SUMMER INTENSIVE CLASSES & CAMPS
Incredible summer programs for experienced dancers.
Our summer programs have featured a Rockette, the winner of SYTYCD Canada, a member of Alberta Ballet, and top notch professionals.
Our summer dance intensives are meant to get dancers conditioned and prepared for the upcoming dance season, with a focus on stretch, strength, conditioning and tech tune up. Intensive camp will also focus on the whole dancer and important topics to help build resilience in each participant. We can’t wait to grow dancers into strong, confident humans through these intensive dance camps.
This year our theme is Elevate – an immersive summer camp experience designed for competitive dancers ages 6 to 17 who are looking to take their skills to the next level.
Led by top-notch instructors and choreographers, this intensive camp provides comprehensive training in multiple genres, and exposes dancers to dance forms they don’t otherwise see in their training.
Dancers will develop their technique, artistry, and performance skills, while also gaining valuable insights into the dance industry.
In addition to dance training, Elevate Dance Intensive also provides a supporting and nurturing environment where dancers create lasting memories. The camp encourages personal growth and self-confidence as well as teamwork and collaboration.
Register now and elevate your dance education and experience this summer!
Summer Rhythm Tap Intensive
August 15 and 16, 2024
Jr to Int Dancers – 4:30 – 7:30pm
Pre Adv to Adv Dancers – 6:30 – 9:30pm
Summer Intensive
August 19 to 22, 2024
9:00am to 4:00pm
Ages 6 to 18
FACULTY:
Over the past 7 years Lauren has attended over 15 Break The Floor events (now DanceOne) where her choreography has placed within the top 10 across various age divisions. Lauren has assisted for The View Dance Convention, iDance Convention and was a Pure Dance Convention Ambassador. She has also assisted Sabrina Phillip’s with studio routines.
Lauren choreographed the Edmonton Elks Fight Cancer Half-Time Show for over 100 dancers. She also choreographed Stardom Dance Costumes newest collections debut performance. Lauren has been in choreography by industry experts such as Mandy Moore, Tyce Diorio, Teddy Forance, Michelle Dawley and Danny Lawn. She was a featured dancer in Jenesia’s Music Video “Liar” and a performer in Joseph Neale’s televised performance of “Skyfall”. She has trained at USC Kaufman at Complexions Summer Intensive and with Molly Long at Project 21. As a competitive dancer, Lauren won many top titles and scholarships. In 2021 Lauren received the top score of the competition at View Dance Challenge Edmonton with her lyrical solo “My Way”.
Amanda has trained since a young age in various styles including ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, musical theater and acro. She was an examiner and master instructor for the Acro Dance Teacher’s Association (ADTA) syllabus and has completed the junior, intermediate, and advanced certification courses. Amanda is also certified in Acrobatic Arts M1 and M2. She has been teaching acro for over 10 years and enjoys teaching a wide range of skills including limbering, tumbling, aerials, balances, trending tricks, and partnering. Amanda especially loves teaching new and fun variations of skills that challenge her students.
Amanda is also a certified ADAPT jazz teacher and has completed Lisa Howell’s Teacher training level 1. Amanda is certified in Alixa Flexibility Module 1, 2, and 3. She is also a Certified Athletic Therapist and has a bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education. She has extensive knowledge in anatomy, injury prevention, biomechanics and exercise physiology that helps shape her training methods. Amanda’s background in assessing and treating injuries as a therapist helps her understand the safest ways to execute skills and how to minimize stress put on the body.
Sarah Klassen – Ballet
Sarah has been teaching for over 30 years. She believes in the “person first, dancer second” philosophy where children are learning to be kind and responsible adults. She believes that all dancers have a unique dancing artistry that is to be celebrated.
Sarah began her dance training in Leduc in Highland Dance at the age of 9. Soon after she added in ballet and of course that snowballed into tap, lyrical, modern, jazz etc. She graduated from the Edmonton School of Ballet and was a company member of Edmonton Festival Ballet Company performing solo repertoire from Swan Lake, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and many amazing works by the company choreographers.
Sarah is certified in RAD Ballet, Highland Associate, Acrobatic Arts, MUV Method. With a love of learning she jumps at the chance to take any course available such as Mental Health and Mindfulness programs with Lauren Ritchie, Fascia Training, Anatomy courses, Ballet Blog and Physio training with Lisa Howell and Reiki 2 Level.
