2026 Summer Term Has Begun!
Our 2026 Summer Term and Summer Camp officially started on July 6.
The Summer Term runs from July 6 to August 30 (8 weeks) and offers classes in Chinese Dance, Ballet Technique, Dance Conditioning Training, Preliminary Class and Adult Chinese Dance & Ballet.
Our Summer Camp runs from July 6 to August 14, Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM–4:00 PM, featuring 4–5 hours of dance training each day. Both Intensive and Comprehensive programs are available, and weekly registration is welcome.
Alice in Wonderland: A Milestone Performance
Our original dance production, Alice in Wonderland, was a tremendous success. Thank you to all of our students, families, teachers, and creative team for your dedication, passion, and support. Together, we brought this production to life and reached a new milestone for Yi Dance.
Performance photos and videos are currently being edited and will be released soon. Be sure to follow us on WeChat Subscribe Platform “Yi Dance”, RedNote ”Yi Dance 多伦多舞蹈艺术”, and Instagram (@yidanceschool) for updates and highlights.
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RAD Certificate Ready for Pickup
RAD Ballet examination certificates for the May 2026 exams have arrived and are now available for pickup at the studio during office hours.
Summer Office Hours (through August 14)
Monday–Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 1:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Office Hours (beginning September 8)
Monday–Friday: 4:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Chinese Dance examination certificates are still awaiting final confirmation from the Beijing Dance Academy. We will notify by email as soon as they are ready for pickup.
Dance Body Care & Injury Prevention Workshop
Led by Registered Physiotherapist and RAD Registered Ballet Teacher Winnie, this workshop series is designed for dancers and parents alike. Participants will learn how to prevent common dance injuries, improve warm-up and stretching techniques, develop better body control, train more efficiently, and build healthy habits for long-term dance development.
Recommended for dancers ages 6+ and parents.
Workshop Schedule (4 sessions)
July 9, 23 & 30: 1:30–3:00 PM
July 16: 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 In person at Yi Dance
Registration is still open. Contact us to reserve your spot!
Yi Dance Invited to Dance Storm Show
We are excited to share that selected performances from the Yi Dance 2026 Competition Team have been invited to compete in the Dance Storm Show – Toronto Preliminary Round this July.
We look forward to seeing our dancers take the stage, showcase their talent, and embrace this exciting performance opportunity.
Congratulations to Our RAD Ballet Candidates!
Congratulations to all students who successfully completed their RAD Vocational Graded Examinations this July, including Intermediate Foundation, Intermediate, and Advanced 2.
A special congratulations to our Advanced 2 candidates. As one of the highest levels in the RAD Vocational Graded syllabus, completing Advanced 2 represents years of dedication, technical excellence, artistry, and musicality. For most RAD students, it is a major milestone in their ballet journey.
We are incredibly proud of every student for their hard work and commitment, and we look forward to seeing them continue to grow and thrive through dance.
Upcoming Community Performance: I Have a Dream
Yi Dance is honored to once again be invited by Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services (SAFSS) to perform at the "I Have a Dream" Violence Against Women (VAW) Conference, supported by the City of Toronto, on July 22.
Our students will perform during the afternoon program, sharing the joy of dance while supporting an important community initiative. This is a meaningful opportunity for our dancers to use the arts to give back, connect with the community, and make a positive impact.
We warmly welcome our families to join and support this special event.
What Truly Shapes a Child’s Future?
A Letter to Parents Who Care About Their Child’s Growth
One of the most common questions we hear from parents is:
“Should my child enter more competitions to improve their university application?”
“Do they also need to study music, art, skating, or other activities to stay competitive?”
“Which extracurricular activity will benefit my child’s future the most?”
Behind these questions is a shared concern: every parent wants to give their child the best possible future.
The truth, however, is simpler than it may seem.
No extracurricular activity, competition, or certificate can guarantee admission to a top university. Today, universities in Canada and around the world place increasing value on the qualities students develop over many years of meaningful learning. They look for commitment, self-discipline, responsibility, leadership, teamwork, resilience, and the ability to grow through challenges. More than a single award, they want to see sustained dedication and continuous personal development.
For this reason, we do not believe that dance is inherently more valuable than music, art, sports, or any other activity. Any high-quality learning experience can make a lasting impact—provided a child truly enjoys it and is willing to stay committed over time.
