At Little Peeps – 768 Queen St East

A fun and creative class designed for boys and girls ages 3 to 5. Using imaginative and physical journeys, fun games and improvisation, children are lead through a great music and dance experience.
Artists’ Play Instructors, Elizabeth Dawn Snell, Jason Vanstone and Virginia Jones have years of experience in the Riverdale and Leslieville neighbourhood bringing dance and music to children of all ages.

Elizabeth, artistic director of Artists’ Play, brings children on a journey in dance through creative movement, ballet and jazz. Jason has introduced a high energy all Boyz class – Mighty Moves and hip hop to Artists’ Play classes. Virginia, having taught music lessons to all ages in Riverdale for quite a number of years, has a wide range of nursery rhymes and fun instruments to share with the children.
Having worked together for children’s birthday parties and special events, Elizabeth, Jason and Virgina are proud to inspire and ignite creativity, music and movement.
Artists’ Play Dance Theatre provides classes for children of all ages at Dundas and Logan!
For more information on our school and the instructors please visit www.artistsplay.com!

This thursday join the students in ballet, jazz and hip hop classes and instructors/directors of Artists’ Play Dance Theatre as we perform for friends and family in preparation for our show on December 12th with the Riverside BIA for their Tree Lighting Ceremony!

Hot chocolate and dancing! What else does one need?  If you wish to bring snacks or beverages please do so!

Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 6:30 to 7:30

FREE

1112 Dundas street east

For more info call 647 206 2154

A heartfelt and sad dance theatre piece about fear trying to find it’s way in and one trying to block it out.

Come check out the entire festival as it has theatre, dance, music and more!!! 1pm to 1am at Factory Theatre (Bathurst and Adelaide)

Jason and Elizabeth perform ABSENT in the “Rehearsal Hall” at 7:15 and 10:15

www.labcab.ca

Parents can join in too, what better way to warm up after you get your face painted?! Before you carve a pumpkin! Lots of things to do for everyone!

Older students of Artists’ Play won’t be hard to find as they float through Riverside guiding unsuspecting neighbours into trick or treating, many fun activities and special deals from all the businesses!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO DANCING WITH YOU!

Elizabeth Dawn Snell

There are many activities for children including pumpkin carving, face painting, mask making and of course Halloween Dancing with Artists’ Play Dance Theatre.  For the adults there are many sales and specials inside every store.

Check it out!

Liz is a professional actor with a background in dance who is also certified Nia instructor, Drama teacher and acting coach. As an actor she has played leading roles at theatres throughout Canada, as well as appearing in numerous film and television productions. She has also taught drama with some of the leading theatre companies in Toronto: LKTYP, Soulpepper, Shakespearience and Words in Motion, to name a few, as well as running her own drama program Shakespeare’sCool. She has taught Nia for several years as well has having a background in modern and jazz dance. Liz is excited to have the opportunity to co- teach and help develop the modern movement class with Elizabeth, using skills from both her theatre and movement background.

One thing I am very proud of is to be in the community I am in.  I am quite enthralled with each and every family who is a part of Artists’ Play Dance Theatre.

This past week was our first week to dance classes at the studio and I am very happy to see so many familiar faces along with new ones.  My how everyone has grown!

All the dancers are excited to be getting stronger and faster as am I to see them as they leap into the 09/10 season with confidence.

Thank you to all of you who are a part of this growing dance community!

A REMINDER:

Auditions for Ballet Jorgen’s Nutcracker is coming up.
For the Audition Poster – click here or paste this link into your browser:
http://www.balletjorgencanada.ca/site/ballet_jhorgen/assets/pdf/Toronto___Touring_Nutcracker_A

See you all soon and keep dancing!

Elizabeth Dawn Snell

A professional dancer, instructor and musician, Jason is the Co-Artistic Director of Artists’ Play Dance Theatre school and company.

Jason co-choreographed and performed with Artists’ Play at The Atlantic Fringe Festival, fFIDA, Toronto International Dance Festival and various cabaret improvisations and performances. Other performances include the Fritz Helder and the Phantoms and Parahumans Dance Theatre. In television, Jason was aired on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation as an opening credit hip hop dancer.

Jason studied jazz, ballet and modern at Ryerson University and had the opportunity to work with David Earle, D.A. Hoskins, Mark Christman and Nadia Potts. He was chosen to show work in the Ryerson Choreographic Works 2002 with his piece “Lost & Calling”. Having trained at various schools in the west since the age of 5, Jason acquired many styles which lead him to flourish in contemporary, hip hop and jazz.

Musically, Jason writes, plays and produces his own music for dance productions and for his own band, Along the Lines. His first piece for stage, ‘A City Reflection’ was showcased as part of Artists’ Play’s “Love & Life” in the 2007 Atlantic Fringe Festival. Since then Jason has created music for larger productions such as “The Reservation and “HeartSurge”.

Jason has choreographed various musicals for high schools and communities across Canada and continues to create work for dancers of all ages. He has taught creative movement at various schools in the GTA. Jason is thrilled to be sharing dance with children and adults as the instructor of Mighty Moves, Hip Hop and Modern Movement at Artists’ Play Dance Theatre.

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JULY 24 & 25
doors @ 7:30pm
shows @ 8pm sharp!
$10

hosted by PEPE METRALLA

DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE & MARTIAL ARTS:

excerpt from ‘LOVE & LIFE’ – a full length show presently in the making.
A push and pull of obsessive compulsions and desire in day to day life.
How to get through it all?

performed by ELIZABETH DAWN SNELL & JASON VANSTONE
of ARTISTS’ PLAY DANCE THEATRE original music by JASON VANSTONE

JANET BEAUCHAMP in ‘SPOTLESS’
an interdisciplinary solo based in theatre, clowning and music

CANdeLA presenting ‘QUITATE TU PA PONEME YO’
a theatre/comedy duet created by DANNY D’ANGELO y MIKO SOBREIRA,
performed by MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ SAENZ y MIKO JONES

writer & director J. BRIAN McDONALD’s ‘TALKING PICTURES’
performed by SCOTT McCULLOCH & LAURA VINCENT

SAMBA from ST JEAN DE BREBEUF HIGH SCHOOL in Hamilton

choreographer/performer MIKO SOBREIRA
in ‘UN SOLO ACOMPAÑAO’, a dance theatre piece

SHANE WALTERS & SHELDON WALTERS demonstrating
various martial arts techniques, drills,and self defense applications

last, but never least…

AARON WATER performs ‘THROUGH SPACE’ in 3-5 parts-
his solo synthesizes hip hop, ballet, and tai chi