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Veronica Tennant, CC FRSC (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian producer, director, and filmmaker and a former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. She was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955. Dancing from the age of four, by the age of 18, she became the youngest person ever to enter the National Ballet of Canada. She made her debut as Juliet in the principal role in Romeo and Juliet with partner on a choreography by John Cranko. She gave her last performance dancing Juliet again in the same ballet in February 1989. Her official farewell gala in November 1989 includes dance excerpts from Giselle, Washington Square, Canciones, Masada, Onegin as well as a final pas de deux that she never performed before from Cranko's The Taming of

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  • Veronica Tennant (* 15. Januar 1947 in London) ist eine kanadische Balletttänzerin, Choreographin, Tanzpädagogin und Filmproduzentin. Tennant begann ihre Ausbildung als Tänzerin an der Cone-Ripman School in London (1952–1955) und studierte ab 1956 an der National Ballet School of Canada unter Leitung von . 1964 debütierte sie mit dem National Ballet of Canada in der Titelrolle von John Crankos Ballett Romeo and Juliet, das später von für die CBC produziert wurde. Es folgten rasch Hauptrollen in berühmten Balletten wie Schwanensee, Giselle und Der Nussknacker, so dass sie nach dem Rückzug von als Primaballerina des Nationalballetts galt. Sie tanzte die Titelrolle in Campbells Produktion von Cinderella für die CBC (1968), die mit einem Emmy Award ausgezeichnet wurde, war 1972 die erste Prinzessin Aurora des Nationalballetts in Rudolf Nurejews The Sleeping Beauty und hatte Erfolge in zahlreichen großen Rollen des klassischen Balletts des 19. Jahrhunderts. Eine Knieverletzung unterbrach 1977 ihre Laufbahn, und sie schrieb in dieser Zeit das Kinderbuch On Stage Please. Nach ihrer Genesung glänzte sie in Rollen wie der Titania in Frederick Ashtons The Dream und Tatiana in Crankos Eugen Onegin. Sie arbeitete im Laufe ihrer Karriere mit internationalen Choreographen wie Erik Bruhn, Roland Petit und Eliot Feld und kanadischen Choreographen wie (u. a. Washington Square), (Mad Shadows), (u. a. Canciones) und David Allan (u. a. Villanella). zusammen. Zu ihren Tanzpartnern zählten Nurejew, Anthony Dowell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Peter Schaufuss, , Edward Villella, , Frank Augustyn, , und . Tourneen führten sie u. a. in die USA, nach Japan und Europa. 1989 verabschiedete sich Tennant von der Bühne als Julia, in der gleichen Rolle, mit der sie ihren ersten großen Erfolg gehabt hatte. Sie arbeitete dann als Choreographin für die Canadian Stage Company und das Tarragon Theatre, wirkte 1992 als Schauspielerin und Tänzerin beim Shaw Festival und choreographierte 1994 Cyrano beim Stratford Festival. Von 1989 bis 1992 war sie künstlerische Beraterin und Autorin bei der Sunday Arts Entertainment Production und produzierte für die CBC die Filme Salute to Dancers for Life (1994), Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times (1996) und Karen Kain: Dancing in the Moment (1998). 1998 gründete sie die Veronica Tennant Productions mit der sie u. a. die Filme 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) und Shadow Pleasures (2004) produzierte. 2001 wurde sie mit einem Stern auf dem , 2004 als Companion des Order of Canada ausgezeichnet. Die CBC produzierte über sie die Filme Veronica Tennant: A Dancer of Distinction (1983) und The Life and Times of Veronica Tennant: Renaissance Woman (2001). (de)
  • Veronica Tennant CC, MSRC, LL.D., D.Litt., née le 15 janvier 1946 en Angleterre, est une danseuse, auteure, productrice, scénariste et réalisatrice canadienne d'origine britannique. (fr)
  • Veronica Tennant, CC FRSC (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian producer, director, and filmmaker and a former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. She was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955. Dancing from the age of four, by the age of 18, she became the youngest person ever to enter the National Ballet of Canada. She made her debut as Juliet in the principal role in Romeo and Juliet with partner on a choreography by John Cranko. She gave her last performance dancing Juliet again in the same ballet in February 1989. Her official farewell gala in November 1989 includes dance excerpts from Giselle, Washington Square, Canciones, Masada, Onegin as well as a final pas de