Invitation To Dance

With classes starting on September 8th, we are getting everything ready for a fantastic year! 🩰

From Ballet and Tap to Hip Hop and Acro, our studio offers options for ages 3 to adult.

Looking to explore our full schedule and find the right fit for your dancer?

Check out all available classes online at https://www.invitationtodance.ca/classes.html ✨

Looking for a fun way to introduce your little one to movement? 🩰

Our Creative Movers program is specially designed for ages 3 and 4 to explore music and basic dance steps in an encouraging space! It is the perfect first step into the studio to build coordination and confidence.

Explore available times and enroll online at https://www.invitationtodance.ca ✨

Quick reminder that today is drop-off day for the ITDPA Used Shoe & Dancewear Sale! 👟

Stop by Invitation to Dance between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM with your cleaned, tagged items.

Proper shoe fit makes all the difference when getting ready for the new season.

Shoes that fit well support growing ankles and give dancers the control they need on the floor.

If you are shopping the sale this Saturday, August 29 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (cash only!), bring your dancer’s current shoe measurements along to find the right fit.

Our summer, by the numbers 📊

- For thirty-five years, this studio has been part of the Calgary community.
- 9 different dance styles under one roof.
- Fourteen incredible teachers pouring their hearts into every class, workshop, and hallway conversation.

Countless bobby pins lost, recital videos rewatched, and dance bags packed and unpacked all summer long.

However you count it, this has been a good season to be part of the ITD family.

Thank you for being one of the numbers that matters most to us, you.

Ready to earn credits toward your dancer’s account while connecting with fellow ITD families?

The ITDPA Bottle Drive is coming up on next Saturday, August 29 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM!

Meet in the studio parking lot at 12:45 PM. The bottle drive is open to any ITD families who wish to participate.

All funds raised will be divided evenly among participating dancers and applied as a credit to their ITD accounts, less a 5% membership fee.

Credits may be used toward tuition or costume payments, have no cash value, and are non-transferable.

To participate, please email [email protected].

We are also looking for volunteer drivers, so please let us know if you can help!

Want to help organize events like this all year? Complete our volunteer form here: https://forms.gle/BmUzH3cRmzZ4qz4z9

Clear out the closets and earn credits toward your dancer’s account!

The ITDPA Used Shoe & Dancewear Sale is right around the corner. 👟

USED SHOE & DANCEWEAR DROP-OFF
Wednesday, August 26 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Invitation to Dance.

All items must be washed and cleaned before drop-off.

Please attach a piece of masking tape to each item with:
• Your name
• Phone number
• Item size (e.g., Size 5)
• Selling price

USED SHOE & DANCEWEAR SALE
Saturday, August 29 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Cash only!

Come shop for gently used, like-new shoes and dancewear for the upcoming season.

Want to join the ITDPA and help organize events like this? Complete our volunteer form here: https://forms.gle/BmUzH3cRmzZ4qz4z9

A genuine thank you, dance family 💛

Even in the quiet of summer, this community does not actually go quiet.
You are still tagging us in photos, still asking questions, still cheering each other on online.

That means more to us than you probably realize.

Thirty five years in, and it is still the people, not the trophies or the stages, that make this studio what it is.

Thank you for being part of it.

Ask Miss Erin 🎤

Ever had a dance question you have been curious about?
Something about technique, how classes are structured, what to expect at a certain age, or just plain curious about life as a studio owner?

Drop your questions in the comments.

No question is too small, we promise.

“Dance is a song of the body, either of joy or pain.” – Martha Graham

Some days in the studio are pure joy, easy and light and fun.
Other days are frustrating, when a turn will not click or a combo just will not stick.
Both of those days are dance.
Both of those days matter.

We try to remind our dancers, and honestly ourselves too, that the hard days are not a sign something is wrong.
They are just part of the song.
The joy tends to come back around, especially when you keep showing up.

Myth or fact 🤔

Myth: you need to already be flexible to start ballet.
Fact: flexibility is something dance actually builds over time, not something you need to arrive with.

Myth: boys don't belong in dance class.
Fact: some of the strongest, most athletic movers we have ever taught have been boys, and we would love to see more of them on our floors.

Myth: if you are not naturally coordinated, dance isn't for you.
Fact: coordination is a skill like any other, built one class at a time, not something you are simply born with or without.

What is a dance myth you used to believe?
Tell us below.