The School of Dance - Vancouver Ballet Society

Artistic Director: Merrilee Hodgins A.R.A.D.

Director of Ballet Studies: Mary Ross, Fellow, and Examiner, CSC-CICB

Director of Contemporary Dance Studies: Sylvie Desrosiers BAV, C.Ed

• Celebrating 41 years of excellence in arts education in Ottawa, Canada
• Eight-year Professional Ballet Studies (ages 8-16)
• Three-year post-secondary Contemporary Dance Diploma Programme, approved as a vocational training program under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005
• NEW January 2020: The School of Dance is pleased to announce that in addition to our three-year Contemporary Dance Diploma Programme we now also offer a joint diploma degree with York University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours B.F.A.) in Dance. 
• Performance opportunities in National Theatres
• Cecchetti Ballet Exam preparation
• Nationally renowned faculty
• Prominent Canadian guest choreographers and teachers
• Classes for children, teens, adults and seniors
• Ballet and Contemporary Summer Intensives
• DragonFly®, for learners with Down syndrome
• Connecting with Dance, designed for people with Parkinson’s

Admission to Professional Programmes by assessment and audition.