Teachers: Here’s an excellent warm up you can use for your tap dance students! Read more about it here.

- SB

Bring your tap shoes! Tap dance jam in Toronto every 1st and 3rd Sunday at:

Byfield Dance Experience
819 Yonge Street (at Davenport)

Map and location:
http://www.ShawnByfield.com/schedule.htm

Tap jam starts at 7:30 pm until 9 pm. 1st and 3rd Sundays only.

No need to feel intimidated! This free tap dance jam is open to anyone who wants to work on tap dance improvisation skills and trade steps. Bring your shoes, bring a friend, and bring a smile!

- Shawn B

There’s gonna be another season! Audition details available to date listed below (subject to change):

• Toronto, Ont.: Saturday, November 14th at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St. W. Registration starts at 8 a.m.
• Vancouver, B.C.: Saturday, December 5th at The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts, 777 Homer Street. Registration starts at 8 a.m.
• Calgary, Alta.: Venue and date to be announced
• Montreal, Que.: Venue and date to be announced
• East Coast City: Venue and date to be announced

Visit CTV’s website here for updated SYTYCD Canada season three audition tour info.

- SB

www.ShawnByfield.com

Shawn B and Everett... chillin?.

Who will be the final two dancers left on So You Think You Can Dance Canada’s second season?

Jayme Rae is throwing down pretty hard. So is Emanuel with all his injuries. I think Everett will capture a ton of votes… But the girls have clearly been stepping their game up each week.

Who do you think will end up the top two SYTYCD Canada dancers? Melanie, Tara or Vincent? They’re ALL firecrackers, it’s a pretty tough one to decide.

Leave your thoughts, and stay tuned!

- Shawn B

www.ShawnByfield.com

Looking for dance classes in the city? Here’s how you can save big on your next Toronto hip hop or tap dance classes! Click the image TODAY to learn more.

http://www.ShawnByfield.com/sale.htm

- Shawn B

So You Think You Can Dance Canada is coming! Check out dance.ctv.ca for updates and tune in to watch.

Looking for the theme song for the SYTYCD Canada TV commercial? It’s called “Dance Wiv Me,” by the artist Dizzee Rascal. Look for Jason Nevin’s Extended Remix to get the TV version.

I look forward to watching the new dancers on Season Two of So You Think Canada. Last year’s winner was Nico, a crazy talented artist he is.

This year, I’d love to see a lady be Canada’s favourite dancer, because I know some tremendously talented females out there. I think that would be a terriffic boost for all the girls out there- dancers and non-dancers alike.

Plus, anything boys can do… right girls?

- Shawn Byfield

http://www.ShawnByfield.com

Learn how to dance in Toronto!

Inspired from watching So You Think You Can Dance (Canada) and Dancing With The Stars? Want to learn to look like a pro dancer?

Here’s a question: If you’ve never danced before, and have no formal training, what style of dance would you most like to learn and why?

I specialize in tap dance and hip hop dance, but would love to learn tango. Such a passionate and dynamic art form!

Leave your comments and share your thoughts here…

- Shawn Byfield

So if you didn’t know, you can always get current dance info from two other sources:

Follow me on Twitter

My Twitter Feed:
–> http://Twitter.com/ShawnByfield

With Twitter, you can get my updates via text messaging to your cellphone.

Updates are extremely short (140 characters) so you can not waste time reading a whole page worth of information.

It’s the perfect solution for people on the go, that like to always know what’s going on. You’ll need to sign up for a Twitter account of your own to reply to me and to get automatic updates to your desktop. Or get notified instantly on any wireless device like your cell phone, BlackBerry or iPhone.

It’s convenient, super quick, and it’s free. Or, if you actually enjoy reading lots, check out my:

Anyone Can Dance Blog:
–> http://ShawnByfield.wordpress.com

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Check out both links right now, so you know what’s going on!

- SB

Shawn Byfield and Melissa Williams

Last week was finals week for Extreme Dance Convention, run by Melissa Williams. She runs an inspiring dance convention for all the participants, apprentices and dance instructors like myself.

I was lucky enough to be the tap dance teacher for the week with some super students. They definitely danced their hearts out, and rose to the challenge every dance class brought them.

Here’s some footage of the senior tap dance choreography we did:

Extreme Dance Convention Tap Dance

Congratulations to all tap dancers who participated at this event, you worked it out! To continue tap dancing in Toronto, get your fix here.

Keep working on your tap dance skills everyone!

- Shawn B

In Canada, we are free to dance!

I wish everyone a Happy Canada Day, month and year. We live in a country where we are all free to write, learn, travel, love and dance. We have access to the things and basic services we need.

Let’s always remember the blessings we have, just by living in THIS country.

Do not take your life for granted. Being a Canadian, we can create our own joy, can live a healthy life and have the right to fulfill our own opportunity without fear.

My friends, we have much to celebrate. So seize every day!

- Shawn Byfield

http://Twitter.com/ShawnByfield
http://ShawnByfield.com