Events!
PROFILE OF EVENTS:
EVERGREEN
DANCE FESTIVAL:
Held at Festival Place in Sherwood park AB, our first and original Festival
which caters to Rural Dance Studios offering a training combination of
recreational and performance levels. The Evergreen Festival remains invitational,
but is open to interested studios who fit the criteria. This event focuses
on introducing dancers to Festival atmosphere with a positive and encouraging
attitude. We carefully select adjudicators for this event who are still
currently training young dancers and who appreciate the difficulty of preparing
new talent. Our goal is to provide these dancers with gentle critiques
as they progress. All Gold and High Gold finishers at this event qualify
for the Great Canadian Dance Challenge Grand Championships in Kelowna.
DANCE
EXTREME FESTIVAL:
Also held at festival Place in Sherwood Park AB, the Dance Extreme Festival
is open to beginner through accelerated-advanced levels and has a wide
variety, and increasingly high standard. One of our largest events, the
Dance Extreme Festival hosts thousands of young dancers each season and
provides scholarships and awards for excellence. Our faculty of professional
adjudicators critique the performers based upon their training and age
levels in an exciting non-competitive atmosphere. All Gold and High Gold
finishers qualify for the Great Canadian Dance Challenge Grand Championships
in Kelowna BC.
THE
DREAM TEAM DANCE FESTIVALS:
With two events, one at The Surrey Arts Centre, Surrey BC and Festival
Place, Sherwood Park, AB, our Dream Team Festivals have been successfully
promoting the art of dance for over 15 years. Offering beginner through
accelerated-advanced categories, the Dream Team Festival is of a high standard.
Along with medal placements and awards for each category, thousands in
cash awards are presented throughout the event. Personal one on one adjudications
provide the dancers with an invaluable experience. All Gold and High Gold
finishers qualify for the Great Canadian dance Challenge Grand Championships
in Kelowna BC.
THE
GREAT CANADIAN DANCE CHALLENGE:
Currently, with four venues including Kelowna, BC, Calgary, AB, Burnaby, BC, and Fort
Saskatchewan, AB, the Great Canadian Dance Challenge is the newest addition
to our family of events and is a Competition based on a Festival format.
In addition to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers in every adjudication category,
all performances are given a mark and medal placement based upon their
age and training. Providing competition with a “non-competitive” atmosphere
has been accomplished at this event which is attracting a huge variety
of studios from BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan. All Gold and High Gold finishers
qualify for the Great Canadian Dance Challenge Grand Championships in Kelowna,
BC.
KIDS
HELP PHONE COMPETITION:
We are excited to host the first annual "SHOWTIME CHALLENGE for Kid's Help
Phone" held at Festival Place in Sherwood Park, Alberta, April 29 to May
03, 2009.
THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DANCE PROJECT:
Our final event every season is this one week summer dance camp held every
August in beautiful Jasper, AB. Our amazing faculty of choreographers instruct
the dancers in Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Modern, Tap, Musical Theatre, Turns
and Progressions and Audition classes. Included are meals, accommodations,
supervision, whitewater rafting, sweatshirts and special events in this
packed full week of training. You don’t want to miss this experience
of a lifetime, meeting new friends and honing your skills at this one of
a kind camp!
THE GREAT CANADIAN DANCE CHALLENGE
GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Held each July in Kelowna, BC, the Grand Championships is a head to head
competition including Gold Medal and High Gold Medal performances from
any Evergreen Dance Festival, Dance Extreme Festival, Dream Team Dance
Festival or Great Canadian Dance Challenge. With great trophies, medals,
scholarships and cash award incentives this is by far the most exciting
event of the season. The “best of the best” from Saskatchewan,
Alberta and BC compete for our Grand Champion status. The standard is fantastic,
the adjudicators are second to none and the atmosphere is pure excitement!
The event concludes with a Show of Stars dance-off that shouldn’t
be missed!
