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Ming Wu Wednesday: GG Performing Arts Awards

All photos by Ming Wu. Post by Apartment613. This past weekend, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala took place at the National Arts Centre. Ming Wu captured the fame on the red carpet as well as the fans at the event. This year’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award recipients are singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark, tenor Ben […]

Highlights from the GG Performing Arts Awards

Artes nos tenent et inspirant is the latin phrase emblazoned on the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award emblem which means, “the arts engage and inspire us”. It is the same wording inscribed on the medals given to each of the publically elected awardees each year since the GGPAA’s inception in 1992, an event set in […]

Honouring Canada’s music, dance and theatre artists

The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala honoured the country’s best artists in music, dance and theatre at the National Arts Centre this Saturday, May 10. In alphabetical order, the 2014 laureates are Anik Bissonette for her career as a dancer, teacher and artistic director; Canada’s most travelled rock band, Blue Rodeo; Brent Carver for […]