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Cretan Dance Classes

Starting Saturday November 8th, our school will be offering after school Cretan dance classes in Greek until the end of the school year. This extracurricular activity will run as a pilot project and its success will determine whether it will be offered again next year, starting from the beginning of the school year. 

The purpose of this effort is multifaceted: 


- To give children the opportunity to learn Cretan dances in their authentic form.  
- To give children the opportunity to practice their Greek as classes will be held exclusively in Greek. 
- To make our Greek school more attractive to students and strengthen their sense of belonging to it. 

- Children will have the opportunity to learn group choreographies as well as solos. 

More specifically: 

1. Classes will begin on November 8, 2014 and will end on May 30, 2015. 
2. Classes will be held every Saturday between 1pm and 2pm . 
3. The total cost will be $ 100 per child. All proceeds will go to the school. 
4. These classes are offered only to students of Grades 4 and up.

5. Classes will be held on the following Saturdays:


8 November 2014
15 November 2014
22 November 2014
29 November 2014
6 December 2014
10 January 2015

17 January 2015

24 January 2015
7 February 2015

14 February 2015
28 February 2015
7 March 2015
14 March 20145
21 March 2015

18 April 2015
25 April 2015
2 May 2015
9 May 2015
16 May 2015
23 May 2015
30 May 2015

The instructor will be Mr. Vasileios Bourmpounis. Mr. Bourmpounis has been dancing Cretan traditional dances for over 30 years and been teaching them for the last 10 years. He was a top-level dancer of the group "Lykeio Ellinidon of Heraklion" and has performed in a plethora of occasions all over Crete, Greece, and abroad. In 2004, he had the privilege to perform at the "Irodio" in Athens, where Greece's best dancing groups gave an unforgetable perfomance. 

Mr. Bourmpounis taught Cretan dances to both children and adults in Berlin (Germany) for nearly 4 years. Presently, he is the Head Dance Instructor at the Cretan Association of Montreal where he has 6 dancing groups, aged from 4 years old to adults, under his supervision. In total, he is in charge of almost 130 children and 25 adults at the Cretan Association of Montreal. 

Mr. Bourmpounis has an unparalleled enthousiam in teaching Cretan dances, an enthousiam he easily transfers to his students. 

His moto is: "If I want my students to sweat during practice, I have to sweat first and more than anyone, if I want my students to show enthousiasm, I have to be the most enthousiastic in the class, if I want my students to demonstrate passion for Cretan dances, I have to demonstrate unparalleled passion first. Teaching by example is the way to childrens' hearts."

If you are interested in enrolling your child to our school's Cretan dance classes, please fill out the form below. 



    Cretan Dance Classes Registration (8 November 2014 - 30 May 2015)

    - The total cost of the classes is $100 (total of 21 classes). All proceeds will go to the school.
    - Payments should be made in a sealed envelope with the full name and grade of the child (cash preferably). 
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