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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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Forever Young - The NBC at Fifty.(National Ballet of Canada)(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
; ...and less funding, the National Ballet of Canada has remained an energetic...as the Toronto-based National Ballet of Canada (NBC) is throughout the...tastes, might evolve as Canada's de facto national ballet company. It was not to... Read more
Choreographer stretches National Ballet of Canada's image, limbs.
; ...dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, does the unthinkable...version of the National Ballet of Canada is completely...how we are in Canada, says Cote...are. And the ballet is like that...destined to run the National Ballet. He trained... Read more
Choreographer stretches National Ballet of Canada's image, limbs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
; ...dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, does the unthinkable...version of the National Ballet of Canada is completely...how we are in Canada, says Cote...are. And the ballet is like that...destined to run the National Ballet. He trained... Read more
CELIA FRANCA ; Dancer and choreographer of forceful personality who established the National Ballet of Canada
; ...she shaped the National Ballet of Canada into a respected...Kirov or Royal Ballet, but certainly...By founding the National Ballet School in 1959...applauded. Although Canada's oldest troupe...Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and later the...a soi- disant "national" ... Read more
Without arts support Canada would lose its cultural identity. (A Matter of Trust).(National Ballet of Canada)
; ...joined its ranks, the National Ballet of Canada has been considered one...leave. I chose to stay in Canada, but because of the National Ballet, I don't think it ever...When people think of the National Ballet of Canada, they think, rightly... Read more
Training dancers who are healthy in mind and body. (Canada's National Ballet School)
; ...classical ballet dancer is...efforts of the National Ballet School and...Staines. The National Ballet School is truly one of Canada's treasures...with the National Ballet of Canada and the Dutch National Ballet. Sidelined... Read more
Hats Off To The National Ballet of Canada
; Hats Off To The National Ballet of Canada In today's mean times, few original story ballets see the light of...artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, is one of the few...Kudelka's works, the ballet reveals its riches... Read more
Canada's New Government Supports National Ballet School
; ...announced funding for Canada's National Ballet School. The funds...facilities last fall. "The National Ballet School has a well-deserv...said Minister Oda. "Canada's New Government...future artists." Canada's National Ballet School provides a... Read more
Uppity ballerinas.(lawsuits over unfair dismissal at National Ballet of Canada)(Brief Article)
; ...Kimberly Glasco at the Toronto-based National Ballet and Barbara Moore of the Alberta Ballet in Calgary. Both were told in recent...Moore, 31, has been with the Alberta Ballet since 1986. She earns about $900...it expired on April 23. Alberta Ballet executive director Greg Epton ... Read more
5 dancers in Warsaw National Ballet defect in Canada
; TORONTO Five dancers from the Warsaw National Ballet troupe on tour here have defected in the Toronto area, the...with Jurek Fender, a former Polish dancer who defected to Canada five years ago and currently resides in Toronto, the report... Read more

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