Tanya Howard

The guest on episode 6 of 'A Body's Language' is Tanya Howard. Tanya speaks about growing up in South Africa, moving away from home, to Canada to train at Canada's National Ballet School, her career so far and how she has processed the last 12 months.Tanya Howard was born in Uitenhage, South Africa and trained at The National School of the Arts in South Africa and Canada’s National Ballet School. She joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1998 and was promoted to First Soloist in 2007.Most recently, Tanya created the role of Eurydice's Mother in the world premiere of Orpheus Alive. Her repertoire also includes Alice and the Queen of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Stepsister in Cinderella, Paulina in The Winter’s Tale, Summer and Autumn in The Four Seasons, La Rose in the world premiere of Le Petit Prince, Snow Queen in The Nutcrackerand the female lead in Voluntaries. Her repertoire also includes feature roles inSwan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Anna Karenina, The Merry Widow, Don Quixote, The Taming of the Shrew, Frame by Frame, Les Sylphides, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Elite Syncopations, Serenade, Jewels, Symphony in C, Monotones II, Désir, The Four Temperaments, Glass Pieces, Etudes, Paquita, Petite Mort, The Second Detail, Approximate Sonata 2016, Chroma, Genus, Angels' Atlas, Being and Nothingness and Night.In 2016, Tanya was awarded the David Tory Award and was awarded the William Marrié Award for Dramatic Excellence for her role as the Queen of Hearts in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 2011.