Durham School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance

The Durham School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance is a new and innovative performing arts organization in the GTA east, whose aim is to help students to discover passion for dance while guiding them towards their full artistic potential.

DSBCD offers high quality training in R.A.D ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, tap, acro, musical theatre and voice; while motivating students to achieve their highest levels of artistic achievement. In addition to our faculty, we believe in bringing in leading guest teachers and choreographers to compliment our students training. Versatility is a vital component of success in a student’s training, and we believe in exposing our students to as many different artistic perspectives as possible.

DSBCD believes that a solid and strong foundation in ballet and contemporary dance allows for students to reach heightened levels of excellence in all genres of dance. High levels of achieved ballet and modern technique allows students to have an added advantage in pursuing training in all genres of dance.

We offer recreational classes in addition to our competitive/performance team. We value the experience and tools dancers gain from the competition experience and are planning on an exciting competitive season throughout Ontario as well as in the US. Acceptance into the competitive team is by an audition process.

In addition to our competitive season, we believe in placing great value on performance opportunities. The essence of dance is meant to be shared as artistic expression., and it is through the cultivation of this aspect that student’s creativity flourishes. With our established relationships with schools and organizations in Toronto and New York City, we are looking forward to creating unique situations to further broaden our students perspective in the global dance community. It is important to us to properly prepare our students for the dance world at large, we understand that not every student plans to pursue a professional career; however we believe that the discipline, strength and creativity instilled by the study of dance prepares students to succeed in any field they choose.