List of dance companies in Canada

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There are many dance companies in Canada.

List

Company Style Based in city/region Province Founder
Artistic director (AD)
Choreographer		 Active
Alberta Ballet Company Ballet Calgary Alberta
  • Founder Ruth Carse
  • AD Jean Grand-Maître
 early 1950s–present[1]
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada Ballet Moncton New Brunswick
  • Founder Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
  • AD Igor Dobrovolskiy
 2002–present
Ballet BC Contemporary ballet Vancouver British Columbia
1986–present[2]
Ballet Jörgen Canada Ballet Ontario AD Bengt Jörgen 1987–present[3]
Bavarian Schuhplattlers of Edmonton German and Austrian folk Edmonton Alberta 1971–present
Chai Folk Ensemble Israeli folk Winnipeg Manitoba Founder Sarah Sommer 1964–present
Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company Ukrainian Edmonton Alberta
1969–present
Corpus Founders David Danzon and Sylvie Bouchard 1997–present
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Ballet Montreal Quebec
1957–present[4]
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Jazz Calgary Alberta
  • Founders Vicki Adams Willis, Michele Moss, Hannah Stilwell
  • AD Kimberly Cooper
 1984–present
Le Groupe Dance Lab Contemporary Montreal and Ottawa Quebec and Ontario
1966-2009
Holy Body Tattoo Contemporary Vancouver British Columbia Founders and ADs Noam Gagnon, Dana Gingras, and Jean-Yves Thériault 1993-unknown
Kidd Pivot Contemporary Vancouver British Columbia Founder and AD Crystal Pite 2002–present
Kokoro Dance Butoh Vancouver British Columbia Founders and ADs Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi 1986–present[5]
La La La Human Steps Contemporary Montreal Quebec Founder Édouard Lock 1980–present
Louise Bédard Danse Contemporary Montreal Quebec Founder Louise Bédard 1990–present
National Ballet of Canada Ballet Toronto Ontario
1951–present[6]
Oakville Ballet Company Ballet Oakville Ontario AD Amanda Bayliss current
Royal Winnipeg Ballet Ballet Winnipeg Manitoba AD André Lewis 1939–present[7]
Toronto Dance Theatre Contemporary Toronto Ontario Founders Peter Randazzo, Patricia Beatty and David Earle[8] AD Christopher House 1968–present
Zeugma Collectif de folklore urbain Percussive dance Montreal Quebec Founders Mario Boucher, Dominic Desrochers, Sylvie Mercier and Frédérique Annie Robitaille[9] 2001–present

Notes

The Canadian Encyclopedia lists some other companies:

  • Max Wyman (2015-03-04), "Anna Wyman Dance Theatre", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  • Michael Crabb; Linde Howe-Beck (2015-03-04), "Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  • Michael Crabb (2015-04-03), "Ottawa Ballet", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14

References

  1. ↑ Michael Crabb; Katherine Cornell (2015-03-04), "Alberta Ballet", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  2. ↑ Grant Strate; Richard Forzle (2015-03-04), "Ballet British Columbia", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  3. ↑ Grant Strate (2015-03-04), "Ballet Jörgen Canada", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  4. ↑ Michael Crabb; Catherine Cornell (2015-01-28), "Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  5. ↑ Deborah Meyers (2015-03-04), "Kokoro Dance Theatre Society", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  6. ↑ Katherine Cornell; Michael Crabb (2015-03-04), "National Ballet of Canada", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  7. ↑ Katherine Cornell; Max Wyman (2015-03-04), "Royal Winnipeg Ballet", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  8. ↑ http://www.tdt.org/mission-vision/
  9. ↑ http://www.zogma.ca/a_propos/

Further reading

  • Patricia Wardrop; Kenneth Winters (2014-01-20), "Ballets and Dance Theatre (in Canada)", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
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