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ONTARIO
SHOWDANCE
2026 Team Canada Dance is attending the IDO WORLD SHOW DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS in POLAND this December!
Show Dance will be held at the same time/venue as the IDO World Acro Dance Championships and the IDO World Performing Arts Improvisation Championships
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2026 VIDEO AUDITIONS ACCEPTED NOW
ONTARIO will take a team to Poland for 2026
CHOREOGRAPHER
Mitja Popovski (Slovenia)
REHEARSAL:
Scheduled with Acro
QUESTIONS?
WHAT IS SHOWDANCE?
Show Dance is a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by dancers based in the broadest sense, in Ballet, Jazz, and/or Modern/Contemporary technique. Show Dance allows the use of lifts, acrobatics, props, lip-sync, and other theatrical effects. Performances are expressed using an understandable story or visible concept to entertain, attract, touch, and/or send a message to the auditence by using creativity and movment. Pieces are of 'show value'. It is very important to present harmony of idea, music, dance, choreography, costume and props in the presentation, as the entire image will be used in evaluating the performance.
Difference between Showdance and Jazz
Jazz Dance styles range from the early 1920s to the present, and most Jazz Dance pieces are created using pure dance without consideration to theme or story. This is an ever-evolving Performing Art dance, and one could very readily argue the point that all of the Street dances contain some elements of Jazz. How do we draw the line between Jazz and Street Dance? The music dictates the style. Although Show Dance pieces may be based on a theme or story, there are many variables that exist. A Show Dance piece can be based on emotions, colour and design, or even one word, such as ‘devastation’ or ‘jubilation.’ Jazz Dance does not have to convey any of the above criteria, and may be done based on pure dance only.
Lyric or Modern may be the base technique for either Show Dance or Jazz Dance. It all depends on how much of a ‘show’ the piece really is. A straight lyric piece, performed in a Show Dance division to Whitney Houston, without a theme or story line, would not do very well, because the show value of the 4-D system would receive a low mark. When judging an IDO competition where the 3-D system of separate evaluations is used for technique, composition and image, the show quality of the routine may enter into all three of these separate dimensions. The ability to use technique to enhance the theme or story being told is very important. The choreography and the way the dancer performs it must be of show quality, and the image that the dancer creates is also very important to the show value of a given piece.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT OUR AUDITIONS
ABOUT OUR AUDITIONS
ABOUT OUR AUDITIONS
*Please Note
This is a Team Canada Dance / IDO Canada team, not a studio or choreographer-owned team.
Our rehearsals take place in rented studio space throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), depending on availability.
If you have any questions regarding the team, registrations, schedules, or policies, please contact the Team Canada Dance
*Please Note
This is a Team Canada Dance / IDO Canada team, not a studio or choreographer-owned team.
Our rehearsals take place in rented studio space throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), depending on availability.
If you have any questions regarding the team, registrations, schedules, or policies, please contact the Team Canada Dance office directly.
Please do not contact the studios where we rehearse or our choreographers, as they are not responsible for team administration and are unable to answer team-related inquiries. It will make the process much longer.
Thank you for your cooperation and support. a studio- or choreographer-owned team.
CASTING CATEGORIES (each genre)
Formation Children (9-12yrs)
Formation Junior (13-16 yrs)
Formation Adult (17 & over)
*All dancers will be a part of Formation which is a large group (8-24 dancers). Dancers also have the opportunity to dance all together in the Production
From the chosen Formation dancers, we *may choose dancers for
- Small group. We may only choose dancers for 1-3 small groups per age
- Duo. We will only choose for 1-3 duos per age division
- Solo. We will only choose for 1-3 solo positions per age division
Please contact us immediately if you were awarded a Golden Ticket and are interested in the 2026 team
IN-PERSON AUDITION (COMPLETED)* *VIDEO AUDITIONS ONLY*
RESULTS
Results may be available 7 days - 8 weeks after the first audition, however, the faculty may choose to DEFER RESULTS until enough have been chosen or first round has accepted their spots.
We will may not notify EVERYONE if they did not make the team with the email on file. Some dancers may be asked to come for a second look.
VIDEO AUDITION
ABOUT OUR AUDITIONS
ABOUT OUR AUDITIONS
VIDEO AUDITIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL TEAMS ARE FILLED. We can not take more than 24 dancers per age and teams are filling fast!
VIDEO AUDITION
- fill out registration form, select video. The link is above.
- send video or video link. All formats accepted. Video of a recent competition routine or film something with your phone. Show us what you can
VIDEO AUDITIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL TEAMS ARE FILLED. We can not take more than 24 dancers per age and teams are filling fast!
VIDEO AUDITION
- fill out registration form, select video. The link is above.
- send video or video link. All formats accepted. Video of a recent competition routine or film something with your phone. Show us what you can do! Great footwork is important but so is stage presence.
- send a headshot - it can just be a pic on your phone or any pic you have that shows at least from head to waist. It doesn't have to be a dance pic. This is a reference pic.
- send all to contact@teamcanadadance.ca
TECHNIQUE REQUIREMENTS FOR SHOWDANCE
Ideally, we would like to see these qualities in your dance performance or a separate video showing certain techniques
- performance/show factor
- leaps/jumps
- kicks/holds
- pirouettes
- fall/recovery
- dynamic alignment
- contractions
- expressiveness
- improvisation/creativity
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
ABOUT OUR AUDITIONS
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
2026 IDO WORLD SHOW DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec. 5-9 in Poland
2026 IDO WORLD ACRO CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 3-4 in Poland
2026 IDO WORLDPERFORMING ART IMPROVISATION CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec. 5-9 in Poland
ALL GENRE TRAVEL DATES:
Nov.30-Dec.10
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AGES are as of Dec. 31/2026
CHILDREN 12 & under
JUNIOR 13-16
ADULT 17 & over
ADULT TWO 31 & over
For Solo/Duo
2026 IDO WORLD SHOW DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec. 5-9 in Poland
2026 IDO WORLD ACRO CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 3-4 in Poland
2026 IDO WORLDPERFORMING ART IMPROVISATION CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec. 5-9 in Poland
ALL GENRE TRAVEL DATES:
Nov.30-Dec.10
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AGES are as of Dec. 31/2026
CHILDREN 12 & under
JUNIOR 13-16
ADULT 17 & over
ADULT TWO 31 & over
For Solo/Duos only
JUNIOR 1 is 13-14
JUNOR 2 is 15-16
SOLOS are separated by Male/Female
CHOREO AND REHEARSAL DATES
ALL INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED ON YOUR TEAM MEMBER PAGE and/or TEAM SNAP.
DANCERS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL REHEARSAL DATES. SOME DATES MAY NOT APPLY. THE TENTATIVE DATES ARE :
- AUG 1-6
- Selected Sundays until Departure
- Showcase (Thanksgiving weekend)
The official rehearsal schedule will be sent out AFTER the results and once the TEAM IS ESTABLISHED. We need to form the team before making the schedule. All rehearsals will be in Brampton, ON
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
*Please note that the organizers will be holding concurrent World Championships at this location in SHOW DANCE, and ACRO - as well as the PERFORMING ARTS IMPROVISATION Championship. It will be an exciting week with A LOT happening!!
WE COMPETE IN ROUNDS AT THE IDO WORLD DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
The tentative schedule plan for at least 3 round per age (quarter, half, and final).
The goal I to make it to the FINAL round!