Margie Gillis
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Margie Gillis, CM, CQ (born July 9, 1953) is a Canadian solo dancer and choreographer whose most commonly known dance style is modern.
Born in Acton Vale, Quebec, the daughter of Gene Gillis, an Olympic skier, and Rhona Wurtele, a Canadian Olympic skier. Her brother, Jere Gillis played professional hockey. Her other brother, Christopher Gillis, was a professional dancer and choreographer who danced with her since childhood and collaborated on numerous shows.[citation needed]
She was the first performer to take modern dance to China in 1979.[citation needed] During the summer months, Margie teaches two one-week dance retreats at HollyHock, a centre on Cortes Island, BC.[citation needed] In 1987 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada[1] and in 2004 was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch".[citation needed] In 2009, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[2] On March 3, 2011, Gillis was named a 2011 laureate of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.[3]
