Presented by Enbridge
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/8470
Celebrate Canada's most inspiring performing artists at a star-studded Gala featuring incredible performances and tributes. From the pre-show reception with complimentary culinary creations and Canadian wines, to the pomp and circumstance around the arrival of the Governor General, to the champagne after-party, you will quickly understand why this is THE event of the spring season.
6:30pm: Cocktails and canapés
7:00pm: Red carpet arrivals
8:00pm: Performance
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Celebrate Canada's most inspiring performing artists at a star-studded Gala featuring incredible performances and tributes. From the pre-show reception with complimentary culinary creations and Canadian wines, to the pomp and circumstance around the arrival of the Governor General, to the champagne after-party, you will quickly understand why this is THE event of the spring season.
6:30pm: Cocktails and canapés
7:00pm: Red carpet arrivals
8:00pm: Performance
10:30pm: Champagne, Desserts, Dance
Watch the webcast archive of the March 26th recipient announcement from the Phi Centre in Montreal.
For more information, please visit www.ggpaa.ca
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May 23, 2014 The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala is the culmination of a weekend-long celebration of some of Canada’s greatest artists and arts volunteers. Award recipients are honoured in the House of Commons, at Rideau Hall and at the Gala at the National Arts Centre. "If we are a country in which have many different regions and types of life we now understand that a lot better because we share art and culture with each other." – Jim Cuddy On the red carpet, recipients
May 23, 2014
April 28, 2014
April 28, 2014 “It’s amazing, and humbling.” – Dancer Louise Lecavalier on receiving a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Critics and audiences around the world have lauded Dancer Louise Lecavalier for her artistry. And yet, she says she must remind herself that she is a deserving recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. "It’s both intimidating and moving to win this prize, because artists I greatly admire have received this award, so it’s amazing and humbling,” she said. “They want to put
April 10, 2014 The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards are Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts. The Awards are how we as a country say “thank you” to the artists whose work has filled our lives with meaning, beauty and joy. When the recipients for the 2014 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards were announced in Montreal it was a true national event. It connected laureates in Toronto (Blue Rodeo and Albert Schultz), Calgary (Tom Jackson) and Niagara-on-the-Lake (Brent Carver) via FaceTime with fellow recipients in Montreal – dancers Anik Bissonnette
March 26, 2014 The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation has announced this year’s recipients of Canada’s highest and most prestigious honour in the performing arts. The 2014 laureates for Lifetime Artistic Achievement are: Anik Bissonnette, O.C – Dancer, teacher and artistic director Blue Rodeo – Rock band Brent Carver – Actor and singer Tom Jackson, O.C. – Actor, singer-songwriter, producer and humanitarian Louise Lecavalier, O.C. – Dancer and choreographer Janine Sutto, C.C. – Actress and teacher They were announced at events held in Montreal, Toronto, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Winnipeg and Calgary and via a live webcast. Two more awards Jean
March 26, 2014 At the National Arts Centre, Canada is our stage. And every spring we honour and say thank you to some of this country’s greatest artists at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala. The National Arts Centre Foundation raises the funds for the gala, which is presented by Enbridge and supported by generous donors from across the country. It’s a night of tributes, dazzling performances, emotional moments, major Canadian and international guest stars, exceptionally creative short films by innovative filmmakers from the National Film
February 6, 2013 The National Arts Centre would like to thank Hilary Weston and her husband Galen for opening their their home to artists and leading philanthropists in support of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards. In a heart-warming speech from the staircase in the Weston’s home, his Excellency Governor General David Johnston said the annual awards showcase the very best of what it is to be Canadian, “a country that is smart, caring and full of soul.” The awards are the highest lifetime