Obituary
Remembering David Zurak
Dancer, choreographer, teacher and member of the Martha Graham Dance Company David Zurak died in New York on March 9, 2017, after a two-year battle with brain cancer.
Posted April 12, 2017
Remembering Penelope Reed Doob
Penelope Reed Doob, an influential dance scholar, historian and critic, died March 11, 2017, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Posted April 5, 2017
Remembering Sudha Khandwani
Sudha Khandwani, artistic director of Kalanidhi Fine Arts of Canada, pioneered the contemporary face of South Asian classical dance while also paying homage to its rich tradition.
Posted December 16, 2016
Remembering Tap Dancing William “Bill” Orlowski
William “Bill” Orlowski, one of the greatest Canadian tap dancers and choreographers, died October 22, 2016.
Posted November 14, 2016
Remembering Dorothy Rossetti
Dorothy Rossetti was a significant figure in Montréal’s dance community with her dance store Rossetti de Montréal and generous nature.
Posted October 11, 2016
Remembering Phillip H. Cole Jr.
Born in 1945, Phillip H. Cole Jr. led a life full of performance and adventure, set on sharing his talents with the world.
Posted October 11, 2016
Remembering Sonia Fabian
Sonia Fabian was the first person to establish a dance school in the northern city of Prince George, BC, offering classes in styles ranging from ballet to jazz to tap.
Posted October 11, 2016
Ruth Priddle’s Legacy Beyond Dance at the University of Waterloo
Dr. Ruth Priddle, founder of the former dance program at the University of Waterloo, ON, died on June 8. Her academic work had an impact on motor learning research and influenced the way the people who worked with her regard dance, science and creativity, and how they can intersect.
Posted August 3, 2016
Remembering Jacque Foesier
After a lifelong commitment to the growth and well-being of dance in Canada, Toronto-based Jacque Foesier died on July 12 at the age of eighty-two.
Posted August 2, 2016
Writers & Readers
There’s Someone Else in the Room
My mother, Phyllis Margolick, dance accompanist extraordinaire, recently passed away at the age of ninety-six. Her deep musicianship and understanding of dance inspired generations of professional and aspiring dancers in Canada and the United States.
Posted July 29, 2016
Remembering Geneviève Salbaing
Geneviève Salbaing was a champion of classical and jazz dance in Canada as co-founder of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. She passed away on May 8 at the age of ninety-four.
Posted June 14, 2016
Remembering Calgary’s Shirley C. Murray
Murray devoted her life to teaching and sharing a love of dance and was one of the founders of the Dance Education program at the University of Calgary.
Posted March 30, 2016
In Memoriam: Grant Strate (1927 - 2015)
Grant Strate, often dubbed the elder statesman of Canadian dance, passed away in his home in Vancouver on Monday evening. Strate’s achievements are incalculable because his contributions share one quality: they endure and continue to create impacts on dance in Canada that are beyond measure.
Posted February 11, 2015
Brian Ronald Macdonald 1928-2014
Internationally respected award-winning director and choreographer for stage and television in musical theatre, opera and ballet, Brian Macdonald died on November 29, 2014.
Posted December 4, 2014
Remembering Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple, America’s little sweetheart, dies at age eighty-five.
Posted February 12, 2014
Lawrence Gradus (1936-2014)
On January 7, 2014 the dance community lost revered dance artist, choreographer and educator Lawrence Gradus.
Posted January 22, 2014
Mourning a pioneer
Florence Munger-Fourcaudot, founder of the École de Danse Florence Fourcaudot dance school in Saguenay, Québec has died.
Posted January 21, 2014
Former Ballerina Nathalie Buisson Dies
After years of unyielding motivation and rallying for research fundraisers for cerebral cancer Nathalie Buisson dies in Montréal at the age of 47.
Posted August 6, 2013
Eva von Gencsy (1924-2013)
Canada lost one of its great dames of dance on April 11th.
Posted April 12, 2013
André Gingras, 1966-2013
After having battled colon cancer for several years, dance artist André Gingras died on February 17th at age forty-six, in Breda, The Netherlands.
Posted February 27, 2013
