Les Grands Ballets Canadiens’ unique and innovative holistic approach to dance laid the foundations for the National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT), an organization that champions the many benefits of dance. With the centre’s creation, the value of well-being joined the ranks of the company’s basic values, alongside excellence, risk-taking, openness and inclusion, and complements its wish to give back to the community.
An annual budget of $340,000 is earmarked for dancer healthcare, broken down as follows: