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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(...)

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(...)

Date4/10/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 at Exhibition Stadium. Injuries are always a good excuse, says Witkowsky, 28, who is in the middle of rehearsals for Swan Lake, in which she plays the Swan Queen. [Incomplete]
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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
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
2/4/1983
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
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
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
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
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
The mystery of godliness, the pillar and the ground of the truth, a sermon preached on the Credit mission, and at two or three other places, on special occasions(...)
The mystery of godliness, the pillar and the ground of the truth, a sermon preached on the Credit mission, and at two or three other places, on special occasions(...)
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Karen Bowes of St. Catharine's (centre), who has been promoted to principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada for the 1969-70 season, takes le(...)
Karen Bowes of St. Catharine's (centre), who has been promoted to principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada for the 1969-70 season, takes le(...)
7/4/1969
Olympian feet. Gregory Osborne, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, has accepted an invitation to dance at next month's Olympics Arts(...)
Olympian feet. Gregory Osborne, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, has accepted an invitation to dance at next month's Olympics Arts(...)
2/22/1984
Different drummer: Ballerina Gizella Witkowsky shows off some of the T-shirts she's collected during her travels
Different drummer: Ballerina Gizella Witkowsky shows off some of the T-shirts she's collected during her travels
10/19/1992
Newest Augustyn makes debut. National Ballet principal dancer Frank Augustyn has a new leading lady weighing in at 6 pounds, 15 ounces. his wife, Erene, gave birth to Kyra Frankie-Lee on Wednesday
Newest Augustyn makes debut. National Ballet principal dancer Frank Augustyn has a new leading lady weighing in at 6 pounds, 15 ounces. his wife, Erene, gave birth to Kyra Frankie-Lee on Wednesday
6/6/1985