Training Subsidy Program (TSP)

Ongoing training and professional development are a crucial part of a your career. Regular physical conditioning maintains your body as an instrument, relevant opportunities for artistic development engage your mind as an interpreter and creator, and on-going, consistent technical training keeps you current. In combination, these activities position you as an active and employable member of the professional community.

However ongoing training and professional development are financially prohibitive for most, especially dance artists who work outside the support system of a company.

CADA’s Training Subsidy Program (TSP) responds to this condition in the professional dance community by providing financial subsidies for ongoing dance training, physical conditioning and artistic development.

The TSP is operated on a national level through each office and aims to:

  • Improve the socio-economic status of the participants,
  • Contribute to job readiness and improve levels of employability,
  • Ensure that training and professional development remain a vital and affordable part of a career in dance, and
  • Contribute to the development of the dance milieu and to a new generation of dance artists.

Scope

Whether you are a member of the BC Chapter or Ontario Chapter you can be reimbursed for training taken anywhere in Canada with any teacher.

Each chapter's Training Subsidy Program is currently funded separately and therefore the coverage of each program is slightly different.

If you live in Quebec, please contact Le Regroupment Quebecois de la Danse about their subsidy program as well as their other excellent services....

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BC Chapter Coverage

If you are a member of the BC Chapter you can be reimbursed:

  • $5 for each drop-in class
  • 50% of the cost of each workshop or intensive (up to the annual limit for your membership level)
  • 50% of the cost of a class card

the TSP Guidelines for the BC Chapter

the TSP Application for the BC Chapter

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Ontario Chapter Coverage

If you are a member of the Ontario Chapter you can be reimbursed for:

Technical Training

  • $7 for each drop-in dance technique class
  • 60% of the cost of a dance technique class card

Physical Conditioning

  • $6 for each drop-in physical conditioning class (for example, yoga or pilates)
  • 50% of the cost of a physical conditioning class card
  • 35% of the cost of a fitness club membership

Artistic Development

  • 60% of the cost of a master class, workshop, or intensive

Download the TSP Guidelines for the Ontario Chapter

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