Carmen - The National Ballet of Canada

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Performance
The National Ballet of Canada
Carmen
Heather Ogden and
Former Soloist Noah Long.
Photo by Sian Richards.
Summer 2013
Contents
4 The National Ballet of Canada Today
Interview with Karen Kain
by John Reardon
12 A Dancer’s Daily Ritual
Company Class
by Lindsay Fischer
centre Today’s Performance
16 Dancer Biographies
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First Soloist Tina Pereira.
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Today
Interview with
Karen Kain
by John Reardon
Karen Kain
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ou have to wonder how many frequent flyer points The
National Ballet of Canada will have amassed by the end
of the year. With tours to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and
London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre already behind it, and a trip
to New York in the offing, the company seems to be jetting
as much as jete-ing these days.
All of this travel is the result of a new and exciting repertoire
(Christopher Wheeldon’s riotously exuberant Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland bowled over audiences in
Los Angeles and Washington, and Alexei Ratmansky’s freshly
invigorated Romeo and Juliet was the company’s calling card
in London) that other dance centres are eager to see, and of
a talented, dynamic and pleasingly cohesive group of dancers
executing these works with verve and style. On the return
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Heather Ogden and
Guillaume Côté
in Romeo and Juliet
at Sadler’s Wells Theatre
in London, England.
Photo by Johan Persson.
of the National Ballet’s tour to England, we spoke to Artistic
Director Karen Kain to consider the company’s current profile,
it’s talk-of-the-dance-world repertoire, its artistic ambitions
and its high-flying ways.
Performance: You’ve always said the quality of the dancing
is what comes first in a good ballet company and you’ve
always stressed how important it is to attract and keep
good dancers. In that light, how would you assess your
company’s strengths right now?
Karen Kain: It’s always been a challenge for the National Ballet
to attract the best dancers and keep them here, simply because
Toronto isn’t one of the leading world dance centres and there
are other companies with greater reputations than ours. That
said, I think the quality of our dancers right now is as high as
it’s ever been and our best dancers are as good as any you’ll
find anywhere, both technically and in their overall artistry. We’re
also seeing more dancers than ever audition for our company.
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Sonia Rodriguez in
Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland
at The Music Centre
in Los Angeles.
Photo by Bruce Zinger.
Performance: What do you attribute that to?
Karen Kain: I think it’s our focus on a strong and innovative
repertoire. If we can’t match the aura or allure of the legendary
companies, we can offer something else in the challenge and
excitement of working with terrifically interesting choreographers,
of realizing the kinds of works few other companies have
access to. That’s true for attracting established dancers and
for developing and keeping younger ones here, keeping them
committed to the ongoing project of this company. Dancers
are artists and if you make the work itself the prize, good
dancers will want to be a part of that.
Performance: Who are some of the choreographers
you’re most excited about working with?
Karen Kain: Well, the recent experience of working with
established and renowned choreographers like Christopher
Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky and Wayne McGregor and
young Canadian dancemakers like Robert Binet, Crystal Pite
and Aszure Barton, all of whom are making a name for
themselves internationally, has been hugely rewarding for the
company. They’re all choreographers with distinctive and very
different dance visions, with very individual approaches to
understanding and creating dance, so their works stretch and
challenge the dancers in incredible ways. You can watch the
dancers grow and advance their artistry as they learn and absorb
these works, whether in a classical or more abstract mode.
The other advantage to forging relationships with artists like
these is that their work is in great demand internationally.
People want to see it and that leads to invitations to tour to
larger centres.
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Performance: Speaking of which, you’ve been touring
a lot recently. How does touring fit into your vision for
the company?
Karen Kain: Touring brings exposure. It puts the company in
the eye of audiences, critics and other dance artists in many
of the most important dance centres of the world. It puts us
on the map. And that helps build and solidify the company’s
reputation. If we simply stayed at home in Canada, we could
be the best company there is, but we’d just be a rumour to
the rest of the world. By touring, others can actually see and
experience what we can do, and that helps us attract creative
forces. This goes back to bringing talent to the company.
If we get out and are seen, people – choreographers, dancers,
artistic directors – will know what we have here and appreciate
what we’re doing and they’ll want to be a part of it.
Karen Kain and
Christopher Wheeldon.
Photo by Aleksandar
Antonijevic.
Performance: I would imagine the dancers must derive
a lot from touring, too.
Karen Kain: Touring is hard work, but it’s also a great motivator
for the dancers. It’s exciting and galvanizing to perform before
different audiences in different theatres and in different cultures.
The atmosphere, especially in the major centres, is a change
from home and even the way audiences respond to a
performance can be a new experience. Touring was certainly
an enlarging and enriching experience for me when I danced,
and I think it’s the same for dancers today. It keeps you on
your game, keeps you excited about what you’re doing. As
a dancer, you always want to communicate with as many
people as you can. You want audiences, and the more diverse,
the better. Knowing that people may be seeing you for the first
time and that you’re representing both the company and,
to an extent, the country abroad, sharpens and brings a new
self-awareness to your art.
Performance: Your recent success, both here and in the
U.S., with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, raises the
question of co-productions and how that arrangement
may figure in future works.
Karen Kain: The way Alice came about and unfolded was
almost perfect. After Christopher Wheeldon set Polyphonia on
our company, I asked him if he would be interested in creating
a new work for us. He told me of his plans for Alice and asked
if we would be interested co-producing it with The Royal Ballet.
After I discussed it with Monica Mason and we firmed up the
details, everything fell into place with remarkably little stress.
The fact that the ballet was such a success – both financially
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and artistically – and that the process was so rewarding
naturally made us want to try it again. So we’re going to be
co-producing Christopher’s The Winter’s Tale with The Royal
Ballet in the coming year. If the experience of Alice is anything
to go by, it should be a very exciting project and it’s one that
we’re really looking forward to.
Xiao Nan Yu, Patrick
Lavoie and Ji ří Jelinek
with Artists of the Ballet
in Swan Lake.
Photo by Aleksandar
Antonijevic.
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Performance: What’s in store for next season?
Karen Kain: In purely choreographic terms, one of the most
exciting programs will be Innovation. It involves new works by
three exceptional Canadian choreographers – Robert Binet,
José Navas and James Kudelka. There’s a great appetite for
homegrown work among our audience and these three artists,
all at different stages of their careers, represent the best that
contemporary ballet has to offer. Then there is Aszure Barton’s
Watch her, which wowed audiences when it premiered in 2009,
a revival of Sir Frederick Ashton’s A Month in the Country,
which I think is a work ideally suited to our dancers, a mixed
program of Marco Goecke’s stunning re-working La Spectre
de la Rose, Jerome Robbins’ beautiful Opus 19/The Dreamer
and William Forsythe’s wittily subversive the second detail,
as well as three full-length works from our classical repertoire,
Swan Lake, Onegin and Cinderella.
Performance: That sounds like a season from a very
confident and sure-sighted company.
Karen Kain: That’s us. n
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Company Class
A Dancer’s Daily Ritual
by Lindsay Fischer
T
Photo by Christopher Wahl.
he daily ballet class that traditionally begins a dancer’s day
serves a variety of functions. It is a mental and physical
warm-up, a maintenance appointment for whatever has
got out of tune the preceding day, a review of fundamental
technical principles, and a social ritual that reminds the
members of the company of their aesthetic and artistic values.
More than anything, however, it is a dancer’s daily
confrontation with the limits of his or her instrument, the
aspiration to be more than the sum of those physical parts and
the inevitable realization that perfection is a thing of the mind,
rather than the body. As such, in spite of the apparent public
nature of a gathering that can include 60 or 70 people, class
is an intensely private and personal time.
Each dancer will approach the class somewhat differently,
depending on what is planned for the rest of the day. A day
with a run-through of a new principal role will naturally demand
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Top: Tina Pereira with
Artists of the Ballet
in Company Class.
Photo by Christopher Wahl.
Above: Andreea Olteanu
with Artists of the Ballet
in Company Class.
a different focus than a day which will be spent learning new
material or in a small scale rehearsal with few observers. Some
dancers will push extraordinarily hard in class on a day when the
schedule will make severe demands, using the physical effort
as a way to burn off anxiety, and to make the rest of the day
seem easier. Others will use less physical energy, and focus
instead on honing the mind/body connection, so that the clarity
of intent expressed through action will remain accessible
throughout the challenges of the day or the evening performance.
Class always begins with exercises that are fundamental to
sophisticated physical control. The dancers hold on to a support,
called a barre, and do hundreds of repetitions of basic elements
that create the unique posture, flexibility and muscle development
that identify a classical dancer. The exercises – pliés, tendus,
ronds de jambe, and so on – are then repeated in the middle
of the room without the support of the barre, and then
combined and elaborated, so that by the end of 75 minutes,
the dancers move dynamically through space, jumping, turning,
and using the full range of movement created in the early part
of the class. In a kind of daily epiphany, the dancer achieves
a temporary, but satisfying sense of mastery, in which the
physical understanding of fundamental principles allows the
achievement of complex virtuosity. Nonetheless, this mastery
is a moving target, so that the more one knows, the more one
realizes there is to learn.
On first observation, the personal and spiritual nature of the
daily class is rarely apparent. Class looks like a group of people,
who more by accident than design, are executing similar
movements, and following the direction of a rather distant
authority. Looking more closely, however, one sees that the
iron discipline of necessity touches every person in the room –
teacher, musician and dancer alike. Every class is both an
occasion for celebration of ability and a potential disaster.
Seen in this light, class becomes both the daily affirmation
of a dancers’ faith in his or her own ability, and the coin that
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Rex Harrington
in Class on Stage.
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Ballet Notes
The 2012/13 season is dedicated to the memory
of The National Ballet of Canada’s greatest patron
Walter Carsen, O.C.
Carmen
June 5 – 16, 2013
Heather Ogden and Former Soloist Noah Long.
Orchestra
Celia Franca, C.C., Founder
George Crum, Music Director Emeritus
Karen Kain, C.C.
Kevin Garland
Artistic Director
Executive Director
David Briskin
Rex Harrington, O.C.
