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"It's fantastic! It's scary too. Not only do I see a likeness of myself but I also see blends of my personality. Interestingly, I see my past and I see who I am in the present. Congratulations Gordon! Everyone I've shown loves it.”

Frank Augustyn was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1953. He studied at the
National Ballet School and in 1973, he and his frequent partner Karen Kain
were the winners of the Best Couple Award at the Second International
Ballet Competition in Moscow.

1972-89 Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.
1979 Became a member of The Order of Canada.
1980-81 Principal Dancer at the Berlin Opera Ballet.
1985-86 Principal Guest Artist at the Boston Ballet.
1989-94 Artistic Director of the Ottawa Ballet.

In the late 1990's Augustyn produced the television series Footnotes: The
Classics of Ballet. He has also produced and hosted 20 half-hour
documentaries covering topics such as Ballets Russes, the National Ballet
of Canada, the Paris Opera Ballet, ballet in Asia and Russia, the ballerina,
the male dancer, as well as several classic works.

Mr. Augustyn has written two books: Footnotes: Dancing the World's Best-
Loved Ballets (2002) for young readers and Dancing from the Heart (2000), a memoir of his life in dance in which he took the opportunity to speak about the role of male dancers in what is a female-dominated art form.

Frank Augustyn has been the Director of Dance at Adelphi University in New York since 2000, and recently was appointed Chair of the Dance
Department.