Dear R&R Dance Family,

We hope you’re staying healthy and happy. We have loved getting to chat and dance with many of you this week as we tested out our Zoom classes! It can be a little tricky with fuzzy internet connections, pets and little brothers running around, almost dancing into walls or over your bed…but we’re figuring it out and making the most of this new way of life for a little bit.

Attached you will find our new online Dancing from a Distance schedule. It is a simplified and condensed version of your usual weekly schedule, we tried to keep many of your class days and rough time slots the same. Classes will be shortened to 30-40 minutes. Some age groups have been combined, so if you are not quite sure where you’d fit in, we’d be happy to answer any questions. This schedule is subject to change as we discover what is working well, what could be added, attendance, etc. Stay tuned for special add in classes like open level Wild Card Classes, Booty Barre and Family Dance Parties!! CLASSES BEGIN THIS SUNDAY APRIL 5TH.

The attached schedule has links to each class with the corresponding Zoom meeting ID. If you are new to zoom, check out their website HERE for a bunch of great tutorials to get you started. If you ever have issues with the links to each class, let us know and we’ll send you all the necessary codes.

We are also setting up YouTube and IGTV channels where we can post tutorials to complete at your own pace and own schedule. Fun dance combos and work outs, strengthening and stretching exercises, etc. We are also hoping to add videos of your Showcase and Competitive dances so you can keep practicing!

As the news gets updated faster and faster, no one can predict what the next few months will look like. I know the optimist in me is hoping for a miracle, that we will all be able to dance our hearts out at a postponed Showcase and then have us go about with a wonderful summer! (crossing all our fingers, toes, legs!) But for now, dancing looks a little different. We are so incredibly proud of each and every one of our students and teachers, all the hard work you have put in throughout the year does not go unnoticed. We are not sure how or when, but we promise to try our very best to still offer some sort of Showcase whenever we are able to dance together again.

We are trying to revamp our email server to have full access from outside of the studio. We can always check and respond to incoming mail, however mass communication is tricky. If we are unable to get into the studio to send updates, we will post the latest on the website under “Latest News”, or on our Instagram page. Thank you for your patience as we work out the kinks in this new virtual world. Let’s stay in touch, stay dancing and laughing together, stay healthy and happy!

We miss you,

Wendy and the R&R Staff

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ONLINE ZOOM SCHEDULE

Please note: links to classes will not be posted publicly over the web or social media, you must email us directly to be given access.

Dear R&R Dance family,

First of all, we are sending out so much love and positive energy to you and your families! We hope you are all doing well, and staying safe and sane!

What strange and completely unprecedented times we are living in right now. With everything changing/updating so quickly, it’s been hard to predict what the remainder of the dance season will look like. Although it seems like forever ago (considering today is March 97th!) it was barely 2 weeks ago I said goodbye to most of you as we set out for an extended March Break, hoping we would be back in classes April 6th. Sadly, that is not the case anymore. According to the latest announcement of school closures until early May, the hope of returning to dance as well might be far fetched but could still be a possibility.

Please understand, we are not taking this lightly. There has been so much uncertainty on a timeline, we have not been sure how to proceed. If we are able to reopen in May and extend classes into June, we could make up this lost time and Showcase is still a possibility. In terms of competitions, we are not keeping you in the dark. We have been passing along all information we receive. Most are rescheduling for July and August, not much mention of refunds as of yet. Circumstances are changing at such a rapid pace, no one is able to predict when and how we can regain a sense of normalcy. We just have to take things week by week, even day by day, and see how this is all progressing.

While we try to navigate this new normal, the staff has been working hard to put together dances, activities and a sense of community for you. Thank you to everyone who participated in the past week’s Instagram daily challenges! We miss studio life so much, but it was great to keep up Dancing from a Distance! Going forward, I’d like to try a combination of Zoom, Instagram Live and video tutorials that we can upload onto IGTV and YouTube. We really appreciate your patience as this is foreign territory to us (and I am definitely not tech savvy!) We will be kicking things off today, Tuesday March 31st, with a Zoom mass warm up class at 4:45pm. You will find the meeting ID and password at the end of this email. Going forward, we will be creating classes and age specific combos based on participants, please email or DM to receive meeting codes. Tomorrow Wednesday April 1st 4:45 pm – Level 1 Jazz and Level 2 Hip Hop 5:30pm – Level 2 Jazz and Level 1 Hip Hop. When we cannot make it into the studio for mass emails, we will be updating and promoting new classes through the “Latest News” section of the website, the studio’s answering machine, and our Instagram account. Although creating a schedule based on your usual class times would be ideal, not all of your teachers schedules, quarantine, and living arrangements will allow that. Again, we ask for your patience as we work out the kinks. Feel free to send us suggestions and feedback of what you would like and we will try our best. Also, feel free to update us on how your schedules have changed so we are in the know with the different schools and camps.

Thank you all for being party of our Dance Family, we love you and miss dancing with you! During scary and uncertain times like this, all we can do is try to stay happy, healthy and kind to one another. Know that everyone is trying their best, and we will get through this together!

Lots of Love,
Your R&R Staff

TUESDAY MARCH 31ST ZOOM CLASS:
Meeting ID: 949 830 246
Password: dance5678

Open Class Schedule

Saturday June 2nd

Next week, we will be holding Open Classes at the studio.  This is a great opportunity to try out a new style of dance or bring a friend!

Wow! Our 57th annual R&R Showcase is coming up in just a few weeks on Sunday May 28th!

Make sure you refer to the Showcase section of our site for all important information such as Dress Rehearsal and Day of Show info.

Do you have your tickets yet? They can be purchased HERE through TicketWindow.

We are so excited for our favourite day of the year!