Music Director and
Principal Conductor
Artist-in-Residence
Magdalena Popa
Lindsay Fischer
Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director,
YOU dance / Ballet Master
Peter Ottmann
Senior Ballet Master
Mandy-Jayne
Richardson
Senior Ballet Mistress
Aleksandar Antonijevic, Guillaume Côté,
Greta Hodgkinson, Jiří Jelinek, Zdenek Konvalina*,
Evan McKie*, Heather Ogden, Sonia Rodriguez,
Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone, Xiao Nan Yu
Kevin D. Bowles, Lorna Geddes, Rebekah Rimsay,
Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan
Naoya Ebe, Keiichi Hirano, Tanya Howard,
Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne,
Patrick Lavoie, Elena Lobsanova, McGee Maddox,
Stacey Shiori Minagawa, Tina Pereira,
Jonathan Renna, Robert Stephen, Brett van Sickle
Jordana Daumec, Alexandra MacDonald,
Chelsy Meiss, Alejandra Perez-Gomez,
Jenna Savella, Christopher Stalzer
James Applewhite, Jack Bertinshaw, Skylar Campbell,
Adji Cissoko, Jonathan Davidsson, Shaila D’Onofrio,
Krista Dowson, Nadine Drouin, Jackson Dwyer,
Francesco Gabriele Frola, Giorgio Galli, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo,
Emma Hawes, Juri Hiraoka, Ji Min Hong, Kathryn Hosier,
Rui Huang, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Larissa Khotchenkova,
James Leja, Elizabeth Marrable, Shino Mori, Tiffany Mosher,
Andreea Olteanu, Asiel Rivero, Brendan Saye, Joseph Steinauer,
Dylan Tedaldi, Nan Wang, Aarik Wells, Sarah Elena Wolff
Violin 1
Naha Greenholtz,
Guest Concertmaster
Lynn Kuo,
Assistant
Concertmaster
+
Anne Armstrong
James Aylesworth
Jennie Baccante
Sheldon Grabke
Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk
Yakov Lerner
Jayne Maddison
Aya Miagawa
Wendy Rogers
Paul Zevenhuizen
Violin 2
Dominique Laplante,
Principal Second Violin
Csaba Koczó, Acting
Assistant Principal
Xiao Grabke
+
Hiroko Kagawa
Nancy Kershaw
Rene London
Ron Mah
Filip Tomov
Joanna Zabrowarna
Violas
Angela Rudden, Principal
+
Rory McLeod , Acting
Assistant Principal
+
Keith Hamm
Valerie Kuinka
Johann Lotter
Beverley Spotton
Larry Toman
Cellos
Maurizio Baccante,
Principal
Marianne Pack
Olga Laktionova
Andrew McIntosh
Elaine Thompson
Paul Widner
Basses
Hans J.F. Preuss, Principal
Paul Langley
Robert Speer
Cary Takagaki
RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance:
Jonathan Batista, Trygve Cumpston, Hannah Fischer,
Miyoko Koyasu, Nayara Lopes, Liana Macera,
Tudor Moldoveanu, Felix Paquet, Meghan Pugh, Kota Sato
Flutes
Leslie J. Allt, Principal
Maria Pelletier
Shelley Brown*, Piccolo
Lorna Geddes
Oboes
Mark Rogers, Principal
Karen Rotenberg
Lesley Young, English Horn
Joysanne Sidimus
Pointe Shoe Manager / Guest Balanchine
Assistant Ballet Mistress Répétiteur
Ernest Abugov
Jeff Morris
Peter Sherk
Stage Manager, YOU dance
Stage Managers
*Guest Artist
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Clarinets
Max Christie, Principal
Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet
Emily Marlow
Saxophone
Wallace Halladay
Bassoons
Stephen Mosher, Principal
Jerry Robinson
Elizabeth Gowen,
Contra-Bassoon
Horns
Gary Pattison, Principal
Vincent Barbee*
Derek Conrod
+
Diane Doig
+
Christine Passmore
Scott Wevers*
Trumpets
Richard Sandals*, Principal
Robert Weymouth, Acting
Principal
+
Brendan Cassin
Mark Dharmaratnam
Trombones
David Archer, Principal
Robert Ferguson
David Pell, Bass Trombone
Tuba
Sasha Johnson, Principal
Harp
Lucie Parent, Principal
Tympani
Michael Perry, Principal
Percussion
Tim Francom, Principal
Kristofer Maddigan
Mark Mazur
+
Richard Moore
Guitars
+
Jeffrey McFadden
+
James Tait
Orchestra Personnel
Manager and Music
Administrator
Raymond Tizzard
Librarian
Lucie Parent
Assistant to the Music
Director
Jean Verch
* On Leave of Absence
+
Additional Musician
Wednesday, June 5 at 7:30 pm
Thursday, June 6 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Friday, June 7 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 8 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 9 at 2:00 pm
Saturday, June 15 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 16 at 2:00 pm
Conductor: David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor
Carmen
June 5 – 16, 2013
Choreography: Davide Bombana
Music: Georges Bizet, Walter Fähndrich*, Alexander Knaifel**,
Meredith Monk***, Rodion Shchedrin****, José Serebrier*****
& Tambours du Bronx******
Décor, Costume and Lighting Design: Dorin Gal
Sound Editing: Silvio Brambilla
Répétiteurs: Lindsay Fischer, Rex Harrington and Mandy-Jayne Richardson
* Copyright © 1997 Music for Spaces. All rights reserved. Used By Permission.
** Copyright © 2000 ECM (New Series 1763). All rights reserved. Used By Permission.
*** By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent for
Meredith Monk/Meredith Monk Music, copyright owner and publisher.
**** By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.
***** Work used by arrangement with José Serebrier, copyright owner.
Carmen Symphony is recorded on the BIS (GRAMMY 2005) and Naxos labels.
****** (c) 1999 Sarl Tambours du Bronx Productions. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission
World Premiere: Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper und Volksoper, Vienna, Austria, November 2009.
The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto,
June 5, 2013.
Carmen is generously supported by Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, O.C. and
Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C.
Note: The cigarettes used in Carmen are herbal with no tobacco content.
Jonathan Renna with Artists of the Ballet.
Photo by Nancy Paiva.
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The Cast
Carmen
Heather Ogden (June 5, 7, 15)
Tina Pereira (June 6 mat, 8 mat, 9)
Greta Hodgkinson* (June 6 eve, 8 eve, 16)
Toreadors
Kevin D. Bowles, Brett van Sickle,
McGee Maddox or James Leja,
Nan Wang or Etienne Lavigne
Don José
Guillaume Côté* (June 5, 7, 15)
Jonathan Renna* (June 6 mat, 8 mat, 9)
Piotr Stanczyk (June 6 eve, 8 eve, 16)
Cigarette Girls
Lise-Marie Jourdain or Shino Mori,
Selene Guerrero-Trujillo,
Shaila D’Onofrio, Emma Hawes,
Sarah Elena Wolff, Larissa Khotchenkova,
Krista Dowson or Elizabeth Marrable,
Kathryn Hosier, Ji Min Hong, Nadine Drouin,
Juri Hiraoka, Adji Cissoko
Garcia, leader of the bandits
Robert Stephen (June 5, 7, 15)
Christopher Stalzer (June 6 mat, 8 mat, 9)
Keiichi Hirano (June 6 eve, 8 eve, 16)
Michaela
Xiao Nan Yu (June 5, 7, 15)
Tanya Howard* (June 6 mat, 8 mat, 9)
Stephanie Hutchison (June 6 eve, 8 eve, 16)
Escamillo
Jiří Jelinek* (June 5, 6 eve, 7, 8 eve, 15)
McGee Maddox* (June 6 mat, 8 mat, 9, 16)
Cigarette Girl, adversary of Carmen
Lise-Marie Jourdain (June 5, 6 eve, 7,
8 eve, 15)
Shino Mori (June 6 mat, 8 mat, 9, 16)
Old Carmen
Rebekah Rimsay
Bandits
Etienne Lavigne or Dylan Tedaldi,
Patrick Lavoie or Brendan Saye,
James Leja or Francesco Gabriele Frola,
Giorgio Galli or Skylar Campbell,
Christopher Stalzer or Jack Bertinshaw
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Couples
Nadine Drouin, Lise-Marie Jourdain
or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo,
Jordana Daumec or Shino Mori,
Jenna Savella or Krista Dowson,
Andreea Olteanu or Alexandra MacDonald,
Stacey Shiori Minagawa or Juri Hiraoka,
Tiffany Mosher or Chelsy Meiss
James Leja or Jackson Dwyer,
Giorgio Galli, Christopher Stalzer or
Francesco Gabriele Frola,
Etienne Lavigne or Brendan Saye,
Patrick Lavoie or Nan Wang, Jack Bertinshaw,
Skylar Campbell or Joseph Steinauer
Soldiers
Kevin D. Bowles, James Applewhite,
Nan Wang
* Debut
All casting is subject to change.
Synopsis
Scene I: The love between José and his
village sweetheart, Michaela, has grown cold.
José finally summons up the courage to
leave, his determination strengthened by a
vision of the gypsy Carmen, all fire and sexual
enticement in comparison to the gentle
Michaela.
Scene 8: Garcia and his bandits enter as
Carmen and José, momentarily sated, circle
hand in hand, but she swiftly returns to her
wanton ways and flirts audaciously with the
bandits. Driven to distraction when Carmen
tauntingly kisses Garcia, José stabs Garcia
in the back.
Scene 2: Carmen dances seductively with
her official lover, the bandit chief Garcia, and
his men. José is smitten as he watches the
exotic Carmen with the cigarette girls who are
Carmen’s workday companions. Carmen
gets into a fight with another woman.
Scene 9: José is tormented by jealousy
and guilt.
Scene 3: Carmen and José are passionately
attracted to each other, but it is his duty to
arrest the gypsy.
Scene 4: José allows Carmen to escape;
their passion for each other heats up, but she
runs away.
Scene 5: Momentarily bereft, José despairs.
