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
Grands Ballets Canadiens, LesLes 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
Groupe Dance Lab, LeLe Groupe Dance Lab Contemporary Montreal and Ottawa Quebec and Ontario
  • Founder Jeanne Renaud
  • AD Peter Boneham
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 AD Christopher House 1968–present

Notes

The Canadian Encyclopedia lists some other companies:

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

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