School of Dramatic Art alumna Jeanne Holmes (BFA ’87) has been named the new Artistic Producer of the Canada Dance Festival in Ottawa, ON.

Formerly the producing director of Dancemakers and the Centre for Creation in Toronto, Holmes has over twenty years of diverse experience with a background in performance, production, programming and arts management.

The Canada Dance Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2012. Board Chair Pamela Fralick commented in a press release that "Jeanne's extensive experience in the world of the performing arts, her reputation as a collaborator and community builder, coupled with her enthusiasm for the future of dance in Canada is exactly the right combination to lead us onward into the next quarter century."

We wish Jeanne every success in her new role.