Meanwhile, Michaela seeks him out and tries
fruitlessly to woo him back to her. At the end,
Michaela leaves, dejected.
Scene 6: To the music of savage drums, the
habitués of Lilas Pastia’s seedy bar, led by
Carmen and Garcia, seek out casual partners
for the night. José, lurking outside, spots
Carmen and watches hungrily.
Scene 7: Left alone, Garcia and Carmen
share some tender erotic moments. When
Garcia leaves, José takes his place in Carmen’s
intimate embraces. They are alone together
for the first time.
Scene 10: A new figure appears: Escamillo.
But he is not simply a man, but rather a bull,
the personification of masculine power and
the object of Carmen’s desire. Wild and
dissolute, he overwhelms Carmen, who
abandons herself to him totally. The crowd
cheers and Escamillo is carried off triumphantly.
José, seeing all, is shattered.
Scene 11: Carmen and José confront each
other once more and are involved in mortal
combat. Carmen wants to leave José. Seeing
that he can never possess the independent
and highly sexual Carmen, José pulls his
dagger. Active to the end, Carmen impales
herself on it, preferring to die rather than lose
her freedom. Horrified, José sinks into
profound grief and despair.
– Davide Bombana
Running Time
Act I
Intermission
Act II
48 minutes
20 minutes
37 minutes
The performance will run approximately
1 hour and 45 minutes.
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A Note on Carmen
T
here have been many ballet versions
of the story of Carmen, but there has
never been one like this groundbreaking,
genre-bending re-conceptualization by the
provocative Italian choreographer Davide
Bombana. While maintaining an allegiance
to the basic narrative of the Bizet opera,
Bombana dispenses with the inessentials
and goes straight for the latent carnality and
primal passions at work at the heart of the
story. The work premiered in 2006 and now
Mr. Bombana has expanded his earlier version
into a full-length work, allowing for further
dramatic definition, greater theatrical scope
and a broader platform for his dance ideas.
The full-length version gives freer lay to the
story and the characters, while never
Heather Ogden and
Former Soloist Noah Long.
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sacrificing the unflinching carnality and
essentially tragic vision that pulsate at its
heart.
“I find Carmen’s plot fascinating and very
modern; everything is there: a sense of fate,
the violence that dominates human relationships, love which devours and destroys
everything and human isolation. It’s not a love
story. There’s not really a happy moment for
them, because neither of them will compromise.
Carmen is a force of nature, an independent
woman, faithful only to herself. José wants
to change her — and that leads to tragedy.
José is attracted to her sexuality but in the
end that terrifies him to the point of killing her.”
– Davide Bombana
Selected Biographies
Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D,
D. Litt., O.Ont.
Artistic Director
Long recognized as one of the
most gifted classical dancers
of her era, noted for her
compelling characterizations
and versatility as a performer,
Artistic Director Karen Kain
is one of Canada’s most
renowned and committed
advocates for the arts. Born
in Hamilton, Ontario, Ms. Kain
received her training at
Canada’s National Ballet
School in Toronto, joining
in 1969. She was quickly
promoted to Principal Dancer
with the company after her
sensational debut as the
Swan Queen in Swan Lake. In
1971, Ms. Kain was awarded
the Silver Medal in the
Women’s Category at the
prestigious International Ballet
Competition in Moscow
and, along with her frequent
partner at the time, Frank
Augustyn, received a special
prize for Best Pas de Deux.
Subsequently, she embarked
on a remarkable international
career during which she
performed many of ballet’s
greatest roles with such
companies as Paris Opéra
Ballet, Roland Petit’s Le Ballet
de Marseilles, the Bolshoi
Ballet, London Festival Ballet
and Vienna State Opera
Ballet. Throughout her career
she also developed a close
creative partnership with Rudolf
Nureyev and often performed
with him. A favourite of some
of the world’s most prominent
choreographers, she premiered
many new and important
works during her time as a
dancer. Ms. Kain retired from
dancing following a farewell
tour in 1997 and took up the
position of Artist-in-Residence
with the National Ballet, a role
that was later expanded to
that of Artistic Associate. In
2004, she restaged Rudolf
Nureyev’s landmark version
of The Sleeping Beauty for the
company and the following
year was named Artistic
Director. Ms. Kain has
received many Canadian and
international awards throughout her career, testifying to
her accomplishments both as
an artist and an advocate for
the arts. She is a Companion
of the Order of Canada, the
first Canadian recipient of the
Cartier Lifetime Achievement
Award and was named an
Officer of the Order of Arts
and Letters by the Government
of France. In 1997, Ms. Kain
was honoured with a Governor
General’s National Arts Centre
Award and received a Governor
General’s Award for Lifetime
Artistic Achievement in 2002.
From 2004 to 2008, she was
Chair of the Canada Council
for the Arts. In 2007, she was
presented with the Barbara
Hamilton Memorial Award
for demonstrating excellence
and professionalism in the
performing arts. In 2008, the
Karen Kain School for the
Arts officially opened, a tribute
to Ms. Kain’s ongoing
contributions to the cultural
life of her country, and in
2011, Ms. Kain was honoured
by the International Society for
the Performing Arts with the
Distinguished Artist Award.
Davide Bombana
Choreographer
Italian choreographer Davide
Bombana was born in Milan
where he studied at La Scala
Theatre Ballet School. He
joined the Teatro alla Scala
and was promoted to Principal
Dancer. Mr. Bombana pursued
his dance career further with
Pennsylvania Ballet, Scottish
Ballet, London Festival Ballet
and Bayerisches Staatsballett
in Munich, returning to
guest with Teatro alla Scala.
Mr. Bombana began
choreographing in 1991 with
the Bayerische Staatsballett in
Munich. In 1998, Mr. Bombana
was appointed Director of
Maggio Danza in Florence. He
choreographs internationally
for companies such as the
Paris Opéra Ballet, Vienna
State Ballet, Bayerisches
Staatsballett Munich, Aalto
Theatre Essen, Badisches
Staatsballet Karlsruhe, New
York Choreographic Institute,
Ballet de Capitole de Toulouse,
Ballet du Rhin, Grand Ballet
de Génève, Queensland
Ballet, Teatro Petruzzelli,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,
The Bolshoi Ballet Academy,
among others. Mr. Bombana’s
full-length ballets Luigi Nono
Project and Ein Traumspiel,
won the Bavarian Theatre
Award and the Prix Benois
de la Danse. Mr. Bombana
was also the winner of the
Italian award, Danza & Danza.
He received it in 2004 for best
Italian choreographer working
abroad and then in 2012 for
his full-length work Medea.
In 2012, Mr. Bombana
choreographed the ballet
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sections of the New Years
Concert in Vienna.
Georges Bizet
Composer
Georges Bizet was a French
composer of the Romantic
era. A child prodigy, Bizet
entered the prestigious Paris
Conservatory of Music at the
age of nine. In 1857, he
shared a prize offered by
Jacques Offenbach for a
setting of the one-act operetta
Le Docteur Miracle. Later
that year, he won the coveted
Prix de Rome. As per the
conditions of the scholarship,
he studied in Rome for three
years where his talent began
to mature with such works as
Symphony in C and the opera
Don Procopio. Bizet's bestknown work, Carmen, was
based on the 1846 novel of
the same name by Prosper
Mérimée. It was not an
immediate success and Bizet
became despondent over the
perceived failure but praise
came from such luminaries
as Camille Saint-Saëns, Pyotr
Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Claude
Debussy, who recognized its
greatness. Their views were
prophetic, as Carmen became
one of the most popular
works in operatic history.
Just a few months after the
opera’s debut, Bizet died at
the age of 36.
Walter Fähndrich
Composer
Walter Fähndrich was born in
1944. He studied music theory
and viola at Lucerne School
of Music from 1965-71. He
composes music for radio
plays, theatres and ballets.
Since 1980 he has he has
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worked on Music for Spaces,
musical projects and music
installations in selected interior
and exterior spaces. Since
1985 Mr. Fähndrich has been
a Professor of Improvisation
at The University of Music
in Basel. Mr. Fähndrich lives
in Brissago, Switzerland.
Alexander Knaifel
Composer
Alexander Knaifel was born in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1943
and grew up in St. Petersburg
where he has lived ever since.
A member of the Soviet
avant-garde in his early years
– alongside Schnittke,
Gubaidulina, Denisov, Pärt,
Kancheli, Silvestrov and others
– he was also influenced by
the Second Viennese School
and Shostakovich. In the
1970s his expressive and
partially experimental style
changed radically, introducing
a new sense of economical
reduction and concentration
on sound. In addition to his
more than 70 works in many
genres, he has written music
for more than 40 feature films
and documentaries.
Meredith Monk
Composer
Meredith Monk is a composer,
singer, director/choreographer
and a pioneer in what are
now called extended vocal
technique and interdisciplinary
performances. Since graduating
from Sarah Lawrence College
in 1964, she has received
numerous awards including
the prestigious MacArthur
Fellowship in 1995, two
Guggenheim Fellowships, a
Brandeis Creative Arts Award,
three Obie Awards, including
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an award for Sustained
Achievement, two Villager
Awards, two Bessie Awards
for Sustained Creative
Achievement, the 1986
National Music Theatre Award,
the 1992 Dance Magazine
Award and a 2005 ASCAP
Concert Music Award. In 2006,
she was inducted into the
American Academy of Arts
and Sciences and named a
United States Artists Fellow.
In 1978, she formed Meredith
Monk & Vocal Ensemble.
She has created more than
a dozen recordings and her
music has been performed by
numerous soloists and groups
including the San Francisco
Symphony Chorus, Musica
Sacra, Pacific Mozart
Ensemble, Double Edge, Björk
and Bang on a Can All-Stars,
among others. Ms. Monk’s
music has been heard in
numerous films, including La
Nouvelle Vague by Jean-Luc
Godard and The Big Lebowski
by Joel and Ethan Coen.
Rodion Shchedrin
Composer
Rodion Shchedrin was born
in 1932 into a musical family
in Moscow. His father was a
composer and a teacher of
music theory. Mr. Shchedrin
studied at the Moscow Choral
School and in 1955, he
graduated from the Moscow
Conservatory where he
studied composition and
piano. After the collapse
of the Soviet regime, Mr.
