Dance Arts Institute

Please join us in congratulating recent graduates Janique Devine Janique Devine , Joel Lawrence joel lawrence and Rohee Uberoi Rohee Uberoi on their amazing work at ‘The Upheld Present’ last weekend! ✨

It was an incredible weekend of dance, community, and joy at the beautiful Evergreen Brick Works. 🌳

A special thank you to the SummerWorks Performance Festival SummerWorks for partnering with us to program these works and provide these emerging artists with an opportunity to expand their creative ideas in a site-specific environment. 🪵

And a huge shout-out to the dancers: Osvaldo Barreda “Ova” Buschmann, Emmett Bradshaw, Minuet Charron, Rachana Joshi, Kalli Lavigne-Passaw, Wai Liu, Christopher Petersen, Ranganathan Rajan, Liz South, and Jules Vance. Your performances were so engaging and inspiring, even in the blazing sun! ☀️

Thank you to everyone who came out to support these incredible artists, including family, friends, faculty, alumni, and those who stumbled unexpectedly upon the performances. Your positive energy and thoughtful feedback mean so much to all of us. 💛

And a heartfelt thank you to Jeremy Mimnagh JEREMY MIMNAGH | photographer for capturing so many incredible images at Sunday’s performances. 📸
(1) Liz South, Jules Vance & Minuet Charron in “soft, open hand v2” by Joel Lawrence
(2) Kalli Lavigne-Passaw in “Wearing Contradiction” by Janique Devine
(3) Ensemble of “Scratch a Rock and a Legend Springs” by Rohee Uberoi
(4) the lovely audience enroute to Site 2

WE’RE BACK & READY TO DANCE 💥 Registration for our Fall Session of the Evening Program is now LIVE!

Join us in the studio for the joy of moving with others in an open, friendly, and supportive environment, accompanied by live music in Monday’s contemporary class. 🌟

No experience necessary. Take a chance, step into the studio, and discover what’s possible! ✴️

Our classes are all-level and designed to meet you where you are. While sessions build progressively, drop-ins are always welcome, and our teachers will make sure you have everything you need for an enjoyable and rewarding movement experience. 🍃

Come move with us this fall. 🧡

📍80 Wi******er Street
🗓️ September 14-December 8
* no class Mon Oct 12, Tues Oct 27
💸 Full Session or $25 drop-ins
🔗 Register at the link in our bio

SUMMER INTENSIVE WEEK TWO ☀️ LET’S GO

We are so excited to be back in the studio tomorrow with another fantastic line-up of artists! Contemporary with Bonnie Kim (& live music by Blake Howard), Floorwork with Emily Spearing and creative process with Jane-Alison McKinney it is sure to be a magical and inspiring week! 💫

And don’t forget - OPEN CLASS drop-in options are available for the morning classes Monday-Wednesday. Registration can be found through the link in our bio. 🕺🏻

Fun fact! All three of these incredible dancer artists are graduates of the program! 🤩 To learn more about them and their classes visit danceartsinstitute.ca/summerintensive or follow the link in our bio

We can’t wait to meet all the new dancers this week and we hope to see you there! LET’S DANCE! ❤️‍🔥

📍80 Wi******er Street, Toronto, ON

Dance Arts is thrilled to congratulate 2009 graduate Pulga Muchochoma, recipient of the 2026 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. This award recognizes established dance professionals who have made outstanding contributions to dance in Canada, and we couldn’t think of anyone more deserving than Pulga. 👏🏾

Dance Arts is so lucky to have Pulga at the school this week leading the Summer Intensive dancers in Creative Process, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome him back this coming year to create a brand-new work for the school. ✨

Please join us in celebrating Pulga! YEBO! 🎊

Swipe to see Pulga in his graduation photoshoot at the school 17 years ago! 🤭

To learn more about Pulga and his work visit www.pulgadance.com

(1) photo by Christopher Cushman
(3) photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann

Summer Intensive starts TOMORROW and we are so excited! ☀️💫🤩

Week One kicks off with a stellar line-up: morning classes with Katherine Semchuk & Darryl Tracy, both classes accompanied by Blake Howard, and an afternoon creative process with Pulga Muchochoma.

Reminder that our Open Classes drop-ins (Monday-Wednesday) $20 are still open for registration 👀🤗
Discounted rates for alumni ($15) & current Dance Arts students ($10) are available. 🥳

To learn more about our faculty, their classes and to register, head to danceartsinstitute.ca/summer-intensive/ or through to the link in our bio. 🪩

📍80 Wi******er Street

Week One: July 6-10
✨ Floorwork with
✨ Contemporary with
✨ Creative Process with