[World Dance Alliance Global Assembly 2006]

• Main Author: World Dance Alliance
• Format: Moving Image (Video)
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Arts and Crafts - Dance; World Dance Alliance; World Dance Alliance Global Assembly; Social Life and Customs - Meetings and Conferences; Dance; Places - Canada - Ontario; Toronto; Canada; York University; podiums; keynotes; speeches; speakers; People - Individuals; Strate; Grant; Dance In Canada Association; DICA; Simon Fraser University; SFU; directors; presidents; choreographers; seminars; chairs; National Ballet of Canada; awards; Order of Canada; United Nations; multicultural; general assemblies; regionalism; centralism; European Union; connections; China; citizens; melting-pots; First Nations; traditions; Confederations; Western Provinces; Wyman; Max; Aboriginal Training and Performance Program; Banff Center; Alberta; Cartier; Jacques; Romantic Ballet; Pavlova; Anna; Mordkin; Mikhail; teachers; festivals; Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Winnipeg; Ottawa; Montreal; Canadian National Ballet; Franca; Celia; Les Grand Ballet Canadiens; schools; dancers; Military and War - Wars - World War II; refugees; Wigman; Mary; Germany; Le Groupe de la Place Royale; Contemporary Dancers of Winnipeg; Anna Wyman Dance Theatre; Paula Ross Company; dance companies; circuits; funding; Chinese Dance; Spanish Dance; Department of Cultural Heritage; Department of Foreign Affairs; Canada Council for the Arts; contemporary dance; Quebec; provinces; Arts Boards; municipal government agencies; regional dance values
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1452779/

Video from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly in Toronto, Canada in July 2006. It consists of a keynote address from Grant Strate, the founder of the dance program at York University where the conference was held. The keynote is titled "Dance in Canada – Roots and Branches ". Strate was a charter member of National Ballet of Canada, and its first resident choreographer, he was also the first chair of the Dance in Canada Association, the initiator of four national choreographic seminars, Director for the Center of the Arts at Simon Fraser University, former president of the World Dance Alliance - Americas, and the recipient of numerous awards.