CY School of Ballet, founded in 2019 by Ms. Chloey Li and Mr. Chen Sheng, offers ballet classes from beginner to professional levels, for all ages from three-year-olds to adult. Courses include ballet classes, performance choreography, professional audition training, dance-themed charity activities and others.
As a young ballet school founded in Montreal with Chinese background, CY Ballet aim to combine eastern artistic culture into the education of Ballet. In an ambience of enjoyment and excellence, children, teens and adults cultivate a love of dance, whether the aim is a professional career or simply enjoy dancing. To date, one student has been accepted to the National Ballet School of Canada (NBS), one of the top ten professional ballet schools in the world, and five students have been accepted to the l'École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec (ESBQ) and currently pursuing their dreams on becoming professional ballet dancers.
CY Ballet offers pentalingual classes, languages include French, English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish. The teaching faculty of experienced ballet teachers and ballet dancers teaches classes on a regular basis and is supplemented by occasional guest teachers.
CY Ballet has been approved for Approved Examination Centre (AEC) for Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) in 2021. RAD classes and examinations are available starting from Summer 2022. 100% pass rate for the Fall 2022 exam season, with 3 RAD's highest grading level "High Dictinction" students.
CY Ballet’s professional dance studios are located at south shore of Montreal, two minutes away from Brossard-Panama station and parking friendly.
Please follow the below steps if you are interested of booking a trial class:
Step 1: create an account with the link: https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/cyballet
Step 2: email us with the student's name, age and experience to: info@cyschoolofballet.com
Step 3: we will contact you by email for suggested trial class' date and time based on student's age and experience
Events
Sun, Jun 25Place des Arts | Théâtre MaisonneuveJun 25, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Place des Arts | Théâtre Maisonneuve, 260 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest 2nd floor, Montréal, QC H2X 1Y9加拿大
Sat, Jan 07CY School of BalletJan 07, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – Jan 08, 2023, 7:00 p.m.CY School of Ballet, 2077 Av Victoria, Saint-Lambert, QC J4S 1H1, Canada
Sun, Aug 21CY School of BalletAug 21, 2022, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.CY School of Ballet, 2077 Av Victoria, Saint-Lambert, QC J4S 1H1, Canada
Sat, Jun 25Théâtre Maisonneuve | Place des ArtsJun 25, 2022, 7:00 p.m.Théâtre Maisonneuve | Place des Arts, 260 Maisonneuve Blvd W, Montreal, QC H2X 1Y9, Canada
Sun, Jun 12CY School of BalletJun 12, 2022, 10:05 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.CY School of Ballet, 2077 Av Victoria, Saint-Lambert, QC J4S 1H1, Canada
Sun, Feb 20CY School of BalletFeb 20, 2022, 10:05 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.CY School of Ballet, 2077 Av Victoria, Saint-Lambert, QC J4S 1H1, Canada
Direction
LI, CHLOEY
Co-Founder and Principal of CY School of Ballet
Ballet Teacher of Youth Program
Passed and obtained the ballet examination and qualification certificate of Beijing Dance Academy.
Best Performance Award at Freiburg International Youth Ballet Competition, Germany.
First Prize of Beijing National Youth Ballet Competition.
Participated in the International Ballet Masters Training Class in Europe and had in-depth cooperation and discussion with the world's top ballet dancers. Ballet masters included Evgenia Obraztsova, Christopher Hampson, Vadim Muntagirov and Daria Klimentová.
In 2019, with her passion and vision toward Ballet education, Miss Chloey co-founded CY School of Ballet in Montreal and started her journey with her unique ballet educational philosophy.
Certified PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) teacher in 2020.
RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) Registered Teacher in 2021.
Miss Chloey has an in-depth understanding and mastery of the three mainstream ballet education systems in the world (Royal Academy of Dance, Vaganova and Beijing Dance Academy) and brought these three ballet education systems into CY Ballet's classroom. These classes formed a unique teaching style of of CY Ballet. Classroom languages include English, French, Mandarin and Cantonese.
SHENG, CHEN
Co-Founder of CY School of Ballet
Choreographer, Ballet Teacher of Adult and Youth Program
2008 graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy (Classical Ballet major) and won the Special Award of the Organizing Committee of the "Six East China Provinces and One City Dance Competition" in the same year.
2008-2012 Ballet Master of Classical Ballet department of Shanghai Theatre Academy.
2009 Gold medalist of Tao Li Cup (One of the most prestigious dance competitions in China).
2010 Passed the Shanghai Teacher Qualification Professional Course Examination.
In 2010 and 2011, Ballet Master Sheng won the gold medal of the 6th and 7th Lotus Cup Dance Competition respectively. In 2011, he represented Shanghai Theatre Academy to participate in the dance-themed international gala in Monaco, received offers from three major ballet companies and won the prize "Artistic Talent" from the Princess of Monaco.
2011 Gold medalist of Beijing International Ballet Competition.
2012 Joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal.
2018 Was invited to participate in the All-Star Gala "La Magie de Noël" in Quebec.
2019 Co-founded CY School of Ballet in Montreal.
2020 Certified teacher of PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique)
Classroom language: English & Mandarin
Teaching Faculty
SIMON, MYRIAM
Ballet Teacher of Youth Program
1992-1994 École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec
1998 National Ballet School of Canada (Toronto)
1999-2000 Guangzhou Ballet (China)
2000-2001 Leipzig Ballet
2001-2002 Ballet of the State Opera in Hanover
2002-2004 The Royal Ballet of Flanders
2004-2005 Companhia Nacional de Bailado de Lisbonne (Portugal)
2005-2006 Stuttgart Ballet (Corps de ballet), demi-soloist (2007-2008), soloist (2009)
2011-2012 Stuttgart Ballet (Principal Dancer)
2017 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Principal Dancer)
Leading Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet:
Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Dulcinea, Mercedes, Queen of the Dryads
Giselle (Production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Myrtha
La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville): First Sylph, one of the two Sylphs
Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Rosalind, Gypsy
Swan Lake (John Cranko): Big Swan, Princess of Spain, Townswoman
and more
2022 Joined CY School of Ballet
Classroom languages include English, French and Spanish.
MELGOZA, LILIANA
Ballet Teacher of Youth Program
2007 Diploma in Ballet Dancer from Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), Mexico.
2009 B.A Psychology from Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico and received scholarship sponsored by the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (ANIUES).
In the same year, Miss Liliana obtained Diploma in Ballet Pedagogy from Centro veracruzano de las Artes Hugo Argüelles y CONACULTA-CENART and received scholarship sponsored by the Mexican Academy of Science (ACM).
Certified PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) teacher in 2018.
Miss Liliana joined CY School of Ballet in 2021.
Miss Liliana has nearly 20 years of experience in ballet education, and is proficient in the ballet education methodologies of Vaganova and Royal Academy of Dance (RAD). Classroom languages include English, French and Spanish.
LIU, YIJING
Teacher of Chinese Folk Dance and Adult Body Shaping class
2008 Graduated from Chongqing Danse School
2008 Teacher of Chinese Folk Dance
2009 Chongqing Dance Troupe
2010 Montreal Phoenix Dance School
Major courses:
Ballet basic training, blanket work and technique, ethnic folk dance, Chinese classical dance technique training, Chinese classical dance body rhyme, Dai, Zhuang, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian dance, fan dance, water cleeve dance, etc.
Classroom languages include Mandarin and English.
Administration
YANG, XINXIN
Administration Assistant
Public Relations Coordinator
LIU, CHUCHU
Ballet Teacher Assistant of Youth Program
Coordinator of Youth Program and Adult Program
