We can be reached at 928-774-3937, Studio address: 2812 N. Izabel St., Flagstaff, AZ 86004 email: cmcgina1 at gmail dot com


2011 photo by Scott Sawyer

Canyon Dance Academy is our Educational Arm of Canyon Movement Company. 
We also offer school and community residency teaching, performances,
 lec/dems, and presentations.


Tiny dancers at Canyon Dance Academy 2011

For information, please scroll down to find the appropriate section.
Canyon Movement Company class is open to dancers in the community. It is on Tuesdays at 6:30-8 p.m. Intermediate level dancers. Teachers from the company teach for 3 consecutive weeks and then a new teacher starts. Classes include technique, repertory, and sometimes improvisation. Come join us at the CDA studio, 2812 N. Izabel St. Cost is $12/class or $100 for a 10-class pass.

 
We recently completed a residency for Crown King School.

        

See our newspaper article about our Residency at Cromer School in March 2008 on our "Reviews" tab.
Or go to this link for the article and picture: http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2008/03/11/news/20080311_front_page_2.txt
 

Teen Dancers at Canyon Dance Academy


              
Aerial Dance at Canyon Dance Academy




Canyon Dance Academy's Youth Company, "Velocity"
at the Climb to Conquer Cancer in Phoenix 2012


"Je ne sais pas" 2009





"Cotton Eyed Joe" with young dancers from Canyon Dance
Academy and the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, July 3, 2007

We recently conducted residencies at Cromer School, and Crown King Schools, and have worked with Bothands Organization to work with families escaping abusive situations.

**School and Community Residency Work**

  Canyon Movement worked with Bothands' transitional housing residents,
providing free dance classes for their youth for 5 years. 

  Canyon Movement Company conducted its fifth three-month residency at The Peak School in the Fall of 2008, which concluded with a holiday performance at the CEW Theater.

Canyon Movement presents lecture/demonstrations in conjunction with it's production of the The Nutcracker Suite in Modern Bare Feet in December of each year including Tuba City students, Coconino High School, Mount Elden Middle School, Cromer Elementary School and many more.

DEDICATION TO EDUCATION!
We provide in-school residencies, with the Arizona Commission on the Arts Roster http://www.azarts.gov/roster_display.asp?namekey=80&Submit=Go

LET US HELP YOU!
Incorporate the Arizona Art Standards in your school!
We have been conducting dance residencies in Flagstaff for 19 years, as well as in Colorado, the Verde Valley, Tuba City, and Ireland. We were the resident dance company at Marshall School for 5 years which was a significant part of their magnet program and contributed to their state recognition award.


  Residency Options:

Residencies may include:

1. LECTURE/DEMONSTRATIONS - A lecture/demonstration provided by the company is an excellent way to provide a live dance performance experience for your students.

6 2. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION ON CAREERS IN DANCE

3. PERFORMANCE FIELD TRIP -Students will travel to the performance theater to attend a dance concert. Daytime performances can be scheduled. A pre-performance outline will be provided and a post-performance discussion
will conclude the event.

4. TEACHER IN-SERVICE -Teachers will participate in movementexercises, games, and curriculum development ideas. This workshop includes photocopies of lesson plans and ideas.

Bravura! Dancing at Fox Glen Park 200

5. MOVEMENT WORKSHOP -Students will participate in a movement class that can consist of technique,improvisation, choreography, or a combination.

6. ART CURRICULUM IN THE SCHOOLS

With regards to finding time to include dance in the curriculum, we offer several ideas:

* We are experts at cross-curriculum incorporation. We can use dance to enhance any other subjects the students are studying. For instance, at Cromer, the fourth grade will be the primary participants and we will be learning pioneer dances while learning about Arizona History. Grades K-3 will have one session each with us as an introduction to creative movement and dance as art.
*Dance and creative movement are kinesthetic learning mechanisms which are usually excellent alternatives to students who have a hard time “sitting still.� Many teachers welcome the chance to try new teaching/learning styles. Working with the dance artists, they will become more comfortable and skilled at incorporating kinesthetic learning into their classrooms.
* In past residencies, we have substituted library time for dance, as we incorporate literature into the dance class. Other times, we have substituted music and/or PE, as a dance residency easily incorporates these elements into the lessons. At the Peak School, dance has become a curriculum subject for the 3 months that we are there.
* The residency can be spread out with weekly classroom meetings, or condensed into a one or two week event. We can work with one core group, such as the 4th grade at Cromer, or work with all the classes within the allotted time frame.
* Ideally, a space like the gym or any other open space is best, but we easily adapt to classrooms, or even outside if the weather permits.
* Each residency includes a performance or event at the conclusion, and a teacher in-service meeting which can be at the beginning, middle or end of the residency.

****Note from Thomas School teacher (where we did a lec/dem on the dances from the Quilts of Gee's Bend project in April 2008)

CANYON DANCE ACADEMY
School of Dance

The company teaches classes at Canyon Dance Academy including creative movement, modern jazz, ballet for modern, tap, hip hop jazz, and company class. For more information about classes at the academy, call 928-774-3937. Studio is located at 2812 N. Izabel across the street from Coconino High School.

Canyon Dance Academy has it's own web site. Please go to http://www.canyondance.org/ for the current schedule and happenings.
Students from Canyon Dance Academy traveled to The Hague, Netherlands in July 2006 to participate in the Dance and the Child International conference. They performed excerpts of WaterDance, participated in a world record breaking clog dance, took class, and one of our teachers taught class! See pictures at the CDA website, http://www.canyondance.org/

What makes Canyon Dance Academy different?
*We focus on the development of the whole person by presenting dance as an art form, thus spawning creative and independent thinking, leadership skills, self-control both physically and emotionally, working cooperatively in groups, and confidence building in activities such as choreography and performances.
*We advocate the philosophy of Virginia Tanner, a pioneer in the field of creative movement for children: "The motivating force behind my work is not only developing excellent dancers, but more importantly, developing young people who are useful, imaginative, worthwhile human beings."
* We offer performance opportunities, not competitions.
* We offer excellent technical training by college graduates with professional experience.
* We offer a variety of classes while staying true to our mission of teaching dance as an art form.
* We offer specialized workshops, AZ Jazz Dance Festival attendance, travel opportunities, and company training for our teens.
* We also offer scholarships, reduced prices on costumes, discounts on dancewear for our students, and many other family-friendly resources for our students.
* Our Bravura! teen company performs monthly at various community events.

Winterfest Performance "The Grinch who Stole My Heart" By Canyon Dance Academy and Bravura! was Saturday, February 7, 2004 at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. "The best show you've done, yet!" exclaimed one parent. "It was great to see all the children dancing." "The boys in tuxedos looked so elegant." "You just keep getting better and better!"

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