Dance Film Audition – Vancouver!

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Tap Dancing Show in Vancouver Tomorrow Night!

Hey!! All you West Coast Tap fanatics!  Be sure to catch this show!!

Location is :  Norman Rothstein 41st and Oak, Vancouver.

Time : 7:30pm on Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Have an awesome time everyone!! 🙂

Visit http://vantapdance.com/  for full details !

National Tap Dance Day – This Saturday! – How U Celebrating?

Hey Toronto Peeps!!  This one’s for you!  Shawn Byfield’s got some great stuff goin on this weekend for National Tap Dance Day.  Wish I could come .. Thanks Shawn for putting this on!

Here’s the info from Shawn’s Website

National Tap Dance Day ALL ACCESS PASS

Best Way To Get UNLIMTED MONTH Of Toronto Tap Dance Classes: A $500 Value!

Your Jaw Will Hit The Floor… See Below For The Exclusive National Tap Dance Day Rate

Saturday May 25th is National Tap Dance Day, which honours the birthday of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. The left-footed tap dancer paved the way and opened the doors for Black entertainers to perform in film and stage.

To celebrate, expert tap dance choreographer Shawn Byfield is hosting FREE tap dance classes for dancers aged 16 and up, at Byfield Dance Experience, 819 Yonge Street, Toronto.

4pm Tap Dancers with LOTS of tap training
5pm Tap Dancers with a fair bit of tap training
6pm Tap Dancers with very LITTLE tap training

PLUS, you’ll get a chance to grab an ALL ACCESS VIP tap dance card this Saturday ONLY. The pass gives UNLIMITED tap dance classes at Byfield Dance Experience.At $20 to drop in per class, that’s a $500 value!

You’ll get access to TWENTY-FIVE tap classes in one month, every Tuesday and Saturday, with Toronto’s best tap dance instructors and coaches. The VIP Pass EXPIRES June 29th 2013 and will be available for only $179. You can only get the pass IN PERSON National Tap Dance Day 2013, Saturday May 25th.

Don’t miss this!

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE For The Free Tap Dance Classes May 25th. Spaces Already Filling Fast, CALL 416-917-1169 to Register

Dance Making a Difference in People’s Lives.

Had so much fun at the Millionaire Mind Intensive this past weekend!  We had an awesome crowd that broke through some big challenges and freed themselves. So rewarding to see change in people’s lives.

Thanks to Robert Riopel, Peak Potentials Core Team, and the awesome Karma Krew for making this an awesome event for everyone.

Here’s the vid from the wrap up at the end of the weekend!  We so crazy! 🙂

* To view the video, click on the facebook link below.  You may have to like Rob’s page to view it due to privacy settings.  Enjoy*

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151654587530407

Video and Pics of Our Unforgettable Victory at Dance Power Calgary !! :)

I couldn’t have asked for a better start to the 2013 Competition Season with Terpsichore Dance.  It definitely was an unforgettable week 🙂

Dance Power Calgary definitely had it’s ups and downs but in the end the Terpsichore Dancers hung onto 1st Place Overall after their early-week performance of “He Lives”.  It was quite exciting to watch the leader board every day hoping we did what it took to stay on top.  The official results (and the party) are below!

 

Here’s a few more memories of this great week 🙂

He Lives

The Top 5

Holiday 1st Gold

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Gettin to Know Dance Power Competition

This week my students and some of the best dancers in Calgary are competing in one of Canada’s most renowned Dance Competitions!  Dance Power rolled into town today and the energy is electric!

I’ve known Daryl and the Dance Power crew right from the start and really love the fun, positive, high caliber dancing that comes to Dance Power. Congrats Daryl. Thanks for all your work!

Here’s a little more about Dance Power from the Website.

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About Us

Dance Power is a 100% Canadian company based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We are one of the largest dance competitions in North America and have been in operation since 1992. We strive to create events that are professional, friendly, on-time and fun for everyone involved.

We work diligently to ensure our events are stress free for the dancers, parents, studio owners and teachers and believe that doing so creates an environment where dancers can “show us their best”.

We operate our events across Western Canada in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Dance Power annually awards over $100,000 back to the dance community in the form of cash prizes, scholarships and awards.

In addition, we support various children’s charities and are a corporate sponsor of the Angels Anonymous Connection.

We are looking forward to our 21st season of presenting friendly competitions in Canada.

Vision Statement

We succeed only when we meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and guests. We have a passion for excellence and endeavor to set and deliver the highest standards of service and products while maintaining value, integrity and fairness. We realize the power of the people that we connect with and value their contributions and ideas. We feel a sense of responsibility to lead by examples of creativity, enthusiasm and loyalty. Most importantly, we feel it is important to deliver our services and products in an atmosphere or experience that is encouraging and fun!

Click Here for All Dance Power Info! 

