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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
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

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

Date2/4/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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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Gizella Witkowsky, a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, has an excuse or two up her tutu just for special occasions like opening day(...)
Gizella Witkowsky, a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, has an excuse or two up her tutu just for special occasions like opening day(...)
4/10/1986
Left, National Ballet principal dancer Gizella Witkowsky, in a shirred strapless So Thai sheath, with partner Rex Harrington
Left, National Ballet principal dancer Gizella Witkowsky, in a shirred strapless So Thai sheath, with partner Rex Harrington
10/19/1986
Specialty shop: The National Ballet's Gizella Witkowsky, centre, will help Paper Things' Carol Wilson, far left, and Rae Dellio mark the card shop's 25th anniversary
Specialty shop: The National Ballet's Gizella Witkowsky, centre, will help Paper Things' Carol Wilson, far left, and Rae Dellio mark the card shop's 25th anniversary
8/24/1988
Sphinx: The National Ballet of Canada last night presented Sphinx, with Rex Harrington and Gizella Witkowsky, in current run at the O'Keefe Centre
Sphinx: The National Ballet of Canada last night presented Sphinx, with Rex Harrington and Gizella Witkowsky, in current run at the O'Keefe Centre
2/20/1991
Friends in need, indeed! Gizella Witkowsky and Jeremy Ransom of the National Ballet of Canad perform in David Parson's The Need, wich premiered last n(...)
Friends in need, indeed! Gizella Witkowsky and Jeremy Ransom of the National Ballet of Canad perform in David Parson's The Need, wich premiered last n(...)
2/3/1990
Nadia Potts and Tomas Schramek, lead dancers with the National Ballet of Canada, presented a beautifully molded pas de deux in the company's annual Ch(...)
Nadia Potts and Tomas Schramek, lead dancers with the National Ballet of Canada, presented a beautifully molded pas de deux in the company's annual Ch(...)
12/17/1975
Appleause! Applause! National Ballet founder Celia Franca (left) acknowledges the applause of the company's principal dancers, Frank Augustyn, Tomas S(...)
Appleause! Applause! National Ballet founder Celia Franca (left) acknowledges the applause of the company's principal dancers, Frank Augustyn, Tomas S(...)
2/25/1987
Kimberly Glasco: Soloist for National Ballet, who has been performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, at the O'Keefe Centre, likes an unsophisticated look
Kimberly Glasco: Soloist for National Ballet, who has been performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, at the O'Keefe Centre, likes an unsophisticated look
12/10/1985
When it looked like prima ballerina Gizella Witkowsky would be passed over again, for the role of Tatiana in Onegin, she stood at the back of the thea(...)
When it looked like prima ballerina Gizella Witkowsky would be passed over again, for the role of Tatiana in Onegin, she stood at the back of the thea(...)
4/25/1988
Another star: Gizella Witkowsky and Gregory Osborne danced the lead roles in Swan Lake during the weekend and, says William Littler, yet another new Swan Queen has been found
Another star: Gizella Witkowsky and Gregory Osborne danced the lead roles in Swan Lake during the weekend and, says William Littler, yet another new Swan Queen has been found
2/22/1984
Yoko Ichino: At the age of 27, the tiny First Soloist of the National Ballet of Canada has performed with American Ballet Theatre, the Stuttgart Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet
Yoko Ichino: At the age of 27, the tiny First Soloist of the National Ballet of Canada has performed with American Ballet Theatre, the Stuttgart Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet
12/2/1982
Hot Hot Hot. Principal dancers Veronica Tennant and Raymond Smith perform a steamy pas de deux in the National Ballet's production of Onegin last nigh(...)
Hot Hot Hot. Principal dancers Veronica Tennant and Raymond Smith perform a steamy pas de deux in the National Ballet's production of Onegin last nigh(...)
5/4/1988