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Eva von Gencsy

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Date:

2006

Reference:

R854-49-0-E, Volume number: 526

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Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3994593

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National Arts Centre Corporation fonds

Dance, Variety, Special Events Department

New Lives: 50 Stories Chronicling the Hungarian-Canadian Experience by V. Tony Hauser

Eva von Gencsy
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Date(s):

2006

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 photograph : archival carbon inkjet print ; 57.8 x 48.2 cm on mount 88.7 x 73.5 cm.
Image 57.800 x 48.200 cm
Support 70.200 x 61.000 cm
Secondary support 88.700 x 73.500 cm

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English

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Item consists of a photograph of Eva von Gencsy, Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, Co-Founder and ex-Artistic Director of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal

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Photographer: Hauser, V. Tony, 1944-

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Caption : Statements by the Sitters for the Hungarian Portrait Project
Photographs by Tony Hauser
Organized by the National Arts Centre

Eva von Gencsy
Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, Co-Founder and ex-Artistic Director of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
Dance has always been, and still is, the centre point of my life. I feel that dance in Canada and I grew up together artistically.

My classical ballet training started at an early age in Budapest, Hungary. I arrived in Canada in 1948, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet was where I had my first pioneering experience as a leading ballerina in Canada. My next pioneering experience was with Ballets Chiriaeff, in Montreal, which eventually became Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. My third pioneering experience happened with my own company, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. Its name came from the style of dancing, combining ballet with the dynamic rhythms of jazz. It suited my Hungarian temperament perfectly! A new style of dance emerged!

Thank you, beautiful Canada, for making my dreams come true! Encore et toujours: Vive la danse!

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Signed : in black ink, recto l.r.: [copyright symbol] 2006. V. Tony Hauser., Inscription : in pencil, recto l.l.: EVA VON GENCSY/ Archival Carbon Inkjet print / [copyright symbol] 2006. V. TONY HAUSER- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Portraits

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Government
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Volume [R854] 526

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Credit : V. Tony Hauser, Transfer from the National Arts Centre, Library and Archives Canada, Arch ref. no. R854-14
Copyright : V. Tony Hauser

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