Background
Harwood, Vanessa Clare was born in 1947 in Cheltenham, England, AMERICA0. Daughter of Peter G. and Hazel M. (Smith) Harwood. emigrated to Canada, 1951, naturalized, 1961.
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Vanessa Clare Harwood
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Graduate, National Ballet School Canada, 1964.
Career
Member corps, National Ballet Canada, Toronto, 1965-1967;
soloist, National Ballet Canada, Toronto, 1967-1970;
principal dancer, National Ballet Canada, Toronto, 1970-1986;
teacher master class, University of Southern Florida, 1977;
teacher, Dance Centre Toronto, 1981;
artistic director, Balletto Classico, 1989;
artistic adviser, Ballet Orlando, 1990. Guest artist Australian Ballet, Sydney, 1977, Detroit Symphony, 1977,Chicago Ballet, 1978, Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia, 1978, Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam, 1979, Munich Opera, 1981, Universal Ballet, Seoul, Korea, 1985. Partners include Godunov, Nureyev, Dowell, Augustyn, Jeffries, Norman, Bissell, Bujones, Schaufuss, Eagling.
Coach Wilson & McCallIce Dance Team, Bronze medalists from Canada, 1988 Olympics, Worlds '88, Budapest, Hungary. Guest teacher Parksville, B.C., 1986, 90. Artistic assistant to director LeBal Theatre Plus Toronto, 1992.
Guest teacher United States, Canada.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Theatre Plus Toronto, 1988-1989, Toronto Arts Foundation, since 1991. Vice president Actors Fund of Canada, 1991-1996, president since 1996. Delegate Korean Dance Summit, 1995.
Member executive county World Dance Alliance, 1995. Member Canada Actors Equity, Association Canada television and Radio Artists, World DanceAlliance.
Connections
Married Hugh E. Scully, June 14, 1980. 1 child, Shannon.
