Throwback
Thursday and David Adams
Born in
Winnipeg on November 16, 1928, David Adams was Canada’s first great danseur
noble. Celia Franca, co-founder of the National Ballet of Canada, said she
believed it was the onstage chemistry between David and his wife Lois that
first attracted audiences.
David Adams
joined the company in 1951 – one of its founding members. Here he was not only
a principal dancer, but also a choreographer. He created traditional works, but
also experimented with more contemporary pieces.
Later in his
career, he joined the Royal Ballet. Here he was nicknamed “the Forklift”,
because he could do lifts no other dancer could.
He had other
interests besides dance, including carpentry and film. He was often behind a
camera, shooting anything that he found interesting, including footage of the early days
of the National Ballet of Canada.
David Adams
retired from the dance world in 1996. He lived at his country home in Stony
Plain, near Edmonton. In 2004, a stroke left him in a wheelchair. He died on
October 24, 2007.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Factoid #177:
“David
Adams was a founding member of the National Ballet of Canada.”
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― John Banville, The Sea
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