Interplay Dance Company & Competitive Program
In 1992, Karen Davies Thomas formed the Interplay Dance Company (IDC). IDC is comprised of approximately 25 aspiring young dancers ranging in age from 8 to 18. Entrance into the Company is by audition only and selection is based on talent, sense of commitment, and sincere love for dance. IDC’s dancers are enrolled in an intensive dance program and these dedicated students are provided choreographic experience and performance exposure.
The Interplay Dance Company is under the direction of Karen Davies Thomas and Lucie Ward, long-time Interplay dance instructor, whose extensive dance teacher training includes the National Ballet of Canada Teacher's Training Program. The Company provides young dance artists an opportunity to rehearse in a professional atmosphere featuring choreography ranging from classical and contemporary ballet to modern dance, urban jazz, classical jazz, as well as hip hop and musical theatre. The choreography is varied and created by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists.
Members of IDC perform and compete throughout the local communityand in local schools, retirement homes, shopping malls and festivals. Performance and competition venues have included The Muskoka Annual Ballet Gala, Terpsichore, Luv2Dance, and En Pointe and Just Dance.
Every few years, most recently the summers of 2010 and 2012, Interplay Dance Company and Profile Dance Company members study and perform in France at L’Académie Méditerranéenne de danse in Marseille. These students were honoured to study dance under the instruction of Thierry LeFloch and Mitou Manderon, former principal dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet and Roland Petit's company in Marseille.
If you are interested in auditioning to become a member of the Interplay Dance Company please call 416-972-1316 or come to the Interplay office. Scheduled auditions are also posted on our Calendar webpage.
