❤️‍🔥Perform in Our 2025
Valentine’s Cabaret Show!❤️‍🔥

Showcases by Brass Butterflies are a celebration of our students' accomplishments and our studio community. As a student, there are a couple of different ways that you can perform in a showcase. You can participate in an instructed troupe (a series of classes where you learn group choreography, instructed by a Brass Butterflies instructor), or you can apply to perform a DIY (Do It Yourself / Self-choreographed) act.

Our next annual Valentines Cabaret Show will be held at Maxwell’s Concerts and Events, Waterloo, on Friday, February 7, 2025. This show will feature pole dancing, burlesque, chair dancing, heels dancing, drag, comedy, singing, and more! Will you be part of the magic?

DIY Choreography for Individuals and Small Groups

For performers who would like to create their own act to perform in the Valentines Cabaret this is your opportunity! DIY performers who apply and are chosen to perform will receive benefits like access to exclusive performer only in-studio practice times, dress and tech rehearsals, and more!

This is a 19+ licensed event. The show will have mature themes and content.

DEADLINE FOR DIY PERFORMANCE APPLICATION: Sunday, December 15, 2025

This is a voluntary showcase performance opportunity and no compensation will be provided to DIY performers.  

This application is for current and recent students and staff of Brass Butterflies.  If you are a student from another studio or performer from the community who is interested in performing in our show as a guest, please contact us through events@brassbutterflies.com to express your interest.

Though we would like to invite everyone who applies to perform, in order to keep the show to a reasonable length, performance slots are limited. Priority will be given to current students and staff of Brass Butterflies.

If your application is accepted, there is no fee associated with performing in the show, however you will be responsible for paying for any Open Practices you attend or additional lessons you book to help you prepare.  We will be posting a few free Performer Only practices in studio closer to the show date but you should not count on these to be enough to prepare your performance.  You will also be expected to attend a tech/dress rehearsal sometime in the two weeks leading up to the show (date and time TBA).  

✨NEW ✨ 12 Week Performance Troupes Starting in November!
REGISTRATION FOR TROUPES IS NOW CLOSED

For our next Valentines show, we’re trying something a little bit different;12 week performance troupe classes for Burlesque, Pole, Chair, and Heels! 🤩 We believe that the extra preparation time will make the troupe experience even better for participants. With 12 one hour classes spread over almost 14 weeks, with a break over the Christmas holidays, there will be lots of time to practice and polish your group routine in a fun, no-pressure environment. If these work well, we will also be doing this for aerial and ground circus troupes starting in January for a show we have tentatively booked at the Conrad Centre in early April (April 4-5) 🎪.  Stay tuned for more info!

Pricing Note:

PLEASE NOTE these special 12-week performance series are not curriculum classes and are not paid for with regular 8-week curriculum class purchase options. These are separate series that can be registered for in addition to or in place of your regular weekly curriculum classes, and they are priced to reflect this. Those on monthly memberships have the choice to apply their Nov/Dec curriculum credits towards the troupe and pay the difference for the 4 extra weeks ($108.33 + HST) OR receive a discount when registering for these performance series in addition to their membership classes. (CATERPILLAR & CHRYSALIS MEMBERS RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT.  MONARCH & KALEIDOSCOPE MEMBERS RECIVE A 20% DISCOUNT IF NOT USING THEIR MEMBERSHIP CREDITS) PLEASE EMAIL THE STUDIO IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER USING YOUR NOV/DEC MEMBERSHIP CREDITS FOR A TROUPE.

2025 Valentines Cabaret Performance Troupes

All troupes will start in the first week of November and continue weekly at the same time until the week of February 7, 2025, with a two week break over the end of year holidays (~December 23 - January 1).

All Levels Pole Performance Troupe with Sarah and Meredith

Cost: $325.00+HST (Caterpillar and Chrysalis members receive 10% discount, Monarch and Kaleidoscope members receive 20%) or email the studio to use your Nov/Dec membership curriculum credits and pay the difference.

Join Sarah and Meredith for a very special 12 week choreography series that will culminate in a group performance at the Brass Butterflies Valentine's Cabaret show at Maxwell's Concerts and Events in Waterloo on Friday, February 7, 2025.

All levels of pole students, age 19+, who have completed at least one session of Intro to Pole at Brass Butterflies (or equivalent) are welcome to join.  Please note the age restriction is due to this being a licensed event with adult themes.

Class Dates: Sundays 11:10am - 12:10pm, November 3, 2024 - February 2, 2025 (no classes December 22 & 29)

Classic Burlesque Group Performance and Act Creation with Sassy Ray

Cost: $325.00+HST (Caterpillar and Chrysalis members receive 10% discount, Monarch and Kaleidoscope members receive 20%) or email the studio to use your Nov/Dec membership curriculum credits and pay the difference.

In this very special 12 Week Performance Series, join Sassy Ray weekly for one hour to learn group choreography culminating in a performance at the Brass Butterflies Valentines Cabaret at Maxwell's Waterloo on Friday, February 7, 2025.  You will also have the opportunity to create your very own solo burlesque act, if that is of interest to you. 

Prerequisites:  Ages 19+.  No dance experience required.   (Age requirement is due to the showcase being a licensed event with adult themes)

Class Dates: Tuesdays 7:20pm - 8:20pm, November 5, 2024 - February 4, 2025 (no classes December 24 & 31)

Chair Dancing Performance Troupe with Andrea

Cost: $325.00+HST (Caterpillar and Chrysalis members receive 10% discount, Monarch and Kaleidoscope members receive 20%) or email the studio to use your Nov/Dec membership curriculum credits and pay the difference.

Join Andrea for this special 12 week series to learn a sassy chair dancing routine. Incorporating floorwork, chair tricks, and lots of hair whips, you will meet weekly for 1 hour to learn a group chair dancing routine that you will perform on stage at our Brass Butterflies Valentine's Cabaret show at Maxwell's Concerts and Events in Waterloo on Friday, February 7, 2025. 

Prerequisites:   Ages 19+.  No dance experience required.  (Age requirement is due to the showcase being a licensed event with adult themes)

Class Dates: Fridays 6:10 - 7:10pm, November 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025 (no classes December 20 & 27)

Heels Dancing Performance Troupe with Shayna

Cost: $325.00+HST (Caterpillar and Chrysalis members receive 10% discount, Monarch and Kaleidoscope members receive 20%) or email the studio to use your Nov/Dec membership curriculum credits and pay the difference.

Join Shayna for this special 12 week series to learn a group routine that will culminate in a group performance at our Valentine's Cabaret Showcase at Maxwell's Waterloo on Friday, February 7, 2025.  Incorporating hip pops, sassy walks, floor and hairography, this iconic dance style is sure to have you feeling confident and sexy. This class is suitable for all levels, including those who are brand new to Heels Dancing.  Shayna will adapt the choreography so that each dancer, whether beginners or more advanced, has their moment to shine. 

Prerequisites:   Ages 19+.  No dance experience required.  (Age requirement is due to the showcase being a licensed event with adult themes)

Class Dates: Thursdays 7:20 - 8:20pm, November 7, 2024 - February 6, 2025 (No classes December 26 & January 2)