Sarah was a studio owner for 14 years. Her passion is for teaching and seeing dancers for the beautiful humans they are.
Jillian Ung graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary, majoring in Contemporary, Jazz and Choreography. With a passion for diverse styles, she ventured into street dance, pursuing Hip Hop, vogue and more.
Transitioning to Vancouver, Jillian’s talent attracted collaborations with Premier Talent Agency, weekly live performances and commercials. She excels in both choreography and performance, contributing her skills to esteemed groups like Team Canada Hip Hop, Twofourseven Company and Quill Collective.
With a passion for continuous learning, Jillian has expanded her cirriculum and training, sharing her expertise at numerous dance studios and schools. Specializing predominantly in hip hop, she remains dedicated to her role as both a student and teacher. Jillian believes firmly that ongoing education and training are essential to enhancing ones capabilities.
Jillian’s dedication and versatility continue to shape her thriving career, leaving and enduring impact on the dance world.
Connor Denison is an award-winning tap dancer, choreographer and teacher and has had the honor to teach and perform at a multitude of studios, workshops, and festivals across Western Canada as faculty, guest artist, and choreographer. Highlighted performance credits include touring BC with the cast of “Love.Be.Best.Free” (Danny Nielsen), dancing as a lead in “Caravan” (Derick Grant and Tasha Lawson) and performing in “The Cholly Project” in Vancouver (Travis Knights).
Recently Connor was featured in Danny Nielsen’s full-length production “On Foot,” premiering in the fall of 2019. In the fall of 2020 Connor was an understudy in Lisa Latouche’s piece “Fool’s Gold” presented by Fall For Dance.In the spring of 2019 Connor began producing his own work entitled “Fourteen”. Audiences were later captivated in the summer of 2020 and 2021 when Connor was given the opportunity to extend the piece into a half hour set, presented by Springboard receiving rave reviews from industry professionals. Connor is currently developing the set into his first full length show.
M’Kayla Kongnetiman
M’Kayla (Ma-kai-la) Kongnetiman is Mohkinstsis/Calgary-based multidisciplinary dance artist, singer & emerging choreographer, who is known for sharing her love of music & dance with as many people as she can. Her artistic journey began at the age of three after she took her first ballet class and never looked back. She began training in various genres of dance competitively from the age of 5-17 where she was given the opportunity to perform & compete across the world at various dance competitions, conventions & intensives.
Our summer dance intensives are meant to get dancers conditioned and prepared for the upcoming dance season, with a focus on stretch, strength, conditioning and tech tune up. Intensive camp will also focus on the whole dancer and important topics to help build resilience in each participant. We can’t wait to grow dancers into strong, confident humans through these intensive dance camps.
This year our theme is Elevate – an immersive summer camp experience designed for competitive dancers ages 6 to 17 who are looking to take their skills to the next level.
Led by top-notch instructors and choreographers, this intensive camp provides comprehensive training in multiple genres, and exposes dancers to dance forms they don’t otherwise see in their training.
Dancers will develop their technique, artistry, and performance skills, while also gaining valuable insights into the dance industry.
In addition to dance training, Elevate Dance Intensive also provides a supporting and nurturing environment where dancers create lasting memories. The camp encourages personal growth and self-confidence as well as teamwork and collaboration.
Register now and elevate your dance education and experience this summer!
Summer Rhythm Tap Intensive
August 14 and 15, 2024
Jr to Int Dancers – 4:30 – 7:30pm
Pre Adv to Adv Dancers – 6:30 – 9:30pm
Summer Intensive
August 19 to 22, 2024
9:00am to 4:00pm
Ages 6 to 18
FACULTY:
Over the past 7 years Lauren has attended over 15 Break The Floor events (now DanceOne) where her choreography has placed within the top 10 across various age divisions. Lauren has assisted for The View Dance Convention, iDance Convention and was a Pure Dance Convention Ambassador. She has also assisted Sabrina Phillip’s with studio routines.
Lauren choreographed the Edmonton Elks Fight Cancer Half-Time Show for over 100 dancers. She also choreographed Stardom Dance Costumes newest collections debut performance. Lauren has been in choreography by industry experts such as Mandy Moore, Tyce Diorio, Teddy Forance, Michelle Dawley and Danny Lawn. She was a featured dancer in Jenesia’s Music Video “Liar” and a performer in Joseph Neale’s televised performance of “Skyfall”. She has trained at USC Kaufman at Complexions Summer Intensive and with Molly Long at Project 21. As a competitive dancer, Lauren won many top titles and scholarships. In 2021 Lauren received the top score of the competition at View Dance Challenge Edmonton with her lyrical solo “My Way”.
