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Dancer Transition Resource Centre
Founded in 1985 by former ballerina Joysanne Sidimus, the Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC) is a Canadian charity that provides counselling and retraining grants to dancers making career transitions. In 2006, Joysanne Sidimus was awarded the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, in part due to her work establishing the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ... was the founding Board President of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre. The Dancer Transition Resource Centre is a member of the International Organization for the Transition of Professional Dancers (IOTPD). Other organizations in the IOTPD include: Career Transition For Dancers (US), The Dancers' Career Development (UK), Ass ...
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Joysanne Sidimus
Joysanne Sidimus is a Canadian ballet dancer and founder of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre and the Artists’ Health Centre of Toronto Western Hospital. She served as ballet mistress for the Ballet Repertory Company and Grands Ballets de Genève. Career She is a member of the artistic staff of the National Ballet of Canada as guest répétiteur for more than 30 years. She has taught at American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Canada's National Ballet School, L’École supérieure de ballet du Québec, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, and North Carolina School of the Arts. She authored the book ''Exchanges: Life After Dance'' and co-authored the book ''Reflections in a Dancing Eye: Investigating the Artist's Role in Canadian Society". Awards Sidimus received the Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal and the 2006 Governor General's Performing Arts Award A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head ...
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Governor General's Performing Arts Award For Lifetime Artistic Achievement
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' may be either appointed or elected, and the governor's powers can vary significantly, depending on the public laws in place locally. The adjective pertaining to a governor is gubernatorial, from the Latin root ''gubernare''. Ancient empires Pre-Roman empires Though the legal and administrative framework of provinces, each administrated by a governor, was created by the Romans, the term ''governor'' has been a convenient term for historians to describe similar systems in antiquity. Indeed, many regions of the pre-Roman antiquity were ultimately replaced by Roman 'standardized' provincial governments after their conquest by Rome. Plato used the metaphor of turning the Ship of State with a rudder; the Latin wo ...
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Karen Kain
Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training because she believed it would improve her postural alignment, poise, and discipline. The family moved from Ancaster to Erindale Woodlands, Toronto Township when Kain was in grade 6 (age 11, 1962) so she could begin training at the National Ballet School of Canada. (The majority of Toronto Township, including Erindale Woodlands, is now Mississauga.) Upon graduating in 1969, she was invited to join the National Ballet of Canada. She also participated in Girl Guides of Canada programs as a member. Career Kain became a principal dancer in 1971, performing central roles in a wide array of ballets, eventually becoming well known in Canada, with the help of legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev. She worked as a guest artist with Roland Petit's Ballet ...
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Career Transition For Dancers
Career Transition For Dancers is a nonprofit organization with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago that helps dancers establish new careers when they have retired from their performing careers. Founded in 1985, the organization has 4,600 active dancer-clients and has helped dancers in 47 states with their transitions through mobile National Outreach Projects. History In 1982, several foundations and unions including the National Endowment for the Arts, the AFL-CIO Labor Institute for Human Enrichment, and the Actors' Equity Association (led by Agnes de Mille) granted funding for a conference to discuss the need to assist dancers both during and at the end of their careers. The conference took place on June 8, 1982, where leaders agreed that it was critical for dancers to begin exploring alternative careers at the beginning of their dance training and performing careers. In 1985, the nonprofit organization Career Transition For Dancers, Inc. was established in New York ...
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Non-profit Organizations Based In Canada
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in contrast with an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners. A nonprofit is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. An array of organizations are nonprofit, including some political organizations, schools, business associations, churches, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. Nonprofit entities may seek approval from governments to be tax-exempt, and some may also qualify to receive tax-deductible contributions, but an entity may incorporate as a nonprofit entity without securing tax-exempt status. Key aspects of nonprofits are accountability, trustworthiness, honesty, and openness to ever ...
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Dance In Canada
A large variety of dance companies exist in Canada. Ballet companies and dance groups Some Ballet companies include the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada (which is based in Toronto), Ballet Jörgen Canada (also based in Toronto), Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (based in Montreal), the Alberta Ballet (based in Calgary), Ballet BC (based in Vancouver), Ballet Kelowna, Ballet du Printemps (also based in Vancouver), Ballet Victoria, Canadian Pacific Ballet (based in Victoria), and the Goh Ballet in Vancouver. There are also many modern dance companies including Toronto Dance Theatre, O Vertigo in Montreal, Compagnie Marie Chouinard in Montreal, Par B.l.eux founded by Benoît Lachambre in Montreal, Danny Grossman Dance Company in TorontoThe Chimera Projectin Toronto, Mocean Dance in Halifax and Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers. The largest company in the country is The National Ballet of Canada. The Royal Winnipeg is the second oldest and longest conti ...
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Organizations Established In 1985
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, includin ...
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