We are moving to new dance studio
Great Wall Dance Academy of Canada will be moving to #3-1455 Waverley St. (Royal Dance South) in September 2008. The new facility offers two brand new professional dance classrooms, one changing room, and a parents waiting area (TV and magazines available).
GWDAC is aiming to preserve and promote Chinese dance culture, to offer students high quality dance training, to enrich community activities and to facilitate the cultural exchange with western culture. Classes available: Chinese Traditional Dance (ages 3-6, 6-10, 10-14, 14+), Chinese Contemporary Dance (ages 14+), Hip Hop and Jazz Combine (ages 8+), Asian Hip Hop (ages 12+), Adult Fitness (Qigong/Taiji/Fitness Awareness), Adult Lyrical Dance (ages 30+), Latin Dance.
Class Time: Fridays 6 - 8pm and Sundays 4 - 8pm.
Instructors: Yun Cheng (Artistic Director, graduated from Beijing Dance Academy majoring in Dance Education), Yuanyuan Shao (graduated from Henan Normal University majoring in Dance Choreography), Fei Song and Annie Tan.
Contact: Yun Cheng (204) 292-1185 Email: greatwalldance@yahoo.com
Welcome to our free dance classes on Open House Days - September 7th (Sunday) and September 12th (Friday)!
Registration Time: Sep 7th and 14th (Sunday) 4:00-8:00pm
Sep 12th and 19th (Friday) 6:00-8:00pmPlenty of performance opportunities! Scholarship programs coming up! Offer tuition receipts to apply for the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit.
We sincerely thank the following sponsors for their generous donations in January 2008:
Mr. Gibson Lam and Mr. Andy Chun $300
Buffet Square, Unit 8-2188 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB, R2V 3C8
Dr. Bonnie Lee $300
1225 St. Mary's Rd, St. Vital Vision Center, Winnipeg, MB, R2C 0A1
Dr. Hermann Lee $200
Unite 20-2077 Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5J9
We greatly appreciate the support! The money will be used for establishing scholarships and sponsoring students to attend dance competitions in 2008.
Dear parents and students,
We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
As our current dance term is approaching to the end, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support to our dance academy. We hope you or your children have been enjoying the dance training, and we wish you would like to continue the training in the coming new term (February-May 2008).
For students under age 16 (under 18 with disabilities), we will offer you an official tuition receipt by the end of January 2008. As this is the very first year that the federal government implements the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit for your income tax, it will be a learning process for all of us. If there is any problem incurred regarding this matter, please feel free to contact us. We will be more than happy to assist you!
For the new term, we are going to expand our children and youth Chinese dance program into three age groups (age 3-5, 6-9 and 10-14) in order to make the training more age-specific. We are also planning to expand our Hip Hop program to at least three classes per week to meet the rising needs from the teens and young adults. Please join us to welcome our new Breakdance instructor Immanuel Ledesma. Other dance classes will be continued with two new instructors Ms. Yuanyuan Shao and Ms. Qian Wang, and both of them graduated from professional dance collage/school in China. Welcome them to join our teaching team! We hope our school is not only a place to offer high quality Chinese dance training, but also to enrich the cultural life for our community.
The Artistic Director, Ms. Yun Cheng, will be away from Winnipeg from early January to the end of March 2008 due to family reasons, but she will be continuously support all other instructors. Your understanding would be greatly appreciated!
To facilitate the communication of our dance program with the general dance community in Manitoba, we encourage students to participate in Manitoba Dance Festival in May 2008. Registration will be conducted in March, 2008.
GOOD news to lower income families! A financial aid program will be established in 2008 in order to help lower income family children to attend our training. Up to $100 financial aid will be provided to each recipient. A couple of scholarships will be established to acknowledge Students with Best Improvement. Details of these programs will be announced soon.
Here are the events we are going to participate for the Chinese New Year Celebrations in town:
Jan 26, 2008 Golden Terrence Restaurant, Families with Children from China
Feb1, 2008 Brandon
Feb 2, 2008 Pantages Playhouse Theater, Manitoba Great Wall Performing Arts
Feb 3, 2008 Southlands Community Church
Feb 9, 2008 University of Manitoba, Chinese Students and Scholar Association of UM
Feb 10, 2008 Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Center
Feb 17, 2008 Forks Market
Please find attached information for the new dance term. Thank you very much again for your support!
