Frank Augustyn – 2024 Inductee
DCD Hall of fame Inductee
Frank augustyn, O.C.
One of Canada’s most celebrated male dancers, Frank Augustyn trained at Canada’s National Ballet School, joining The National Ballet of Canada in 1970. In 1973, he and Karen Kain won a special award for the best pas de deux at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow, dancing the demanding roles of the Blue Bird pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty. That win catapulted them to instant stardom, and they enjoyed a fabled partnership during their performing years. Throughout his career, Frank danced all the major classical roles as well as several roles in the contemporary ballet repertoire. He has worked with prestigious dance artists including Rudolf Nureyev, Erik Bruhn, Hans van Manen, Maurice Béjart, José Limón, and Kenneth McMillan. Frank has been the artistic director of the Ottawa Ballet and Le Gala des Étoiles.
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He hosted the acclaimed television series Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet and authored Footnotes: Dancing the World’s Best-Loved Ballets (2001), nominated as one of the top 10 children’s books of 2003 by Canadian Hackmatack Choice Books. Frank is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dance at Adelphi University. He has been honoured with numerous awards including honorary degrees from York University and McMaster University in 1979, and Trent University in 2003, where he was the 2000/01 Ashley Fellow. In 1979, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Banner Photo: Frank Augustyn and Karen Kain in the Blue Bird pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, 1973 / Photo: Anthony Crickmay
