Carol Kitchen's Dance Centre

WE’RE BACK TO DANCE SEPT 18TH! 🩷

A new season starts in less than two weeks and we can’t wait to welcome you in to our new studio! 🫶

There’s still time to register, check out our website or send us an email! ✨

We can’t wait to dance with you! 💚

NEW LYRICAL CLASSES AVAILABLE THIS FALL!

We can’t wait to introduce to you, 2 new lyrical classes available this season!

Visit our website for more information & to register. The countdown is down towards our new season!

NEW SEASON, NEW HOME, LET’S GO!! ❤️‍🔥

Registration is NOW OPEN for all 2023/2024 dance programs! ✨

While renovations wrap up on our new studio, we will be hosting in-person registration at the Hampton Inn & Suites on August 24th! Stop by between 5pm & 9pm to reserve your spot in your favourite classes. You can also register by visiting our website!

The countdown to SZN 76 is on and we can’t wait to dance with you!

⚡️ SUMMER CLASSES WEEK THREE! ⚡️

We can’t wait to host our third week of summer classes, back at the Hampton Inn & Suites (20 Fen Ridge Crt.) on Tuesday & Thursday! Sign up now using our link: https://forms.gle/JDNndgfDy7aQ5M3N6

Tuesday we are featuring our alumni students Avery & Maddy! Come join us for an amazing night of competitive training.

Thursday we are back with Part-Time Training Jazz & Ballet!

LET’S DANCE! 🤩

NEW FOR OUR 2023/2024 SZN: MICRO MINI TEAM! 😍💪🩷

CKDC is excited to introduce a *NEW* part-time competitive company for our upcoming dance season! Open to dancers ages 4-6, this team is the perfect opportunity to take your child’s dancing to the next level! 🔥

We can’t wait for these little ones to light up the stage! Email [email protected] for more info.

We are onto WEEK TWO of Summer Training! Come & dance with us!

We are back at the Hampton Inn & Suites (20 Fen Ridge Crt. Brantford). All dancers wishing to attend can sign up using this link https://forms.gle/DwKqFBLKgyUWhEc69

Not a CKDC dancer? No problem! We welcome dancers from all studios to try any of our classes ALL summer long! Let's get dancing!

Week ONE of Summer Training starts TOMORROW!

As a renovations are underway for our new studio location, classes will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites (20 Fen Ridge Crt. Brantford). We kindly ask that dancers wishing to attend, pre-register using this link: https://forms.gle/3XY3AN5djQoaZNbt5

We can't wait to get back to dancing!

Celebrating 75 years & amazing success at our Finals competition in Blue Mountain! Thank you BScene for the feature!

Summer training starts next week, we can't wait to get dancing again. Visit our website myckdc.ca for all the info!

CKDC Celebrates Season 75 with Successful Finals Competition in Blue Mountain
Submitted Media Release

This past week, 38 dancers from Carol Kitchen's Dance Centre (CKDC) competed in the Bedazzled Dance Champions Finals Competition at Blue Mountain Village Conference Centre from July 2 to 9.

The competition began with a two-day pageant, which included a 2 minute interview in front of a panel of judges, audition classes in four styles of dance (jazz, tap, ballet and acro) and each dancer performed a solo in their preferred style. Dancers were awarded marks for each component with Mackenzie Crawley (17) and Ainsley Adams (12) representing CKDC and competing against 114 contestants from all over Ontario.

Following the pageant, Crawley and Adams were joined by 36 of their teammates to compete a studio total of 77 routines in jazz, tap, ballet, acro, lyrical, hip-hop and contemporary over the course of 5 days. The competition culminated with a Dazzlin’ Dance Off on Sunday afternoon with the top five highest scoring Solo/Duet/Trio and Group/Extended Line routines of the competition from each age division: Mini (8 & under), Junior (9-11), Teen (12-14) and Senior (15-18) competing their routines once more. Against 10 competing studios, CKDC had 8 routines qualify to compete in 7 categories and 4 of those routines took first place overall.

The studio was also awarded 2 of the top 4 highest marks of the entire competition including the highest scoring solo/duet/trio routine and highest scoring group/extended line routine of the entire weekend for Ages 11 & Under. The competition also awarded CKDC with the ‘Outstanding Acro Award’ and ‘Most Entertaining Award.’ Nick Robinson (17) was also awarded the Senior Outstanding Dancer 2023 award.

“We are incredibly proud of the hard work of all our dancers this past week and all year long,” said Sally Dawson, Studio Director. “With such a long competition there are many early mornings and late nights and our dancers showed immense determination with many achieving personal or group bests despite the fierce competition.”

The Finals in Blue Mountain was the fifth and final competition that CKDC dancers competed in this year, with other competitions including Rhythm Dance Competition in Guelph, Breaking Bounds Dance Competition in Niagara Falls, Shock Dance Challenge in St. Catharines and Bedazzled Dance Competition in Scarborough.

The numerous overall awards received by the studio and dancers this season are a true testament to the success of the studio celebrating its 75th season in Brantford. Owner and Studio Director, Sally Dawson, has managed the studio for the last 35 years, taking over after her mother, Carol Kitchen, suddenly passed in 1988.

The studio will be offering open classes with their part-time and full-time competitive teams on select Tuesday and Thursday evenings throughout July and August. Open auditions will be held on Friday, August 24. Registration is also now open for the 2023-2024 recreational season. Interested dancers can inquire directly to the studio at [email protected].

Summer Training starts NEXT WEEK!

Check out our dates and times for our competitive open classes this summer! While renovations for our new studio are underway, all classes will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites (20 Fen Ridge Crt. Brantford) Click the link to register!

https://forms.gle/UJxpZBevFCjWgQKA8

Huge thank you to all our dancers, families, volunteers & sponsors who came out on Sunday to our IGNITE workshop & silent auction in support of the Juravinski Cancer Centre Foundation!

Because of you, we were able to raise over $11,000!!! We are so incredibly grateful for your support. We couldn't have done it without YOU!

Calling all friends & families! Not a dancer? We are hosting an amazing silent auction in collaboration with our workshop on Sunday, November 13th! There are so many amazing prizes to be won, we promise you won't want to miss this!

Spread the word, as this is open to everyone! No dance moves required 😉 Proceeds will be donated to the Juravinski Cancer Centre Foundation. We look forward to seeing you!

We are counting down the days until our in-studio workshop IGNITE on Sunday, Nov. 13th! Come dance with us! Registration is still available to competitive dancers everywhere.

We are looking for donations to our silent auction, if you or someone you know would like to help support the Juravinski Cancer Centre Foundation, send us an email at [email protected].

We thank you all for your support & we can't wait for an incredible day of dancing and giving back to our community!