Elevate Dance Centre

🍦 Parachute Ice Cream Fundraiser | NOW–August 30

Who doesn't need a little more ice cream to finish off the summer?!

Our Parachute Ice Cream Fundraiser is happening NOW through August 30th! Purchase gift cards for yourself or share the fundraiser with friends and family — a great excuse to stock up on ice cream while supporting our EDC Company dancers!

To purchase:
⭐️Visit the Parachute Ice Cream Online Shop
www.parachuteicecream.com/onlineshop
⭐️Enter the Guest Area password: icecreamislove4
⭐️Use promo code ELEVATEDANCERS at checkout.
⭐️Pick up your gift cards at Elevate:
September 7 | 6:00–7:00 pm
September 9 | 6:00–8:00 pm
September 12 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm

Not an EDC studio family?
Gift card delivery is available within the Westshore! Email Janine at [email protected] to arrange.

Please share with your friends and family — every gift card helps support our Company! 🍦💙

🚨 VANCOUVER ISLAND DANCERS - REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

We are SO excited to welcome Tara Jean Popowich to Elevate Dance Centre THIS SATURDAY, August 15! 🔥

Winner of Season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Tara-Jean has built an incredible international career as a dancer, choreographer, educator and creative director - travelling to 74 countries, appearing on 7 international television shows, and working with artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, Pharrell Williams and Shania Twain.

And now Vancouver Island dancers have the opportunity to train with her right here at EDC!

✨ LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY + HOUSE WORKSHOPS

Dancers can take Lyrical/Contemporary, House, or BOTH!

AGES 8–10
Lyrical | 10:00–11:00am
House | 11:00am–12:00pm

AGES 11–13
Contemporary | 1:00–2:00pm
House | 2:00–3:00pm

AGES 14+
Contemporary | 4:00–5:30pm
House | 5:30–7:00pm

💙 $50 + GST per workshop

📅 Saturday, August 15
📍 Elevate Dance Centre
🎟️ Open to ALL dancers ages 8+
🙌 You do NOT need to be an EDC dancer to attend!

We still have spaces available and we want to FILL THE STUDIO for this incredible opportunity!

Grab your dance friends, choose your workshops and come spend the day learning, moving and being inspired by Tara-Jean.

REGISTER HERE:
https://app.jackrabbitclass.com/eventcalendar.asp?orgid=534278

Tag a dancer who needs to be there! 👇🔥

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🇨🇦 Happy BC Day Long Weekend! ☀️💙

We hope you enjoy a wonderful long weekend filled with sunshine, family, friends, laughter, and a little time to relax before another exciting season of dance begins! ✨

Just a friendly reminder that EDC will be closed on Monday, August 3. We'll be back in the studio on Tuesday and can't wait to continue preparing for an amazing Season 10! 🎉🔟

Have a safe, happy, and memorable long weekend! 🌿

🎉 WE NEED YOUR VOTE!🎉

We're incredibly honoured to once again be nominated for Best Place to Develop Your Child's Potential in the Best of the Westshore Awards! 💙

For the past 10 years, our mission has been about so much more than teaching dance. We've been committed to helping children and teens build confidence, resilience, leadership, friendships, and a lifelong love of movement in a place where they truly belong.

If Elevate Dance Centre has made a difference in your family's life, we would be so grateful for your support.

🗳️ Vote for Elevate Dance Centre once every day until September 7!**

👉 Vote here: https://bit.ly/EDCBOWSA26

Every single vote helps, and daily voting really does make a difference!

To every dancer, parent, graduate, teacher, volunteer, and supporter who has been part of our journey over the last decade - THANK YOU! This nomination belongs to our entire community, and we're so proud to celebrate this milestone with all of you.

Let's show the Westshore what the Elevate family is all about! 💙✨

SOMETHING WICKED IS COMING TO EDC!

Calling all Wicked fans! Get ready to dance, create, and defy gravity at Pink Bubbles & Emerald Energy: A Wickedly Good Time! ✨

🩷 Ages 8–12 | All Genders
💚 August 4–7 | 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
🫧 Tuition: $249 + GST

This magical four-day camp is packed with everything a Wicked fan could wish for! Dancers will explore jazz, Broadway, and musical theatre, take on wickedly fun challenges, get creative with Oz-inspired crafts, make new friends, and bring it all together for a dazzling final performance! ✨

Whether you're feeling perfectly pink, wonderfully wicked, or somewhere in between, there’s a place for you in Oz! 🩷💚

Spots are limited — join us for a week of friendship, creativity, dancing, and a whole lot of Wicked magic!

✨ Register now and get ready to dance through Oz! ✨

www.elevatedancecentre.ca/summer

💙🐾 IT’S TIME FOR A BIG BLUE ADVENTURE! 🐾💙

Calling all little Bluey fans! Join us for four mornings of dancing, imagination, games, and BIG fun with your favourite pup pals!

Dancers will jump, spin, tap, and groove their way through a week filled with:

✨ Ballet, tap & creative movement
🎟️ Fun challenges and tickets to earn along the way
🐾 Imaginative games and adventures
💙 Lessons in kindness, teamwork & sharing
🎉 A BIG BLUE PAWformance Parade to wrap up the week!

The perfect summer camp for little dancers who love Bluey — no dance experience needed! Just bring your imagination and get ready for a week full of fun, laughter, and new friendships.

📅 July 27–30
⏰ 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
🐾 Ages 3–5 | All Genders
💙 Tuition: $155 + GST

Come join us for the ultimate BIG BLUE adventure! 🐾✨

There is nothing we love more than a team that never stops learning. 💙

A huge congratulations to Miss Chelsea and Miss Ally on successfully completing their Module 1 Acrobatic Arts Certification! 🤸‍♀️🎉

At Elevate Dance Centre, we believe that great teachers are lifelong learners. Every course, certification, and professional development opportunity helps us bring even more knowledge, confidence, and creativity back into the studio for our dancers.

We'd also like to give a special shout-out to our VIP demonstrators...thank you for sharing your time, talent, and positive attitudes - we appreciate you!

Congratulations to you! We can't wait to see all that you'll bring into the studio this season. 💙✨

🌟 Ready to grow this summer? 🌟

Our Develop Program is designed for dancers who are ready to take the next step in their training! Over these focused 4-week sessions, dancers will:
✨ Build strength and confidence
✨ Refine technique and artistry
✨ Challenge themselves in a supportive and motivating environment
✨ Stay active and continue progressing throughout the summer
Recommended for dancers with a minimum of 2 years of dance experience.

📅 Session 1: July 7–30 (starts next week!)
📅 Session 2: August 4–27

With classes in:
🩰 Ballet
🤸 Acro
✨ Lyrical
💫 Contemporary
🔥 Hip Hop
🌀 Leaps, Jumps, Turns & Jazz Combos
💪 Stretch, Strength, Conditioning & PBT
🩰 Pre-Pointe & Pointe Booster

Whether your dancer wants to maintain their training, build new skills, or prepare for an exciting season ahead, our Develop Program is the perfect way to keep growing this summer.

📲 Spaces are limited - register today and let's keep dancing all summer long! 💙💛

www.elevatedancencentre.ca/summer

Congratulations, Ever! ✨🇨🇦

We are so excited to celebrate Ever on her selection to represent Team Canada at the IDO World Acro Championships in Poland this December! 🌍🤸🏽‍♀️

Anyone who knows Ever knows she is always in motion - whether she's in the studio, flipping on a trampoline, or cartwheeling across a field. Her energy, determination, and love for acro shine through in everything she does.

Congratulations - we are so happy for you and always cheering you on! 💙🍁