Research topic: National Ballet of Canada

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National Ballet of Canada

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
National Ballet of Canada the leading Canadian ballet company. Based in Toronto, it was founded (1951) by Celia Franca (1921-2007) and modeled on Sadler's Wells (now the Royal Ballet ). Its repertoire is grounded on classics in the tradition of Sergei Diaghilev and Sir Frederick Ashton but it also presents and encourages the development of contemporary works. Since 2006 the company's home performance hall has been the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Author not available, NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Dance Takes Off
...their major new star, the American Ballet Theater rebounded in the mid 1970s...The success two years later of the ballet-themed film The Turning Pointy for...Balanchine and the New York City Ballet, Baryshnikov became the director of the American Ballet Theater. Accessibility There ... Read more
Erik Bruhn
Erik Bruhn , 1929-86, Danish ballet dancer, b. Copenhagen. Bruhn joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1947 and became a soloist there...companies, including the American Ballet Theatre. He was director of the Swedish Opera Ballet (1967-73) and artistic director of the National Ballet of ... Read more

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