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Online Dance Classes Accessible During COVID-19 Isolation
Get moving at home By Anne Dion
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Students at City Dance Corps / Photo by SVPhotography
Last updated: July 17, 2020
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, dance studios and artists across Canada are turning to online solutions, offering virtual dance classes and online videos so that dancers can continue their practice from home. Below is a roundup of videos and online classes offered by dance artists and studios in Canada.
This is an ongoing list. If you have an online class that you would like us to feature, send us an email with class details.
Voirelia: Mindful Movement
- Free mindfulness improvisation classes until August 13.
- Click here for more details.
Salsa with Trudy Lee Gayle
- Paid beginner salsa classes every Thursday at 7:30pm until August 6.
- Click here for more details.
Mozaico Flamenco
- Daily paid flamenco classes.
- Click here for more details.
Online Movement Flow with Damian Kai Norman
- $10 Classes every Wednesday at 6pm (free for BIPOC).
- Click here for more details.
Mile Zero Dance
- Free Youtube classes in various styles, as well as Zoom classes in Garuda matwork.
- Click here for more details.
Metro Movement
- Online jazz classes offered through Zoom as part of Toronto Online Dance Collective
- Click here for more details.
Vancouver Tap Dance Society
- By donation community classes
- Click here for more details.
Dancing in the Garage Series
- Free Youtube tutorials for two person Square Dancing and single person Round Dancing
- Click here for more detials.
Vibestreet
- Daily paid hip hop classes for all levels
- Click here for more details.
Arthur Murray Ottawa
- Free interactive dance lessons in Ballroom offered Monday through Saturday
- Click here for more details.
Alvin Collantes: “Dose of Pleasure”
- Daily donation-based live stream classes in movement meditation
- Click here for more details.
Frog in Hand: Kitchen Dances
- Free (suggested donation of $5) movement classes
- Click here for more details.
Flamenco Dance School Maria Osende
- Free beginner ballet barre classes
- Click here for more details.
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen
- Free Instagram Live classes (also posted on Youtube) in ballet and strength training.
- Click here for more details.
Gurdeep Pandher
- Pay-what-you-can Bhangra Dance-Fitness classes
- Click here for more details.
Ashley Rhianne
- Pilates classes with Oriental Dance instructor Ashley Rhianne
- Click here for more details.
Dance à la carte
- Donation based ballet and contemporary classes
- Click here for more details.
GMD
- Free online classes
- Click here for more details.
Harbour Dance Centre
- Free online dance classes in various styles
- Click here for more details.
Dreamwalker Dance Company
- Free online series featuring the Body Space Creation Place (BSCP) method
- Click here to watch the first video.
The Underground Dance Centre
- Paid online classes in various styles
- Click here for more details.
City Dance Corps
- Daily classes via Instagram Live and regular, paid online classes in various styles
- Click here for more details.
Sinha Danse
- Montré(olly)Wood! Learn a Bollywood choreography via Facebook Live
- Click here for more details.
London Arts Council & London Free Press
- Daily live performances and workshops via Facebook Live
- Click here for more details.
Royal Academy of Dance
- Free online classes in various styles
- Click here for more details.
Peggy Baker Dance Projects – Christine Wright
- Pay what you can online ballet and fundamentals classes
- Click here for more details.
Aeris Körper
- Daily 8:30am Morning Movement classes via Instagram Live
- Click here for more details.
National Ballet of Canada
- Free classes via Instagram Live and paid, virtual InStudio classes available through Zoom
- Click here for more details.
Voirelia: Dance, Psychology & Philosophy Hub
- Daily pay-what-you-can classes in contemporary and improvisation.
- Click here for more details.
If you are releasing an online workshop or will be virtually broadcasting an event, you can submit a free listing to our listings page >> thedancecurrent.com/listing-submission.
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April 22-30 août 2020
Free beginner ballet barre classes through Zoom. Monday through Friday 9:30-10:15am Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Free while social distancing is in effect in Canada.
