Celebrated ballerina Evelyn Hart gets key to city
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Acclaimed ballerina Evelyn Hart joined a small but successful cohort of people to receive a key to the City of Winnipeg on Thursday.
Mayor Brian Bowman awarded Hart a key in recognition of her more than 30-year career with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
Hart started her ballet career in Winnipeg, joining the RWB in 1976 and becoming a soloist just two years later and a principal dancer just one year after that. Over the course of her lengthy career, she has performed in more than 118 countries and on every single continent.
The Winnipeg key is far from Hart’s first honour. She was made an officer of the Order of Canada and shortly promoted to companion. She was also Manitoba’s Woman of the Year in 1987 and holds two honourary doctorates, one from the University of Manitoba and the other from McMaster University in southern Ontario.
Hart’s onscreen performance work has netted her two ACTRA Awards for appearing in Belong as well as the titular role in Romeo and Juliet. She has a spot on Canada’s Walk of Fame and is the recipient of a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in recognition of her many achievements.
Keys to the city:
Winnipeg Blue Bombers player Milt Stegall received a key in 2007.
Businessman Peter Nygard received a key upon request in 2008.
Paralympian Michelle Stilwell received a key in 2008.
George Reid of the St. Andrew’s Society received a key in 2008.
Humanitarian and Live Aid founder Sir Robert Geldof received a key in 2008.
Commissioners William and Marilyn Francis received a key in 2009.
Cmdr. Craig Baines received a key in 2009 for the HMCS Winnipeg’s role in Operation Allied Protector, an anti-piracy mission.
Former NBA player Todd MacCulloch received a key in 2009.
Olympic gold-medal winner Jon Montgomery received a key in 2010.
Golfer Mike Weir received a key in 2010.
Chicago Blackhawks star Jonathan Toews received a key in 2010.
Kiss member Gene Simmons received a key in 2011.
Henry Herzing, founder of Herzing career colleges, received a key in 2011.
NBA player Steve Nash received a key in 2011.
Musician Tom Cochrane received a key in 2012.
Lord Strathspey, Sir James Grant of Scotland, received a key in 2012.
James Alexander Douglas Hamilton, Lord Selkirk of Douglas, received a key in 2012.
Ballerina Twyla Tharp received a key in 2012.
Mikhail Gorbachev received a key in 2012.
Musician Sir Paul McCartney received a key in 2013.
Former NHL player Teemu Selanne received a key in 2016.
Musician and philanthropist David Foster received a key in 2016.
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