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List of dance companies in Canada

Index List of dance companies in Canada

There are many dance companies in Canada. [1]

61 relations: Alberta, Alberta Ballet Company, Allemande, Artistic director, Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, Austrian folk dance, Édouard Lock, Ballet, Ballet BC, Barbara Bourget, Bavarian Schuhplattlers of Edmonton, British Columbia, Butoh, Calgary, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen, Celia Franca, Chai Folk Ensemble, Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company, Choreography, Christopher House, Contemporary ballet, Contemporary dance, Corpus (dance troupe), Crystal Pite, David Earle, David Y.H. Lui, Edmonton, Emily Molnar, Genre, Holy Body Tattoo, Israeli folk dancing, Jazz, Jean-Yves Thériault, Jeanne Renaud, Karen Kain, Kidd Pivot, Kokoro Dance, La La La Human Steps, Louise Bédard, Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Manitoba, Moncton, Montreal, Mykola Kanevets, National Ballet of Canada, New Brunswick, Oakville Ballet Company, Oakville, Ontario, Ontario, Ottawa, ..., Patricia Beatty, Peter Boneham, Peter Randazzo, Quebec, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Toronto, Toronto Dance Theatre, Ukrainian dance, Vancouver, Winnipeg. Expand index (11 more) »

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Alberta Ballet Company

The Alberta Ballet (also known as the Alberta Ballet Company) is located in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

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Allemande

An allemande (allemanda, almain(e), or alman(d), French: "German (dance)") is a renaissance and baroque dance, and one of the most popular instrumental dance styles in baroque music, with notable examples by Couperin, Purcell, Bach and Handel.

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Artistic director

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, who handles the organization's artistic direction.

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Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada

The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada is a professional award-winning touring ballet company based in Moncton, New Brunswick.

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Austrian folk dance

Austrian folk dancing (see Austria) is mostly associated with Schuhplattler, Ländler, Polka or Waltz.

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Édouard Lock

Édouard Lock (born March 3, 1954 in Morocco) is a Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps.

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Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.

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Ballet BC

Ballet BC is a contemporary ballet company located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Barbara Bourget

Barbara Bourget is the artistic director of Kokoro Dance Theatre Society in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Bavarian Schuhplattlers of Edmonton

The Bavarian Schuhplattlers of Edmonton preserve the German and Austrian tradition of folk-dancing and also provide an atmosphere of fun and Gemütlichkeit for their members.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Butoh

is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement.

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Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canada’s Ballet Jörgen

Canada's Ballet Jörgen is Canada's fifth largest ballet company and the nation's only major ballet company with a repertoire consisting exclusively of original works.

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Celia Franca

Celia Franca, (25 June 1921 – 19 February 2007) was the founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years.

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Chai Folk Ensemble

The Chai Folk Ensemble from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is North America's oldest and largest Israeli folk dance ensemble.

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Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company

Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company (Український Танцювалний Ансамбль "Черемош"., translit. Ukrayinskiy Tantsyuvalniy Ansambl "Cheremosh") is a Ukrainian dance company based in Edmonton, Alberta and a leader of Ukrainian dance in Canada.

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Choreography

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.

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Christopher House

Christopher House (born 30 May 1955) is a Canadian choreographer.

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Contemporary ballet

Contemporary ballet is a genre of dance that incorporates elements of classical ballet and modern dance.

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Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe.

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Corpus (dance troupe)

Corpus is a Canadian dance company whose work often combines humour with dance.

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Crystal Pite

Crystal Pite (born 1970) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer.

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David Earle

David Earle (born September 17, 1939) is a Canadian choreographer, dancer and artistic director.

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David Y.H. Lui

David Y.H. Lui (CM) (September 28, 1944 – September 15, 2011) was a prominent Canadian arts impresario and producer, highly respected for constructing the arts infrastructure in Vancouver.

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Edmonton

Edmonton (Cree: Amiskwaciy Waskahikan; Blackfoot: Omahkoyis) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Emily Molnar

Emily Molnar, is a Canadian dancer noted by Maclean's magazine as one of Canada's "new generation of ballet sensations", is the artistic director of Ballet BC where she has been steering the company into a new era of innovation and collaboration since July 2009.

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Genre

Genre is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time.

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Holy Body Tattoo

The Holy Body Tattoo is an award-winning Canadian contemporary dance company based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Israeli folk dancing

Israeli folk dancing (Hebrew: ריקודי עם, rikudei 'am, lit. "Folk dances") is a form of dance usually performed to songs in Hebrew, or to other songs which have been popular in Israel, with dances choreographed for specific songs.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jean-Yves Thériault

Jean-Yves Thériault (Blacky) is the former bassist for Canadian thrash/progressive metal band Voivod.

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Jeanne Renaud

Jeanne Renaud (born August 27, 1928) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer and artistic director.

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Karen Kain

Karen Alexandria Kain, (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada.

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Kidd Pivot

Kidd Pivot (known from 2010 to 2012 as Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM), is a contemporary dance company based in Vancouver, Canada.

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Kokoro Dance

Kokoro Dance is one of Canada's leading butoh dance troupes.

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La La La Human Steps

La La La Human Steps was a Québécois contemporary dance group in Canada, active between 1980 and 2015, known for its energetic, acrobatic style involving fast-paced and athletic physical contact.

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Louise Bédard

Louise Bédard (born 1955) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer and teacher who has been active on the contemporary dance scene since 1983.

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Ludmilla Chiriaeff

Ludmilla Chiriaeff, (January 10, 1924 – September 22, 1996) was a Soviet-born Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.

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Moncton

Moncton is the largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Mykola Kanevets

Mykola Kanevets (Микола Канівець.), is the Artistic Director and Ballet Master of the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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National Ballet of Canada

The National Ballet of Canada is Canada's largest ballet company.

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick; Canadian French pronunciation) is one of three Maritime provinces on the east coast of Canada.

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Oakville Ballet Company

The Oakville Ballet Company is a ballet company in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

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Oakville, Ontario

Oakville is a suburban town in southern Ontario, located in Halton Region on Lake Ontario halfway between Toronto and Hamilton, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area, one of the most densely-populated areas of Canada.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Patricia Beatty

Patricia Beatty (born May 13, 1936) is a Canadian choreographer, dancer, director and teacher.

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Peter Boneham

Peter Boneham (born November 7, 1934) is an American-born Canadian choreographer, dance educator and artistic director.

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Peter Randazzo

Peter Randazzo (born January 2, 1943, in Brooklyn) is an American dancer and choreographer known for his contributions to modern dance.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Royal Winnipeg Ballet

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is one of the world's premier dance companies.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Encyclopedia (abbreviated as TCE) is a source of information on Canada published by Historica Canada of Toronto.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto Dance Theatre

The Toronto Dance Theatre is a Canadian modern dance company based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Ukrainian dance

Ukrainian dance (Український тaнeць, translit. Ukrainian 'tanets') refers to the traditional folk dances of the peoples of Ukraine.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dance_companies_in_Canada

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