Moose Jaw Festival of Dance

Dance Inspirations is adjudicated by highly qualified people brought in from all over Canada and the United States. These people have always been impressed with the quality of the dancers, the high standards, and discipline of their dance training. After seeing the talent that Saskatchewan had to offer, two of our former adjudicators put Saskatchewan on the Disney audition tour.

Dance Inspirations is totally organized and operated by volunteers. As soon as Dance Inspirations ends one year, planning begins for the following year. The Moose Jaw Festival of Dance Committee is a membership of dance parents and former dance parents. The committee dedicates countless hours to planning each year’s event, Dance Inspirations and the Moose Jaw Festival of Dance would certainly not be what it is today without all of the contributions of past and present committee members. During Festival week, a team of over 100 volunteers help the committee make sure everything runs smoothly. We also enlist a local figure skating club to help during the week, the Moose Jaw Skate Club runs the concession.

We are proud to offer in excess of 150 awards (including trophies and scholarships), all donated, to those who excel or show promise in each category. Over $30,000 in scholarships and awards was given out in 2019. The Moose Jaw Festival of Dance awards some of the highest scholarship amounts in Canada.

We quote from the Digest Report of the Federation of Canadian Musical Festivals: “Competition is essential in the conduct of a Festival.  No non-competitive means can raise the same standard of performance to the same degree to create the same interest in striving to attain the highest levels of performance and appreciation. Competition is a means to an end and is not to be stressed to the exclusion of the Festival spirit. It is a means of pacing one another on the road to excellence and is to arise above rivalry.”

The Festival spirit may be defined as the joy of participating with others in seeking the highest levels in the art of dance.