Veronica Tennant

Veronica Tennant (born January 15, 1947 in London ) is a Canadian ballet dancer , choreographer , dance teacher and film producer .

Tennant began her training as a dancer at the Cone-Ripman School in London (1952–1955) and studied from 1956 at the National Ballet School of Canada under the direction of Betty Oliphant . In 1964 she made her debut with the National Ballet of Canada in the title role of John Cranko's ballet Romeo and Juliet , which was later produced by Norman Campbell for the CBC . Leading roles in famous ballets such as Swan Lake , Giselle and The Nutcracker soon followed , so that after Lois Smith's retirement she was considered the prima ballerina of the National Ballet .

She danced the title role in Campbell's 1968 production of Cinderella for the CBC, which won an Emmy Award , was the first Princess Aurora of the National Ballet in Rudolf Nureyev's The Sleeping Beauty in 1972, and had success in numerous great roles in 19th-century classical ballet Century.

A knee injury interrupted her career in 1977, during which time she wrote the children's book On Stage Please . After her recovery, she shone in roles like Titania in Frederick Ashton's The Dream and Tatiana in Cranko's Eugene Onegin . In the course of her career she has worked with international choreographers such as Erik Bruhn , Roland Petit and Eliot Feld and Canadian choreographers such as James Kudelka (including Washington Square ), Ann Ditchburn ( Mad Shadows ), Constantin Patsalas (including Canciones ) and David Allan (including Villanella ) . together. Her dance partners included Nurejew, Anthony Dowell , Mikhail Baryshnikov , Peter Schaufuss , Earl Kraul , Edward Villella , Jean-Pierre Bonnefous , Frank Augustyn , Kevin Pugh , Raymond Smith and Rex Harrington . She toured a. a. to the USA, Japan and Europe.

In 1989, Tennant left the stage as Julia, in the same role she had her first major success with. She then worked as a choreographer for the Canadian Stage Company and the Tarragon Theater , worked as an actress and dancer at the Shaw Festival in 1992 and choreographed Cyrano at the Stratford Festival in 1994 . From 1989 to 1992 she was artistic advisor and writer for Sunday Arts Entertainment Production and produced the films Salute to Dancers for Life (1994), Margie Gillis : Wild Hearts in Strange Times (1996) and Karen Kain : Dancing in the for the CBC Moment (1998).

In 1998 she founded Veronica Tennant Productions with which she a. a. the films Words Fail (1999), The Four Seasons (2000), The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (2000), The Dancer's Story: The National Ballet of Canada (2002), Northern Light: Vision and Dreams (2003), A Pairing of Swans (2003) and Shadow Pleasures (2004). In 2001 she was awarded one star on the Canada Walk of Fame , and in 2004 she was named Companion of the Order of Canada . The CBC produced the films Veronica Tennant: A Dancer of Distinction (1983) and The Life and Times of Veronica Tennant: Renaissance Woman (2001) through her .

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SURNAME	Tennant, Veronica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	London