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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal.


After 17 years with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Les Grands Ballets Canadiens is a Canadian ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec.

It was founded in 1957 by Ludmilla Chiriaeff. In 2000, Gradimir Pankov became Artistic Director. External links
  • Les Grands Ballets site
 de Montreal, Anik Bissonnette Anik Bissonnette (born February 9, 1962, Montreal) is a Canadian ballet dancer and principal dancer, since 1990, with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.

She is married to Louis Robitaille, a ballet dancer whom she has danced with.
 is stepping down as principal dancer A principal dancer is similar to a soloist in dance. However, principals are hired by a ballet or dance company to perform not only solos, but also pas de deux. A principal may be male or female. . She will continue to be the artistic director of the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur and president of the Regronpement Quebecois de la Danse, an organization that represents dance professionals.
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Title Annotation:RETIREMENTS
Publication:Dance Magazine
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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