Shift Dance Academy offers a wide range of recreational classes for dancers to choose from. Recreational classes run once a week, offering young dancers the chance to try out various styles of dance.
Each recreational class will be invited to participate in our Holiday Performance and our Year End Recital. The dancers will work throughout the fall on a routine which will be performed in front of a live audience in December. The Spring show offers friends and family to see how much they have learned, and progressed over the year!
Recreational Programs are available for dancers between the ages of 3 and 19 years old. Dancers will be put into classes based on their age and level.
The Competitive Program at Shift Dance Academy is available for students looking to take their dancing to the next level. Competitive classes offer a greater challenge and require more dedication than a recreational class; and students absolutely love it!
Shift’s Half Day or Day Programs are available for students in grades 7 through 12 who have reached a high degree of athletic ability and are looking to dedicate more time to their sport of choice. These programs allow students to leave school early each day to accommodate additional hours of intensive training.
Our X-Celerator Program is available for dancers in the North and West Vancouver School Districts, as well as all Private Schools.
Email info@shiftdance.ca for more information.
X-CELERATOR students are required by the Ministry of Education to be working at an advanced Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) examinable level. This ensures that students are receiving academic recognition for their dance training.
Each student needs to meet the minimum number of credits under the BC Ministry guidelines in order to graduate. By withdrawing from an elective to allow for a half day timetable, dancers need to ensure that they are attaining their credits in other avenues. Our X-CELERATOR program offers dancers the opportunity to further their training AND get academic credits at the same time!
X-CELERATOR requires dedication and determination, as every class will offer new challenges and unparalleled rewards. Our program provides dancers classes which are only available to day time students, as well as to diverse cross training activities available around the city. The X-Celerator program allows students more one on one attention as class sizes are much smaller allowing for more refined attention to detail. Faculty members and guest teacher’s work together to help each dancer recognize their strengths and opportunities for improvement. We can’t wait to show you our dancers’ progression as the year moves forward!
X-CELERATOR classes are offered Monday through Friday from 1:30pm – 3:00pm. The students will be divided into groups based on age and level which will determine which week days their set classes will be held on.
Students will be offered RAD ballet classes, jazz technique classes, and Solo/Duo/Trio training sessions, which free time up in their evening schedules. This unique schedule offers dancers the flexibility to choose to have their training schedule start earlier in the day so they can have more time for homework and spend more time with family at night!
Additional hours will be determined based on recommendations from teachers and suggestions from dancers on which areas of dance they want to focus on.
