Canadian Heritage committee  That's a big one. Nobody goes into it for the money, that's for sure. You go into it for the love, and you know that it's going to be hard to make your way. Some people are going to be big and international like Crystal Pite or Jean-Pierre Perreault, and others are going to strug

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, archives are, you know, overloaded as it is, right? Everybody is years behind in cataloguing, sorting, and so on, so it gets to a point where the heads of archives have to just say, “We can't handle it, we can't take it”.

Canadian Heritage committee  Or dumpsters, or incinerators.

Canadian Heritage committee  Show like So You Think You Can Dance certainly have done a lot to raise the popularity of dance. In fact, we haven't experienced that same popularity since the golden age of variety television on CBC in the 1950s. There are a number of filmmakers, such as Moze Mossanen and Rhom

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I said that we have a history that goes deeper than the consciousness of most Canadians.

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay, sorry, your first question was what?

Canadian Heritage committee  I could use a bigger staff, a bigger facility, and a bigger marketing team. We've been around for almost 30 years and we're still a very well-kept secret because we are a small organization even though we are the main organization looking after the country's dance heritage. We we

Canadian Heritage committee  Dance Collection Danse started as a reconstruction project between 1983 and 1986, and during the research that led to the reconstruction project in 1986—I'm talking about the reconstruction of dances from the pre-Canada Council era—the researchers kept coming back to Toronto from

Canadian Heritage committee  My perspective is more anecdotal, being in the trenches with the artists. But I would say that investment hasn't kept up with the fact that eggs, milk, and butter cost more than they did 5 or 10 years ago. Subsidy is key. We had quality professional dancers prior to 1957, but we

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about something that has been a major part of my life since 1978. Dance has played a role in Canadian lives for a very long time. The dance profession in Canada goes back further than most Canadians realize. It also intersects