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Chico Creek Dance Centre is the home of:

  • Full Force Hip-Hop and Jazz Companies
  • The Chico Community Ballet (Visit their website here)

    For twenty-five years Chico Creek Dance Centre (CCDC), formerly Wall Street Dance Academy, has achieved national recognition as a renowned classical ballet and Hip-Hop and Jazz dance training school. Under the guidance of Artistic Director Deborah Jorritsma, Associate Director Catherine Sullivan Sturgeon, Full Force Director Jarrah Myles, and a highly skilled staff, CCDC continues to provide exceptional training for the beginning to pre-professional dancer of all ages, levels and skill levels.

    Many of our alumni have gone on to perform with companies, received college scholarships and acquired job careers throughout the world!


    Mission Statement

    Chico Creek Dance Centre (CCDC) is a nonprofit corporation committed to:

    Offering quality training with a professional and friendly staff in a supportive atmosphere in the following dance forms;

  • Pre-Dance (ages 2-5)
  • Classical Ballet
  • Jazz
  • Tap
  • Hip-Hop
  • Flamenco

    Inspiring students to achieve their individual potential through training and development in the art of dance to the highest standards;

    Performance opportunities as a component of students education;

  • 2 Studio Performances per year
  • Chico Community Ballet
  • Full Force Hip-Hop and Jazz Companies

    Why are the Arts Important for our Youth?

  • Dance, as well as all other art forms, can become a precious outlet for children, engaging them in creativity, increasing mathematical and cognitive skills, and stimulating a possible lifelong passion.
  • Researchers have shown that participation in the arts can increase attention span, improve coordination, reduce tension, increase critical-thinking skills, thus allowing a child a greater chance of excelling in other academic areas.
  • Children who have access to the arts have been shown to have a much lower dropout rate in school and higher sense of self-esteem.

    • The high level of training of the dancers in Chico Community Ballet and Full Force Hip-Hop & Jazz Companies, attest to the high quality of committed training dancers of all interest achieve at Chico Creek Dance Centre.

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