The 2026 Calgary Dance Trainer Expo, occurring this August 11-12, guarantees to be Western Canada’s most fun dance occasion of the 12 months. It’s going to deliver collectively tons of of dance studio house owners and academics for a chock-full schedule of enterprise seminars and motion lessons with trade leaders on the Westin Calgary Airport in Calgary, Alberta. As well as, the occasion will supply unique entry to Canada’s largest expo corridor with main dance distributors, with an opportunity to community and see the newest dance tendencies and what’s available on the market.
Jay T Schramek and Kent McCord are the co-owners of the Toronto and Calgary Dance Trainer Expos. Schramek is the Director of Programming, and McCord is the founder.
“For the final 10 years, my enterprise accomplice Kent McCord and I’ve constructed Toronto Dance Trainer Expo into the most important convention and tradeshow for the dance trade in Canada,” Schramek tells Dance Informa. “We had a Calgary location again in 2017, and we’re delighted to return to Western Canada this 12 months with the re-lauch of the Calgary Dance Trainer Expo.”
McCord provides, “Our occasions are stuffed with consultants in educating in all disciplines. Toronto will function 35 Grasp Academics with 45 seminars and lessons in Motion, Enterprise, Early Childhood, Particular Wants, Greatest Practices and extra. These lessons embody 13 Skilled Improvement Certificates from World Class pedagogic establishments. Calgary will function 20 Grasp academics and consultants, and 26 Lessons and Seminars together with 10 Skilled Improvement Certificates.”
Some featured presenters for the 2026 Calgary Dance Trainer Expo embody Brian Foley of Adapt Syllabus, Kim McSwain of Worldwide Aggressive Dancer Registry, Ruben Sanchez of Faucet Footwear Canada, former So You Assume You Can Dance Canada winner Tara-Jean Popowich, and dance enterprise skilled Tiffany Henderson of Twinkle Star Dance and Tiffany’s Dance Academy.
Summer time is all the time a good time for dance studio house owners and academics to assemble at occasions just like the Calgary Dance Trainer Expo, be with like-minded neighborhood, and go away feeling impressed for the 12 months of dance forward.
“Each Toronto and Calgary Dance Trainer Expos deliver excellent lessons in all disciplines for academics to develop, study and be impressed!” Schramek says. “Each self-discipline has consultants to share innovation. Connecting with tons of of different academics and networking with trade, these occasions are a time to return collectively as a neighborhood.”
The Calgary Dance Trainer Expo will supply varied tracks and specialties: Pedagogy/Motion Observe, Enterprise Observe and Greatest Practices Observe. Subjects coated embody audition strategies, how in some methods AI can get monetary savings and alleviate stress, preschool dance, management intensives, acro dance, power coaching for dancers, a Cocktails and Costumes Style Present, and extra.
As well as, there shall be dozens of distributors presenting beneficial sources and merchandise at this 12 months’s expos. “We’re so excited to welcome over 60 exhibitors in Toronto that includes the newest improvements to encourage our academics and studio house owners,” McCord notes. “All of them are providing solely reductions, promotions and 1000’s in sales space prize giveaways. Calgary will function 38 wonderful exhibitors.”
Properly-known exhibitors will embody 42nd Avenue Excursions, Acrobatic Arts, Bloch, Capezio, Harlequin Flooring, Evolve Dance Competitors, Twinkle Star Dance, Só Dança, Faucet Roots and others.
There may be nonetheless time to register for 2-Day Expo Tickets, which give entry to the 2026 Calgary Dance Trainer Expo occasion together with lessons, seminars and expo corridor for dance studio house owners and dance academics. There may be additionally an choice to buy 2-Day Expo Assistant tickets for trainer assistants ages 22 and below. You may register right here.
It has been a mission of Schramek and McCord to maintain the associated fee down for his or her occasions, to allow entry for a broad vary of studio house owners and academics. “Each Toronto and Calgary Dance Academics Expo supply worth to our exhibitors as a result of we provide our occasions at a fraction of the price of related occasions produced outdoors of Canada,” McCord explains. “Our occasions have a definite Canadian voice that acknowledge the alternatives and challenges we face in Canada. Maintaining our value reasonably priced creates accessibility for each trainer at each stage of their profession.”
Schramek provides, “My hope is that attendees will go away our occasions with new instruments of their toolkits, inspiration, creativity, unimaginable reductions and financial savings from our exhibitors.”
For extra data on the Calgary Dance Trainer Expo, which shall be held August 11-12, in Calgary, Alberta, go to occasions.dancenewyorkcity.com/2026CalgaryDanceTeacherExpo.
By Laura Di Orio of Dance Informa.
