1. Rex Harrington is currently artist-in-residence at the National Ballet of Canada, and is a board member of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
10 Facts About Rex Harrington
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Rex Harrington joined the National Ballet of Canada in 1983 and became a principal dancer in 1988.
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Rex Harrington partnered with many renowned ballerinas such as Ekaterina Maximova, Carla Fracci, Karen Kain, Veronica Tennant, Alessandra Ferri, Susan Jaffe and Evelyn Hart.
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Rex Harrington has performed with such companies as La Scala Theatre Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Stuttgart Ballet.
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Rex Harrington retired from the stage in 2004, although he came out of retirement to dance the role of Prince Gremin in the National Ballet of Canada's 2010 production of Onegin.
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Rex Harrington has appeared in Norman Jewison's The January Man, as well as the film adaptation of The Four Seasons, for which he won a Gemini Award in 2000.
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In 2002, Rex Harrington made his musical theatre debut in Robin Hood at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.
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Rex Harrington was a recurring guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance Canada.
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In summer 2014, Rex Harrington appeared as a contestant with his fiance, Bob Hope, on the second season of The Amazing Race Canada, where he finished 7th.
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Rex Harrington has spoken out against the stigma attached to mental illness, most notably through the "Transforming Lives" campaign of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.