"Peggy Laurayne Baker" (née Smith) (born October 22, 1952) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer and teacher. Born in Edmonton, Alberta she has lived in Canada and the United States.

Baker is known as one of the finest and most prominent Modern Dance/modern dancers from Canada She was introduced to dance by Patricia Beatty and moved to Toronto to study at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. In 1974 she co-founded the Dancemakers Dance Company. In 1980 she moved to New York to dance with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. In 1990 she joined Mikhail Baryshnikov/Mikhail Baryshnikov’s new dance company White Oak Dance Project which re-launched her career as a dancer and choreographer. She also founded the Peggy Baker Dance Projects at this time to develop solo dance expression. In 1993 she was hired as the National Ballet of Canada/National Ballet of Canada’s first artist-in-residence to teach, choreograph and stage Lar Lubovitch’s work.

Baker has been widely recognised in Canada and around the world as a solo dance artist and a choreographer. In 2006 she was named to the Order of Canada and in 2007 she was the first person to receive the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 2010 she was presented the Walter Carsen Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts.

More Peggy Baker on Wikipedia.

People see what's there and think that's what was always there. But it wasn't. Before 1921 it was very different.

291

It makes it nicer all around for the kids and the administrators to have families like that. It's a big help.

217

I send our soldiers (to the America Supports You Web site) all the time. They can go in, they can go to the Web sites of these other organizations, too, so it's a huge benefit.

202

At one point they had very elaborate plans. That's what the drawing shows. Those plans were cut back substantially.

171

Imagine when Plymouth had a working waterfront with all the bustle and energy and stench that comes with it. But as the ships became bigger, they couldn't fit in Plymouth Harbor. They passed by to go to the cordage company in North Plymouth, but they no longer came here.

167

I talk a lot to Nova on the telephone. You can't be involved with people during such a traumatic time and not be bonded. And that's part of our services. If you need somebody to talk to in the middle of the night, call us.

159

John Hancock owned one of the wharves. It needed repair. In this letter he instructs his agent in Plymouth to just sell it.

156

I'm a big fan of naval instruments.

134

The pageant was mobbed. And it's a good thing there were tourists because everyone in town was in it.

127