Veronica Tennant

Who is Veronica Tennant?

Veronica Tennant, CC FRSC is a Canadian dance and performance film producer and director, and former ballet dancer.

She was born in London, England, and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955. Dancing from the age of four, by the age of 18, she became the youngest person ever to enter the National Ballet of Canada, and made her debut in the principal role in Romeo and Juliet. By 1976, she was a star at the National Ballet and touring across North America, Europe and Japan with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev, among others, as prima ballerina. Since the end of her career she has had a hip replacement.