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Le Grand Continental
Canada Dance Festival By Mikaela DemersLe Grand Continental (LGC) by Sylvain Émard is a performance taking place on June 15 during the 2013 Canada Dance Festival – more than 120 dancers from the Ottawa area will participate.
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