We are pleased to inform all our students, parents, teachers and patrons that the full-length version of our June 22, 2010 Cinderella Gala Concert at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, is now available on DVD. Please find all the details here.

Summer camp 2010!

Parents and guardians have started enrolling their children in our eagerly anticipated Summer Camp 2010! ENrolling your child at Victoria Ballet Academy’s Summer Camp is a unique way of strengthening your child’s innate abilities and an inspiration for better personal achievements. Our summer program quickly boosts the physical and social development of children and makes them healthier and more confident.

The camp is located in Thornhill at the intersection of Yonge and Centre streets, right at the Viva Blue bus stop, close to Steeles Avenue, Highway #7, and ETR 407, bordering three of York Region municipalities: Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill, and only 5 minutes from Toronto’s northern boundary. It is very close to public transportation, including the GO commuter train.

Please follow the Summer Camp 2010 schedule and fees  link for complete information. You can also contact us at 905-707-7580.

Vladimir Demine, Principal
Victoria Ballet Academy Canada
7751 Yonge Street, Thornhill, ON L3T 2C4,

1-905-707-7580
www.victoriaballet.com
info@victoriaballet.com

Dear members and friends of Victoria Ballet Academy:
We would like to invite your children to attend our popular March Break Camp. As always, we will deliver an exciting day program for our campers. Victoria Ballet Academy will provide not only ballet and art classes but also, if you desire, academic classes, including Math, Science, French, English and others. Hot meals and snacks will be provided.

We promise an enjoyable and healthy environment for all children and a happy March Break Holiday for them. Please give us a call, we will be very glad to answer all your questions. You are also welcome to find more information about our March Break Camp at our website: www.victoriaballet.com/day-camp/camp-activities.

Sincerely yours,
Vladimir Demine, Principal
Victoria Ballet Academy
7751 Yonge Street, Thornhill, ON, Canada
905 707 7580
www.victoriaballet.com
info@victoriaballet.com

One day only!

December 16, 2009, at 3:00 pm.

International guest dancers from Russia will conduct a master class at Victoria Ballet Academy,7751 Yonge St., Thornhill.

Scope of the workshop to include Lifts (duet of a ballerina and a dancer) and male techniques.

Admission fee: $30.

Register:
905-707-7580
or
info@victoriaballet.com

Rehearsal Schedule for the upcoming performance of The Nutcracker:

November 29, 2009
12 pm to 2 pm: rehearsal of Act 2, Professional and Tuesday/Friday class (teachers – Naira and Victoria) including Soldiers, Horses and Butterflies. Mandatory Attendance

December 6, 2009
12 to 2 pm: rehearsal for all Professional and Tuesday/Friday class (teacher – Victoria). Mandatory Attendance

December 13, 2009
12 to 2 pm: rehearsal of Act 3, Professional, Monday/Thursday class (teacher – Victoria) and Tuesday/Friday classes (teachers – Naira and Victoria), including Butterflies and Waltz. Mandatory Attendance

December 18 – 20, 2009
Information for our students participating in this year’s Production of The Nutcracker

To all parents: the soloists, professional students and Tuesday/Friday class of Victoria have to arrive to Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts Centre at 3 pm. The other dancers have to arrive at least at 5:00 pm, dressed in their light pink tights and shoes. If they perform also on pointe, please make sure they have both sets of their ballet shoes with them. The girls’ hair must be back neatly in a bun at the base of their head. Please no bun wraps or coloured ribbons or barrettes, only ones matching their hair colour. The boys’ hair should be neatly cut. All children should have stage make-up on arrival to the theatre.

There will be parents volunteering to supervise your children in the change rooms and on the way to and from the stage. They will help the children with theatre costumes. On arrival to the theatre, please bring your child to the back main entrance, someone will be there to take children to their change rooms and teachers. No parents will be permitted backstage at any of the performances or during intermissions due to the theatre policies specifying the backstage capacity.

The parents, who signed up to volunteer, have been contacted as per the night(s) when we need their help. Please send us a note if you have changed your plans. If volunteers have any questions about time/date, please contact Lisa Thalassinos at 416-417-3649.

You are welcome to attend our open house ballet examination by the Grade 6 and the
Grade 9 day school students of the Victoria Ballet Academy.
Beginning: 1:30 pm, Sunday, May 31, 2009

The school is now enrolling students its programs in 2009 2010 academic year. Choose what you would like: Private School with professional ballet education, after-school Dance Program, after-school Academic Program, after-school Tutoring, after-school Music, Vocal, Choir and Art, or our Programs for Adults.

The Victoria Ballet Academy has successfully undergone a Ministry of Education inspection. The results of the inspection show that the school implements the educational process, students’ assessment and evaluation strategies based on the Ontario provincial curriculum expectations. The principal of the school is authorized to grant students credits toward their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. For those who are not students of the day school of the Victoria Ballet Academy: the school’s after school ballet students can earn credits in the Art (Dance/Ballet) toward their Secondary School Diploma.

Victoria Ballet Company presents the Ballet "Sleeping Beauty"

on March 9 and 10, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Please find more information at Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" page.

Inquiries: 905-707-7580, Victoria Ballet Academy