David Peregrine, OC

Order of Canada

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 (September 19, 1954 – on or shortly after June 7, 1989) was a Canadian

Canada

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 dancer and actor.

He was born David Alan Evans in Llay

Llay

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, Wales

Wales

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 and grew up in Ottawa

Ottawa

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. Peregrine studied ballet with Nesta Toumine

Nesta Toumine

Nesta Toumine was a dancer, choreographer, artistic director and teacher in Canada.She was born Nesta Williams in Thonrhill Heath, Croydon, England, the daughter of Alfred Edward Williams and Agmes Mary Seivers, and was educated in Ottawa...

 in Ottawa, going on to study at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Royal Winnipeg Ballet

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 school with David Moroni and at the Banff School of Fine Arts

Banff Centre

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. Evans adopted the stage name David Peregrine. He joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a member of the corps in 1975, becoming soloist three years later and principal dancer in 1980, partnering with Evelyn Hart

Evelyn Hart

Evelyn Anne Hart, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian ballerina and former principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she studied dance at the Dorothy Carter School of Dance in London, Ontario and later on at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School...

. In 1986, Peregrine was made an officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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. He performed two seasons with the San Francisco Ballet

San Francisco Ballet

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 and was a guest artist with the Alberta Ballet

Alberta Ballet Company

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, Boston Ballet

Boston Ballet

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 and Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet

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. Peregrine appeared as Smike in the play Nicholas Nickleby and the monster in Frankenstein

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in productions by the Manitoba Theatre Centre

Manitoba Theatre Centre

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.

He died in a plane crash on June 7, 1989 after flying his small plane 100 miles south from Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska

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. Due to bad weather, a rescue crew was only able to reach the site 8 days later. Two passengers, his brother and a friend, also died in the crash.