Iona C.S.S Dance Program 10th Anniversary

12/12/2017

⭐️CONTEST GIVEAWAY⭐️

Here is your chance to get ✌️free tickets to our closing night show!

*contest rules* tag two people who you think would like two free tickets to our show in the comments. Winner will be chosen Wednesday afternoon! Good luck! Tag away!

12/04/2017

Less then 10 days till showtime!!! Do you have your tickets left?? This is a very special event you do not want to miss!!
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11/24/2017

Tickets to our show "Reunion" on Dec. 13th and 14th are now LIVE! Reserve your seats and buy your tickets NOW by clicking on this link:

https://secure1.tixhub.com/meadowvale/online/b_otix.asp?cboPerformances=2275&cboEvent=1623 #

HOPE YOU'RE AS EXCITED AS WE ARE. SEE YOU THEN ;)

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11/15/2017

Do you or someone you know Interested in to becoming part of the Iona Dance Fam?

Here is your chance! If you are currently in grade 8, 9 or 10, live in Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville or Milton and would like to try out for our Dance Program then apply now! We can’t wait to see you soon ❤️

Please share and tag people who you think should see this!

11/08/2017

**Working Dancer Wednesday**
Yup! Our Iona Grads have found successful careers and vocations in many areas! And Many have gone on to find Success as professional dancers, dance teachers and choreographers! Check out Iona Alumni impressive bio ☺️
Alex Pollard is a professional dancer and choreographer in Toronto with years of experience in the commercial dance industry. He is a graduate of York University holding a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Alex is trained in various styles, such as Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz-Funk, and Modern. Alex has trained at many studios in Toronto and New York, including, Broadway Dance Centre, Alvin Ailey, Peridance Capezio Center and many more, which have provided him with an exceptional background of dance training. ​ Alex has choreographed for many shows and events in Toronto, such as Toronto's Original Choreographer's Ball, Fever After Dark, The Bazaar, Youth Day, and Habitat for Humanity. Alex is also the current choreographer for Toronto-based recording artist Porsha, who has released her new EP Don’t Worry and has choreographed her entire 2017/18 set list. His most recent performance with Porsha was at Sounds of the 6ix, which took place at the Hard Rock Café in Toronto.

Alex has performed in various showcases in Toronto and has worked for companies such as, Diamond Ball, Army of Sass, A2D2 Aerial Dance Cirque Company, Sanskriti Arts and much more. Alex has worked with and back-up danced for many various and diverse artists, including Juno Award Nominee, Marlowe and the Mix. He has also back-up danced for Shweta Subram; an Indo-Urban Canadian artist for the IIFA Awards Buzz Event, and is featured in Brooklyn Roebuck’s (YTV’s “The Next Star” Winner) music video “Lemon and Lime.” ​Given his excellence in the commercial dance industry, Alex has been nominated for various awards such as the Ron Lenyk Inspiring Youth Arts Award, The Glenn Gould Prize, and was a top-three finalist for the 2017 MARTYS LifeTime Achievement Award through the Mississauga Arts Council. ​Alex is also a passionate teacher and enjoys sharing his love for dance with students of all levels and abilities.

11/06/2017

If you, or someone you know, are interested in joining an arts high school then come on out to our arts open house this Wednesday!!

11/01/2017

**Working Dancer Wednesday**

Introducing our next Iona Alumni Guest Choreographer Chimira Andres! We are so glad to have her back choreographing a joint piece (with her sister, Chloei) for our Gr. 9s & 10s . You do not want to miss their piece in our 10th Anniversary Show, “Reunion” this December 13th & 14th. MORE INFO COMING SOON!

Chimira is currently a fourth year Honours Intergrated Science student at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. She started dancing at the age of 4 years old and continued her professional dance training at The School of Cadence Ballet where she graduated as a senior principal member of the youth company. Coming from an arts high school background as a graduate from the Iona Secondary School Arts Program as well as a professional training program, Chimira is trained in the genres of Vaganova and RAD Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Jazz, Improvisation, Hiphop, Acro, and both Classical and Contemporary Ballet Pointe repertoire. Chimira has been lucky enough to have worked with and assisted choreographers in the dance industry such as Courtnae Bowman, Svetlana Lunkina, Julia Cratchley, Stephanie Rutherford, Dave Wilson, Kyra Jean Green, Allen Kaja, and Sarah Murphy-Dyson. She is a free lance dancer, choreographer who is currently the active president of MAC Dance: McMaster University Varsity Dance Team. While constantly juggling academia and dance, Chimira believes that having the two, sets a good balance and motivation towards any goals that she has! She is so excited to be back home at Iona!!

