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In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Vancouver Ballet Society, Jane Welsh has created a series of video profiles of dance influencers in Vancouver beginning before WWI with Anna Pavlova and ending with Canada’s Jean Stoneham Orr, who became Canada’s first Giselle in 1948.
Production credits: Myra Davies – Script Editor, Michael Slobodian – Videographer.

* It's free of charge!

Anna Pavlova, Superstar

June Roper, StarMaker

Ian Gibson, dubbed Canada's Nijinsky by the Canadian press

Robert Lindgren, Last of Ballet Russe Stars

 

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