Van City Dance Connection

TOMORROW!!! 🚨

Baby-Wearing Dance (BWD) classes are designed for parents and caregivers of small babies (under 7 months) who want to dance to fun, uplifting music while providing movement stimulation to their babies. The best part is you can enjoy this class whether your baby is awake or asleep … or falls asleep halfway through! Classes are 30 minutes, movement is low impact, and participants are welcome to take breaks to tend to their personal and/or baby’s needs as required.

It is up to each participant whether to hold their baby in their arms or use a baby carrier.

Introductory classes are being offered:
Monday, July 17th ⏰ 10:30-11am Wednesday, July 19th ⏰ 10:30-11am
Friday, July 21st ⏰ 10:30-11am

‼️ Space is limited, so claim your spot by pre-registering via email [email protected]

$15 per 30-minute class

Comment below with some of your favorite songs to dance to 🎶

Online registration is now live!

Van City Dance Connection We are a family oriented, Vancouver based dance studio that offers a variety of dance styles for ages 3 and up. Acro, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Musical Theatre from Beginner to Intensive. Formerly Westside Dance Centre.

Does your family like Disney? Do they like family fun? This is the event for you!

Help us raise money for our upcoming renovation by participating in VCDC Music Bingo Night on May 30th via Zoom!

Lots of amazing prizes to be won!

Info below!

We are excited to welcome Nate Fadear back to VCDC!

Cost:
1 hr - $20+GST
1.5 hr - $25+GST
*9 dancers allowed in person - first come, first served. All other participants can join via Zoom for 50% off!

To register, please email [email protected] with your requested classes and we will enrol dancers on our end. This is open to non-VCDC dancers as well!

Nathan Fadear grew up in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, but knew from a very young age that living in a small town would not be a big enough stage for the career he wanted. Nathan started performing at the age of 14 and trained in various dance styles at Just For Kicks Dance Studio.

After graduating high school Nathan moved to Vancouver to pursue a professional dance career. In 2010 he performed in the Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver Winter Olympics as the cultural sections opening dramatic performer. Following the Olympics Nathan trained under the direction of Heather Laura Gray as part of the “INdustry” dance training program and also with Moses Asher Christen’s “Lux Dance Company.”

In addition to performing on multiple contracts with Princess Cruise Lines, some of Nathan’s favourite film/TV credits include- Riverdale, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Haters Back Off, Man in the High Castle, the remake of Disney’s Freaky Friday, and Hallmark channel’s Love at First Dance. Many of Nathan’s dance experiences have brought international travel, including travelling to Sweden to perform for the International Diabetic Conference working with Kip John Productions, Poland for the International Polish Folk Festival, and Reno Nevada to perform at the Eldorado Resort and Casino in Santa’s Christmas wonderland with Spirit Productions. Nathan is a teacher at Harbour Dance Centre in Vancouver and hosts workshops at multiple lower mainland studios. Most recently Nathan had the opportunity to work with choreographer Mandy Moore on the new NBC show “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”.

As of today, November 24th, all in-person classes are suspended until further notice as per the recommendation of the BC Health Officer. All classes will proceed on Zoom. Below is a link to the new order. Scroll down to "Group Indoor Fitness Activities":

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=762AD642C5524DC9B6F4D7463D275C46

For dancers in Musical Theatre, we aren't sure what this means for our Holiday Spectacular. We will keep you updated as we know more.

We wish we had better news for you as our staff, dancers and our families have been doing everything right so far. We understand that this feels extremely frustrating but we will get through this, and we will get through this together. We always knew this might happen and who knows? Maybe it will only last another week. What's important to remember is that we are all healthy and we are lucky enough live in a time where we can connect virtually.

Thanks to all of our VCDC families for your flexibility and support during this challenging time

— Corinne and the VCDC team

VCDC families, check your portal!

https://app.jackrabbitclass.com/jr3.0/ParentPortal/Login?orgID=%20528141

As per the recommendation of Dr. Bonnie Henry, Van City Dance Connection will close its doors for in-person classes for the next two weeks.

All classes and private lessons from Sunday, November 8 until Sunday November 23 will take place online. Zoom links have been sent out and links to private lessons are on their way.

Hopefully restrictions will be lifted after our mandatory 2-week closure and we will be able to resume classes on Monday, November 24th, however please stay tuned as we cannot know what the next two weeks will bring.

Please start clearing some space in your home for your dancers to participate in online classes. Proper dress code is still in effect. Click here for guidelines on how to get your home Zoom-ready: https://www.vancitydanceconnection.com/zoom

Thank you to all of our VCDC families and staff for your on-going support and safe-dance practices. No one in the VCDC circle has tested positive and we'd like to keep it that way! So let's take this one day at a time and we will keep families updated with information as it comes to us.

Stay safe everyone.