The School of Toronto Dance Theatre is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

 school located in the Cabbagetown

Cabbagetown, Toronto

Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood located on the east side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association....

 neighbourhood of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

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. The School was founded in 1968 by Patricia Beatty, David Earle, and Peter Randazzo, and is today among the foremost institutions of dance education in Canada.

Programs offered

The School of Toronto Dance Theatre offers a three-year professional training program in contemporary dance

Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...

. The professional program is a full-time post-secondary course of study aimed at training aspiring dancers in the skills and experience to succeed in a theatrical dance career.

The School also offers an adult recreational program for contemporary dance, a Saturday children's dance program, and a four-week summer intensive program during the month of July.

Faculty and affiliations

The School's artistic director is Patricia Fraser, and the faculty are all practising artists.

The School is affiliated with Toronto Dance Theatre

Toronto Dance Theatre

The Toronto Dance Theatre is a Canadian modern dance company based in Toronto, Ontario. Described by The Canadian Encyclopedia as "one of the foremost modern-dance companies in Canada", the company tours nationally and internationally and regularly performs at the Harbourfront Centre and Winchester...

, whose Artistic Director is Christopher House, and many graduates of the School have become members of that company.

A long list of dance companies across Canada and internationally have also engaged graduates of the program.

The School is also affiliated with York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

, in Toronto, and graduates may apply credits from their courses at the School towards a BFA

Bachelor of Fine Arts

In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

in dance.

External links

• The School of Toronto Dance Theatre