Co-Founder & Managing Artistic Director
Jazz / Career Management / Musical Theatre Styles and Stage Combat

Further biographical notes available in Canada’s Who’s Who.
2004 Arts Leader of the Year Merit Award presented to Janis Dunning and Jacques Lemay

Mr. Lemay has been described as one of Canada’s most talented and versatile Producer/ Director/ Choreographers. His creative works span the full gamut of theatrical and television productions including operas, ballets, symphony concerts, musicals, multi-cultural productions, royal galas, variety shows and special events. Mr. Lemay has directed and choreographed musicals in major theatres across Canada and is former Artistic Director of the Charlottetown Festival. He was founding director of the Jazz Dance department for the professional and general schools for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet for thirteen years. He also gained renown as a choreographer for the R.W.B. and other companies. Mr. Lemay was Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremonies for the 1988 Calgary Olympics; producer/director of the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games; producer/director of the 1997 Special Olympics World Winter Games and producer/artistic director for the opening ceremonies of Confederation Bridge; Artistic Director of six Royal Visits. With his solid reputation artistically and fiscally, Mr. Lemay brings an outstanding reputation and high calibre of skills to the Canadian College of Performing Arts. He is a recipient of the Queen's Jubilee medal and was recognized as a 2004 Community Arts Leader of the Year. Mr. Lemay has served as a consultant to the Auditor General of Canada, the Capital Commission in Ottawa, the Canada Council for the Arts and several provincial and territorial arts councils as well as the 2010 Olympics Organizing Committee. He is a Director of the Celebrate Canada Committee for B.C., a program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.