See Ya There! 🙂  Mr. Dean

Video and Pics of My week Adjudicating The Brandon Arts Festival

After some time away I want to blog about my fantastic adjudication work in Brandon, MN.  Six days of inspiring, exausting , and creative dance filled with tones of fun 🙂

It was really great to reconnect with my old friend Judy Russell.  I worked with Judy as a teacher at her dance studio in Prince George, BC back in 2009/2010. Judy is the creator and artistic director of the well-known Enchainment Dance Center.  She’s a fantastic Master Teacher and a wonderful friend.  Was so great to reconnect and share some more fun memories!

Watching the talent in Brandon was tones of fun!  Judy really enjoyed the Ballet and I loved the  tap , jazz , and hip hop. We were both very impressed at the large amount of dances these kids did in six days.  We were pooped just watching them!

Pooped after a long hard week 😉

I am very thankful for my invite there and hope that I can come back and visit soon!  Congrats to all dancers for a job Very Well Done! Especially my picks for overall scholarships and High Score Awards.  Some of which include: Colby Pilling for his extraordinary tappy feet , Kyra Levoie for her stand out personality on stage, Jayden and Alexa Case for some terrific technique, the Hip Hop Diva (watch out Beyonce)- Ayreanna Pierre, the artistic animations of Brett Chrest, and the beautiful singing Ballerina – Victoria  Rust.  You all inspired me!!!

Please tell me you are Never Ever Getting Back Together :p

And I’ll leave u with a fun video.. More tappers to come

Help Canmore WIN a Music Concert with Victoria Duffield and Jordan Francis!

EXTRA !! EXTRA!! Urgent News!! Canmore is now in the Top 10 in the Cross Country Fun Hunt. We NEED your HELP!!  Please take two seconds and vote for Canmore as the FUNNEST place to live!

The winner could receive a Music Concert hosted by Victoria Duffield and Jordan Francis!!  How sweet would that be! 🙂  Please take a moment and follow the instructions below to vote. Thanks again to Maya Baylis for putting Canmore on the MAP!!!

Voting for your favorite nominee is easy!
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3. On the right side of the home page there is a large icon with the words “VOTE FOR CONCERT DESTINATION HERE!” Click on the icon to see the list of nominees.
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Tara-Jean Popowich Canada Workshop Day 1

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Below is a little picture gallery from Day 1 of Tara-Jean’s Workshop in Lethbridge, AB.  Was tonnes of fun! 🙂 Got in last night safe and sound with my good buddy Miss Rhonda, owner of Danceology in Stettler, behind the … Continue reading →

Tap Dancing Workshop in Calgary: A Historical Weekend!

Finally some time to write about what was an amazing and historical weekend of tap dancing in Calgary.  It was two days of… wake up, tap, eat, tap , tap, sleep, !! I loved it! The mix of having four professional Calgarian dancers along with Lady Dianne Walker was just a dream!  I learned so much and was so happy to see such a great turn out!

It appeared that anyone serious about tap in Calgary, and beyond, showed up to the workshop!  It was a great turn out and I’m happy Tasha Lawson made such a great return to town! She put together a great line up which is exactly what the Calgary Tap scene needed.  And can we mention Dianne Walker!!

Wow!  This lady is like a tap “hall of fame” Star!  There is so much to say about all the wonderful moments that happened with Dianne this weekend but I think the most memorable was when she was brought to tears when talking about how happy she was that tap is in a good place and is all over North America.

Dianne shared with us how her generation of tap dancers literally saved tap dancing! Dianne’s genration, including Honi Coles, Buster Brown, Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, and so many more, were actually a dying generation of tap dancers as tap was becoming “extinct.”   Dianne tells of how her mother’s generation were ALL tap dancing.  It sounded like tap dancing was then what yoga is today.  Everyone did it and everyone knew how!

Im not sure what caused the decline of the art form , but Dianne shares that they were desperately trying to save it in her day!  Dianne commented that one of the biggest catalyst to saving Tap was the love and passion of tap dancing from a young Savion Glover.  It was Savion who brought tap to the young people in a new and fresh way!  Dianne thanks God he did because she saw this weekend the result of all that effort they made back then.

It was very interesting to be a part of this weekend partly because of my good friendship with faculty member Lisa Latouche. Lisa and I have been friends for over 16 years  I was there when Lisa disovered that Tap Dancing was what she wanted to do with the rest of her life.  I would recieve messages from her telling me how amazing New York and Chicago are.

I watched and heard Lisa eat up all kinds of Tap Video including Savion Glover . And she mentioned many times how much she adored Dianne Walker. It’s been quite inspiring to watch Lisa follow her dreams and become one of the most successful Tap Dancers Canada has ever seen!

What a great weekend!  Definitely historical.  I can’t wait to be part of the next chapter!