Year End Production
This is one of the most fun parts of the dance season!!! Every June, we end off the year of dance classes and exams with a recital, where the students get to learn dance choreography and show off all the dance skills they have learned over the year.
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The Disappearing Diamond
June 8, 2025
3:30pm Curtain
Bell Performing Arts Centre
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Please note that the year end show has a live audience and is filmed for DVD/Digital File purchase. By having your child participate in the year end show, you are consenting to having them dance in front of a live audience and being filmed.
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Previous Year-End Productions
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A Dancer's Dream
On a trip to New York City, a young dancer falls asleep in the ballet studio and dreams of classical paintings coming to life. She dances with ballerinas in a Degas painting, experiences Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and sees the beauty of Spanish poppies. After she wakes up, she finishes her New York experience with a trip to join the excitement of Broadway.
The Candy Adventure
One special day, while gathering around to hear the storyteller read the The Candy Adventure book, the children are excited to suddenly hop into the storybook. While exploring their way through the story, the storyteller and children visit a candy cane forest, full of sugar fairies and cardinals. They visit Grandma Ginger’s house on gumdrop mountain, excited to see that Grandma Ginger baked giant gingerbread cookies and cupcakes. They quickly hide as a chocolate avalanche sweeps in Lord Liquorice, who wants to get rid of all the other candy. The Ginga Ninjas save the day, and the sun shines again as the children journey to the candy castle for a candy celebration. They even get to see Princess Mint and Queen Candy!
The Island Rescue
Starting off in a bustling seaside town, complete with a coffee shop and seaside market, a unique bunch of travelers and their peculiar sea crew gather for a 3-hour boat tour. The group enjoys watching the sea life on their sightseeing tour of the islands until they encounter an unexpected storm and end up stranded on an island. Making the best of their situation, the unlikely group – the skipper, first mate, millionaire sisters, movie star, professor, and girl next door – tries to enjoy the island and come up with a plan to make it home. Finally, one day some sailors find the group and rescue them off the island.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many dances will my child have in the year-end production? Can my child have a solo in the show?
Your child will have a group dance for each class they have per week. For example, if your child dances three times per week, they will have three group dances in the year end production.
Only the dancers' whose home class is our most senior class have a solo dance in the show. For example, the dancers who are enrolled in three Advanced 2 ballet classes per week, will each have a solo in the show.
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Policies
Recital Choreography Policy
After spring break, your dancer will start to learn year end production dance choreography. Your child will have a group dance for each class they have per week. For example, if your child dances three times per week, they will have three group dances in the Year End Production.
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We ask that students do their very best to attend all classes during this time. The dancers in a class form a team, and it is very difficult to create and polish a dance when someone is missing. If your child is going to be missing a class during choreography time, please contact the studio ahead of time so that the teacher knows. Your teacher or friend may be able to send you a video of the choreography so you can learn the choreography before the next class.
If a dancer misses several classes without communicating with the studio, they may be excluded from a portion of their dance. If you have an emergency or uncontrollable reason for missing a class, please email us as soon as possible
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