to 1983, they published a monthly newspaper called Canadian Dance News. During this time Adams also worked as a conference and special projects coordinator for the Dance in Canada Association. In 1983, Adams and her husband created Encore! Encore! to reconstruct dances by six choreographers from the 1940s and 1950s. Former dancers, choreographers and notators assisted to reconstruct, videotape and record these works through dance notation. The couple chose works whose choreography, costumes and musical scores were created in Canada and performed by Canadian dancers. The choreographers were Gweneth Lloyd of Winnipeg, Jeanne Renaud and Françoise Sullivan of Montreal, Nesta Toumine of Ottawa, and Boris Volkoff and Nancy Lima Dent of Toronto. The couple worked with Lawrence's brother, David Adams, to reconstruct Boris Volkoff’s The Red Ear of Corn. Their production, There's Always Been Dance incorporated excerpts and images of these reconstructed works and was performed in Vancouver at Expo 86. In 1986, Adams and Lawrence created the Encore! Dance Hall of Fame to honour Canadian dancers and choreographers. They also renamed their organisation Arts Inter-Media Canada / Dance Collection Danse (DCD), establishing it as an archive, museum and publisher. The first iteration of the archives was hosted in the Adams' home. DCD published over 40 books, including a bilingual Encyclopedia of Theatre Dance in Canada. Adams acted as its director until 2019, remaining part of the organisation as co-founder and advisor. Personal life Adams married Lawrence Adams in 1967. Awards In 1980, Adams and her husband won the Dance Ontario Award for providing opportunities for independent choreographers to showcase work at 15 Dance Lab. Dance in Canada Service Award, 1988 Medal of Service, City of Toronto, 1992 Rita Davies and Margo Bindhardt Cultural Leadership Award, 2009 Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012 Ken McCarter Award for Distinguished National Ballet School Alumni, 2021 In 2011, Adams was named a member of the Order of Canada for "contributions to preserving and popularising Canadian dance history." References 1944 births Canadian ballerinas Canadian choreographers Canadian female dancers Living people Members of the Order of Canada People from Toronto Canadian women choreographers