GottaDance PEI

Last call PEI dancers... who's coming tomorrow?! 🎉 DM us to reserve your spot and join this one-day-only opportunity to learn from visiting instructors Brittany and Paige!

• Junior (*ages 9 & under) 9am-12pm
• Intermediate (*ages 10-15) 1:30-5:30pm
• Advanced (*ages 15+) 10am-12pm; 1:30-4pm

Classes in Musical Theatre, Contemporary Tap, Celtic Choreo and Hip Hop.

*Please note that ages are approximate and to be used as a guide. We recognize every dancer is different and you are welcome to join whichever group will challenge/interest you!

Hey PEI dancers! Guess what... we're back!

Next Wednesday, December 28th, join us in Charlottetown for dance workshops taught by visiting choreographers, Paige LeClair and Brittany Banks.

Email [email protected] for a full info package, schedule and to reserve your spot.

Did you know?? Prior to 2020, our holiday dance workshop ran for 9 consecutive years. Our goal was to bring the PEI dance community together in a fun and supportive environment, with classes taught by instructors not regularly available to PEI dancers.

All studios and PEI dancers are welcome to take part, so help us spread the word by telling your friends! We are excited to finally welcome you back and rebuild this annual holiday tradition.

Hey PEI - it's been a while! Wanted to let you know that a new dance workshop is coming to downtown Charlottetown on Thursday, July 27th: DANCING for the PLANET: Charlottetown Dance Workshop featuring our friend and Toronto choreographer Emma Bartolomucci!

From Havenwood Dance Studio - Join us on Thursday, July 27th for a two-hour workshop with Emma Bartolomucci, creator of THE FOURTH R: reduce, reuse, recycle, REVOLUTIONIZE, currently touring across Canada and at this year's Island Fringe Festival!

This unique ONE-DAY-ONLY class will consist of a warm-up, across the floor, and a combo to a remix of Greta Thunberg's speech at the UN Climate Action Summit. Work on your jazz dance technique while learning about ecological awareness through the art of dance.

Pre-registration required - please DM us your name and email address OR sign up in our portal (link in bio) to reserve your spot. $30/student, cash or e-transfer accepted OR credit card via our website.

It's going to be powerful, don't miss it!

DANCING FOR THE PLANET
July 27th, 2-4PM
Ages 12+

A quick announcement to confirm that this year's annual Holiday Dance Workshop is unfortunately postponed.

As with so many other gatherings around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented our event with significant challenges. In an effort to keep Islanders safe, and to present the workshop in the ways that make it special: bringing in guest instructors, and striving to keep each dancer's registration fee affordable -- we are not able to present a workshop this January.

However... it WILL happen eventually!

This holiday season would have been our TENTH ANNIVERSARY! We look forward to properly celebrating and paying tribute to all the incredible dance educators who have inspired us over the last 10 years... when the time is right.

Thank you to everyone who sent us messages inquiring - we are so humbled that the workshop has become a holiday highlight for so many of you. Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

Brittany & Michelle Banks

PS. Please follow this page for future announcements!

Workshop Day 1 has finally arrived!! So excited to welcome you all. Junior classes begin at 9am, Intermediates at 12:30pm, Advanced at 3:30pm - all taking place at Studio 135 (135 Great George St in Charlottetown). See you soon!

Pssst... some drop-in spaces still available for our **ADVANCED** classes:

SATURDAY, Jan 4
3:30-5pm: Warm Up + MUSICAL THEATRE w/Britt & Aaron
5-6pm: CONTEMPORARY w/Colton
6-7pm: HIP HOP w/Joe

SUNDAY, Jan 5
3-4:30pm: DYNAMIC CREATION w/Britt
4:30-6pm: BALLET w/Colton
6-7pm: TAP/STEP w/Britt

Message us now for more info!

PRESENTING our FINAL GUEST INSTRUCTOR!
We are thrilled to welcome JOE DAMES to this year's faculty. Joe has been taking the island by storm and his HIP HOP classes are always an instant hit. YES(!) single class drop-ins are available – so no reason to miss out! MESSAGE US NOW for details and class times.

He will be teaching Junior, Intermediate and Advanced HIP HOP.

