Awards and Recognition
- Elected Senior Fellow, Ashoka International, 2011
- Jacqueline Lemieux Prize in Dance, Canada Council for the Arts, 2009
- British Columbia Community Achievement Award, 2006
- Jessie Award in Artistic Achievement for FIRE…where there’s smoke, Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance, 2002
- FANS Award, North Shore Arts Council, 2002
- Elected to the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame, September 2000
- Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, Simon Fraser University, June 2000
- Juno Award, Best Blues Video, for Jim Byrnes Video, 1996
- Silver Juried Award, New York City International Dance Film and Video Festival, for Second Nature, 1994, and At the Races, 1995
- Canada 125 Medal, 1992
- West Vancouver 75th Anniversary Achievement Award, 1987
- Vancouver Award for Excellence in Theatre, 1986
- Vancouver YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, 1985
- Clifford E. Lee Award for Choreography, 1979
- Chalmers Award for Choreography, 1976