Grant Strate

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Grant Strate
Born	(1927-12-07) December 7, 1927 Cardston, Alberta, Canada

Grant Strate, CM FRSC (born December 7, 1927) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and academic.

Born in Cardston, Alberta, though he started out in Edmonton as a lawyer he was an original member of the National Ballet of Canada and was a soloist, choreographer and teacher with the Company as well. From 1970 to 1980, he was the founding Chair of York University's Department of Dance. From 1980 to 1989, he was the Director of the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.

In 1994, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition for being "a creative and tactful presence on arts and dance committees nation-wide". In 1999, he was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Jacqueline Lemieux Prize. In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Grant Strate is also an Advisory Council member of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre. ^[1]

References

External links

Grant Strate at The Canadian Encyclopedia

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Name	Strate, Grant
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer
Date of birth	December 7, 1927
Place of birth	Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Date of death
Place of death

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