Shchedrin was able to
participate more fully in musical
life worldwide. He now divides
his time between Munich and
Moscow. A virtuoso pianist,
Mr. Shchedrin often performs
his own works, which include
five concertos for piano
and orchestra, sonatas and
24 preludes and fugues for
piano. For over a decade,
he has headed the Union of
Composers of the Russian
Federation, having succeeded
its founder Dmitri Shostakovich
at the request of Mr.
Shostakovich. In 1992, then
President Boris Yeltsin awarded
Mr. Shchedrin the Russian
State Prize for his work The
Sealed Angel. He has been
a member of the Berlin
Academy of Arts since 1989.
Tambours du Bronx
Composer
Tambours du Bronx is an
urban percussion group
based in Nievre, France.
Tambours du Bronx translates
to “Drums of the Bronx”,
named after a VarennesVauzelles district called
“The Bronx”, a working class
neighbourhood where the first
industrial 225-litre monostress
drums used by the group
came from. Their first
performance was in 1987
at the Nevers à Vif festival
in Nevers, France. Since its
inception, Tambours du
Bronx has played more than
1,000 concerts. The group
has toured internationally and
opened for musicians such
as Korn, Jimmy Page and
Robert Plant and has released
eight albums.
José Serebrier
Composer
José Serebrier was born in
Montevideo, Uruguay of Russian
and Polish parents. He is one
of today’s most frequentlyrecorded conductors and has
composed over 100 works
published by Peer Music,
Kalmus, Peters, Universal
Edition and Warner Music.
Mr. Serebrier's new Symphony
No. 3, released on CD and
DVD, received three Grammy
nominations, including Best
New Composition, and he
won a Latin Grammy for his
Bizet-Serebrier’s Carmen
Symphony. When Mr. Serebrier
was 17, Leopold Stokowski
premiered his First Symphony.
He was named Composer-inResidence of The Cleveland
Orchestra in 1958. While there,
he wrote a harp concerto,
Colores Magicos, which later
became Joffrey Ballet's major
success. Mr. Serebrier’s
many honours include a US
Department of State Fellowship
to study at the Curtis Institute
with Bohuslav Martinü and
Vittorio Giannini and with
Aaron Copland at Tanglewood
Music Center, the Koussevitzky
Foundation Award, BMI Award,
commissions from Harvard
Musical Association and a
National Endowment for the
Arts Award. Mr. Serebrier
received two consecutive
Guggenheim Fellowships,
becoming the youngest
person to obtain a Guggenheim
in any field. For more
information please visit
joseserebrier.com.
Dorin Gal
Décor, Costume and
Lighting Designer
Dorin Gal is a graduate of the
University of Art and Design
in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
He was a member of the
Bavarian State Opera for 10
years as a dancer and stage
and costume designer.
Mr. Gal has been a freelance
designer since 1992, working
with such companies as the
Vienna State Opera, Hungarian
State Opera, Deutsche Oper
am Rhein, Deutsche Oper
Berlin, Aalto Theater Essen,
Grand Théâtre de Genève,
Theatre du Capitole, Teatro
Comunale Firenze, Salzburger
Landestheater, Theatro
Massimo, German Opera
in Düsseldorf, State Theater
Wiesbaden and Opera
Strasbourg. Mr. Gal works
frequently with choreographer
Davide Bombana. Together,
they created Woyzzek and
The Luigi Nono Project as well
as Schönbergs Verklärte
Nacht in Munich. There, they
won the Bavarian Theater
Prize with their staging of
Strindbergs Traumspiel.
Together, they have created
ballets for Theatro Communale
Fierenze, Opera in Strasbourg,
Teatro Principale Zaragozza,
Couvillie Theater and
Prinzregenten Theater, Teatro
Petruzelli Bari, Grand Théâtre
de Genève and Vienna State
Opera.
David Briskin
Music Director and
Principal Conductor
One of the foremost ballet
conductors at work today,
David Briskin is renowned for
the scope of his repertoire
and the depth and beauty of
his interpretations. Whether in
the classical or contemporary
idiom, from works steeped
in tradition to cutting edge
modern compositions, Mr.
Briskin brings a sure hand
and a sensitive understanding
to the dramatic and
choreographic life of the music
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he conducts. Before joining
in 2006, Mr. Briskin served
as conductor with American
Ballet Theatre in New York
City for seven years, directing
performances at the
Metropolitan Opera House,
City Center and numerous
ballet and opera houses
around the world. In demand
as a guest conductor, Mr.
Briskin has worked most
recently with such companies
as New York City Ballet and
San Francisco Ballet. He
recently made his debut at
Covent Garden in London
conducting The Royal Ballet.
He has appeared with The
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago,
Houston Ballet, Les Grands
Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
and Alberta Ballet, among
others. For three seasons,
Mr. Briskin served as Music
Director of Pittsburgh Ballet
Theatre and was Conductor
for The Juilliard School’s
Dance Division from 1993
to 2005. In 2008, Mr. Briskin
was appointed Assistant
Professor and Director of
Orchestral Studies at the
University of Toronto Faculty
of Music. Mr. Briskin’s
versatility has also seen him
conduct symphony and opera
productions throughout the
Americas, Europe and Asia,
with such orchestras as the
Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore,
Indianapolis and Windsor
Symphony Orchestras, the
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
and the National Symphony
Orchestra of Costa Rica, and
with such opera companies
as Calgary Opera, Manitoba
Opera, Opera Carolina, Lake
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George Opera and Sarasota
Opera. In addition, he served
for six years as Music Director
of the Masterwork Chorus
and Orchestra in New York.
Mr. Briskin attended the
prestigious Indiana University
School of Music and received
a Bachelor of Music Degree
in orchestral conducting from
the University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of
Music and a Master’s Degree
from Queens College, City
University of New York.
Ernest Abugov
Stage Manager
Ernest (Ernie) Abugov has
served as Stage Manager of
since 1973, working with
every Artistic Director in the
company’s history from Celia
Franca to Karen Kain. He has
traveled with the company
all over the world touring to
Israel, Asia, Europe, Mexico
and throughout North America.
Mr. Abugov has worked with
many of the world’s most
renowned choreographers
who have created original
works for the National Ballet
including Alexei Ratmansky,
John Neumeier, William
Forsythe and Glen Tetley. Mr.
Abugov was born in Montréal,
Québec. Before beginning
his long association with the
National Ballet, he worked
with Les Feux Follets, The
Charlottetown Festival,
La Poudriere Theatre and The
Studio Lab Theatre. He worked
at Expo ’67 in Montréal, stage
managing over 4000 puppet
shows. Mr. Abugov also
toured with Harry Belafonte.
In what little spare time that
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he has, Mr. Abugov guestlectures to theatre students.
Jeff Morris
Stage Manager
Born in Toronto, Jeff Morris
studied technical theatre
production and administration
at Ryerson’s Theatre School.
After leaving Ryerson, he
became Production Stage
Manager for Toronto Dance
Theatre (1990 – 1995). With
Toronto Dance Theatre he
toured extensively, stage
managing the company’s
debuts in Berlin, Warsaw,
Beijing, Tokyo, and at the
Joyce Theater, New York.
He was Production Stage
Manager for Dancers For Life
(AIDS Committee of Toronto,
1991 – 1997), Stage Manager
for Theatre Passe-Muraille
(Never Swim Alone,
Metamorphosis of a Shadow)
and for the Fringe Festival of
Independent Dance Artists.
Mr. Morris joined The National
Ballet of Canada in 1995 and
has since stage-managed a
wide range of the company’s
unique classical and
contemporary repertoire,
including the world premieres
of James Kudelka’s The Four
Seasons, Cinderella, and An
Italian Straw Hat, Jean-Pierre
Perreault’s The Comforts
of Solitude, Crystal Pite’s
Emergence, and Alexei
Ratmansky’s Romeo and
Juliet. Company premieres
include John Neumeier’s
Nijinsky and Christopher
Wheeldon’s Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland.
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New!
Ballet Talks
Now in the theatre
Now one hour before the performance.
Lindsay Fischer hosts Ballet Talks
in the R. Fraser Elliot Auditorium.
Our hugely popular pre-performance Ballet Talks now take place in the
theatre to accommodate more people.
The Talks will take place in R. Fraser Elliot Hall in the Four Seasons Centre
ONE HOUR before every performance.
All ticket holders are welcome.
Enhance your experience and learn more about our productions from
National Ballet artists and ballet experts.
Seats for everyone!
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Reaching Audiences
and Inspiring Donors
O
ur June season in Toronto always
feels like the grand finale to a year
of beautiful, innovative performances; of
creative partnerships and friendships; and
of artistic growth. As I think of the incredible
season that will soon conclude, I also think
of the many audiences we have reached and
our ability to create for them unique and
memorable dance experiences.
The Canadian premiere of Nijinsky in March
showcased the incredible talents and
commitment of our artists, all of whom worked
tirelessly to realize John Neumeier’s gripping
choreographic vision for this ballet. Our
presentation this month of Davide Bombana’s
full-length production of Carmen offers
further evidence that our artistic leadership
remains fearless when it comes to presenting
cutting-edge ballet for audiences both on
tour and at home.
The National Ballet performed this year in
cities as far-flung as Los Angeles, Washington,
D.C., Ottawa, and London, England, attracting
new audiences and garnering rave reviews.
Also on tour were the Apprentices of YOU
dance, who recently travelled to Thunder
Bay, Port Hope and North Bay to offer ballet
workshops and performances in communities
underserved by professional dance.
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We are so fortunate to perform for audiences
who not only applaud our efforts in the theatre,
but who also take time to donate to our
organization throughout the year. Your gifts
are vital to the ongoing success of this
company. The passionate commitment
of our audiences and donors is behind our
every achievement – it inspires us and it
creates new possibilities for developing the
art of ballet.
To our donor family, I extend my sincere
gratitude for an extraordinary year. Thank
you for embracing your passion so avidly.
