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As winter weather approaches Mission, it is helpful to be aware of our procedures for school snow closures.
Read moreFourteen ballet students at the Fraser Valley Academy of Dance are a step closer to achieving their goals having successfully auditioned for Canada’s top ballet company schools, the most direct route to a professional career. Considering how few are invited into these prestigious schools, 14 students being accepted from one ballet school in Mission is even more impressive. Isabella Almarez (Hatzic […]
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Read moreSeven FVAD students have received School of Alberta Ballet Summer 2017 invitations! Audition Success On Sunday, October 30, FVAD students travelled into Vancouver to the Scotiabank Dance Centre for the School of Alberta Ballet Summer 2017 auditions. These are the first-level auditions for their professional division which provides full-time training for students in academic grades […]
Read moreShould we view dance as sport or performing art, or both? If the main goal of a student’s dance training is to win trophies and accolades rather than provide audience entertainment, do we need to re-define some presentations of dance as a sport? Or is it still a performing art? Or can it be both? In this series, […]
Read moreFirst-level audition Invitations to Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Summer 2017 programs began arriving a few days after the auditions in Vancouver (Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Audition Tour 2017). The Vancouver audition is considered the first-level audition for RWBS full-time training. The RWBS accepts students into the residential program for academic school grades 6-12. Within five days, six FVAD Pre-Professional […]
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