| LC control no. | no 00073921 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Luft, Uriel |
| Birth date | 1933-08-24 |
| Death date | 2017-03-28 |
| Place of birth | Berlin (Germany) |
| Place of death | Magog (Québec) |
| Field of activity | Acting Dance |
| Affiliation | Grands ballets canadiens Specdici Atmo Productions |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Impresarios Theatrical agents |
| Found in | Nikki, wild dog of the north, 2000: credits (Uriel Luft) Internet movie database, Aug. 31, 2000: (Uriel Luft; actor) Globe and mail WWW site, viewed May 8, 2017 (in obituary published Apr. 27, 2017: Uriel Luft; impresario; died on March 28, in Magog, Que.; Uriel George Luft was born in Berlin on Aug. 24, 1933; moved to Montreal in 1957; initially, he worked as an actor and his best-known role was in the 1961 Disney feature Nikki, Wild Dog of the North; in 1958, the 25-year-old Mr. Luft responded to an employment ad placed by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, which was looking to hire a lighting technician; during Mr. Luft's tenure with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens, he ascended to the position of general manager; by the mid-1970s, Mr. Luft was hired as the director of dance programming, arts and culture for the Montreal Olympics; after the Olympics, Mr. Luft worked as the director of Quebec's nine conservatories of music and drama and in 1978, he also co-founded the artists agency Specdici; at the agency, he was instrumental in promoting emerging dance companies; Mr. Luft also co-founded Atmo Productions in 1984, which was responsible for organizing national and international dance tours; in 2009, Mr. Luft received the National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring, in recognition of his lifetime achievement as an agent and dance promoter) |
| Associated language | eng |
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