Constance V. Pathy studied law at Leiden University in her native country of The Netherlands. Before coming to Canada in 1960, she spent a year in New York on a United Nations scholarship. In Montreal, Ms. Pathy became involved in the city’s cultural scene, serving on boards of numerous organizations
Celia Franca was born in London, England in 1921. She began her ballet studies at age 4 and was a scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Dancing. She performed with Ballet Rambert before joining Dame Ninette de Valois’s Sadler’s Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) in 1941
He was resident choreographer and a leading dancer with Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) from 1979-2020, with 26 years as the company’s artistic director. He created over 60 works for TDT, opened the repertoire to new and diverse voices, and developed programs in education and support for young choreographers.
Nadia Potts began studying dance at age seven with Betty Oliphant and went on to train at Canada’s National Ballet School. In 1966, at age 18, she joined the National Ballet of Canada and, three years later was promoted to principal dancer, a position she held for the next 17 years.
In the spirit of 15 Dance Lab and Adams’s own work, this bursary, supported by William J. S. Boyle, offers emerging professional dance artists an opportunity to train, research, and investigate, with a financial commitment to help ease the burden of advancing their professional career
DON’T MISS THE PARTY! Tickets for the 2024 Hall of Fame celebration are now on sale! Join us as we honour the best in Canadian dance.
Since its earliest days, DCD has used technology to preserve and share the collection. From co-founder Lawrence Adams’s desktop archiving system in the 1980s, to publishing e-books in the 1990s, to virtual exhibits in the 2000s.
DCD does more than keep Canada’s dance history – we search for it and provide researchers the opportunities and tools to discover stories for themselves, the community, and the collection.
For almost 40 years DCD has been giving Canadian voices an outlet to share their dance stories. For this summer’s campaign we’re highlighting the core things we do and where your donations go.
Because dance was the fastest growing art form in Canada during the 1970s, 50 years later, DCD is facing the greatest demand in our history to care for the archival materials of the artists from the 1970s dance boom.
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