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St. Leon de Westmount4311 de Maisonneuve Blvd West
Westmount, Quebec
June 10, 2016
10:00 - 11:00 /
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St. Léon de Westmount4311 de Maisonneuve West
Westmount, Quebec
June 10, 2016
11:00
GENEVIÈVE SALBAING
1922-2016
It is with sorrow that we announce the death of Genevieve Salbaing, at the age of 94, after a short illness, at her residence in Outremont on Sunday, May 8th 2016, surrounded by her grandsons Pierre and André.
Daughter of Mohammed Nehlil, officer attached to the HQ of General Lyautey, former Bâtonnier of the Bar of Casablanca and founder of the Institute of Higher Moroccan Studies, and Madame Paulette Verron, Wife of the late Pierre Alcée Salbaing, Director General of L'Air Liquide SA, and mother of the late Michel Salbaing, her eldest son, she is survived by her sons Christian, François (Brigitte Latour) and Patrick and their children William and Olivia ; Sophie and Nicholas; daughter-in-law Caroline Gervais Salbaing, wife of Michel, and their two sons Pierre Salbaing (Chantal Perron) and André Salbaing (Patricia Girard) and their children Ema, Michelle; Eve-Emmanuelle and Pierre-Olivier. She is also survived by many friends and relatives in Canada, France and the United States.
As co-Founder in 1972 and Artistic Director from 1978 to 1993 of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Geneviève Salbaing played a leading role in the development of the country's artistic life. Born in Paris in 1922, where she was trained in dance, and in Casablanca where she won First Prize from the Conservatoire before becoming principal dancer of the Municipal Theatre, she moved to the United States in 1943. After three years as a soloist with the Washington Concert Ballet, she moved to Montreal and joined the Ballets Chiriaeff. It was then that she signed her first choreographies, including for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and for Canadian television. She also participated in a number of projects with the Theatre International de Montreal, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the National Theatre School and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. In 1972, with Eva von Gencsy and Eddy Toussaint, she founded Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal. For fifteen years as artistic director, she called upon a number of highly reputed composers and musicians (Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Claude Leveillée, François Bourassa, Michel Séguin) and equally renowned choreographers (Ulysses Dove, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Brian Macdonald, Wainrot) as well as emerging young artists making their choreographic debut (Benoît Lachambre, Crystal Pite, Iro Tembeck, Richard Howard) creating an original repertoire. Her passion for jazz music and its adaptation to contemporary dance, made her a precursor of a new artistic movement. During her period as artistic director, more than a million spectators in more than sixty countries on five continents applauded the more than 1,500 performances by the company. She became a member of the Order of Canada in 1987. After her retirement in 1993, she participated in different activities, such as the International Dance Competition in Paris, as a member of the jury. She was made an Officière of the Order of Québec in June 2012. She had a great passion for sports such as skiing, scuba diving and golf and skied in Europe, the United States and on the slopes of Mont Tremblant until the age of 86. At the age 90, she finally stopped going on her own to her island on Lac Archambault in Saint-Donat, where she enjoyed gardening and circling around the island on her pédalo.
The funeral ceremony will be held at Saint-Léon de Westmount, 4311 de Maisonneuve W., Montreal, on Friday, June 10 at 11:00 am. The family will receive relatives and friends from 10:00 am. A reception will follow the Mass, presided by Mr. Yves Guillemette priest, assisted by Jean-Guy Dubuc, priest, and by Father Claude Ritchie, two friends of the family.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society of Montreal would be appreciated: 4505 Rue Notre-Dame O, Montreal, QC H4C 1S3 (http://www.alzheimer.ca/en/montreal)
1922-2016
It is with sorrow that we announce the death of Genevieve Salbaing, at the age of 94, after a short illness, at her residence in Outremont on Sunday, May 8th 2016, surrounded by her grandsons Pierre and André.
Daughter of Mohammed Nehlil, officer attached to the HQ of General Lyautey, former Bâtonnier of the Bar of Casablanca and founder of the Institute of Higher Moroccan Studies, and Madame Paulette Verron, Wife of the late Pierre Alcée Salbaing, Director General of L'Air Liquide SA, and mother of the late Michel Salbaing, her eldest son, she is survived by her sons Christian, François (Brigitte Latour) and Patrick and their children William and Olivia ; Sophie and Nicholas; daughter-in-law Caroline Gervais Salbaing, wife of Michel, and their two sons Pierre Salbaing (Chantal Perron) and André Salbaing (Patricia Girard) and their children Ema, Michelle; Eve-Emmanuelle and Pierre-Olivier. She is also survived by many friends and relatives in Canada, France and the United States.
As co-Founder in 1972 and Artistic Director from 1978 to 1993 of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Geneviève Salbaing played a leading role in the development of the country's artistic life. Born in Paris in 1922, where she was trained in dance, and in Casablanca where she won First Prize from the Conservatoire before becoming principal dancer of the Municipal Theatre, she moved to the United States in 1943. After three years as a soloist with the Washington Concert Ballet, she moved to Montreal and joined the Ballets Chiriaeff. It was then that she signed her first choreographies, including for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and for Canadian television. She also participated in a number of projects with the Theatre International de Montreal, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the National Theatre School and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. In 1972, with Eva von Gencsy and Eddy Toussaint, she founded Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal. For fifteen years as artistic director, she called upon a number of highly reputed composers and musicians (Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Claude Leveillée, François Bourassa, Michel Séguin) and equally renowned choreographers (Ulysses Dove, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Brian Macdonald, Wainrot) as well as emerging young artists making their choreographic debut (Benoît Lachambre, Crystal Pite, Iro Tembeck, Richard Howard) creating an original repertoire. Her passion for jazz music and its adaptation to contemporary dance, made her a precursor of a new artistic movement. During her period as artistic director, more than a million spectators in more than sixty countries on five continents applauded the more than 1,500 performances by the company. She became a member of the Order of Canada in 1987. After her retirement in 1993, she participated in different activities, such as the International Dance Competition in Paris, as a member of the jury. She was made an Officière of the Order of Québec in June 2012. She had a great passion for sports such as skiing, scuba diving and golf and skied in Europe, the United States and on the slopes of Mont Tremblant until the age of 86. At the age 90, she finally stopped going on her own to her island on Lac Archambault in Saint-Donat, where she enjoyed gardening and circling around the island on her pédalo.
The funeral ceremony will be held at Saint-Léon de Westmount, 4311 de Maisonneuve W., Montreal, on Friday, June 10 at 11:00 am. The family will receive relatives and friends from 10:00 am. A reception will follow the Mass, presided by Mr. Yves Guillemette priest, assisted by Jean-Guy Dubuc, priest, and by Father Claude Ritchie, two friends of the family.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society of Montreal would be appreciated: 4505 Rue Notre-Dame O, Montreal, QC H4C 1S3 (http://www.alzheimer.ca/en/montreal)
