Dance: Future Students

Throughout all four years of study, students in Dance receive intensive professional training, with daily dance classes in various forms including ballet, jazz, modern, street styles, West African, and contemporary dance. In first and second year, they're introduced to the fundamentals of dance performance while learning how to approach their work critically, develop entrepreneurial initiative, and find joy in the creative process.

In third and fourth year, students tailor their education to their career goals by taking professional and professionally-related electives. For example, they may choose to focus on business and marketing through courses in entrepreneurship, new venture startup and promotion. Electives are also available in more traditional performance areas like film acting, audition preparation, directing, and musical theatre — to name a few.

1. Attend daily dance classes as part of an intensive, conservatory-style curriculum.
2. Build professional connections by working with internationally-acclaimed guest artists and dance companies.
3. Train in a variety of genres, including ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, street styles, and West African dance.
4. Perform live in annual mainstage productions, studios shows, and choreographic workshops.

TMU belongs in the heart of downtown Toronto where the dance industry thrives. With our tight-knit relationship to our community, we are able to connect students with many incredible artists, alumni and international guests who are amazing additions to our faculty.

Performance Dance at The Creative School consists of some of Toronto’s strongest teachers in their fields, who have all worked or continue to work as professional dance performers. This outstanding group of educated and experienced teachers provide the students with industry-level knowledge like no other. With a program that offers exceptionally high-level training in comparison to most university dance programs in Canada, we continuously emphasize the importance of versatility by covering a wide variety of styles and training.

On top of this, we are able to offer many discounts to dance shows and performances in our surrounding areas. In our beautiful location, we are close in distance to many famous Toronto theatres such as the Citadel Theatre, The Meridian Hall and the Ed Mirvish Theatre. With inspiration and innovation all around, the world of creation is limitless and this evidently shows through with all of our students and alumni at TMU.