Connie Parsons School of Dance

CALLING ALL BALLET DANCERS!! Ages 8 & Up

Summer Ballet Workshop Series - with Special Guest Diana Rutherford.

CPSOD is hosting Diana Rutherford - Licentiate level instructor and NBS teacher training graduate to teach at our studio. Her flight is booked, hotel is booked, and she is very excited to be coming to Newfoundland to teach July 20-24

The classes will be Cecchetti based freestyle work for students in grades 2/3, 4/5, 6. There will be major level syllabus work classes for Intermediate (3 classes), & Advanced 2.

Each level does one class a day for 5 days (July 20-24)

Schedule:

2-3pm Grades 2/3 *daily

3-4pm Grades 4/5 *daily

4-5:15 pm Grade 6 *daily

6-7:30pm Intermediate Syllabus M/W/F *3 evenings

7:30-9pm Advanced 2 Syllabus *5 evenings

Link to Register - https://app.thestudiodirector.com/connieparsonsschoolof/portal.sd

*FULL BIO - Based in Halifax, Diana Rutherford is a passionate teacher, invested arts administrator and advocate for the arts sector. Originally from Owen Sound, Ontario, Diana began her dancing career in both ballet and highland dance. As a highland competitor, she represented Canada across North America and Scotland. She is a scholarship recipient and award winner in both ballet and highland dance. After a short performing career, Diana aligned her performing and pedagogical interests together focusing her studies on dance education and cultivating future generations of art advocators. As a graduate of the Teacher Training Program at Canada’s National Ballet School as well as a graduate from York University, Honours BFA in Dance, Diana built the foundations of her teaching career. She holds an esteemed teaching qualification at the Licentiate level within Cecchetti Canada and has been certified at the highest level with both Cecchetti Canada and the Royal Academy of Dance for dance examinations. Diana currently sits on the Board of Governors for Cecchetti Canada. ��

Diana’s lengthy career as a dance educator brought her from Toronto, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has had the opportunity to deliver dance education to students and instructors across Atlantic Canada and southern Ontario, as a guest artist, choreographer and private coach. In recent years, Diana has expanded her experience and knowledge to arts administration as Dean of Dance for a not-for-profit organization, located in Halifax, NS. While in this role, Diana produced two full length ballets, implemented an accredited Dance Teacher Training program at the diploma level, as well as further developed a pre-professional ballet program, encouraging continued education for dance instructors and emerging artists. She has had the opportunity to work with many not-forprofit arts organizations including the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, Votive Dance, Mocean Dance, Nova Scotia Talent Trust, Canada’s Ballet Jorgen - Atlantic Council and Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal.

More great news to share! Congratulations to all of our ISTD tap exam students on their great results in examinations this year. 100% success rate.

Congratulations to all of students on their success in cecchetti ballet examinations this session. Some honours, highly commended, & many commended. Very proud of everyone. Thank you to our live Pianist Mr. Brian Way for the spectacular accompaniment. Bravo 🩰💙

First RAD exams this morning. Special thanks to Miss Jennifer for preparing them! 🩰
Congratulations ladies!!

*** Attention Parents of CPSOD ***

Photos are now ready! Link to download your photos have been sent to the email you used to register your session.

If you did not receive an email, please first ensure you check the email you used to register, and then check. your Spam/Junk mail folder. If still not there, you can reach out to me at [email protected]

Thank-You to all who registered for a photo session, everyone was AMAZING to work with!

A beautiful day for ballet exams

A warm welcome to Ms. Margaret Dalwood from for examining in St. John’s, NL this week.

Day 2 tomorrow! 🩰

*posted with permission* Too beautiful not to share. A review like this makes every long hour & every extra effort absolutely worth it. Thank you to all the amazing families & beautiful students we have the honour of teaching at CPSOD/EVOLVE 💙

A great day of ISTD tap exams
Bravo to all of our tap dancers who put in the work and danced with joy & skill today 👏 prepared by CPSOD teacher .michaela.dance 💙🤍

What will our Cecchetti Ballet Workshop Series look like? One class per day for 5 days. Special guest instructor.
Our grade work will be freestyle classes based on syllabus work. So you do not need to be a Cecchetti student to attend. It’s a great opportunity for ALL ballet students. If you aren’t sure what level, email us for help [email protected]
Intermediate and advanced 2 WILL be syllabus based
Local teachers are welcome too, and we even have some associate teacher training during the day.
Registration link in our bio.
https://app.thestudiodirector.com/connieparsonsschoolof/portal.sd