About Commercial Dance Program in George Brown College
FULL DESCRIPTION
This intensive 12-month Commercial Dance program provides you with the performance skills and marketability necessary to work in the vast field of commercial dance. A graduate has the ability to dance, sing and act, enabling a performance career in music videos, musical theatre, cruise ship performance and more.
Dance training is in jazz, hip hop and ballet combined with in-depth acting, vocals and chorus repertoire. Career management and personal marketing skills combined with polished performance technique will launch your professional commercial dance career.
PROGRAM STANDARDS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Perform jazz and hip hop dance technique to professional standard in choreographed solo and ensemble productions.
- Perform chorus repertoire technique, memorizing and reproducing long movement sequences integrated with vocals, to professional standard in commercial ensemble productions.
- Sing at a professional standard using pulse, rhythm, meter, dynamics and accurate pitch in solo and ensemble presentations.
- Create and perform artistically expressive dramatic characterizations in a dance context at a professional level for solo and ensemble productions.
- Present self professionally at auditions and in industry environments through resumes, biographical backgrounds, and photographs during commercial and academic interviews.
- Develop self-knowledge and reflective practice to make informed artistic, pedagogical, personal development and career choices within the performing arts industry.
- Exercise critical thinking skills to peer evaluate performance, mentor creativity and innovate to inspire projects, peers and students.
YOUR CAREER
Our graduates are working! Some of the many places they've found work include:
- The commercial dance industry: performing on cruise lines, at resorts and casinos, as well as touring with children’s productions such as Franklin the Turtle.
- The project-based dance industry: applying for funding for their own projects, choreographing, founding companies, joining/forming groups and producing shows, performing at festivals, cabarets, theatres and resorts.
- Traditional festivals: apprenticing, performing and touring with established festivals such as Stratford and the Charlottetown Festival.
- The dance training studio industry, driven by television and live dance competitions: teaching, choreographing, coaching and judging, as well as founding and taking ownership of their own studios.
- The dance fitness and workshop industry: teaching and developing the expanding market of dance fitness and specialized workshops, and taking this product across Canada and abroad.
- The sports and dance teams industry: cheerleading, and forming and joining dance teams.
- Film and television: appearing in productions and music videos, and developing dance on film projects.
Some graduates continue on to arts and master’s degrees in universities and continued professional development in fields such as circus performance, personal fitness, stage management, nutrition and physical therapies.
Academic qualification equivalents
- Two- or three-year Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field.
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : 6.0, minimum 5.5 in each skill band
- TOEFL : 80 (online) minimum 20 in each skill band
- PTE : 54, overall minimum 50 in each skill band
George Brown College Highlights
Type of College |
Public |
Campus Setting |
Urban |
Location |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Number of Campuses |
3 + 3 (location/centers) |
Type of programs |
Certifications, Diploma, Degree, and Continuing Education |
Number of full-time students |
32,000 + |
Number of part-time students |
3,000 + |
%age of International Students |
17% |
Official Website |
www.georgebrown.ca |
George Brown College The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
Student Type |
Tuition Fee |
Canadian students |
2780 - 15310 USD(two semesters) |
International Students |
11,320 - 23,900 USD(two semesters) |
Tuition fees for some of the popular programs offered by George Brown College are mentioned below
Course Name |
Tuition Fee(USD) |
B.Com |
6,052 |
B.Tech |
7,272 |
BSN |
5,430 |
Wireless Network(Postgraduate) |
4,365 |
Construction Management(Postgraduate) |
6,183 |
Marketing Management(Postgraduate) |
4,176 |
Residence Fees
Although rents may vary depending on quality and location, most rents listed by the Housing Service are within the following ranges:
Accommodation Type |
Rent |
Shared Accommodation |
500 - 700 USD per month |
One - Bedroom Apartment |
900 - 1,200 USD per month |
Two - Bedroom Apartment |
1,100 - 1,500 USD per month |
Three - Bedroom Apartment |
1,300 - 1,800 USD per month |
Meal Plans
The college provide three types of meal plan options its students, the details of which are mentioned below:
Plan Name |
Cost |
Annual Swipe & Save Plan |
1700 USD |
Semester Swipe & Save Plan |
850 USD |
Swipe & Save Reloadable Card |
400 USD |