Amanda has trained since a young age in various styles including ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, musical theater and acro. She was an examiner and master instructor for the Acro Dance Teacher’s Association (ADTA) syllabus and has completed the junior, intermediate, and advanced certification courses. Amanda is also certified in Acrobatic Arts M1 and M2. She has been teaching acro for over 10 years and enjoys teaching a wide range of skills including limbering, tumbling, aerials, balances, trending tricks, and partnering. Amanda especially loves teaching new and fun variations of skills that challenge her students.
Amanda is also a certified ADAPT jazz teacher and has completed Lisa Howell’s Teacher training level 1. Amanda is certified in Alixa Flexibility Module 1, 2, and 3. She is also a Certified Athletic Therapist and has a bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education. She has extensive knowledge in anatomy, injury prevention, biomechanics and exercise physiology that helps shape her training methods. Amanda’s background in assessing and treating injuries as a therapist helps her understand the safest ways to execute skills and how to minimize stress put on the body.
Sarah Klassen – Ballet
Sarah has been teaching for over 30 years. She believes in the “person first, dancer second” philosophy where children are learning to be kind and responsible adults. She believes that all dancers have a unique dancing artistry that is to be celebrated.
Sarah began her dance training in Leduc in Highland Dance at the age of 9. Soon after she added in ballet and of course that snowballed into tap, lyrical, modern, jazz etc. She graduated from the Edmonton School of Ballet and was a company member of Edmonton Festival Ballet Company performing solo repertoire from Swan Lake, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and many amazing works by the company choreographers.
Sarah is certified in RAD Ballet, Highland Associate, Acrobatic Arts, MUV Method. With a love of learning she jumps at the chance to take any course available such as Mental Health and Mindfulness programs with Lauren Ritchie, Fascia Training, Anatomy courses, Ballet Blog and Physio training with Lisa Howell and Reiki 2 Level.
Sarah was a studio owner for 14 years. Her passion is for teaching and seeing dancers for the beautiful humans they are.
Jillian Ung graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary, majoring in Contemporary, Jazz and Choreography. With a passion for diverse styles, she ventured into street dance, pursuing Hip Hop, vogue and more.
Transitioning to Vancouver, Jillian’s talent attracted collaborations with Premier Talent Agency, weekly live performances and commercials. She excels in both choreography and performance, contributing her skills to esteemed groups like Team Canada Hip Hop, Twofourseven Company and Quill Collective.
With a passion for continuous learning, Jillian has expanded her cirriculum and training, sharing her expertise at numerous dance studios and schools. Specializing predominantly in hip hop, she remains dedicated to her role as both a student and teacher. Jillian believes firmly that ongoing education and training are essential to enhancing ones capabilities.
Jillian’s dedication and versatility continue to shape her thriving career, leaving and enduring impact on the dance world.
Connor Denison is an award-winning tap dancer, choreographer and teacher and has had the honor to teach and perform at a multitude of studios, workshops, and festivals across Western Canada as faculty, guest artist, and choreographer. Highlighted performance credits include touring BC with the cast of “Love.Be.Best.Free” (Danny Nielsen), dancing as a lead in “Caravan” (Derick Grant and Tasha Lawson) and performing in “The Cholly Project” in Vancouver (Travis Knights).
Recently Connor was featured in Danny Nielsen’s full-length production “On Foot,” premiering in the fall of 2019. In the fall of 2020 Connor was an understudy in Lisa Latouche’s piece “Fool’s Gold” presented by Fall For Dance.In the spring of 2019 Connor began producing his own work entitled “Fourteen”. Audiences were later captivated in the summer of 2020 and 2021 when Connor was given the opportunity to extend the piece into a half hour set, presented by Springboard receiving rave reviews from industry professionals. Connor is currently developing the set into his first full length show.
M’Kayla Kongnetiman
M’Kayla (Ma-kai-la) Kongnetiman is Mohkinstsis/Calgary-based multidisciplinary dance artist, singer & emerging choreographer, who is known for sharing her love of music & dance with as many people as she can. Her artistic journey began at the age of three after she took her first ballet class and never looked back. She began training in various genres of dance competitively from the age of 5-17 where she was given the opportunity to perform & compete across the world at various dance competitions, conventions & intensives.
