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DAS Winter Festival
What better way to get ready for winter than to celebrate it with dance! We have a full day of festivities for you coming up on Saturday December 2 to enjoy all our community and our city has to offer for dance opportunities! We will have three events during the day:
- 12:00 – 1:00 pm — Dance Mastery Demo, Group 1: Introduction to Ballet Syllabus Training
- 1:30 – 2:30 pm — Dance Mastery Demo, Group 2: Allegro Intensive
- 3:00 – 5:00 pm — GLACIER GALA
Purchase tickets below or scroll down for more information!
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Purdy’s Chocolates Christmas Fundraiser
The holidays are approaching and with them, one of our favourite fundraisers! Twice a year, Dance Alive Studios holds a Purdy’s chocolate fundraiser to help our students raise funds to support their dance training & costume fees. If you want to help these dancers feel beautiful on stage, and eat some delicious treats while you’re at it, then have a look at the details below!
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Spooky Saturday
We LOVE Halloween at Dance Alive Studios, and this year we are so excited to bring you our first official SPOOKY SATURDAY filled with tons of fun on Saturday October 28! Check out the details below:
Check us out on CTV Morning News for a brief description of the event and a sneak preview of the THRILLER DANCE!!
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Spine-Tingling Swing Dance (Dance Addiction YXE)
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm – Chilling Chair Dance (Saskatoon Pole & Dance Studio)
- 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm – Lunatic Lunch (pre-ordered Subway lunch & shopping time)
- 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm – Acro Yoga Asylum (Scott’s Yoga)
- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Thriller Dance MUSIC VIDEO (Dance Alive Studios)
- 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Scary Social & Halloween Movie (you get to vote!)
- 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (ALL DAY) – Monster Market (shop at vendor’s tables before and after your class, during the lunch break, and at the beginning of the social!)
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DAS Harvest Sale
Prepare yourself for our first ever DAS HARVEST SALE coming on Sunday October 1 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm! We LOVE autumn here at Dance Alive Studios, and we have a fun day planned to celebrate! This student-run event is organized and managed by our very own DAS members, and proceeds of this sale will go towards supporting our dancers in covering their training and performance expenses. We are also thrilled to welcome outside vendors and volunteers who want to be a part of the magic. So far we have a handful of activities planned, but more will be added as we get closer to the event:
FARMER’S MARKET – Purchase fresh produce and pumpkins in plenty of time for Thanksgiving and Halloween
WHIMSICAL WARES – Shop locally made arts & crafts items to get you in the mood for spooky season!
HOUSEPLANT BUY & SELL – Sell a plant, buy a plant! We take donations or plants on consignment if you want to drop something off, and then browse to find the perfect replacement
ART GALLERY – Enjoy local talent and find pieces to decorate your home for the fall
VENDORS TABLES – Are you a local artist or vendor who wants to set up your own table? Inquire via email to contact@dancealivestudios.com and join our event for a small fee!
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Registration Week
We are so excited to begin our 7th Season at Dance Alive Studios that we’re bringing you 3 DAYS of fun events before we even start! While Weekly Classes don’t start until Mon Sep 11, we have the following events and activities happening the first week of September:
OPEN HOUSE REGISTRATION (Tue Sep 6 | 5:30 – 8:30 pm) – Come by, meet the team, ask your questions, see the space, buy some dancewear and merchandise, and get yourself registered in person!
FREE POP-UP CLASS: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL JAZZ (Wed Sep 7 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm) – Join our new teacher Hannah Gillis for a fun, themed Jazz Pop-Up Classes to start the season off with a bang! *Sign-Up form below!
SEASON KICK-OFF SOCIAL (Thu Sep 7 | 5:30 – 8:30 pm) – Enjoy this Come & Go event and meet our community! We’ll have our Edited Recordings playing throughout the evening of our June Show DANCING FREE and our August DAS Showcase. You can stay as long as you like! *RSVP below!
We’d love to see you one evening or all three! Learn more and sign-up for FREE below:
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H5 Dough to Go Fundraiser
Dance Alive Studios is excited to bring you another DELICIOUS fundraiser! H5 Dough to Go is a local business in Kyle, SK, that makes specialty dough perfect for pizzas, calzones, cinnamon buns, donuts, pretzels, and more! Their dough is low in sodium and has no preservatives, and is made with flour milled from Western Canadian Grain, grown right here in Saskatchewan! We have some amazing options to choose from:
- White, Parmesan Herb, or Mixed Dough 5 Pack ($25)
- Canadian, Hawaiian, Pepperoni, or Meatza Pizzas ($20)
- H5 Super Spice ($10) or Cinnamon Sugar ($8)
Pop-Up Class: Rock ‘n’ Roll Jazz Dance
It’s time for another 💥POP-UP CLASS💥, this time bringing you 🎸ROCK ‘N’ ROLL JAZZ DANCE🎸! For this class, Hannah Gillis will be teaching a Rock ‘n’ Roll-themed Jazz combination, with lots of sass and style. When you sign up, you get to weigh in on which song we choose! This Pop-Up Class is open to ALL LEVELS of Adult Jazz dancers, even if you’ve never danced before! You can join with socks, barefeet, Ballet shoes, half-soles, Jazz shoes, or anything else you like dancing in. This will be a blast for everyone involved! See more details below:
| Date: | Wednesday, August 23 |
| Time: | 6:00 – 7:00 pm |
| Location: | The Studio! (#10-2404 Thayer Ave) |
| Drop-In Pass: | $25.00 + GST *10% off for Emerald Members *20% off for Silver Members *FREE for those with Unlimited Access |
*Dance Alive students can use Punch Cards to attend this Pop-Up Class!
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DAS Showcase 2023
We are excited to announce our 3rd DAS Showcase coming this summer! Our Showcase events are intended to share more of our solo and small group pieces from throughout the year, and to help us get back in the dancing mood for the upcoming season! You can expect to see some group pieces that were performed in our June Show DANCING FREE, as well as some solo and duet works from our one-of-a-kind Path to Performance program. We are also introducing Works in Progress as an opportunity for our dancers to perform pieces that aren’t quite finished so they can gain audience feedback to help inform the creative process! This event is an interactive, informative experience where audience members are invited to ask questions and give feedback during the show. Join us for a pleasant evening visiting with the performers, sharing in their process, and checking out our registration options for the Fall! Read more for event details and ticket sales:
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DANCING FREE Viewing Party
It’s time for all the performers to get together and watch their beautiful pieces from our DAS Show 2023 on June 17! All performers of the show and continuing DAS Members receive free admission, while guests must pay for entrance. Details below:
| Date: | Thursday, July 27 |
| Time: | 6:00 – 8:30 pm Viewing starts at 6:30 pm! |
| Location: | The Studio! (#10-2404 Thayer Ave) |
| Entry Price: | Performers & Members – FREE! Guests – $15.00 + GST |
DAS Show 2023 – Advertising & Sponsorship Opportunities
Hopefully you’ve heard about our Year-End DAS Show 2023: DANCING FREE! This is our 5th annual year-end performance that we hold to showcase the amazing talent and dedication of our adult dancers! These performers have either fallen in love with dance as adults or have come back to it after growing up loving it in their youth. We are the only studio of our kind to have high-quality, multi-faceted dance training for adult dancers that is informed by the most recent dance science and provides opportunities for casual and devoted members all in one place!
If you would like to support our show this season by purchasing ad space in our program, or even sponsorsing the event, you can learn more below and fill out a request form:
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