Elevated Grounds would like to thank you for visiting our site and helping us continue to elevate our community and our youth. We would also like to thank everyone who attended our 2008 performances, especially our Vibe II the Videolight showcase which featured our original play ‘Stress-N’. Elevated Grounds is currently seeking a number of contract personnel to add to our staff for the 2009 summer Groundation Program and the Vibe II the Videolight Showcase.

Elevated Grounds (EG) was established in 2003, and we have been elevating the lives of youth ever since..

We serve youth in need between the ages of 14-18 and who live in the “priority-neighborhood” of Steeles/L’Amoureaux(Scarborough) otherwise known as S.L.A.M.

The EG Mandate

Elevated Grounds’ mandate is two-fold:
1) To provide youth with an understanding of the historic,as well as contemporary field of Performing Arts, while improving their talents in music, dance, drama, and spoken word poetry.

2) To empower young people with a sense of personal and social responsibility through our self-development programs.

The EG Goals

To help youth improve their artistic talents, skills, awareness and gain knowledge about social issues in their communities.

To utilize the arts to effect change in the lives of youth and the communities in which they live.

To provide youth with opportunities to perform as a way of enhancing their confidence as educating entertainers.

Our Groundation Program aims to awaken the infinite potential of youth and equip them for success in the field of Performing Arts.