An intimate weekend full of artistic exploration and building community for dancers ages 8-18.
Classes include Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, Improvisation and more, with goal-setting and reflection sessions each day!
Fresh strives to guide students towards embracing their uniqueness while emphasizing life skills including confidence, awareness, focus, responsibility, communication, risk-taking, and teamwork.
Ready to dive in? Let’s dance, explore, and support each other along the way!
"Fresh always does a great job at promoting inclusivity and discovering your individual self... the staff did a great job at making us feel like a community in the short time we had together.”
-Selena, Fresh Participant
The Fresh Approach
Dance is only a small fraction of what we’re aiming to teach. It’s not merely about the steps. We encourage creative thinking and working as a team. We hope that our students will use the discoveries they make inside the studio within other aspects of their life. It’s about the concepts and philosophies of the art-form:
cultivating community
building confidence
fostering awareness
practising risk-taking
Everyone is responsible for contributing their positive energy to each class! This experience will be awesome and unique because of YOU.
We believe that our responsibility as teachers extends beyond executing well-planned classes. It includes
leading with openness, vulnerability, listening and compassion
And yes, we’re an excited bunch. Because we love to dance, and can’t wait to share our passion and knowledge with you!
To read more about the beginnings of Fresh, founded by David Norsworthy, visit our Organizational History page!
MEET THE FRESH TEAM
CHANTELLE GOOD | PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Chantelle Good, originally from Toronto, Canada, is a performer, choreographer, and teaching artist, now based in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at Marymount Manhattan College, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in choreography. To further her training, Chantelle also attended Springboard Danse Montreal where she performed repertoire by La Tresse Collective, Shumpei Nemoto, Stijn Celis, and Ohad Naharin.
Past commercial dance credits include: H.E.R., Jennifer Lopez, Snoop Dogg, Daddy Yankee x Bad Bunny, iskwē, Haai x Jon Hopkins, Gary Clark Jr., David Byrne, Rothy’s “That’s More Like It” Global Campaign, Tyson, and CNCPTS/PUMA. Concert dance credits include: Freddie Falls in Love (Joyce Theater), New York Fashion Week (A--Company), Still Motion Dance Company, Kate Harpootlian & Artists, Loni Landon Dance Project, The Forest of Arden, and Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More. Currently, Chantelle can be seen performing on Broadway in MJ The Musical.
In addition to her performance career, Chantelle is the Co-Artistic Director of TOES FOR DANCE and the Programs Director of Share The Movement. She also enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion for dance as a teaching artist and guest choreographer for institutions and programs across North America. She continues to deepen her learning around decolonizing practices, in order to foster inclusive environments for her students and cultivate community whenever possible.
BRI CLARKE | ARTISTIC PRODUCER
Brianna (Bri) Clarke is a performer, choreographer, teacher, and producer, based in Tkarón:to/Toronto. Her early training began in Ottawa at Leeming Danceworks, where she developed her voice as an artist and trained competitively in multiple styles of dance. While studying at Toronto Metropolitan University, Bri performed in full-length works by established choreographers such as Hanna Kiel, Alysa Pires, and Merce Cunningham. After obtaining her BFA in Performance Dance, Bri has furthered her training in Germany, New York City, North Carolina, Greece, Los Angeles and across Canada. She continues to be a freelance artist for multiple dance and theatre collectives.Bri has been fortunate to be on the TOES FOR DANCE team for many years, acting in various roles across the organization’s programming. Most notably, she associate produced and performed in the sold-out run of “Dinner is Served”, choreographed by Tony-winning choreographer Kristen Carcone. As well, Bri has enjoyed being on staff for Fresh Dance Intensive since 2015, carrying out roles as an assistant, a teacher, and now as Artistic Producer. Other credits include: Frog in Hand, Transcen|Dance Project, Dance Arts Institute, Near & Far Projects, The Performing Arts Project, and the Toronto Fringe Festival. Currently, Bri is the Dance Artist-in-Residence at The Heliconian Club, and she is on teaching faculty at The Fifth Dance. www.briclarke.ca @brianna_clarkee
MEET THE Faculty
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Jia Yi (Judy) Luo is a Chinese-Canadian dance artist based out of Toronto, Ontario. A former member of touring company Rambert 2 (London, UK), she holds her BFA in Performance Dance from Toronto Metropolitan University and is a laureate of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Developing Artist Grant. Known for her stage presence and versatility, her commercial credits include Nike, SportChek, Tim Hortons, Hallmark Channel, Jessie Reyez and Feist. Judy’s journey as a freelancer has included collaborators Anne Plamondon (Montreal), Liam Francis (UK), and Dreamwalker Dance Company (Toronto/Vancouver). Switching between the hats of performer, rehearsal director and educator, she marvels at the body's intelligence and delights in sharing this fascination with others!
Photo by Shawn Bracke
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Rakeem Hardy (they/them) is a queer dance artist, creator, and educator based in Toronto, ON. A graduate from the State University of New York at Purchase College, they were the 2020 recipient of the Thayer Fellowship Award. They have performed works by Doug Varone, Sidra Bell, Norbert De La Cruz III, and Roderick George. They received additional training at the Taipei National University of the Arts, and Springboard Danse Montreal under the direction of Alexandra Wells. Rakeem has performed and collaborated with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Coté Danse, Loni Landon Dance Projects, LA TRESSE, and Gallim Dance. Rakeem is currently a member of the Vancouver-based company, Kidd Pivot, under the direction of Crystal Pite.
