Vancouver Academy of Dance
Highlights & Upcoming Events:
2010 - Senior Students are going on tour to perform in Macau Dance Festival in China in July.
2010 - 100 Students perform for the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics.
2010 - 60 Students of all ages perform Jazz, Acrobatics, Chinese Dance and Hip Hopfor the Governor General, John Furlong and the International Olympic Committee for the IOC AGM at QE Theatre.
2010 - Senior Students and Staff performed for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
2010 - Valerie Ho works with Rino from the Beat Freaks
2010 - Valerie Ho aka Ms. Vee appears in a Mcdonalds commerical for the 2010 Olympics.
2009 - Valerie Ho selected as Master Class Instructor and featured performer for Festival DansEncore in Trois Rivieres, Quebec.
2009 - Senior Company performs for the GovernorŐs Ball for the Vancouver Board of Trade.
2009 - Ms. Anabel Ho advises on the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics Opening Ceremonies.
2009 - Students perform at the Festival Square Stage at the PNE.
2009 - Senior Students and Staff performed for all the Premiers of Canada to launch the opening of the new BC-Canada Pavilion at the Beijing 210 Olympics.
2009 - Students of VAD and SCDC performed for all the Premiers of Canada to launch the opening of the new BC-Canada Pavilion at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
2008 - Students of VAD and SCDC performed for all the Premiers of Canada to launch the opening of the new BC-Canada Pavilion at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
2008 - Valerie Ho selected as Master Class Instructor and featured performer with her hip hop group "MVP" for Festival DansEncore in Trois Rivieres, Quebec.
2008 - Lisa Ho selected as founding cast member of "Shrek the Musical", perfomring in Seattle then Opening on Broadway this Winter.
2008 - Lisa Ho performs in "High School Musical on Stage" in Boston.
2008 - Artistic Director Anabel Ho selected as an Advisor to Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies.
2007 - Artistic Director Anabel Ho invited to China's 2nd Annual "Outstanding Overseas Chinese Youth conference" in Beijing & Shanghai.
2007 - The Hip Hop Division performed for the BC Children's Hospital "For Children We Care" Annual Fundraising Dinner.
2007 - VAD Instructor Lisa Ho performs on Broadway as "Connie" in the revival of the musical "A Chorus Line".
2007 - The Chinese Dance Division performed for the Richmond Chinese Community Society annual Chinese New Year Festivities.
2007 - The Chinese Dance Division performed for the Canadian Hotircultural Council.
p>2007 - The Chinese Dance Division performed for the Brotherhood Interfaith Society's "Man of the Year" 2007 Award.2007 - Sixty members of the Vancouver Academy of Dance & Strathcona Chinese Dance Company were selected to perform ion Chinese Central Television's New Years Special "The Same Song". Students performed on stage with Eric Tsang Chi Wai;, Bowie Tsang; and Liza Wang Ming Chun. The special aired all across China and braodcast on Chinese television affiliates around the world.
2006 - Students of the Vancouver Academy of Dance and Strathcona Chinese Dance Company performed at the Closing Ceremonies of the United Nations – World Urban Forum Conference on June 23, 2006 at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre.
2006 - Twenty-five members of the Vancouver Academy of Dance represented Canada and performed at the X International Youth Dance Festival held in Macau, China July 7-14, 2006.
2006 - Sixty participants of VAD completed a successful tour of China visiting
Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai. Participants had the opportunity
to study Chinese dance, acrobatics, wu shu and tai chi with renowned artists.
2006 - Chinese New Year Festival, Grande Prairie, AB, January, 2005
2005 - VAD Instructor Valerie Ho goes on Broadway & London tour of "Legends of Hip Hop" with Mr. Wiggles, Poppin' Pete, Don Campbell, & Rock Steady Crew
2005 - Miss Chinese Vancouver, December 2, 2005
2005 - Anabel Ho was invited as an official delegate to represent Canada
to participate in the 2005 Overseas Chinese Arts and Cultural Tour of Hunan
and Guangxi Provinces of China, April 2005.
2004 - Vancouver Academy of Dance's Professional Troupe, Transcendance Company
was invited to perform at the 9th International Youth Dance Festival in
Macau, China. The company also visited Beijing, China for cultural exchange
and to study wu-shu. July 2004. VAD performed at the Victoria Lantern Festival,
Victoria, BC, October 2004.
2003 - Students of VAD performed for the International Olympic Committee,
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, March 4, 2003. Anabel Ho was invited as an official
delegate to represent Canada to participate in the 2003 Overseas Chinese
Culture and Arts Study Tour in Yunnan, China, November 2003.
Anabel Ho & Valerie Ho were invited as delegates to represent Canada to
participate in the 2002 Overseas Chinese Culture and Arts Study Tour in
Shanghai, China, October 2002.
Students of VAD performed for Her Majesty the Queen in celebration of the
Queen's Golden Jubilee, University of British Columbia, October 6, 2002.
2002 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, USA, September 2002. Vancouver Academy
of Dance opened a new branch in Vancouver (Westside), September 2002.
VAD 2001 China Tour - Macau & Beijing, July 2001.
2001 - Chinese New Year Fesival, Calgary, AB, January 2001.
2000 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, USA, September 2000. Victoria Lantern
Festival, Victoria, BC, October 2000.
1999 - Victoria Lantern Festival, Victoria, BC, October 1999.
1997 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, USA, September 1997. Victoria Lantern
Festival, Victoria, BC, October 1997.
1996 - Vancouver Academy of Dance moved to its permanent residence in Richmond.
1995 - Vancouver Academy of Dance was registered. VAD rented space from
Main Dance Place to run classes.
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