Our Story
Fleet-Wood Dancentre offers recreation classes, competition, and pre-professional training to students starting at age 2. Established in 1994, The School of Dance specializes in the Cecchetti Method of Ballet and is affiliated with The Cecchetti Society of Canada and Dance Ontario. . Fleet-Wood also offers jazz, modern, recreation ballet, hip hop, contemporary, pointe, tap, acro, competition, Eccentrics, and Yoga. Fleet-Wood is well known for two special traditions. Every year they perform as “Living Window Dancers” dressed in beautiful Nutcracker costumes, just before the Santa Claus parade. Every two years they produce a full scale production of The Nutcracker with students, teachers and alumni joining together. This year they are set to perform The Nutcracker December 14 at 2 pm and 7 pm. Fleet-Wood Dancentre is the only local School of Dance that is hired by Meaford Hall to produce the favourite Christmas ballet. Fleet-Wood Dancentre is also very proud of the many students it has launched into the professional world of dance. Two students, Jonathan Fleet and Sierra Maraj were accepted into George Brown College Dance program and after three years returned as full time teachers at Fleet-Wood Dancentre in 2016. Joined by Colin Eccles, also trained at Fleet-Wood School of dance, achieved a Masters in Music from McMaster, with extensive dance training in Toronto. Sharron Fleet, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Fleet-Wood Dancentre offer classes for everyone!