10/19/2017

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Throw back to our trailblazing graduating class of 2011! Our very first class to graduate the Iona Dance Program ❤️

Please tag yourself and your friends!! 👌

10/18/2017

**Working Dancer Wednesday**

Introducing our next Iona Alumni Guest Choreographer . You do not want to miss her piece in our 10th Anniversary Show this December 13 & 14 “Reunion”
Check out bellow 👇🏼

Jenna is currently in her second year at York University’s BFA Dance program- education stream- with plans to do her Masters in Dance Education. Jenna has danced on the York Lion’s Dance Energy Dance Team for the past two years as well as University of Western Ontario’s “Heat” prior to that. Jenna Graduated from Iona Catholic SS in 2015 in the Dance program and was honoured to be the recipient of the Dance Award 2 years in a row. Jenna has been a competitive dancer since she was 5 years old. She trained at The Dance Factory, Dance Elite and The Canadian Dance Company in Ballet, Lyrical, Modern/Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre and Arco. She was honoured to receive the Dance Award at the Queen Elizabeth School of the Arts as well as many ballet awards including Outstanding Style and Technical Ex*****on during the Vaganova Russian Ballet exams. She has also completed CDTA Ballet, Jazz and Tap Exams and RAD exams. She was a part of the original touring cast of Ballet Jorgen’s “The Nutcracker” in 2007. She has received many Scholarship awards for Tap and Ballet from Canadian and US Dance conventions. She can been seen on TV as a competitive dancer at both the “Regional’s and the National’s” on Family Channel’s “The Next Step as well as a featured and back up dancer on “The Next Star”. She was a member of Team Canada that competed in Poland at the World Modern, Jazz and Ballet Dance Championships in 2013 and in Prague for the World Show Dance Championships in 2014.Jenna has taught dance for the City of Mississauga. She is so excited to be back working with Iona and their talented dance students.

10/13/2017

** Flashback Friday **
to the tiny but mighty graduating class of 2012!

10/12/2017

**Throwback Thursday**
Are you an Iona Dance Alumni? Then we want you 👉🏻 💃 🕺 ---------------------------------
🚧Attention ALL Iona Dance Alumni! 🚧 If you are interested in participating in a throwback alumni dance in our upcoming show "REUNION" this December 13th & 14th then.... comment below 👇🏼pm me on instagram, twitter or Facebook or send me an email at [email protected] and I can send you details on rehearsals & time commitment etc ☺️

10/11/2017

** Working Dancer Wednesday**

Introducing our first Iona Alumni Guest Choreographer for our upcoming show "REUNION". Yes our graduates do become Working Dancers and Choreographers! Check out this beauty Natalie Montalvo

Natalie Montalvo was raised in a lively and creative household where her passion to salsa dance sprouted naturally at a young age. Natalie pursued her interest in dance at age 11 but began to take her training seriously when she attended a Iona C.S.S high school dance program. She then began to train competitively at the Canadian Dance Company, in Oakville Ontario, for three years. At age 14 she rigorously began training and choreographing in ballet, modern, hip-hop, latin and jazz . Natalie graduated the Iona CSS dance program in 2012 and upon graduating she pursued her interest in dance education by attending and completing at B.F.A at Concordia University with a major in contemporary dance and complementary studies in exercise science. While studying in the creative epicentre of Montreal she was also able to teach a variety of dance techniques and choreography to children/teens at a local dance studio where she was challenged to teach dance to francophone students. While in Montreal Natalie was also delighted to see how dance can positively impact people with special needs and disabilities as she was fortunate to teach occasional dance lessons.

After graduating Concordia at the top of her class Natalie moved back to Mississauga and currently attends York University in pursuits of obtaining a second university degree in education with a dance specialization. Natalie also continues to perform and choreograph in the GTA and is delighted to be working alongside Ontario curriculum standards in classes around the GTA. Natalie has also been working for the YMCA for over four years and has gained plenty of valuable experiences as a leader and role model. She began her journey as a camp counsellor but has become a supervisor at a summer camp for kids ages 4-14 and also has experience working in before and aftercare programs across Oakville, Ontario. Natalie continues to focus her energy on developing her skills as a future educator and creative artist.