Founder and Artistic Director of The Quinte Ballet School of Canada Emeritus Brian Scott, FISTD (Fellow of the Imperial Society of Teachers in Dancing), passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Belleville, Ontario in his 93rd year.
Brian Scott danced with Ballet Russe, the Opera Ballet at Covent Garden, the English National Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada before moving to Belleville in 1972, where he founded the Quinte Ballet School. Mr. Scott received the Confederation Medal for dedicated service to the community and country and later also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.