THE GOH BALLET ACADEMY

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Located in the heart of Vancouver, the Goh Ballet Academy is the most prominent dance training centre of its kind on the West Coast of Canada. The premises occupied by the Academy are in a heritage building housing five architecturally designed, spacious studios with excellent facilities for students. The international award winning faculty is comprised of well-educated, up to date and influential instructors from diverse professional backgrounds.

The Academy’s principal aim is to train dancers to reach their maximum potential both technically and artistically. The programs foster discipline and focus, which provides students with life long skills that they may draw upon whether they enter the professional world of dance or pursue other endeavours.

The Goh Ballet Academy celebrates its 30 Year Anniversary in 2007-2008. Since 1978, Academy Principal Lin Yee Goh and Artistic Director Choo Chiat Goh have set the highest standards in all levels of training. Their success ranks the Academy as one of the best professional training schools in the world. The Academy regularly invites guest artists, choreographers and instructors to provide the students with additional educational and training opportunities.

The Academy’s programs are thoughtfully devised to provide structured and consistent training from preschool to advanced/professional levels. The General Division has a variety of programs for students aged 4 to Adult. The Professional Division has programs for full-day and half-day training for students entering Grade 8 to post-graduation.

In addition to the formal classroom training, the Academy provides students with the opportunity to participate in festivals, competitions and public performances to encourage the students to develop that vital ingredient - artistic expression. International performance and study tours incorporated into the Academy’s professional division program offer students the rare opportunity to broaden their artistic horizons, dance on world stages, and learn first hand from other cultures.

Students of the Academy, present and past, have garnered medals and prizes at international competitions as well as local and provincial festivals. Alumni of the Goh Ballet Academy’s Professional Division and International Student Program are dancing with leading professional companies in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.

International Students come from such countries as Brazil, Peru, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Europe and South Africa to join in the Academy’s Summer School and Professional Division programs. They speak the common language of dance, reach to achieve their goals and make life-long friends.