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BY THE NUMBERS
810
columbus centre
danzarts toronto
Total dance program
registrations
279
Total dance students
3 - 60
DanzArts Toronto, the Columbus
Centre’s school of dance, capped a
successful 2018 by earning some of
the highest overall scores for solos,
trios and groups at every competition
it entered.
Age range of students
The year was marked by many other
accomplishments, among them:
• Student Victoriana Belperio
represented Canada at the Dance
World Cup in Spain and was accepted
into the prestigious ProArteDanza
Summer Intensive Program.
• Students Victoriana Belperio, Melissa
Castrignano, Alexia Pace, Natalia
Cassanoo and Juliana Bastone were
accepted into the Cardinal Carter
Academy for the Arts Dance Program
and Julia Nardi was accepted into
York University’s Dance Program.
• DanzArts’ competitive dancers
performed at cultural events including
the Castello Italia Event at Casa Loma
and ITALFEST in Mississauga, and
several of them performed at the New
Blue Dance Festival, alongside some of
Toronto’s top young dancers.
Another marker of DanzArts’ success in
2018 was an increase in the number of
dance program registrations to 810 from
685 the season before.
The dance program was improved and
expanded, including:
• A new Enriched Intensive Training
Program
• Dance-fitness and beginner dance
classes for adults in DanzArts and
seniors at Villa Colombo Toronto
• An educational workshop on
Commedia D’ell Arte, facilitated by the
talented Adam Paolozza
DanzArts Toronto members gave back to
the community by participating in
community events, including:
• The Shoebox Project – giving gifts to
women in shelters across Canada.
• The White Ribbon Campaign – raising
awareness of gender-based violence
and campaigning to end violence
against women on International
Women’s Day.
• The National Ballet School’s Sharing
Dance Day in which DanzArts Toronto
students of all ages and levels joined
with Villa Colombo Toronto residents to
spread the joy of dance by learning a
choreographed routine and sharing the
experience.
DanzArts Toronto student, Sabrina D’Addario. Photographed by Alvin Collantes.
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