Dance in Canada

The Royal Winnipeg is the second oldest and longest continuously running ballet company in North America.

Dancemakers is a modern dance company in Canada created in 1974 by Marcy Radler and Andraya Ciel Smith.

It hosts such noticeable annual dance competitions as Snowball Classic and La Classique du Quebec.

The prize was established in 1980 and is awarded in memory of Jacqueline Lemieux and her contribution to the development of Canadian dance.

Lemieux and her husband Lawrence Gradus co-founded a summer school in Lennoxville, Quebec.

The Lemieux Prize has rewarded[15] performers, choreographers, teachers, film makers, journalists, theatre technicians, and community workers.

Recipients include Robert Desrosiers, Daniel Léveillé, Jennifer Mascall, Louise Bédard, Michael Montanaro, Lucie Boissinot, Marie Chouinard, Cylla Von Tiedemann, Sylvain Émard, Jo Lechay, Elizabeth Langley, Benoit Lachambre, David Earle, Bill Coleman, Judith Marcuse, Philip Szporer, Crystal Pite, and Serge Bennethan.