PIA BOUMAN SCHOOL ACKNOWLEDGES THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF:

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada via the Recovery Funding for Professional Arts Presentation Organizations, administered by the Canada Arts Presentation Fund.

ABOUT PBS

Pia Bouman School offers programs for all ages and for all levels, from the very young to the pre-professional and mature student. Students can receive a complete education in Classical Ballet, enriched by Creative Movement, Contemporary Dance, and National Dance.

Our staff is highly qualified. In keeping with the philosophy of the school, teachers foster creative development to go hand in hand with the discipline of dance learning. In this non-competitive environment, teachers encourage students from an early age to embrace the discipline of dance and the creativity behind movement. This creates the foundation from which the student can develop an awareness of the world. As students move through the school they have an opportunity to learn from older students and to be an older student from whom others will learn.

Several of our students continue their education in dance and choreography at a professional level to become professional artists in their own right. Many continue their academic pursuits through further education and become experts in their chosen fields of interest. All acquire a true appreciation and love for all art. They bring with them into the world the knowledge that art holds the mirror to life and therefore learn it is important to be intelligent and honest as they dance through their lives.

Schedules, Information and Registration are found on our REGISTRATION page.

The Universe at Play, choreography by Pia Bouman

Every child who has a wish to (learn) dance should be given a chance to do so.
Every child who has a wish to perform dance should be given the chance to do so.
Every child who has a wish to create dance should be given the chance to do so…
- Pia Bouman

"What impressed me about Nutcracker, almost as much as the remarkable talent on display, was the depth and breadth of community participation. Inspired commitment, such as that sustaining Pia Bouman's School, and so happily projected in the annual production of Nutcracker is what turns an accidental population into a community."
Canadian Author, Linden MacIntyre

Sugar Plum Fairy, Nutcracker