SHOWCASE 2025
Important Dates:
Dress Rehearsal in Tusket on Friday, May 23rd 2025. @ 5:00-7:30pm
Two Performances at the Tusket Theatre on Saturday, May 24th 2025.
TWO SHOWTIMES:
2:00-3:00pm & 5:30-6:30pm
Select your seats with online tickets. Purchase Tickets Online: Link will be available here.
Tickets can also be purchased at the door. First come first serve.
Please arrive Saturday by 1pm for the 2pm Showcase.
Dancers may leave between Showcases or bring a lunch and stay in between.
Please arrive by 4:30pm for the 5:30pm Showcase.
*Dancers must perform in both Showcases*
Dancers are to have their hair, in a low slick back pony-tail braid. Hair parted down the centre. Please bring a water bottle. No juice or pop backstage or in dressing rooms, just water. Arrive in clothing to warm up and hair and makeup.
Dancers in Contemporary/Ballet must have a pair on tan convertible tights for performances. Barefeet is acceptable or toe turners. Ballet slippers not necessary for this year’s showcase.
Dancers in Hip-Hop must bring their own white sneakers and bottoms.
Beginners: Black bottoms, pants, shorts etc.
Intermediates: Jeans/denim bottoms for their performance.
Dancers may leave in between shows or pack a lunch/bring snacks for Saturday as the shows are closer together. Dancers can feel free to stay together, eat, dance, take pictures and get ready to do it all again!
We ask that parents do not go in the dressing rooms, dancers are changing. We will have assigned chaperons to ensure all the dancers are prepared, comfortable and ready to-go! Once both shows are complete, we ask that costumes are hung back up and dressing rooms are tidy. Please be respectful of yourself and your surroundings. Have a blast!
Ballet/Contemporary Dancers: Costumes are provided and will be in the dressing room with your name. Don’t forget your tan convertible tights and toe thongs/turners (optional).
Hip-Hop Dancers: Tops are provided and will be in the dressing room with your name. Please bring your white sneakers and sweatpants for both performances.
Competitive Dancers: Costumes will be backstage for all competitive dancers during Showcase.
Skill Refinement & Choreography Season
1st Term:
September – November
1st term is all about getting the students on a comfortable level with the classes, exercises, combos, skills and choreography. Meeting and connecting with new dancers and feeling safe with their teachers is a high priority at Defying Gravity Dance. It can take some time for certain students to open up, therefore at DGD we want to make it a comfortable learning environment for all students.
We also begin creating the routines for our Showcases and select students for Halifax Dance Competitions in first term! This preparation really helps the students performances for the 2nd term. We finish 1st term with fun and creative photos and video content for the studio. Once in December, we break for Christmas and begin 2nd term Registration in the New Year.
Competition & Showcase Season
2nd Term:
January – May
(No classes on Easter Monday, March Break Week, April Weekend Halifax Competition TBA).
2nd term is dedicated to ensuring all the dancer’s are happy and that their skills are improving. We also must complete and clean all routines that will be performed that year by the studio. This can take weeks and it is important that students consistently arrive to classes, as their dance mates rely on each other when preparing any performance routine.
There is always a chance for extra practices in 2nd term as we approach performance dates. Always check before leaving for class in the early winter months. If we have to cancel due to weather/road conditions, a make-up class will be rescheduled. DGD practices a safe and positive studio environment, offering opportunities to those who love to dance!
