National Ballet of Canada definition of National Ballet of Canada in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

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 Royal Ballet, the principal British ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. It is noted for lavish dramatic productions, a superbly disciplined corps de ballet, and brilliant performances from its principals.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Its repertoire is grounded on classics in the tradition of Sergei Diaghilev Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich , 1872–1929, Russian ballet impresario and art critic, grad. St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music, 1892. In 1898 he founded an influential journal, Mir Iskusstva [The World of Art].
..... Click the link for more information. and Sir Frederick Ashton Ashton, Sir Frederick, 1904–88, British choreographer and dancer, b. Guayaquil, Ecuador. He grew up in Peru and was drawn to dance after seeing (1917) a performance by Anna Pavlova there.
..... Click the link for more information. 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.

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			17-27) features performances by classic companies like the National Ballet of Canada, Merce Cunningham, San Francisco Ballet, and Paul Taylor. Keep on falling by Dance Magazine Before joining Trockadero this summer, Grant was dancing at the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto. Not-so-tiny dancer: once you meet queer cross-dressing 6-foot-4 ... by Huff-Hannon, Joseph / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Karen Kain spent her career in The National Ballet of Canada where she and the company grew and flourished together," he says. Karen Kain: the career of one of the world's leading ballet dancers ... by Leslie Malkin / Kidsworld Magazine			National Academy of Lincei National Academy of Sciences National Advanced Systems National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Agriculture Fair at Santarem National Air Defense National Air Defense Forces National Alliance of Preservation Commissions National Arbor Day Foundation National Archives National Art Gallery of Sofia National Assembly National Assembly of the Hungarian People's Republic National Association for Olmsted Parks National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association of Conservation Districts National Association of County Park & Recreation Officials National Association of Manufacturers National Association of State Foresters National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers National Association of State Park Directors National Audubon Society National Author's Day National Aviation Heritage Area National Ballet of Canada national bank National Bank of Cuba National Bank of Yugoslavia National Banks National Basketball Association National Basque Festival National Battlefield Parks National Battlefields National Bible Week National Bilby Day National Bison Range National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference National Book Award National Broadcasting Company National Building Code National Bureau of Standards National Capital Parks National Caves Association National Center National Center for Recreation & Conservation National Center for Supercomputing Applications National Championship Air Races and Air Show National Championship Chuckwagon Races national characters National Charter Association			National Aviation Operations Officer National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena National Aviation Safety Data Analysis Center National Aviation Safety Foundation National Aviation Safety Inspection Program National Aviation Weather Advisory Committee National Aviation Weather Advisory Unit National Aviation Weather Processing Facility National Aviation Weather Processor National Award for Management Accounting National Award for Quality Schooling National Awards for Innovation in Local Government National Awards for Local Government National Awards Program for Model Professional Development National Awareness Partners National Baby Food Festival National Background Check, Inc. National Background Investigation Center National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation National Bacterial Meningitis and Bacteremia Reporting System National Bacterial Meningitis Reporting System National Badminton Federation of Russia National Baking Industry Association National Balancing Point National Ballet of Canada National Ballet School National Ballistic Missile Defense National Ballistic Missile Defense National Ballistic Missile Defense System National Ballistics Identification Network National Balloon Facility National Ballroom and Entertainment Association National Ballroom Dance Week National Bancorp of Alaska National Band Association National Band Council of Australia National Bandmasters Association national bank national bank national bank national bank National Bank Business Outlook National Bank Discount Brokerage National Bank Drafting Systems, Inc. National Bank Examiner National Bank Financial National Bank Financial Group National Bank Financial Ltd. National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures National Bank Limited National Bank Note Company