The Durham School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance’s aim is to provide a space for the cultivation of creativity through dance. “Dance is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. Our role as Dance Educators is to help children climb their own mountains. As high as possible!”

Looking for a place where your child can shine and grow through dance? Our studio offers strong dance education with a professional and progressive approach. From ballet to hip-hop, tap to acro, contemporary to jazz, we offer all styles of dance for ages 2-18.

✨ Why Choose Us?

• Expert Instruction: Our experienced teachers are dedicated to nurturing every dancer’s talent.
• Performance Opportunities: Be part of magical productions like The Nutcracker and our Summer Solstice Recital.
• Inclusive Environment: A welcoming space for dancers of all levels to express themselves and thrive.
• Recreational, Competitive and Pre-Professional programs

Join our dance family and watch your child’s confidence, creativity, and passion for dance soar!

We are an award winning studio, achieving the highest awards in choreography throughout Ontario and Internationally. Read about our esteemed DSBCD Director Madeleine Twyman here.

We are recognized not only for our superb training grounds and high calibre faculty, but for our powerful outreach initiatives in the arts impacting our community in positive ways.

 

We guarantee the highest calibre faculty with real professional experience and post-secondary training. We have 10 faculty members at DSBCD in 2019/20 with specialized expertise in all genres of dance.

Exceptional training in ALL genres of dance
• R.A.D Ballet
• Contemporary
• Modern
• Jazz
• Acro
• Tap
• Hip-hop
• Musical Theatre

Whether you want to study recreationally, a serious student looking to pursue an Elite Competitive Program or a dancer preparing for University auditions – we have a program for you. Visit our programs page here for more details.

We believe in placing great value on performance opportunities. With our established relationships with schools and organizations in Toronto and New York City, we are looking forward to creating unique situations to further broaden our students perspective in the global dance community.

The DSBCD Youth company has recently performed at The Surrender Gala, The Regent Theatre for Project Brave, Durham DayTime TV, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Moving Traffic: Healing in motion and The Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival.

We understand that not every student plans to pursue a professional career; however we believe that the discipline, strength and creativity instilled by the study of dance gives students the tools they need to succeed in any field they choose.