What matters most is not what a child learns, but whether they are learning within a well-established, systematic educational framework and growing through it consistently.
Among the many extracurricular options available, structured dance education offers far more than artistic training. It is a comprehensive educational journey that combines physical development, aesthetic appreciation, discipline, and character building. Through years of consistent training, children develop strength, coordination, artistic expression, confidence, focus, teamwork, and the courage to overcome challenges. These qualities extend far beyond childhood and continue to benefit them throughout life.
Many families who are new to dance wonder why Yi Dance has remained committed to the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Ballet and the Beijing Dance Academy Chinese Dance curriculum.
The answer is simple: we want our students to receive more than an extracurricular class. We want them to benefit from internationally respected educational systems that have been refined through decades of practice and are designed to support long-term growth.
With a history of more than 100 years, the Royal Academy of Dance is one of the world's most influential ballet education organizations. Its curriculum and assessment standards are recognized and adopted internationally. Beyond teaching dance technique, RAD emphasizes physical development, artistic understanding, aesthetic appreciation, self-discipline, and effective learning habits, making it a trusted educational framework for schools and families around the world.
Similarly, the Beijing Dance Academy Chinese Dance Graded Examination is one of the most authoritative and widely recognized Chinese dance education systems. It not only provides students with systematic professional training but also helps them deepen their understanding of Chinese culture while building cultural confidence, artistic appreciation, and well-rounded personal development.
Although these two systems originate from different countries and cultural traditions, they share an important philosophy: neither was created for short-term competitions. Both were designed to support a child's growth over many years.
Students progress step by step, level by level, year after year. Every class, every examination, and every performance becomes more than dance training—it becomes an opportunity to learn perseverance, responsibility, resilience, and continuous self-improvement.
What truly strengthens a university application is not a single trophy or certificate, but the character and abilities developed through years of consistent learning. Perseverance, self-discipline, responsibility, teamwork, leadership, time management, resilience, and problem-solving are exactly the qualities that leading universities value—and the same qualities that prepare young people for success in higher education, their careers, and life beyond school.
Over the years, we have watched generations of Yi Dance students complete the RAD Ballet and Beijing Dance Academy Chinese Dance programs before continuing on to outstanding universities across Canada and around the world.
We believe their success is not simply because they learned dance. Rather, it is because long-term, systematic, and high-quality dance education helped them develop strong learning habits, resilience, confidence, and the ability to keep growing. These qualities have become lasting strengths throughout their academic and personal journeys.
This is why Yi Dance has remained committed to these two internationally respected education systems for more than a decade. We believe that adopting world-class curricula is only the beginning. Their true value comes from delivering them with consistently high teaching standards rather than treating them as a formality.
We also believe that responsible education is never about chasing quick results, collecting certificates, or entering competitions for their own sake. It is about teaching every class with care, approaching every examination with purpose, valuing every performance opportunity, and allowing children to grow steadily within a mature, structured educational framework.
Only through systematic instruction, high standards, and years of consistent effort can the true value of education be realized—and only then can children gain the lifelong benefits it is meant to provide.
If your child is currently studying RAD Ballet or Beijing Dance Academy Chinese Dance at Yi Dance, you can feel confident that they are following a path that is internationally recognized, time-tested, and designed for long-term development.
Of course, no educational institution can promise admission to a particular university, and no single program can guarantee acceptance into a top school. University admissions consider many factors, including academic achievement, personal qualities, extracurricular involvement, and overall character.
What we do believe is that through years of systematic, high-quality education, children develop the confidence, character, abilities, and personal qualities that will become lifelong assets—and will serve them well not only in university applications but throughout their lives.
Years from now, when they look back on their childhood, they are unlikely to remember only a competition ranking or the number of certificates they earned. Instead, they will remember learning to persevere, take responsibility, overcome challenges, and become stronger through countless classes, examinations, and performances.
Ultimately, a child's future is not determined by a single extracurricular activity, one competition, or one certificate.
It is shaped by choosing the right path, staying committed to it over time, and continuing to grow.
Because the purpose of education is never simply to achieve short-term success.
It is to equip children with the abilities and character that will benefit them for a lifetime.