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Ballet Festival
1949
11 min
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From the Canada Carries On series, this is a look at Canada's first national Ballet Festival. Amateur companies from Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Hamilton and Vancouver perform at Toronto's Royal Alexander Theatre. An Ottawa company dances Les Sylphides. The Winnipeg Ballet appears in Visages by Walter Kaufman and the Volkoff Ballet of Toronto in Red Ear of Corn by John Weinzweig, both new Canadian works.
From the Canada Carries On series, this is a look at Canada's first national Ballet Festival. Amateur companies from Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Hamilton and Vancouver perform at Toronto's Royal Alexander Theatre. An Ottawa company dances Les Sylphides. The Winnipeg Ballet appears in Visages by Walter Kaufman and the Volkoff Ballet of Toronto in Red Ear of Corn by John Weinzweig, both new Canadian works.
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directorRoger Blais
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producerDon Mulholland
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photographyLorne C. Batchelor
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editingNicholas Balla
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narratorTom Benson
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musicLouis Applebaum
Ages 12 to 16
School subjects
Questions/Activities:
- What regions were generally considered to produce great ballet performers?
- What was so special about this particular festival?
- Given the historical context, why would this type of activity be particularly important to Canadian citizens?