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Joint leaders of the National Ballet, Valerie Wilder, left, and Lynn Wallis, former dancers themselves, keep in touch by working out with dancers at c(...)
Joint leaders of the National Ballet, Valerie Wilder, left, and Lynn Wallis, former dancers themselves, keep in touch by working out with dancers at c(...)

Joint leaders of the National Ballet, Valerie Wilder, left, and Lynn Wallis, former dancers themselves, keep in touch by working out with dancers at c(...)

Date5/6/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Joint leaders of the National Ballet, Valerie Wilder, left, and Lynn Wallis, former dancers themselves, keep in touch by working out with dancers at classes, attending rehearsals and every performance. Their job, they say, is to keep members 'challenged and enthusiastic'.
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Co-artistic directors of the National Ballet of Canada Lynn Wallis, left, and Valerie Wilder with Michael O
Co-artistic directors of the National Ballet of Canada Lynn Wallis, left, and Valerie Wilder with Michael O
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Centre, from left, judges Lise la Cour, Director of the Royal Danish Ballet, and Lynn Wallis, Co-Artistic Director of the National Ballet, join real estate agent Vivi Roy
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Members of the National Ballet School ran up the flage-a big painted sign-to welcome home Celia Franca and National Ballet dancers at Malton airport y(...)
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Ballet dancers work hard to keep fit for the strenuous dancing they do on stage
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Gizella Witkowsky: The local-born National Ballet soloist has landed a role most dancers would kill for - the title in the company's production of a ballet based on Ibsen's Hedda Gabler
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