— Diana Reitberger, CFRE
Director of Development
The National Ballet of Canada in London.
Photo by Julia Drake.
Celebrate an
Extraordinary
Year
It is thanks to the generosity of our
community of donors, sponsors and
volunteers that we have been able to
engage audiences both at home and
abroad with such great success.
Top left photo: Elena Lobsanova
and Dylan Tedaldi in
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic.
Elena Lobsanova is sponsored
through Dancers First
by Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan.
Top right photo: Heather Ogden
and Guillaume Côté in Nijinsky.
Photo by Erik Tomasson.
Guillaume Côté is sponsored
through Dancers First
by Emmanuelle Gattuso & Allan Slaight.
Heather Ogden is sponsored through
Dancers First by Ira Gluskin
& Maxine Granovsky Gluskin.
To celebrate these remarkable achievements,
please consider making a special donation
before our 2012/13 Season concludes at
the end of June.
national.ballet.ca
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The National Ballet of Canada:
On Tour
I
n July The National Ballet of Canada will travel to Saratoga Springs, New York, with three
productions that demonstrate the breadth of our repertoire and the versatility of our
artists: Giselle, The Four Seasons and Emergence. This tour builds on an incredible year
of international travel for the National Ballet – a triumphant return to the world stage with
performances in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Ottawa and London, England.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Music Center,
Los Angeles, California
October 19 – 21, 2012
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Washington, D.C.
January 18 – 27, 2013
completely imaginative
“ …fun,
and filled with unexpected
moments of awe… This ballet is
unlike any ballet production I’ve
ever been to. Combining
elements of dance, multimedia,
and beautiful music by
Joby Talbot, the cast of NBC
take the audience into a truly
fantastical world….
”
– Experience LA Blog, October 21, 2012
For sheer entertainment, nothing tops the Canadians’ take on the familiar
“Lewis
Carroll tale.
”
– DC Metro Theater Arts.com, 2013
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is performed with the right balance of
“technical
brilliance, comedy, acting and élan by Canada’s premiere ballet
company, an impressively disciplined ensemble that I wish would visit these
parts more often.
”
– The Orange County Register, October 20, 2012
Xiao Nan Yu with Artists of the Ballet
in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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“
Alexei Ratmansky’s production of the three-act Prokofiev ballet
Romeo and Juliet is engaging for both its individual and ensemble
choreography, lively in its storytelling and visually attractive, with
discreetly traditional Renaissance settings. Of the six versions
I have seen by choreographers alive today, this is much the best.
”
– The New York Times, April 23, 2013
Heather Ogden with Artists of the Ballet in Romeo and Juliet.
Photo by Johann Persson.
Romeo and Juliet
National Arts Centre,
Ottawa, Ontario
January 31 – February 2, 2013
Sadler’s Wells Theatre,
London, England
April 17 – 21, 2013
“
Ratmansky’s version is rich in dramatic
and choreographic insights.
– The Guardian, April 18, 2013
”
“
The National Ballet of Canada move with
bright footwork and easy upper bodies: this
is a lively, confident company.
– The Independent, April 19, 2013
”
“
Ratmansky’s silky, swirling choreography
– routinely classical with a modern flair – is
well-suited to the elegant nobility of these
Canadian dancers and they gave their all at
this historically-important return to London.
– London Dance.com, 2013
”
The National Ballet of Canada thanks Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan for their generous
support of the Los Angeles performances of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
London Tour Co-Sponsors
Official
Airline
Touring
Grant
Ottawa Tour
Transportation
Sponsor
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Leadership Giving
The National Ballet of Canada is extremely grateful to the following donors for their generous
gifts that provide leadership and capital funding to support the company’s priorities.
(May 1, 2012 – April 30, 2013)
Production Builders
The following individuals and foundations have made extraordinary contributions towards our
new production initiatives and the refurbishment of our signature repertoire during the 2012/13
season and beyond:
Walter Carsen, O.C.
Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan
Gail Hutchison
Richard M. Ivey, C.C.
Mona & Harvey Levenstein
The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation
Sandra & Jim Pitblado
The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet
of Canada
One Anonymous Donor
Dancers First Sponsorship Programme
Dancers First is dedicated to the health and wellness of the National Ballet’s greatest asset –
its exceptionally talented dancers.
Emmanuelle Gattuso & Allan Slaight
Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté
Diana St. B. Weatherall
Second Soloist Chelsy Meiss
Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
Principal Dancer Heather Ogden
Anonymous
Second Soloist Jenna Savella
Mr. Thor Eaton & The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator
First Soloist Robert Stephen
Catherine & Ian Delaney
Corps de Ballet member Shino Mori
First Soloist Elena Lobsanova
Renata M. Humphries
Corps de Ballet member Nadine Drouin
The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, O.C.
First Soloist Tina Pereira
Lynda & Jonas Prince
Corps de Ballet member Sarah Elena Wolff
Nancy Pencer
First Soloist Tanya Howard
Robin & Ross Robinson
Corps de Ballet member Brendan Saye
Gretchen Ross
First Soloist Naoya Ebe
Lucy White*
Corps de Ballet member Krista Dowson
Patricia Younger
First Soloist Keiichi Hirano
Rolex Canada Ltd.
Rolex Dancers First Award
Gretchen Ross Production Centre
With a dedicated facility where all productions are built, maintained and stored, the
National Ballet is able to enhance its commitment to production excellence.
David W. Binet
Robert Cudney
Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund
Joan & Jerry Lozinski
Gretchen Ross
Orchestra
The National Ballet is the only company in Canada to maintain its own orchestra and remains
committed to live music which is essential for the richness and immediacy of each performance.
Nani & Austin Beutel
Mary & Graham Hallward
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One Anonymous Donor
John Neumeier,
Karen Kain,
Jim Pitblado and
Vanessa Morgan
following the
premiere of Nijinsky.
Photo by Gary Beechey.
The Producers’ Circle
The members of The Producers’ Circle, who have a passion for creativity and innovation,
collaborate to enable the development of new repertoire.
John & Claudine Bailey
David Binet
Susanne Boyce & Dr. Brendan Mullen
Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance
Kevin & Roger Garland
Rosamond Ivey
Hal Jackman Foundation
Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C.
Julie Medland
Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M.
Sandra L. Simpson
Noreen Taylor & David Staines, O.C.
The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation
The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation investments provide a stable source
of income and long-term security to support the company’s artists and activities.
Tony & Anne Arrell
Walter Carsen, O.C.
Ms. Laura Dinner & Mr. Richard Rooney
Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
Gail Hutchison
Adelle and Paul Deacon Nanton Fund
at the Toronto Community Foundation
Ada Slaight
James M. Tory, Q.C.
Vivien M. Wu
YOU dance
YOU dance provides free workshops and performances to introduce young students to ballet
and to encourage imagination, movement and an appreciation for the arts.
BLG Foundation
The Woodbridge Company Limited
One Anonymous Donor
Special Gifts
The Tenth International Competition for
The Erik Bruhn Prize
Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen
The Helen G. Balfour InMagic Database
Judi & Lionel Conacher
Studio Audio Visual Equipment
Los Angeles Tour Support
The Frank Gerstein Charitable Foundation
Guest Coach and Guest Artist Support
Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C.
Choreographic Lab
Mr. George R. Sutherland
London Tour Support
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Prima Circle
P
rima Circle acknowledges the extraordinary generosity of those donors whose cumulative
giving to The National Ballet of Canada and The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment
Foundation has reached $1 million or more.
John & Margaret Bahen
Torunn & David Banks
Mona Campbell, O.C.
Walter Carsen, O.C.
Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, O.C.
Kevin & Roger Garland
Gail Hutchison
Sarah & David Macdonald
Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M.
The Volunteer Committee,
One Anonymous Donor
BMO Financial Group
CIBC
RBC Foundation
TD Bank Financial Group
Our Community of Support
T
he National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the following donors and sponsors
for their generosity and commitment to sustain the excellence, energy and innovation
of great dance. (May 1, 2012 – April 30, 2013)
Director’s Circle
($25,000 and above)
Tony & Anne Arrell
David W. Binet
Ms. Susanne Boyce &
Dr. Brendan Mullen
Walter Carsen, O.C.tt
Judi & Lionel Conachertt
Jeanie A. Davistt
Catherine & Ian Delaney
Ms. Laura Dinner &
Mr. Richard Rooney
Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance
Mr. Thor Eaton & The Honourable
Nicole Eaton, Senator
Kevin Garland* & Roger Garlandt
Ms. Emmanuelle Gattuso &
Mr. Allan Slaight
Ira Gluskin &
Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
Mary & Graham Hallward
William & Nona Heasliptt
Mrs. Renata M. Humphries
Gail Hutchison
Richard M. Ivey, C.C.
Anna McCowan-Johnson &
Donald K. Johnson, O.C.
Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C.
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Judith & Robert Lawriet
Joan & Jerry Lozinskitt
Mr. & Mrs. Wilmot L Matthews
The Honourable Margaret Norrie
McCain, O.C.t
Ned & Georgina McLennantt
Julie & Ted Medlandtt
Nancy Pencer
Sandra Pitblado &
Jim Pitblado, C.M.tt
Mrs. Lynda Prince
Robin & Ross Robinsontt
Gretchen Ross &
Donald Ross, O.C.tt
Sandra L. Simpson
Ada Slaight
Mr. George R. Sutherland
Heather Thomson &
Dick Thomson, O.C.t
Mr. James M. Tory, Q.C.
Diana St. B. Weatherall
Lucy White
Four Anonymous Donors
For more information, please
contact Kate Halpenny at
[email protected] or
416 345 9686 x378.
national.ballet.ca
Patrons’ Council
Artistic Circle
($15,000 - $24,999)
Nani & Austin Beutel
Mr. Richard J. Currie, O.C. &
Mrs. Elizabeth Currie
Adelle and Paul Deacon Nanton
Fund at the Toronto Community
Foundation
George A. Fierheller
Lynda Hamiltont
Richard & Martha Hogarth
The Henry White Kinnear
Foundation
Ms. Donna Meyers
Ms. Vanessa L. Morgan &
Mr. Steven Wolf
Victor & Bernice Royce
Mr. and Mrs. David Scott
Mrs. Barbara Somers &
Ms. Angela Stirpe
Ms. Beth Wilson
Mrs. David Young
Partner
($10,000 - $14,999)
Gregory & Irene Aziz
Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns
Dr. Ann E. Camps
Carolyn Sifton Foundation Inc.
