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There are many dance companies in Canada. Listed are some of the professional dance companies.

List

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Company Style Based in city/region Province Founder
Artistic director (AD)
Choreographer 		Active
Alberta Ballet Company Ballet Calgary Alberta
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
Corpuscule Dance Contemporary; disability Montreal Quebec Marie-Hélène Bellavance
Fila 13 Productions Contemporary Montreal Quebec Founder: Lina Cruz

AD: Lina Cruz

2003 - present
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Ballet Montreal Quebec
1957–present[4]
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 1980–2015
Louise Bédard Danse Contemporary Montreal Quebec Founder Louise Bédard 1990–present
MascallDance Contemporary Vancouver British Columbia Founder Jennifer Mascall 1989–present[6]
Menaka Thakkar Dance Company Indian classical Toronto Ontario Founded Menaka Thakkar 1984–present[7]
Motus O dance theatre Contemporary Stouffville Ontario Founders- Cynthia Croker, James Croker, Gary Kirkham, Jack Langenhuizen, Beth Newell, Natalie Radford. 1990–present[8][9]
National Ballet of Canada Ballet Toronto Ontario
1951–present[10]
Oakville Ballet Company Ballet Oakville Ontario AD Amanda Bayliss current
Royal Winnipeg Ballet Ballet Winnipeg Manitoba Founders Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally, AD André Lewis 1939–present[11][12]
Toronto Dance Theatre Contemporary Toronto Ontario Founders Peter Randazzo, Patricia Beatty and David Earle[13] AD Christopher House 1968–present
Ukrainian Shumka Dancers Ukrainian Edmonton Alberta
  • Founder Chester Kuc
  • AD Les Sereda
 1959–present
Québec Ballet – Le Ballet du Québec


Ballet Quebec Quebec Christiane Bélanger 2001–present
Mascall Dance Society Contemporary Vancouver British Columbia Founder Jennifer Mascall 1982–present

Notes

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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

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  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. ^ "Mascall Dance - Vancouver, BC, Canada". mascalldance.ca. Archived from the original on 5 December 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ Crabb, Michael (2012-12-25). "Menaka Thakkar". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  8. ^ "New modes move MOTUS O". The Georgia Straight. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. ^ Baldoni, John. "What A Dance Troupe Taught Me About Resilience". Forbes.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  10. ^ Katherine Cornell; Michael Crabb (2015-03-04), "National Ballet of Canada", The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved 2015-11-14
  11. ^ Katherine Cornell; Max Wyman (2015-03-04). "Royal Winnipeg Ballet". Thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  12. ^ "Dance in Canada". Thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ^ "ABOUT + MISSION — Toronto Dance Theatre". www.tdt.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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