“Joe” started dancing at the age of sixteen at Bahamas Dance Theatre during his senior year in high school. He has been actively involved in Ballet, Jazz and Hip Hop Dance and has become a student-teacher/choreographer here as well as the Lois Seiler Academy of Dance. He is currently the lead dancer/choreographer in the professional hip hop group known as XclusiV Crew. Joe has had the opportunity to teach in Nassau, the United States as well as in Canada and also compete abroad in national hip hop competitions. He was featured in numerous music videos for local Bahamian Artists, performed at Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival and is heavily involved in Theatre plays and musicals such as “The Circle of Life”, “FAME” and “Raisin in the Sun”. He is the proud father of 3 girls

Join instructors Colton Curtis, Brittany Banks, Aaron Hastelow and Joe Dames on JAN 4th and 5th, 2020 for this one-of-a-kind 2 DAY DANCE EXPERIENCE in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island! Junior, Intermediate and Advanced classes available.

For more info, email [email protected].

PRESENTING our 3rd GUEST INSTRUCTOR!
We are thrilled to welcome back COLTON CURTIS. Colton last taught with us in 2017 and since then has been growing his list of stand-out roles with the Stratford Festival. Colton’s classes are SURE to be a hit, and we are pleased to announce that YES(!) single class drop-ins are available this year – so no reason to miss out! Message us for details and class times.

He will be teaching CONTEMPORARY, Advanced BALLET and BROADWAY Ballet & Jazz.

Colton just finished his fourth season at the Stratford Festival, playing Older Billy in Billy Elliot: The Musical. Selected Credits include: A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Show (Stratford) Sweet Charity, Light Up the Sky, Peter and the Starcatcher (Shaw Festival); On the Town (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, New York); Excalibur Trilogy (Florence Ballet Company, Italy); Les Feux Follets (Charlottetown Festival). Colton is a proud graduate of the Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program at Sheridan College. He can be seen next year at The Stratford Festival in Chicago and Frankenstein.

Join instructors Colton Curtis, Brittany Banks, Aaron Hastelow and Joe Dames on JAN 4th and 5th, 2020 for this one-of-a-kind 2 DAY DANCE EXPERIENCE in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island! Junior, Intermediate and Advanced classes available.

For more info, email [email protected].

ANNOUNCING OUR 2nd GUEST INSTRUCTOR:
For a limited time, BRITTANY BANKS returns to Charlottetown! At our January 4th & 5th workshop, she will be teaching Tap / Step, Musical Theatre and a new offering for 2020: Dynamic Creation.

Brittany is a performer and choreographer originally from PEI, now based in Toronto. She is excited to be back on the Island after having just finished a run of HAIRSPRAY at Theatre Aquarius, playing Amber Von Tussle. PERFORMANCE credits include: Josie in Anne of Green Gables, Mamma Mia, Kronborg, JC Superstar (Charlottetown Festival); Mamma Mia (Grand Theatre); Cinderella in Cinderella (Torrent); Sunshine Sketches, Pride & Joy (Smile); Red Rock Diner (Drayton); UnCovered (Musical Stage). CHOREOGRAPHY credits include: Atlantic Blue, Stories From the Red Dirt Road (Charlottetown Festival), My Bonnie Lass (Sheridan), Anne & Gilbert (NAC/Guild), Highland Storm (COP), The Addams Family (Mainstage). Brittany spent the past year as a Young Innovator with Nightwood Theatre, and is a recipient of Musical Stage Co’s Banks Prize. TRAINING: Bachelor of Music (UPEI); Randolph College; Physical Theatre & Dynamic Creation (IUGTE/Austria).

Join instructors Brittany Banks, Aaron Hastelow, Colton Curtis and Joe Dames on JAN 4th and 5th, 2020 for this spectacular 2 DAY DANCE EXPERIENCE in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island! Junior, Intermediate and Advanced classes available.

For more info, email [email protected].

ANNOUNCING OUR 1st GUEST INSTRUCTOR!
We are very excited for AARON HASTELOW to return to Charlottetown on January 4th and 5th. Well-known to PEI audiences for his outstanding performances at the Charlottetown Festival, Aaron will be teaching MUSICAL THEATRE.

Recent credits include Link in Hairspray, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia! (Theatre Aquarius), Hamlet in Kronborg, Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, Sky in Mamma Mia!, Gilbert in Anne Of Green Gables The Musical (Charlottetown Festival); Three seasons at The Shaw Festival including Cabaret, Sweet Charity, Guys and Dolls; Bert in Mary Poppins (Capitol, NB); Evita (Vancouver Opera); Snow White (Capitol, ON); The Philadelphia Story (Theatre Calgary); RENT (Panasonic/Sheridan); High School Musical (Neptune).

Join our fantastic instructors Aaron Hastelow, Brittany Banks, Colton Curtis and Joe Dames on JANUARY 4th and 5th, 2020 for this spectacular 2 DAY DANCE EXPERIENCE in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island! Junior, Intermediate and Advanced classes available.

For more info, email [email protected].