Donor Profile:
Georgina McLennan
When did your appreciation for ballet begin?
I was 11 years old and living in London,
Ontario when The National Ballet of Canada
arrived with a new production of Swan Lake.
I was a competitive swimmer, but I hadn’t had
any real exposure to ballet. I fell in love with
the art form immediately. From then on, I went
to the ballet whenever I could with my sisters
and later with my husband. I took him to see
his first performance when we met as
undergraduates at university and he loved it
also. He passed the test!
Georgina and Ned McLennan with Principal
Dancer Jiří Jelinek. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
And you have stayed close to the National Ballet ever since?
I have attended National Ballet performances regularly since the late 1960s and we became donors
in the 1970s. I remember receiving a Celia Franca Medal after we gave our first donation all those
years ago. I always took my own children to the ballet when they were young and now I have the
pleasure of taking my grandchildren as well. We feel they benefit greatly from seeing such a wealth
of Canadian talent and they just love the performances. My children are always quick to use our
tickets when we’re away.
What do you feel are the benefits of being a donor?
This is our way of standing behind a wonderful company that, in our opinion, is just as strong and
dynamic as any ballet company in the world today. We are so in awe of the dancers and we see
the amount of work they put into their art every day. Our donations speak to our admiration for what
the entire company has achieved and our hope that they continue to excel in years to come.
What was it like to travel with the company to London, England recently?
It was absolutely thrilling to join the company for such an important tour and to watch our dancers
perform on the international stage. The performances were brilliant; everyone gave their best.
The audience responded so positively and with plenty of praise. I heard only good things from the
people we met there, many of whom had come to the theatre on the recommendation of friends
and family who had been impressed with the production on opening night.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Creed
Sherry Taylor Drew
Averil Farlow and Blain Caverly
Mr. & Mrs. G.R. Heffernantt
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Herridge
Ms. Judy Korthals & Mr. Peter Irwint
Anne & David LeGresley
Peter & Melanie Munk
Aaron & Heather Regent
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Royer and Family
Tony Scott-Fishertt
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan
Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden
Judith R. Wilder
Benefactor
($5,000 - $9,999)
Elaine J. Adairt
Mr. Barry Allan
Ms. Jackie Appel
Alison Arbuckle Fishertt
Karen & Bill Barnett
Justin Barr
Robert Brews & Kenneth Brown
Ms. Susan Caskey &
Mr. John Francis
Judith & Marshall Cohentt
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Corrigan
Cathryn E. Cranston & John Coke
Mr. Raghunath Davloor
George & Kathy Dembroski
M.G. Eaton & David S. Kertlandt
Anna-Liisa & Graham Farquharson
Margaret & David Fountain
Maxine Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. John Grant
Ms. Lorna Harris
Hon. & Mrs. Paul T. Hellyertt
Ms. Rosamond Ivey
Joan F. Ivorytt
James & Diane King
Margaret Kawajatt
Ms. Krista Kerr
Dr. Gurney M. Kranz
Arthur Labatt, O.C. & Sonia Labatt
Paul A. Lee, Q.C. & Jill Maynard
Mr. & Mrs. A. Maggiacomott
Jim & Sylvia McGovernt
Vincent Mercier & Kirsten Halpin
Ms. Linda O'Leary
Ms. Marianne Oundjian
Mr. Don Quach
Barrie D. Rose and Family
Mr. Geoffrey Wayne Squibbtt
Dennis & Denny Starrittt
Lenore Walterstt
Mr. John H. Williams
Three Anonymous Donors
Major Patron
($3,000 - $4,999)
Ms. Yeti Agnew &
Mr. Christopher Birt
Ms. Jane Allen
Mark & Gail Appel
Approach Communications Ltd.
Ms. Yveline Audemars &
Mr. Humberto Rivero
James Austin & Hans Eppenberger
Hugh & Colleen Balders
Mona Bandeen, C.M.tt
Florence Sharpe Barwellt
Professor Marion G. Bassett
Dr. Thomas H. Beechyt
Mrs. Fiona Berry
Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowentt
Mr. David Broadhurst
Derek & Margaret Browntt
Sheila Brown & Doug Guzman
Ms. Martha Burns
Colleen Carmichael
Margaret & John Casey
Dr. John H.C. Chiu, in memory of
Yvonne Chiu, C.M.t
Mary & John Crocker
Missy & Allan Crosbiet
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Davist
Julie Di Lorenzo
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Mr. Allan Dines
Maureen & James Dunn
Judy Dunn
Mr. Joseph Fantl &
Ms. Moira Bartram
The Fell Family
Mrs. and Mr. Isabel Fox
Ken & Linda Foxcroft
Carol Gray
Mrs. Lorna Greenbaum
Ralph & Roz Halbertt
Pat & Bill Harristt
Ann Hogarthtt
Christopher E. Horne, Esq.
Mr. C.R. Hunter
Mr. Frank & Dr. Margaret Ionsont
Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt.,
O.Ont. & Ross Pettyt
Norman Jewison, C.C.
Patrick & Barbara Keenantt
Murray Koffler, O.C., O.Ont. &
Marvelle Kofflertt
Mr. Jim Lawrence &
Mr. David J. Salak
Joy Levinet
Mr. Anthony Lisanti
Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit
Ms. Diana Massiah
Sue & Biff Matthewst
Mrs. Barbara E. McDonaldt
Patti McFarlane
Joan McGill
Mr. Ryan McNally
Clive & Fran Mintot
Anne and Charles Morison
Dr. Beverly Morningstar &
Mr. Richard Rogers
Mr. Hugh Morris
Mr. Noel Mowat
Mr. and Mrs. Benoit Mulsant
L.J. Nagel and Stan Solomon
Dr. Bo Y. Ngan
Michael & Nina Overburytt
Mr. Douglas L. Parker
Frances & Tim Price
Mrs. Rosemary Rathgeb
Mrs. Shirley Reid
William & Lesley Rogant
Mr. Gary Rogers
Judith & Jack Rose
Maxwell L. Rotstein &
Nancy-Gay Rotsteint
Robert Rubinoff
Mr. David Saffer
Esther Sarick
Paul J. Savardt
Mr. Lawrence Schafer
Barbara and William Shaw
Dr. Hugh Siddall
Malcolm & Katrine Siverns
Stephen & Jane Smith
Ken Snider & Dr. Deborah Leibow
Ms. Karen Sparks
Mrs. Doreen L. Stantont
Ms. Stephanie Stavro
Joel Stevens
Brenda Stinson & Carlo De Angelis
Dr. Robert Summers-Gillt
Mr. and Mrs. Mark & Kim Surchin
Michele Leighton Symons
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John Theott
Gillian Thomas &
Michael Easterbrook
Dr. Shantelle Veld
Mr. Brian B. Wilks
Mrs. Timothy Wright
Ms. Vivien M. Wu
One Anonymous Donor
Patron
($2,000 - $2,999)
William Alguire & Linda Maybarduk
Mr. & Mrs. Clive V. Allen
Jordan Applebaum &
Andrea Burridge
Dr. Talitha Arndt & Mr. Ed Esposto
Lynly & Trevor Bailiet
Richard & Georgina Baird
Ms. Katherine Barbert
Winifred Barclayt
Ms. Lindy Barrow
Gillian & Ken Bartletttt
Peter Beck & Sondra Platt
Dr. Ewa Bernadska and
Dr. Neil Gordon
Mrs. Lori Bianchini
Mr. John R. Birketttt
Ms. Josée Bouchard &
Mr. Paul Belanger
Ms. Ann Bowman
Anna Maria & Bill Braithwaite
Julia & David Briskin*
Margaret Brockt
Ms. Reny Burrows
Jane Campbell & John McLeish
Della H. Campbelltt
Ms. Denise Cargill
Ms. Gwen Chamberlain &
Mr. Chris Huband
Diana Chant & Bill Mitchelltt
Dr. & Mrs. Albert Cheskes
Peng Chiangt
Philip & Jennifer Chown
Ms. Linda Chu & Mr. John Donald
John Church
Ms. Vivian Ciaschini
Mr. Philip A. Clappisont
Helene Clarkson
Mr. Hugh M. Clarkson
Mrs. Earlaine Collins
David & Marilyn Conklin
Pauline Couture & Ian Morrison
Ms. Marilyn Crowley
Dr. Gaylord Curry, in memoriam
Carole Curtist
Jane Darville & Dr. Skip Bassford
Professor K.G. Davey
Mr. J.J. Dayot and
Mr. Rick Schiralli
Mary-Kathleen Delicaet &
John Young
Amanda Demers & Brian Collins
Mr. David Denison &
Ms. Maureen Flanagan
Ms. Trina DeSa
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Diamond
Mr. David S Dick
Wilf & Brenda Dinnickt
Richard & Lois Doddstt
Robert & Marnie Donaldson
national.ballet.ca
Mrs. Susan Dore
Ms. Lee Anne Downey
Mr. Alexander Duhaney
Ms. Melanie Edwards &
Mr. John Brown
Ms. Bronwen Evans
Ms. Sharon J. Evans
Joan Faranot
Catherine Fauquier
Ms. Cecil Fennell
Rupert Field-Marsham &
Lindsay Dale-Harris
Ms. and Mr. Frances Filegan
Len Finch
Mr. & Mrs. John Flemert
Robert & Julia Foster
Mr. Lorne Fox and Mr. Ken Marple
B. Gaetz & L. Caswell
Dr. George & Mrs. Olga Gale
André J. Galipeault, C.M. &
Suzanne Galipeaulttt
H. Gan
Mr. Peter Garstang
Susan Garvie & Douglas Robinson
Bronwen Gates
Judith Gelber
Mark & Louise Golding
Judy & David Goodings
Mr. Donald D. Grantt
Sara Griffiths
Dr. and Mrs. Voldemars Gulens
Ms. Taanta Gupta
Alayne & Malcolm Hamiltontt
Ms. Naomi Harris
Ms. Patricia Harris
Linda Haynes & Martin Connell
Ronald M. Haynes
Avril Higgins & Robert Paget
Mr. & Mrs. David Hodgkinson
Mr. Fred Hurlbut
Jarvis & Associates
Jaye Jenkins
Ms. Gail Julie
Mrs. Lorraine Kaake
Mr. Saleem Kassum
Ms. Mona Kelley
Ms. Margaret King
Michael Koerner, C.M. &
Sonja Koernert
Dr. R. Kong
Ms. Catherine Lace
Mr. John Lashway
Ms. Ann Lawson
Mr. John B. Lawson, Q.C.
