"As a huge advocate of the multi-disciplinary approach to learning, it remains our mission to provide dance training from a variety of informed, pedagogical methods. What is unique to our approach is that CAS offers everyone a chance to combine their interests and strengthen their body knowledge and neural pathways by experiencing the coherence in dance. We offer a range of dance programming recreationally and intensively through our CAS Performance Companies in Ballet (ABT), Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, and Modern. Our studio is a creative arts incubator unlike any other in Toronto!"At Charb Arts, children enjoy exceptional and responsive instruction, develop an arts vocabulary and receive appreciation for their exploration. We celebrate and respect personal strengths and individuality. Call or visit our studio in Toronto.more...See more text
A renaissance man or woman is said to have wide areas of interest and expertise. But have you ever heard of a renaissance kid?
To find a whole bunch of them — dancing, painting, singing and making music with anything that isn’t bolted down — look no further than Charb Arts in Toronto’s Roncesvalles Village.
The academy’s founder and director, Lori Charbonneau, attended the National Ballet School from ages 9 to 16. After graduating in 1984, she spent the next eight years finishing her academic studies and pursuing a career as a professional dancer before returning to the NBS to earn a degree as a ballet teacher.
Lori says her studies also included theatre, music and the visual arts. “When you’re a creative soul,” she explains, “it’s rarely a one-note song. You can use the other arts to enhance the form you love the most.”
Indeed, this “holistic, renaissance style” of education is still serving Lori well, if the success of Charb Arts is anything to go by.