Best Regards,
Great Wall Dance Academy of Canada
December, 2007
New semester starts soon! Now, accepting registration!
Dear Parents, Students of Great Wall Dance Academy and All Members of Great Wall Performing Arts,
As we approach the end of another successful term, we would like to invite you and your family (and other interested students) to a pot-luck party and a dance party on:
Date: Sunday September 2nd, 2007
Time: 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Place: King's Park, King's Drive and Dance Studio, A-2810 Pembina Hwy
*please see program below
As this is a pot-luck event, we encourage each person/family to bring in a dish for sharing. As an incentive, each person/family who brings in a dish (salad/appetizer/dessert etc.), will receive a ticket for a chance to win the following coupons towards your dance fees:
1st prize $50.00
2nd prize $30.00
3rd prize $20.00
To celebrate, we will taste the variety of food in the King's park (1:00-3:00pm) and we will also be having a dance party later in the studio (3:00-5:00pm). The dance teachers will also be giving us a preview of what they planned on teaching/choreographing next term. Students are welcome to show us their artistic talents! This will certainly be a great time for students/members to get together and have FUN!
*Program from 3.00 to 5.00 p.m. at the dance studio:
Preview of new term from dance teachers
Students talent shows: dancing, singing............
Lucky-draw
Ballroom dance, Professional Ballroom Dance Instructor
At the same time, accepting student registration and membership registration
Please reply this e-mail to Rosana at Leungshing@shaw.ca by indicating
(1) the number of people attending
(2) the food that you will be bringing (salad, appetizer, sandwiches, main dish, dessert).
Thank you and we hope to see you all there!
Special Notice: September 2 is also Ms Yun Cheng's daughter Joanna’s one-year birthday. Don't miss out the birthday cake at King's Park!
New semester starts soon! Now, accepting registration!
Since we started the dance classes from April 2007, our school has developed a dynamic dance program, including children Chinese dance, children performance workshop, chinese dance body training, adult lyrical dance and Asian hip hop,etc. Most of our students have also participated in several performances, inclduing a charity show for Shou Hao (an international student suffering from cancer), Asian Heritage Month, North American Lion Danc Competition, and upcoming Floklorama. Our school is going to perform in Indo-China Chinese pavillion on Aug 12, 15 and 18. All dances are newly choreographed by Ms Yun Cheng and Ms Fei Song.Welcome to drop by and show your support!
Our new semester of dance training will be from Sep 9, 2007 -Jan 31, 2008. We are now accepting registration for the new semester!
Location for registration: A-2810 Pembina Hwy
Office hours: Aug. 2-30, 2007 Thursdays 7-9 pm; Sep 2, Sunday 3-5 pm; Sep 6, Thursday 7-8pm
Students registered prior to Sep. 7, 2007 has no registration fee. $15 registration fee will be applied for non-MGWPA members and $10 registration fee for MGWPA members after Sep 3.
Children Floral Umbrella Dance
The “Floral Umbrella Dance” is style of classical Chinese Folk Dance. This dance has been popular in southern China for years. As part of the dance show, the art-work and design of the umbrella surface is also a unique expression of the traditional Chinese culture. The children have put in an enormous effort in a short time especially for the Folkorama show. The youngest child performer is only four years old. The choreographer of this dance hopes that the children participating in the performance will get a glimpse of Chinese culture through this dance. The dance itself will be a collaboration between the children and the dance teacher on stage. The dance is choreographed by Yun Cheng.
Uygur ethnic dance: Red Flower
Uygur is one of the 56 ethnic groups in China, which usually lives in the northeastern China -Xinjiang Province. Uygur is a lively ethnic group and people are fond of singing and dancing. This uygur dance is choreographed according to a famous folk song in Xinjiang Province, which tells that the love in our hearts is like blooming red flowers. The dance is choreographed by Yun Cheng.
Folk dance: Yearning for Him
In old days of northern China, some people live on transferring goods from place to place. These movers usually use animals as vehicles and travel a few months or even a year before they return home. Families are usually missing these movers very much and looking forward to their return. This dance is about a story that girls are expecting their loved ones return when they see a group of movers coming. The dance is choreographed by Yun Cheng.
Asian Hip Hop: A Daydream
Hip Hop is a style of modern dance originated in western countries, but recently becomes very popular in China and other Asian countries. Here is a Hip Hop dance depicts a young boy’s day dream and is choreographed by Fei Song.
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