Everything you need to know.
Our Showcase Academy is our intensive, 20 week, high level dance program.
This dance program is for any dancer that wants to go professional, that has this urge to go the extra mile, that thrives to be on stage and gives it their all every single performance.
This dance program is to take your dance career to the next level.
Training
Our Showcase Academy trains 8 hours a week, for 20 weeks per season between October and April. 10 weeks in the first semester, 10 weeks in the second.
Monday
20:00 - 22:00 - Performance / Commercial
Wednesday
20:00 - 22:00 - Urban Training
Saturday
9:30 - 12:30 - Technical
+ 1 hour personal assigned class
Age
Our Showcase Academy is meant for teens and young adults. We do not accept students by age, we focus on your level and motivation.
All round Entertainment Education
You're not only going to be trained to become a better dancer, but you will also get performance classes. Performance classes include vocal training, theatre, audition training, make-up, acro and solo's.
Urban training includes girly hiphop, foundations, house dance, whacking, old school hiphop training and battle technique.
The technique training focusses on ballet, jumps, partnering, solo's, turns, improvisation, modern, jazz and so much more.
Teachers
This program only works with the best dancer, choreographers and entertainers in the industry. We work with dancers such as Shauni Vandeput, Jelle Thorrez, Mahdy Coulibaly, Anke Clinck and many more.
For make-up we trust in Sarah Rafrafi, Helena Maes for singing and Margriet Middel for theater.
Limited Spots + Audition
To enter our Showcase Academy, you have to do an audition.
There are only 25 spots in our Showcase Academy, this way we can provide our students with the best quality education and training.
At our audition we take note of your level, motivation, and your performance.
We do not look at age or experience.
Price
20 weeks
160 hours of class
8 hours a week
7 euro / week
€ 1100
(+ 100 euro if paying in two times)
Next audition + Next season
Our next Showcase Academy starts September 2022 and ends in April 2023.
Meaning that our next Showcase Academy will be a program of 20 weeks.
This year we will be working with a Video audition. Create a short video of about 1 minute in which you show the best of yourself, in your own chosen style. Submit your video by September 1 to classes@tommygryson.com
From these we select the dancers who we invite to a live audition on September 4 in our studio in Ghent.
Take a chance now!