deux that she never performed before from Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew. James Neufeld wrote in his book Passion to Dance. The National Ballet of Canada "Veronica Tennant has built a major career and impressive artistic reputation almost entirely within the National Ballet of Canada. One of the company's best-loved ballerinas, she was also a figure of national prominence on the Canadian cultural scene, an eloquent spokesperson for the importance of cultural values in the life of the nation". By 1976, she was a star at the National Ballet and touring across North America, Europe and Japan with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Dowell among others, as prima ballerina. During her career from 1964 to 1989, she performed in many ballets by legendary choreographers; Sir Frederick Ashton, Roland Petit, Jiri Kylian, John Neumeier, and championed Canadian choreographers such as James Kudelka, Ann Ditchburn and Constantin Patsalas. Among her performances she appeared in Giselle, La Sylphide, Napoli, The Sleeping Beauty, La Fille mal gardée, Onegin, The Dream, A Party, Washington Square, Hedda, Mad Shadows, Parranda Criolla, Kraanerg, The Newcomers, Whispers of Darkness and Realm in which she mostly interprets the leading roles. She wrote two children books: the first, On stage, Please : A Story illustrated by Rita Briansky (published in 1977) and the second, The Nutcracker illustrated by the former figure skater Toller Cranston (published in 1985) based on the story of E.T.A. Hoffmann. As a producer, director and filmmaker, her films and documentaries related to dance were broadcast on channels like CBC, CTV and Bravo. Among them Salute to Dancers for Life/Danser pour la Vie (1994–95), Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times (1996); Karen Kain: Dancing in the Moment (1998); Northern Light - Visions and Dreams (2003); a pairing of SwanS (2004) and Celia Franca: Tour de Force (2006). Several of her productions have been awarded with Gemini Awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Tennant is often invited as guest speaker, host and narrator as well as an actor. She performed in the leading role of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town at the Shaw Festival in 1992, and in the title role in The Piano Man's Daughter with Timothy Findley, Sylvia Tyson and Joe Sealy in a 22 performance national tour under the direction of Paul Thompson in 1997. Tennant is also involved in her community contributing on various artistic boards (Toronto Arts Awards Foundation, Glenn Gould Foundation, Dancer Transition Resource Centre) and charitable events. She has been honorary chair of UNICEF since 1992. In 2015, she conceived and directed NIÁGARA: A Pan-American Story, a multidisciplinary project for the 2015 Pan American Games. (en)
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  • Veronica Tennant CC, MSRC, LL.D., D.Litt., née le 15 janvier 1946 en Angleterre, est une danseuse, auteure, productrice, scénariste et réalisatrice canadienne d'origine britannique. (fr)
  • Veronica Tennant (* 15. Januar 1947 in London) ist eine kanadische Balletttänzerin, Choreographin, Tanzpädagogin und Filmproduzentin. Tennant begann ihre Ausbildung als Tänzerin an der Cone-Ripman School in London (1952–1955) und studierte ab 1956 an der National Ballet School of Canada unter Leitung von . 1964 debütierte sie mit dem National Ballet of Canada in der Titelrolle von John Crankos Ballett Romeo and Juliet, das später von für die CBC produziert wurde. Es folgten rasch Hauptrollen in berühmten Balletten wie Schwanensee, Giselle und Der Nussknacker, so dass sie nach dem Rückzug von als Primaballerina des Nationalballetts galt. (de)
  • Veronica Tennant, CC FRSC (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian producer, director, and filmmaker and a former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. She was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955. Dancing from the age of four, by the age of 18, she became the youngest person ever to enter the National Ballet of Canada. She made her debut as Juliet in the principal role in Romeo and Juliet with partner on a choreography by John Cranko. She gave her last performance dancing Juliet again in the same ballet in February 1989. Her official farewell gala in November 1989 includes dance excerpts from Giselle, Washington Square, Canciones, Masada, Onegin as well as a final pas de deux that she never performed before from Cranko's The Taming of (en)
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