The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
His Excellency presented the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
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Sarah Polley, film director, screenwriter and actress, received the 2013 National Arts Centre Award. This award recognizes the work of an extraordinary nature by an individual artist or company in the past performance year.
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The 2013 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts recognizes outstanding contributions by an individual or group in voluntary service to the performing arts in Canada. Recipients of this award are also nominated by the general public.
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Jean Pierre Desrosiers received the 2013 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts.
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Viola Léger, actress and teacher, received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award.
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Menaka Thakkar, dancer, choreographer, artistic director, institution builder and teacher, received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award.
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Eric Peterson during his remarks.
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Eric Peterson, actor and arts advocate, received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award.
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Jean Pierre Lefebvre, independent filmmaker, received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award.
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Daniel Lanois, record producer, songwriter and musician, received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award.
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Andrew Dawes, violinist and teacher, received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award.
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Created in 1992, under the auspices of the late Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn, the GGPAA are presented each year to Canadian performers whose extraordinary lifetime achievements have contributed significantly to the enrichment of Canada’s cultural life.
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“Art should not, and cannot, be limited,” said His Excellency. “We must provide opportunities for the performing arts to thrive not only in our big cities, but also in our small towns, on our reserves, in our schools, everywhere there is someone who wants to create. Through art, our differences are celebrated.”
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Recipients of the National Arts Centre (NAC) Award are selected by the NAC Board of Trustees from a list of candidates proposed by a nominating committee of NAC artistic programmers.
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