Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I want to begin by speaking about international dancers working in Canadian dance companies with our incredible schools. The Canadian Heritage program supports training at 14 extraordinary schools, including the National Ballet School of Canada, which you heard from

Canadian Heritage committee  There are many dance organizations that are working in schools across Canada, helping those teachers who are afraid to teach dance, to have the benefit of a professional artist in the schools to give them exposure to professional dance. Those dance organizations are helping to ke

Canadian Heritage committee  It's difficult to imagine that future, but we would definitely see less people having the confidence to go into dance. We would see parents, as Amanda Hancox has already referenced, being reticent to put their student into a full-time program, be it a residential program at one o

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Brown. The Canadian Dance Assembly is the national arts service organization for the professional dance sector. The CDA helps foster a community that is creative, vibrant, and sustainable. The CDA represents more than 100 dance organizations, many of which you wil