Photo by Kendra Epik
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Originally from Manila, Philippines and now based in Toronto, Queenie is a powerhouse dancer, educator, and community leader. She discovered her love of music and dance early in life and has since used movement as a tool for connection, empowerment, and cultural expression.
With a background in Kinesiology and Education from York University, Queenie has over a decade of experience in street and commercial dance — from performing and teaching to choreography and creative direction. She trained with her crew DEUCEnDIP and has performed and co-choreographed pieces featured at Bazaar Dance Showcase, Toronto Pride Festival, MNFSTO, and Outside Looking In’s Annual Showcase.
Queenie is also the co-founder of School of Groove and Associate Director of the Dance Program at Outside Looking In.
Photo by Nino Vicente
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Rodney Diverlus is a Haitian-Canadian award-winning artist and producer whose practice straddles media: film, theatre, dance, digital media, literature and public arts-based interventions. They use the body and voice–as media and vessel—to host movement, text, rhythm, storytelling, and protest. Their work flaunts emergent representations of blackness, queerness, diasporic life, and freedom. Their work has been presented internationally and invites audiences to bear witness to new possibilities of being.
Described by the Toronto Star, as “one of Toronto’s fastest rising dance talents”, they have created original live performance works commissioned across North America including Atlantic Ballet of Canada, Toronto Dance Theatre, Tapestry Opera , Toronto Metropolitan University, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, SummerWorks Performance Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario, Tableau d’Hôte Theatre, Irie Music Festival, Dance Matters, The Gladstone Hotel, Art Toronto, Dance Immersion, and Annual Alberta Dance Festival.
Photo by hana hebzavi
program
Click here to download a draft program schedule (PDF).
Activities will take place from approximately 10:00am-5:00pm daily on August 15-16, 2026.
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Offering dancers a moment each morning to dream big, articulate next steps in their workshop experience, and self-evaluate progress.
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Providing a strong foundation of focus, presence, physical readiness and enthusiasm at the beginning of each workshop day.
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A genre that embraces innovation and individuality with various influences including modern dance techniques, jazz, floorwork, and improvisation.
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A practise of dancing in-the-moment without prior planning or rehearsal. This class offers strategies to access imagination, take risks, break habits and stay present.
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A stylized genre that emerged from African ritual and celebratory dances, popularized in the early 20th century. Emphasizing groundedness, rhythm, and dynamics, dancers will learn energetic movements through progressions and/or phrase work.
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Originated in New York in the late 1970s and part of a larger culture consisting of breaking, dj-ing, graffiti art, and emceeing. Dancers will explore hip hop dance forms that emphasize isolation, groove, musicality, and freedom.
MORE DETAILS
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Fresh Fees:
$260 + HST before July 1, 2026
$290 + HST after July 1, 2026
Registration fees for Fresh are set below market rates in comparison to commercial dance intensives. We provide merit-based scholarships as well as financial aid if needed. No one is turned away due to lack of funds.
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Canada’s National Ballet School
400 Jarvis St, Toronto, ON, M4Y 2G6
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Fresh 2026 will offer two levels, and participants are welcome to register for the level that best suits them:
Junior/Inter (Recommended ages 12 and under)
Senior/Advanced (Recommended ages 13 and up)
The age recommendations above are not strict guidelines, as we understand and respect that everyone is on their own unique path of experiencing dance and training in different styles/with different teachers.
If you’re not sure which level would be best for you/your child, please ask a dance teacher at your studio for a recommendation. We want to facilitate an experience for you that is enjoyable, but also challenging and educational. Remember: Fresh isn’t primarily focused on dance technique or tricks— it’s about expression, community, and taking risks… So the types of challenges you will encounter at Fresh might require you to dive deeper into your artistry or think differently about dance.
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If you have been awarded a Fresh 2026 Scholarship, please use the code on your certificate at check out when registering.
If you have been awarded a Fresh 2026 Half Scholarship, the code will reduce your payable tuition fee by 50%.
If you have been awarded a Fresh 2026 Full Scholarship, your code will will cover the entire tuition cost except for an admin fee ($40 plus HST) that is required to secure your spot at the intensive, and helps us cover some of our costs.
Lost your certificate? Email us to find out the code.
Scholarship spots are limited, and pre-registration is required. All scholarship winners must bring their certificate to the event for verification at the sign-in table on the first day.
Don’t have a scholarship but need some financial support to make participation in Fresh 2026 possible? Email us to request a need-based scholarship. No participants turned away due to lack of funds.
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Please contact us for more information.
Chantelle Good, Program Director
Bri Clarke, Artistic Producer
Photo/artist credits: Fresh 2026 promo video by Shannon Widdis, (top) Fresh 2024 & 2025 (photos by Shannon Widdis), Chantelle Good headshot (photo by Jon Taylor), Bri Clarke headshot (photo by Alie Rutty, (below) Fresh 2022 (photo by Kendra Epik).
