Trailer:
https://youtu.be/cKAMKbokb3M

09/27/2018

One of the privileges of our full time DanceTeq Ballet Youth Company, we offer pas de deux and variation classes every week on a regular basis. Openings remain for the 2018/19 season. Contact us for your assessment class to join!

09/21/2018

Our dancers working their bodies in Pilates prior to Advanced Ballet. It’s not too late to join DanceTeq’s Young Dancer Program, either after school, or our new full day program for serious students, DanceTeq Ballet Youth Company. Placement will be determined at your free assessment class.
International students are welcome.
Take your dancing to the next level!

08/20/2018

First pas de duex class for our junior level student Hanein in the summer intensive!
Good work!
Registration for the fall is still open, contact us for a free assessment class!

11/26/2017

Winter Intensive is coming soon... Registration open at www.youngdancerprogram.com...

If you are a pre-professional dancer, or enrolled in a post-secondary or high-school dance program, and you want to be ahead of the curve, this is the Intensive for you. 5 days. 7.5 hours of classes each day.

11/22/2017

Each Monday our ladies and gents work on pas de deux with school founder and artistic director
Join us for the upcoming winter intensive to work on your pas de deux skill every day!

11/20/2017

Sunday Contemporary class:
Our young dancer program students did a little piece by our contemporary teacher during class. Join us for winter Intensive to learn with amazing teachers every day!
Dancers: Liam
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09/17/2017

We offer Sunday classes: Pre-School and Junior ballet followed by Senior student's Floor Barre: one of the best tools to improve turnout and placement

09/15/2017

NEW SUNDAY BALLET CLASSES

With Iain Rowe, starting September 10

Beginner: 11.30am-1.00pm
Intermediate:1.00pm-2.30pm.

The current Beg/Ele ballet class will no longer be running on Sundays.