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The School of Dance
Announces
2011 Award Recipients
2011 Award Recipients
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OTTAWA June 2, 2011: The School of Dance today announced the names and home communities of its 2011 Award Recipients. Each year, for the past 32 years, The School of Dance has been privileged to provide scholarships and bursaries to young people in the community through the dedicated hard-work of its Directors, individual and corporate donors and grants and gifts received from Canadian Foundations.
The School of Dance 2011 Award Receipts are:
Anders Love-Tedjoutomo (Ward 17 - Capital, represented by David Chernushenko)
AnneMichaela MacDonald Brodaric (Ward 18 - Alta Vista, represented by Peter Hume)
Provided by the City of Ottawa to The School of Dance for administration, the Rich Little Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts Scholarships:
Julie MacLeod (Ward 16 - River, represented by Maria McRae)
Katherine Ng (Ward 3 - Barrhaven, represented by Jan Harder)
Kiyana Tam von Burg is the 2011 recipient of the Barbara Hoglund Scholarship. The annual award is presented during The School's Stages performances by Henry and Irene Hoglund in honour of their daughter, Barbara Hoglund, who died tragically in a car accident.
The 2011 Norman McLaren Award was awarded to A.J. Ayson (Ward 17 - Capital, represented by David Chernushenko). The award honours Norman McLaren's commitment to young artists and acknowledges his legacy through his 1952 OSCAR award-winning short "Neighbours" produced by the National Film Board of Canada and filmed in Rockcliffe Park near The School of Dance 200 Crichton Street home.
The 2011 Guy Glover Awards were awarded to Aidan and Graeme Thies-Thompson (Ward 2 - Innes, represented by Rainer Bloess). The awards honour Guy Glover's commitment to the arts in Canada, in particular dance, and his early work in the establishment of the Canada Council for the Arts.
The 2011 Diana Kirkwood Award was awarded to Benjamin Glauser (Ward 17 - Capital, represented by David Chernushenko). The award honours Diana Kirkwood's commitment to the dance and arts community of Ottawa and her 32 year support of The School of Dance.
The 2011 Stuart Conger Centre for Learning Award was awarded to Freda Springfield (Ward 13 - Rideau-Rockcliffe, represented by Peter Clark). The award honours Stuart Conger's commitment to life-learning opportunities for young people and his dedication to the arts in Ottawa.
The 2011 Ottawa Citizen Award was awarded to Liam Reid (Ward 11 - Beacon Hill-Cyrville, represented by Tim Tierney). The award honours the support provided by the Ottawa Citizen to young artists in the community.
The 2011 Spirit of Dance Award, in honour of Celia Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada, co-founder of the National Ballet School and co-artistic director of The School of Dance from 1979 until her death in 2007, was awarded to Martha Zacharias (Ward 15 - Kitchissippi, represented by Katherine Hobbs).