Evelyn Hart did not secure a place for the school year at the National Ballet School, mostly due to her problems with anorexia nervosa.
10 Facts About Evelyn Hart
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Evelyn Hart battled with this pathological eating disorder before returning to ballet, training again, and winning a place for herself at The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.
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Evelyn Hart joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet company in 1976, was promoted to soloist in 1978, and to principal dancer in 1979.
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Evelyn Hart was the first Canadian to win gold at the Varna International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria in 1980 for the pas de deux Belong choreographed by Norbert Vesak.
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Evelyn Hart starred in the ballet film Moment of Light, alongside Rex Harrington, former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada, and Robert Sher-Machherndl, former principal dancer of the Dutch National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet.
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In 2005, Evelyn Hart left the RWB to dance as a freelance artist.
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Evelyn Hart danced as a guest artist with Toronto's ProArteDanza ending a thirty-year career.
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In 1983, Evelyn Hart was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1994.
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In 2001, Evelyn Hart received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.
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Evelyn Hart was made a Member of the Order of Manitoba in 2006.