Sashinka Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Well, Im officially accepted to my grad studies program at USask, so Im off in a couple of weeks... very sad to leave beautiful British Columbia for 7 months of snow a year . I'm looking for a school/studio in Saskatoon with adult classes, or one that will let you take class with the teens or kiddies. I havent been able to find ANYTHING on the internet, I hope this doesnt mean Im moving to a ballet black-hole. I have looked at the Uni, they have a few classes but I hope to find more... If I could just find a good place, Id have no worries about moving So anyone know any non-Dinkle places? I think Ive found a couple of Dinkles, but I dont want to go down that route.... Quote Link to comment
G2B4 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Sashinka, according to this thread you are indeed moving to a ballet black hole : http://dancers.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=31463 It included a very good link from cbmr http://themediaweb.com/links.htm and here's another I found : http://www.dancesask.com/members/directory/zone6.html but we really couldn't find anything there either for Sask. It looks like you would actually be lucky to find a Dinkle. If you've been dancing at HarbourDance in Vancouver there doesn't appear to be anything remotely like it in Canada. I guess we're lucky! If you find anything, let us know, if not, contact The Honourable Beverley J. Oda!!! Quote Link to comment
Gracey Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 I also have been searching and asking around. Unfortunately I have also come up blank. It is looking pretty bleak. I suspect there may be some smaller RAD schools, as I can't imagine Saskatoon without any ballet.. Quote Link to comment
cbmr Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Here is the link to the RAD schools in Saskatoon registered with RAD Canada: http://www.radcanada.org/studiodirectory/studios/s.htm#sas You may also consider a few road trips to Edmonton for classes (& perhaps, shopping!!) Good Luck! Quote Link to comment
Sashinka Posted August 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Oh dear, its looking grim How awful is that.....stuck inside more than 1/2 the year and the darn place has no ballet?? cbmr, thanks for the RAD link, at least with RAD I know there is some kind of qualification system so its a place to start.... G2B4... I actually found the Canadian Dance Links website (but thanks for reminding me where it was)...its actually the reason I started freaking out in the 1st place! May I ask who is "The Honourable Beverley J. Oda" ? Sorry if Im missing something.. Well, Im trying not to panic (not really succeeding at all though). I may have to hoof it around the city to every place in the phonebook (assuming there ARE any places in the phonebook) and pray that I find a tiny unknown school that cares about technique and doesnt have baton twirling.... it could happen right? Right??? Quote Link to comment
Marga Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 The Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble has a full-time professional balletmaster. It wouldn't hurt to ask if you could take ballet class with them. They are serious professional folk dancers who are extremely accomplished. I would imagine their ballet training is Russian-based. Yevshan Folk Ballet Ensemble Quote Link to comment
Administrators mom2 Posted September 3, 2006 Administrators Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 I found this link today: http://www.youthballet.com/danceschool.htm#adult don't know anything first-hand about this, but at least it's something to check into. All the best, m2 Quote Link to comment
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