Dr. Calvin Lei & Mark Oliver
Mrs. Lwigh-Ann Layno*
Mr. Andrew Lengyelt
Mr. Michael A. LoPresti
Lauren & Sophie MacLennan
Ms. Judy Manji
Dr. Jill Matus
Ms. Liza Mauer &
Mr. Andrew Sheiner
Janice May
Ms. Eleanor McCaint
Ken McCarter & Dianna Symonds
Ms. I. McDorman
Mrs. June McLean
Hélène & Ray McLenaghan
Ms. Margaret C. McNee
YOU dance
On Tour
YOU dance on tour.
Staff photo.
were just 18 of us on the tour and it felt like a great team working together
“to There
share ballet. We really appreciated being so close to the audience and to get
their immediate responses. We heard that the children were inspired to dance and
to explore the arts. Overall we felt privileged to be able to inspire people with what
we can do as dancers.
”
– Miyoko Koyasu, YOU dance Apprentice
“
Touring to these smaller centres felt similar to growing up as I did in Iowa where
there wasn’t a lot of opportunity to be exposed to the arts. It was exciting for us
to bring ballet to the children and students and for us to see how open they were
to their experiences and how honest they were in their enthusiastic responses.
– Trygve Cumpston, YOU dance Apprentice
T
”
he Apprentices in The National Ballet of Canada’s RBC Apprentice Programme set-off
this spring on a three city tour to Thunder Bay, Port Hope and North Bay with a series
of interactive performances and movement workshops designed for elementary school
students. The YOU dance tour, under the leadership of Artistic Director Lindsay Fischer, also
included community performances and ballet master classes.
Performing outside the Greater Toronto Area in fruitful collaborations with regional schools
and arts organizations made it possible to share the joy and power of live ballet with new
young audiences.
To support YOU dance, contact Joanna Ivey at
[email protected] or 416 345 9686 x347.
The RBC Apprentice Programme is sponsored by The RBC Foundation.
YOU dance is supported by The Ontario Trillium Foundation, Hal Jackman Foundation,
The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, O.C., The Woodbridge Company Limited,
BLG Foundation and one anonymous donor.
Mr. Timothy McNicholas
Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee
Mr. Shawn McReynolds
Susan Meltont
Michelle Risi Dance Angel
Scholarship Fund at the Toronto
Community Foundation
Marcy Mihalcheon & Alan Frew &
Evan Frew
Mr. Myles Mindhamt
Laurie Nemetz*t
Ms. Eileen Newell
John & Pamela Newall
Ms. Margaret Nicholson
Benson Orenstein
Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pankratz
Mrs. Rene Pantalone
Graham & Janet Parkinson
Dr. Michael Partridge &
Dr. Sudha Rajagopal
Mr. D. Ross Peebles &
Ms. Judith Cole
Mrs. Wanda Plachta
Raymond Pladsen
Mrs. Claudine Pope
Mr. Benjamin Prinsen
Mr. Robert Raizenne
Dr. Linda Rabeneck &
Dr. CJ Campbell
Carol & Morton Rapp
Dr. & Mrs. G.R. Rastegar
Dr. Penelope Reed Doob
Juta Reed
Ms. Barbara Reid
Diana Reitberger*
Lisa Richter Davey &
Michael Davey
Ms. Stephanie Roberts &
Mr. Kevin Hamilton
Mr. Justice Sydney Robins &
Mrs. Robins
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Robitaille
Mr. Peter Ronn
Ms. Elaine Roper
Andrea Rosen &
Stephen MacDonaldt
Mr. & Mrs. Rainer and
Sharyn Rothfuss
The Roux Family
Mr. Gerard Roxburgh*
Ms. Kerry Rubie
Mr. Geoffrey Rytell
Vithia Saing & Anthony Meehan
Mr. Go Sato
Hon. William &
Mrs. Meredith Saunderson
Robert and Judith Saye
Clayton & Ian Scott
Dr. Hugh Scully &
Vanessa Harwood, O.C.t
Ms. Colleen Sexsmith
Barbara & Wiliam Shaw
Mrs. Joan D. Shaw
C. Anderson Silbertt
Maggie Morris Smolenskyt
Mrs. Joan Sohntt
Marion Soloway
Dr. Myra Sourkes
Ms. Anna Stahmer-Jarmain &
Mr. W. Edwin Jarmain
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Gaye & Andy Steint
Mrs. Judith Stephanson
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Stern
Mr. George Stratis
Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Kim Surchin
Karyn Tessmer & Dr. George Konn
Cynthia & Craig Thorburn
Maureen & Philip Tingleyt
Ann-Marie Toccacelli
Mrs. Elizabeth Tory
Mr. Alex Tosheff
Jasmin A. Tucker
Dr. R.B. Van Winckle
Ann Vanderheyden
Mr. Jeffrey Verman and
Mrs. Sandra Vettese
Judy & Graham Weekst
Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Whelertt
Dr. Margaret White & Patrick Foody
Ms. Barbara Williams
Gregory Williams &
Warren Sorensent
Nan & Jack Wiseman
Ms. Chung Yue
Maria T. Zakos
Ms. Denise Zarn &
Mr. James Shenkman
Christine Zeuner
Mrs. Maria-Luisa Zoppas
Veronica Zufeltt
Eight Anonymous Donors
For more information about the
Patrons’ Council, please contact
Lennox Toppin at
416 345 9686 x331.
Friends’ Corps
Grand Jeté
($1,250 - $1,999)
Joan H. Addison
Kathleen & Gordon Agar
Tim Badgley
Cathy & Rachel Barber
Ms. Rachel Berchtold
Betrose Management Limited
Ms. Diane Blake
Ms. Susan Burns
Leslie Buskard
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Buttle
Ms. M.C. Clancy
Ms. Catherine Cornutt
Dr. Aida & Daniel Crosthwaite
Ms. Anita Day
Mr. Elvio De Menoghi
Ms. Yvette & Mr. Mike DeBiasi
Jason Dehni
Mr. James L. Donald
Mrs. M. J. Dundas &
Mr. John Petrosoniak
Ms. Nora Fischer
Mr. John Galloway
Aviva and Andrew Goldenberg
Mr. T. Bradley Green
Dan Hagler and Family
Katherine Halpenny* & Sean Smith
Mrs. Janet Haney Redhead
national.ballet.ca
Mr. Jason Heayn
Mr. Peter Heisey
David B. Hughes
Dr. Steven Huntley
Mrs. Elspeth Johnson
Ms. Susan Keen
Ms. Linda Kurdydyk
Janet Lamb
Mr. Richard LaPrairie
Shelby and Patrick Leeder
Estate of J. Douglas McCollough
Paul & Sandra McCrossan
Anne S. McLeod
Mr. and Mrs. J Rosenthal
Dr. Joanne Rovet & Ernest Rovet
Mari & Jim Rutka
Dr. & Mrs. William Santo
Mrs. Mary E Sarjeant
Mrs. Stanislawa Skrok
Ms. Ibolya Smith
Mr. Timothy Spain
Muriel Tait
Bonita & Walter Thornton
L Col. Robert I. Weinert
Durhane Wong-Rieger
Kevin Coombs &
Teri Worthington Coombs
Carole & Bernie Zucker
Three Anonymous Donors
Arabesque
($850 - $1,249)
Mrs. June Abel
Miss Margaret Agar
Ms. Isobel M. Allen
Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong
Ms. Karen & Ms. Donna Atkin
Mr. Justin Barr
Ms. Janet Bulger
Miss Linda Campbell
The Chepesiuk Family
Harold Chmara & Danny Hoy
Drs. A. & M. Cividino
Ms. Hilda Clark
Mrs. Louise Cornblum
Ms. Anne Davidson
Elaine & Michael Davies
Mr. & Mrs. W.M. Dobell
Ms. E.L. Ellins
Mr. Larry Enkin
D.J. Fraser
Ms. Tamara Glied
Ms. Susan Greenbloom
Frances Greenwood
Ms. Louise Grummitt
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Hatch
Mr. Lewis Hertzman
Alanna and Wade Jack
Ms. Pennie R. Jevnikar
Joyce King
Carol Kleinfeldt &
Roman Mychajlowycz
Mr. Carl Knipfel
Katerina Kuprijanov
Megan & Rachel Levy McLaughlin
Dr. Vance Logan
Faye & Dan Manor
Miss Laurie Markus
Patricia L. Martin
The McMullens
The Patrons’ Council
Celebrates 30 Years
A Message from Krista Kerr,
Chair, Patrons’ Council Committee
F
or 30 years The Patrons’ Council has offered the benefits of
community to those who love great dance and understand the
value and joy of supporting Canada’s largest performing arts
organization. As members we enjoy opportunities to celebrate the
National Ballet, to learn more about the artists and productions, and
to participate in social events.
The willingness of patrons to offer their encouragement, friendship
and enthusiasm is boundless. The donations of Patrons’ Council
members are offered as gifts that reflect our passion for watching
the National Ballet perform. Above all, I believe our legacy is defined
by a generosity of spirit.
Krista Kerr.
Photo by Gary Beechey.
