PreSchool Dance

Ages 2-4

Bring on the fun!

These classes are the best foundational start for your little dancers! With creativity and exceptional instruction your dancer will get everything they need to shine on stage.

Two Options:

Full Season classes

Sept-June with two shows, monthly fee, costume fee and WAPA uniform

6 weeks session classes

Sept, Nov, Jan + April starts, no shows or uniform

Class ages are as of Oct 15, 2025

Parent Participation classes need one parent participating in class, Independent classes are dancers in the studio without parents in the room.

Dance Styles Overview

Ballet: classical technique, new era learning methods

Creative: all the basics ready for any class

Jazz: up beat pop music with jumps, turns and kicks

Hip Hop: find your groove to clean popular songs

This page has all the information you need listed below in this order - Schedule, Investment, Uniforms

 

Full Season Classes

Two Shows per season, costumes and photos/videos


Thursdays

  • 4-4:45pm Ballet Exploration age 4 (45min)



Saturdays

  • 9-9:30am Creative Dance Independent age 3 (30min)


  • 9:30-10:15am Ballet Exploration Independent age 4 (45 min)


  • 10:15-11am Jazz + Hip Hop Fun Independent age 4 (45 min)


  • 12-12:45pm Ballet Exploration Independent age 4 (45 min)



6 week session classes

No shows, costumes or uniforms, just great classes


Saturdays

  • 9:15-9:45m Tots Creative Dance age 2 Parent Participation (30 min)


  • 9:45-10:15 Creative Dance age 3 Parent Participation (30 min)


  • 10:15-11am Ballet + Jazz Independent age 4 (45 min)



Investment


Full season classes:

Sept-June Monthly fees - 30 min class 38.32, 45 min class 57.48

Yearly Registration Fee per student 40.00

WAPA Uniform Bodysuit 40.00

June Show Costume 85.00

Show Photos and Videos 45.00



6 week session classes:

30 min class for 6 weeks 60.00

45 min class for 6 weeks 90.00

Prorated fee available if starting late in a session



Uniforms


6 week session classes do not have a uniform. Dancers can wear whatever is most comfortable to move in.


Full season classes do wear a uniform. WAPA uniform bodysuits and tights are purchased through the studio. Dance shoes are purchased through Stretch Dance Shop at Uptown or Toes N Taps Dance Shoppe at Cook st Village.

Dancers can wear whichever uniform aligns with them.

Ballet/Creative :

Female Identifying Uniform: hair in ballet bun, WAPA pink bodysuit, no tights, white ankle socks, pink canvas ballet slippers.

Male Identifying Uniform: hair off face, white dance shirt, navy dance shorts, white socks, white ballet slippers

Jazz & Hip Hop:

Female Identifying Uniform: hair off face in ponytail, WAPA pink bodysuit, black yoga shorts, bare feet

Male Identifying Uniform: hair off face, white dance shirt, black dance shorts, bare feet


 

Studio Values

Creative Exploration

  • Creative Exploration is the base of all our movement, artistry, choreography and studio visions. Fostering a creative outlook for everyone at WAPA invites out of the box thinking, ideas and integration. Creativity is a prominent life skill of the future

Wholehearted Community

  • WAPA’s wholehearted community strives to lead by example, nurturing all people around them and consistently adding new training methods that bring out the best in each dancer. Take the leap and soar knowing you have the whole community cheering you on!

Integrity Promise

  • We promise to uphold the integrity of our dancers, our quality of training and our business practices. Everyone can rest easy knowing we are all treated in a fair and individual way.What makes WAPA amazing?

OUR GRADUATES!

Julian Stark - Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London UK

Mira Sobkin - Alonzo King Lines BFA Program San Fransisco

Amélie MacDonald - Modus Operandi Dance Program Vancouver

Marin Crane - PERA Dance Program Cyprus

Larryssa Yolland - Kibbutz Dance Company Program Israel

Rachel Tarasoff - Capilano Collage Musical Theatre Diploma Program

Suzy Vining - Cecchetti Canada Teachers Associate

Melissa Burstall - Cecchetti Canada Teachers Associate

Allison McNeil - ISTD Modern Theatre Teachers Associates

Pearl Edmunds - SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance & RAD Solo Seal Participant

MacKenzie Poland - Harbour Dance Post-Grad Program

Danika Postle - Ryerson University Dance Degree Program & RAD Solo Seal Participant

Melissa Burstall - ISTD Modern Theatre Teachers Associates

Chloe Meissner - Convergence Contemporary Ballet Company

Cecilia Shang - Princeton University Dance Team Choreographer

Sara MacKenzie - Convergence Contemporary Ballet Company & RAD Solo Seal Participant

Julia Barrett - ISTD Modern Theatre Teachers Associates

Talita Nell - ISTD Modern Theatre Teachers Associates

Emily McNeil-Smith - RAD Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies

Melissa Kwan - Tap Kids

Alyssa Talley - Canada’s National Ballet School Teachers Program