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Dance buff: Last year, Medland's boutique raised $25,000 for the National Ballet
Dance buff: Last year, Medland's boutique raised $25,000 for the National Ballet

Dance buff: Last year, Medland's boutique raised $25,000 for the National Ballet

Date11/25/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dance buff: Last year, Medland's boutique raised $25,000 for the National Ballet.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. McCullough of Etobicoke admire the two Cornelius Kriefhoff paintings that cost them $17,000 at the Collectors' Choice auction at the St. Lawrence Hall last night. The auction was estimted to have raised close to $50,000 for the National Ballet School scholarship fund. The bidding was fast and furious as Metro's 400 went all out for the paintings and antiques.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. McCullough of Etobicoke admire the two Cornelius Kriefhoff paintings that cost them $17,000 at the Collectors' Choice auction at the St. Lawrence Hall last night. The auction was estimted to have raised close to $50,000 for the National Ballet School scholarship fund. The bidding was fast and furious as Metro's 400 went all out for the paintings and antiques.
10/24/1968
Last dance. 14,000 fans at Ontario Place last night watched Karen Kain and Frank Augustyn, the National Ballet's best-loved couple, dance together one(...)
Last dance. 14,000 fans at Ontario Place last night watched Karen Kain and Frank Augustyn, the National Ballet's best-loved couple, dance together one(...)
7/24/1980
Framed dancer in Metro. Ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov arrives at Pearson International Airport last night. He's to dance in the National Ballet(...)
Framed dancer in Metro. Ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov arrives at Pearson International Airport last night. He's to dance in the National Ballet(...)
2/17/1984
Kimberly Glasco and Rex Harrington dance in Glen Tetley's Daphnis And Chloe, with music by Ravel, at its National Ballet premiere last night
Kimberly Glasco and Rex Harrington dance in Glen Tetley's Daphnis And Chloe, with music by Ravel, at its National Ballet premiere last night
2/14/1989
Karen Kain and Frank Augustyn last night headlined the opening of the National Ballet's fifth season in the Forum at Ontario Place. Star dance critic (...)
Karen Kain and Frank Augustyn last night headlined the opening of the National Ballet's fifth season in the Forum at Ontario Place. Star dance critic (...)
8/16/1976
Mayor Mel Lastman conceived the idea of staging a fund-raising dinner-dance last night that raised more than $24,000 for North York Symphony Orchestra
Mayor Mel Lastman conceived the idea of staging a fund-raising dinner-dance last night that raised more than $24,000 for North York Symphony Orchestra
3/18/1976
Dance swap: Australian Ballet's David McAllister is here on an exchange program to dance in the National's Romeo And Juliet, The Four Temperaments and Etudes
Dance swap: Australian Ballet's David McAllister is here on an exchange program to dance in the National's Romeo And Juliet, The Four Temperaments and Etudes
2/9/1989
Prima ballerina of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, 46-year-old Maya Plisetskaya dance dlead roles in Swan Lake (seen here) and Carmen at O'Keefe Centre last (...)
Prima ballerina of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, 46-year-old Maya Plisetskaya dance dlead roles in Swan Lake (seen here) and Carmen at O'Keefe Centre last (...)
6/26/1972
Only people who dance all day -- such as the National Ballet's Gloria Luoma and Linda Maybarduk -- can afford to eat a pie this rich. Linda makes it w(...)
Only people who dance all day -- such as the National Ballet's Gloria Luoma and Linda Maybarduk -- can afford to eat a pie this rich. Linda makes it w(...)
1/7/1980
Don Quixote: Gisella Witkowsky and Serge Lavole dance in Act 1 of the National Ballet of Canada's Don Quixote at the O'keefe Centre
Don Quixote: Gisella Witkowsky and Serge Lavole dance in Act 1 of the National Ballet of Canada's Don Quixote at the O'keefe Centre
2/10/1993
Recording every movement, choreographer Susa Menck carefully jots down intricacies of each dance for National Ballet
Recording every movement, choreographer Susa Menck carefully jots down intricacies of each dance for National Ballet
12/4/1974
Karen Kain dances the role of the mother and Jeremy Ransom (holding her) is the son in the National Ballet of Canada's production of The Miraculous Mandarin
Karen Kain dances the role of the mother and Jeremy Ransom (holding her) is the son in the National Ballet of Canada's production of The Miraculous Mandarin
5/4/1993