Dance in Canada
A large variety of dance companies exist in Canada. Some Ballet companies include the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada (which is based in Toronto), Ballet Jörgen Canada (also based in Toronto), Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (based in Montreal), the Alberta Ballet (based in Calgary), Ballet BC (based in Vancouver), Ballet Kelowna, Ballet du Printemps (also based in Vancouver), Ballet Victoria, Canadian Pacific Ballet (based in Victoria), and the Goh Ballet in Vancouver. There are also many modern dance companies including Toronto Dance Theatre, O Vertigo in Montreal, Compagnie Marie Chouinard in Montreal, Par B.l.eux founded by Benoît Lachambre in Montreal, Danny Grossman Dance Company in Toronto, Mocean Dance in Halifax and Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers. The largest company in the country is The National Ballet of Canada. The Royal Winnipeg is the oldest and holds the distinction of being the first and only Ballet Company in North America to hold the "Royal" title. RWB (Royal Winnipeg Ballet) is also the oldest still-running ballet company in the continent. Ballet Jorgen Canada, while itself only the fifth-largest company in the country, has the largest audience of any ballet company in Canada and has established itself as a touring company.
Canada is home to hundreds of amateur Ukrainian dance groups as well as professional and semi-professional companies such as the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company in Edmonton.
Ballroom dance in Canada
Canada is an active member of two largest ballroom dance, associations - WDSF, (National branch called Canada DanceSport and WDC It hosts such noticeable annual dance competitions as:
Snowball Classic and La classic du Quebec.
Canadian dancers made prominent world level results.
Native Canadian dancing takes place at pow wows.
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