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Vanessa Harwood: The dancer, who is leaving the National Ballet after 22 years, remembers wearing a hairpiece with a velvet hairband, mini skirts and gogo boots when she joined the company at age 17
Vanessa Harwood: The dancer, who is leaving the National Ballet after 22 years, remembers wearing a hairpiece with a velvet hairband, mini skirts and gogo boots when she joined the company at age 17

Vanessa Harwood: The dancer, who is leaving the National Ballet after 22 years, remembers wearing a hairpiece with a velvet hairband, mini skirts and gogo boots when she joined the company at age 17

Date1/30/1987
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  • Vanessa Harwood: The dancer, who is leaving the National Ballet after 22 years, remembers wearing a hairpiece with a velvet hairband, mini skirts and gogo boots when she joined the company at age 17
  • Vanessa Harwood: The dancer, who is leaving the National Ballet after 22 years, remembers wearing a hairpiece with a velvet hairband, mini skirts and gogo boots when she joined the company at age 17.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Vanessa Harwood: The dancer, who is leaving the National Ballet after 22 years, remembers wearing a hairpiece with a velvet hairband, mini skirts and gogo boots when she joined the company at age 17.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0053789F
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      Vanessa Harwood, dancer at the National Ballet School of Canada, concentrates during class at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. She was one of three young(...)
      Vanessa Harwood, dancer at the National Ballet School of Canada, concentrates during class at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. She was one of three young(...)
      Harwood, Vanessa
      7/4/1969
      Vanessa Harwood in good company in Giselle: Soviet dancer's Albrecht a fine partner
      Vanessa Harwood in good company in Giselle: Soviet dancer's Albrecht a fine partner
      Beaty, Keith
      1/29/1980
      Mini skirts are back invogue, as Carlene Carter shows here
      Mini skirts are back invogue, as Carlene Carter shows here
      Carter, Carlene, 1955-
      12/8/1980
      New balance: Vanessa Harwood grew from a flat footed youngster to a world-class ballerina and found ''new balance'' two years ago when she married Hugh Scully
      New balance: Vanessa Harwood grew from a flat footed youngster to a world-class ballerina and found ''new balance'' two years ago when she married Hugh Scully
      Harwood, Vanessa
      5/3/1983
      Dancers Vanessa Harwood (left) and Charles Kirby dress-rehearse with Mrs
      Dancers Vanessa Harwood (left) and Charles Kirby dress-rehearse with Mrs
      Harwood, Vanessa
      1/24/1979
      Dancer Vanessa Harwood met John Roberts and Pierre Trudeau this week
      Dancer Vanessa Harwood met John Roberts and Pierre Trudeau this week
      Griffin, Doug
      2/21/1979
      Dancers on Ways Island show missionary influence with long gowns under their grass skirts
      Dancers on Ways Island show missionary influence with long gowns under their grass skirts
      Bryant, George
      3/29/1988
      Above, Marlene Del Zotto, gala dinner chairman, is wearing a dark red satin Ungaro blazer with a black velvet skirt
      Above, Marlene Del Zotto, gala dinner chairman, is wearing a dark red satin Ungaro blazer with a black velvet skirt
      Eglinton, Rick
      11/8/1989
      Above, Jane Fonda wore a loose black belted jersey smock, long skirt and high-heeled black boots to introduce her partner, Ron Mester, president of Jane Fonda Workouts
      Above, Jane Fonda wore a loose black belted jersey smock, long skirt and high-heeled black boots to introduce her partner, Ron Mester, president of Jane Fonda Workouts
      Combs, Erin
      11/14/1983
      At the turn of the century costumes like these with their long, full skirts and plumed hats were worn by Toronto socialites when they called on the Ca(...)
      At the turn of the century costumes like these with their long, full skirts and plumed hats were worn by Toronto socialites when they called on the Ca(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/7/1946
      Miss Canada meets the Mayor, Wearing a mini-skirt, this year's Miss Canada, Carol Commisso, 18, stands beside Toronto Mayor William Dennison at City Hall yesterday
      Miss Canada meets the Mayor, Wearing a mini-skirt, this year's Miss Canada, Carol Commisso, 18, stands beside Toronto Mayor William Dennison at City Hall yesterday
      Geo, Mario
      11/12/1970
      Wearing a tie about as subtle as CITY-TV, media mogul Moses Znaimer, above, chats with the inscrutable Leonard Cohen, who sported a sedate black tie with cowboy boots
      Wearing a tie about as subtle as CITY-TV, media mogul Moses Znaimer, above, chats with the inscrutable Leonard Cohen, who sported a sedate black tie with cowboy boots
      Combs, Erin
      6/21/1982