Dunai Dance Ensemble - St. Catharines

We'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who supported our Dunai Dance Ensemble with a monetary donation to our organization this year:

- Ukrainian Canadian Social Service
- St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church
- Panagapka Family
- Niagara Ukrainian Family Festival

If you're a business, alumni, or individual who would like to be a sponsor for our upcoming dance season, please email [email protected]. Community support is what keeps our dance group going and we are grateful for all support.

We'd like to thank the Panagapka Family for inviting Dunai to perform at their family reunion last month and for their kind donation to our ensemble.

It was a pleasure sharing our traditional folk dancing with everyone in attendance!

As our dancers enjoy their summer break, our organizers are busy preparing for next season!

Registration for 2026/2027 will begin in August. Stay tuned to this page for details on when registration opens. Our current dancers will receive an email too.

Do you know someone who's interested in signing up their child/children for Ukrainian dancing in Niagara? They can email us at [email protected] to get on the list to be notified when registration opens.

We welcome dancers age 5+ and practices are on Sundays from Sept - June.

It was an honour to perform at the Niagara Ukrainian Family Festival (NUFF) this past weekend in Niagara Falls.

Our senior dancers welcomed guests during the Opening Ceremony with the "Pryvit" dance. And through the rest of the day our beginners, juniors, and intermediate dancers performed for the crowd.

This was our sixth and final performance for the season - thank you to everyone who came out to watch our dancers perform.

We take pride in sharing our culture and traditions with the community and appreciate the recognition from the festival.

Then and Now.
2025 > 2026

Our dance group has grown so much from last year to this year and we are thrilled to be able to teach Ukrainian dance to so many youth in our community.

We value and take pride in our culture and believe it's important to continue our traditions here. Our multicultural heritage is what makes us special.

Thank you to all our dancers for committing their time and energy to our group; showing up every Sunday night for 10 months of the year, putting all their strength, energy, and heart into our dances.

To our dancers, YOU make our group what it is 💙💛

The regular season may be over but our dancers still have a couple more performances to go!

June 27: Our Beginner & Intermediate dancers will be performing at a private family event. We look forward to sharing our culture with everyone attending this family reunion.

July 11: All of our dance groups will be performing at the Niagara Ukrainian Family Festival in Niagara Falls. See you at Fireman's Park!

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads and father figures in our Dunai community! Thank you for your encouragement, support, and for being part of our dancers’ journey.

Congratulations to all of our dancers on wonderful performances at our End of Year Recital last weekend.

Every one of these kids worked hard all year and we could not be more proud of all they've accomplished this season - new dancers, new classes, new studio, new dances, and a record number of performances.

Thank you to the parents and our community who continue to support our dance group and keep us going.

We're looking forward to a few more shows this summer and a great next year!