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Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal of national Ballet School
Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal of national Ballet School

Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal of national Ballet School

Date3/6/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal of national Ballet School.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0071664F
    Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal national Ballet school with student
    Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal national Ballet school with student
    Barkley, Harold
    3/6/1975
    Betty Oliphant, ballet teachers principal of national Ballet school with students
    Betty Oliphant, ballet teachers principal of national Ballet school with students
    Barkley, Harold
    3/6/1975
    Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal national ballet school
    Betty Oliphant, ballet teacher and principal national ballet school
    Barkley, Harold
    3/6/1975
    School Principal Betty Oliphant, a former associate director of the National Ballet of Canada, conducts one of the classes. school is in five renovated houses and a former church
    School Principal Betty Oliphant, a former associate director of the National Ballet of Canada, conducts one of the classes. school is in five renovated houses and a former church
    Combs, Erin
    1/27/1977
    Teacher with a vision, Betty Oliphant, who resigned this week as associate artistic director of National Ballet, hopes bomb she dropped on company won't obscure work of training young dancers
    Teacher with a vision, Betty Oliphant, who resigned this week as associate artistic director of National Ballet, hopes bomb she dropped on company won't obscure work of training young dancers
    Barkley, Harold
    3/6/1975
    Betty's Boys, National Ballet School artistic director Betty Oliphant with choreographers, from left, David Allan, James Kudeika, Robert Desrosiers and John Alleyne
    Betty's Boys, National Ballet School artistic director Betty Oliphant with choreographers, from left, David Allan, James Kudeika, Robert Desrosiers and John Alleyne
    Eglinton, Rick
    10/12/1988
    The wrong way to develop ballet skills is demonstrated by 14-year-old Nathalie Caris at the National Ballet School under the disapproving eye of Betty(...)
    The wrong way to develop ballet skills is demonstrated by 14-year-old Nathalie Caris at the National Ballet School under the disapproving eye of Betty(...)
    Oliphant, Betty, 1918-2004
    9/14/1977
    Ballet baby premieres. National Ballet principal dancer Tomas Schramek and his wife, Corps de Ballet dancer. Deborah Todd pose with their first child, baby girl Julia, 10 pounds, born last Friday
    Ballet baby premieres. National Ballet principal dancer Tomas Schramek and his wife, Corps de Ballet dancer. Deborah Todd pose with their first child, baby girl Julia, 10 pounds, born last Friday
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    2/22/1984
    A bouncing boy. One of the National Ballet's principal dancers, Nadia Potts, cuddles her newborn son, Alexander Robert, named for the ballet's artisti(...)
    A bouncing boy. One of the National Ballet's principal dancers, Nadia Potts, cuddles her newborn son, Alexander Robert, named for the ballet's artisti(...)
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    3/1/1979
    Poetry in motion. National Ballet principal dancer Karen Kain last night offered a classic performance in the ballet Sphinx, part of company's mixed program at O'Keefe Centre
    Poetry in motion. National Ballet principal dancer Karen Kain last night offered a classic performance in the ballet Sphinx, part of company's mixed program at O'Keefe Centre
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    5/11/1983
    Ballet's fall season opens: Karen Kain last night danced the principal role in Peter Wright's production of Giselle as the National Ballet of Canada opened its fall season at the O'Keefe Centre
    Ballet's fall season opens: Karen Kain last night danced the principal role in Peter Wright's production of Giselle as the National Ballet of Canada opened its fall season at the O'Keefe Centre
    Combs, Erin
    11/1/1989
    Ballerina boxed in. National Ballet principal dancer Karen Kain tries out a prop box or bed used in The Soldier's Tale, a ballet by Stravinsky that wi(...)
    Ballerina boxed in. National Ballet principal dancer Karen Kain tries out a prop box or bed used in The Soldier's Tale, a ballet by Stravinsky that wi(...)
    Kain, Karen
    7/28/1986