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Kain quitting as chair of Canada Council

JAMES ADAMS

Globe and Mail Update

Latest comment posted at 3:14 PM EST 28/03/08

Former dancer wants to devote herself to job as artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada. ...Read the full article

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  1. R. M. from Regina, Canada writes: I'm sure she will do very well in the new position but tears for resigning a politically appointed part time, largely ceremonial function??????????
  2. John Gzowski from Canada writes: Personally, I'm glad she's gone. In here years at the council, the council spent more money on the big organizations, the ballet's and symphonies, while all the smaller ones were left wanting and hurting. There is no mistake why the ballet has a surplus, as she helped give all the recent money to her own, and other, large organizations. Meanwhile, it becomes harder to live as an artist in this country every year.
  3. S C from Canada writes: She is an inspiration. She strives to give 100% to everything she does and she is one of the greatest advocates the arts have in our country. We owe her thanks for her service on the Canada Council and our best wishes for a long and successful tenure at the National Ballet.
  4. S W from canada, Canada writes: John Gzowski, I'm with you. Those two positions could have easily been given to two different people. There are certianly enough other competant people out there. This is part of the myopia here in Canada. You see the same people over and over again and they monopolize the too few jobs that there are. Actors for seasons at Stratford? Does anyone remember the Bruno Gerussi years and the Gordon Pinset era of these people been seen everywhere. So much for the myths of overexposure and the 'you're too old!'. But, there again, aren't these lofty noble ones supposed to be above all that pedestrian stuff. Arts in Canada as thriving and multifacetted as in other countries is a joke. It is still very much about basically low standands, enforced low arts gene pool and culling from the casting couch. Nepotic relationships can be seen at just about any glance!
  5. Chris H from To, Canada writes: R.M. -- Just to clarify, the picture you saw in which Ms. Kain is tearful is taken just after she was named artistic director for the National Ballet (taken about three years ago).

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