Gay Igloo Recipient (January 2009)

Rex Harrington born in Peterborough, Ontario is considered one of the most outstanding dancers of his generation. He has been dancing for the past 20 syears for the National Ballet of Canada. He joined the National Ballet School in 1981 and following that joined the Ballet of Canada in 1983. Due to his enormous connection with the audience he became their principal dancer in 1988. A prince of princes so to speak. He was appointed as an officer in the Order of Canada in 2001 one of Canada's most prestigious awards. He was recently inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by York University, Toronto and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Recently he was a guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance Canada during week four of the competition, which aired on October 29, 2008, and week five which aired November 5, 2008 on CTV. Harrington is openly gay.