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  1. Lois Irene Smith (8 October 1929 – 22 January 2011) was a Canadian ballet dancer and dance teacher. Smith was born in Vancouver in 1929. She began her dance training at the British Columbia School of Ballet, and later studied with Rosemary Deveson and Mara McBirney in Vancouver.

  2. Jan 24, 2011 · Lois Smith, the first principal ballerina at the National Ballet of Canada and a significant force in dance training in Canada, has died. She was 81. Smith died Saturday at her home in...

  3. Jan 24, 2011 · Lois Irene Smith, ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer (b at Vancouver, BC 8 Oct 1929; d at Sechelt, BC 22 Jan 2011). Lois Smith began her dance training at the BC School of Ballet at the age of 10, later studying intensively with Rosemary Deveson and Mara McBirney.

  4. Jan 24, 2011 · VANCOUVER — The National Ballet of Canada’s first star ballerina, Lois Smith, has died at age 81. Smith was born and raised in Vancouver, and passed away in Sechelt near B.C.’s Sunshine...

  5. Jan 23, 2011 · Lois Smith, a dancer of radiant grace and refinement and the National Ballet of Canada’s first homegrown prima ballerina, died at her home in Sechelt, B.C., on Saturday at 81 after a lengthy...

  6. Jan 24, 2011 · The National Ballet of Canada is mourning the death of former principal dancer Lois Smith. The company says Smith died Saturday at age 81 in Sechelt, B.C.

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  8. Jan 25, 2011 · Lois Smith, The National Ballet of Canada’s (NBoC) first prima ballerina, died at her home in Sechelt, BC, on January 22nd after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 81. Smith and then husband David Adams forged a charismatic partnership that dazzled audiences during NBoC’s first decade.