I am incredibly proud to be a Patron of The National Ballet of Canada
and to serve our membership at this incredible time in the
company’s history. Thank you to all our donors and friends for
helping us reach this milestone – 30 wonderful years of philanthropy!
For more information about the Patrons’ Council, please contact
Lennox Toppin at 416 345 9686 x331 or [email protected]
Ms. Shanna Mittleman
Ms. Delia M Moog
Terry and Dom Morris
Miss Eden Oeltjen
Shirley Page
Martti Palaheimo
Miss Joan C. Pape
Mr. & Mrs. J.D. & Margaret Pattison
David Peachy & Georgia Henderson
Mr. Alan Pearson
Renee & David Perlmutter
The Perston Family
Miss M.J. Phillips
Mr. H R Martin Phills
Mr. Brayton Polka
Mr. Francis Pope
Powis Family Foundation
Mrs. Dorothy Purchase
Elinor Gill Ratcliffe, C.M., O.N.L.,
LLD (hc)
Dr. Evan Roberts
Ms. Barbara Robertson
Ms. Jennifer Rook
Mr. and Mrs. William Ross
Ms. Jean P. Roxbrough
Sandra Rye
Ms. Sharon Sandall
Harold Sclodnick
Lilia M. Sham
Ms. Solway and Mr. Moore
Ms. Wendy Trainor
Barbara & Marlowe Tucker
Mr. & Mrs. Tobias van Dalen
Lyn M. Westwood
Mr. J.H. Whiteside
Ms. Michele Wiederkehr
Karen Wierucki
Miss E. Joan Williams
Shelagh & David Wilson
Mr. Luke Windisch
World41.com
Mr. Mitchell Wywiorski
Six Anonymous Donors
Brisé
($500 – $849)
Ms. Phyllis Agg
Ms. Mary Ann Alexander
Vanessa Alexander
Dr. Vina Alexopoulou
Mr. Anthony Ali
Ali-Brewer Family
Mr. Perry Anglin
Mr. Frederick Appleton
Dr. Diane Archer
Mr. and Mrs. Brock Armstrong
Mr. Robert Ayling and
Dr. Philip John
Mark Snader
Mrs. Margot A. Baker
Ms. Judith Baldwin
Mr. & Mrs. John Balmer
Ms. Laura Barclay
Mrs. Ursula Bargenda
Mr. Michael Barkley
Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley
Ms. Deborah Barrett
Ms. Helen Barron
John & Leanna Bayliss
Christopher & Christina Begy
N. Beilstein & A. Lee
Diane Birch
Mr. Nicholas Birch
Mr. Kim Birchard and
Mrs. Carol Dorman
Ms. Helena Birt
Ms. Katherine Bischoping
Melynda M Bitzos &
Paul Mesbouris
Ms. Sandra Black
Drs. Blackstock & Valntine
H.J. & Tina Blake
Mrs. A. Blom
Mrs. Susan Borden
Mr. Craig Bradshaw
Ms. S. Braithwaite
The Branitsky Family
Christopher Bredt &
Jamie Cameron
Helen Brenner
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Mrs. Joan Breukelman
Teresa and Gordon Briggs
Dr. Ian and Mrs. Brindle
Dr. Sylvia & Mr. Klaus Brose
Mr. Charles Brown
Ms. Shirley Brown
Mr. Fernand Brunet and
Ms. Janet Rideout
Irene & Klaus Buechner
Dr. Barbara Caffery
Mr. R.E. Campbell &
Mrs. Patricia Campbell
Mrs. Anita Captain
Mr. & Mrs. Robert &
Eleanor Carpen
Mr. Jack A. Carr
Mr. Jack A. Carr
Dr. Nicholas Cartel & Ms. Singa Bui
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest & Marie Carter
Ms. Hsing-Yi Chang
Ms. Linda Charbonneau
David & Sandra Clattenburg
Zane and Joan Cohen
Claire Coire
Dr. Paul & Marion Compar
Mrs. Sydne Conover-Taggart
Ms. Jill Cooter
Ted & Carole Cordner
Joanne Coutts
Mr. Denton Creighton
Robert Crouch
Mr. David M. Cullen
Thérèse Culnan
Mr. & Ms. David Currie
Ms. Fern Daiter
Maija Dale
G.C. Darling
Mrs. E. Davidson
Mr. Stuart Davidson
Ms. Linda G. Day
Mr. Sergei Dmitrevsky
Mr. Colin R.C. Dobell
Rob Dolan
Lilliana Dominguez and Family
Mr. Steven D. Donohoe
Ms. Marion Duncan
Mrs. Anne Dupre
Mrs. Judith Edmondson
Ms. Leilah Edroos
Mrs. Joyce Edwards
Ms. Karen Ellis
Nancy Embry
Mrs. Susan English
Mr. Hugh Evans
Sherry Houser-Evanylo
Ms. Janice Everett Sabourin
Mrs. Carole Fabris-Mackie
Joan A. Farlinger
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Farquhar
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Karen Farrow
Ms. Trish Fedora
Jon & Roberta Fidler
Mrs. Lois J. Field
Tony and Carolyn Filice
Lenora & Ivor Fleming
Ms. Rosario Flores
Conor Struan Forrest
Dr. Steven Toenjes
Ms. Devra Freedman
Linda Frum
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Dr. Lynne Fulton
Ms. Nancy Fung
Mrs. and Mr. Beverley Galamaga
Mr. Douglas G. Gardner
Angelo Gentile
Ms. Kristina Getz*
Mrs. Pamela Gibson
Ms. Wendy Glover
Mrs. C. Warren Goldring
Mr. Richard Goodman
Mr. Ing Goping
Dr. & Mrs. R.M. Gorczynski
Julia Gorman & Bill Wright
Mr. Laurent Goulet
Dr. Noelle Grace
Ms. Sandra L. Green &
Ms. Mary Stephenson
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ground
Joyce Gutmann
The Hadwens
Mr. Michael Hafeman
Mrs. Edythe Hall
Patricia Hall
Mr. T.M. Hall
Ms. Elisabeth Handler
Mary-Ann Haney
Mr. Jack Harris
Mrs. Jane Anne Hart
Mrs. Joan E. Hart
Ms. Sherry Hatton
Mr. Imants Hausmanis
Mr. and Ms. Keith Hawton
Mr. & Mrs. William Heaslip
Mr. and Mrs. W.L.B. Heath
Ms. Karen Heese
Leah Heidenheim* & Justin Chan
Mr. Peter Hendrick
D.G. Henrikson
D. G. Henrikson
Susan Hersey and Mark Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Heyland
Carol and Neil Hicks
Ms. Susan Hill
Dorothy Hiscoe
Mr. Ronald Holgerson
Ms. Susan Holt
Christopher Hopgood
The Horn Section of the National
Ballet Orchestra
Richard & Susan Horner
Connie Hosier
Ms. Elizabeth A Howson
Carla Small & Gary Huggins
Mr. Donald Hughes
Ms. Jill Humphries
Mr. Edward Huszar
Mr. Andrew Iacobucci
Denise Ireland
Dr. Eric Ireland
Megan & James Ireland
Mr. and Mrs. Alan T. Jackson
Ms. Laura Jantek
Ilaria, Sophia & Alex Jemetz
Mrs. Frances E. Johnson
Dr. David Johnston
Dr. Elizabeth Johnston
Robert & Dixie Jones
Dr. Caroline Newman &
Mitchell Kamiel
Dr. Niki Kanaroglou
national.ballet.ca
Mrs. K. Karlovich
Mrs. Sally J. Keeley
Ms. Elizabeth Kennedy
Mrs. Sheryl Kennedy
Dr. Paul Kerr
P. Kertland
Dr. Jane Knox &
Mr. Harvey Beresford
Olga Kopti
Ms. Henrietta Kostman
Catherine Kourkounakis
Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg
Robert & Jacqueline Lamont
John and Ann Lang
Mr. Samuel Laredo
Mr. Paul LaRose
The Latimer Family
The Lawrence Family
Gail & David Lea
Mr. JF Leclerc
Linda K. Lee
Colleen Lennon
Ms. Paola Leon
Dr. Teddy Lim
Mr. Eric Lipka
Dr. Julian Loke
Hubert Lum and Eve Leyerle
Mrs. Carole Lusby
Ms. Sharon Lymer
Beverly Lynde
Ms. Flora Macdonald
Ms. Nancy MacDonald
Mr. John MacIver
Mr. Bosko Madic
Ms. Susan Magee
Connie & Peter Mak
Deirdre Malone
Olivia Moro
G. Massey
G. Massey
Ms. Marcia McClung
Ms. Eleanor Mclaughlin
Meredith Meads & Kevin Duke
Mr. & Mrs. Froim Merkur
Mrs. Susan Mertens
Robert & Rhonda Metelsky
Nico Henderson & Marion Meyers
Mrs. Catherine L. Miller
Angela & Dean Miller
Ms. Marisue Miller
Sheila Miller
Ms. Annabel S. Mills
Colin & Meta Mills
Lynne & Paul Milnes
Arabella Maharaj
Ms. Peggy Molloy
Lili Monson
John & Christine Moran
Ms. Leslie Moran
Lynn M. Morgan
Mrs. Wendy Myers
Ms. and Mr. Michele Myrah
Mr. Robert M. Neilson
Mr. Richard Nesbitt
Mr. & Mrs. James & Lynn Neufeld
Ms. Carol Newall
Dr. Steven Nitzkin
Dr. Jean O'Grady
Mr. Raymond Okamoto
Ian & Yvonne Oldaker
The Dancers Meet Their
Shoe Makers in London
W
hile The National Ballet of Canada was on tour in London,
England this spring, the dancers had the opportunity to
“meet their makers” at special pointe shoe fittings. Pointe shoe
makers identify themselves by leaving a unique symbol on the
soles of the shoes they make. “Diamond”, for example, will make
all the pointe shoes for a specific dancer to ensure consistency.
Each pair of pointe shoes, handmade at Freed of London, costs
roughly $85. A principal dancer may go through as many as
three pairs in one performance. In total, the National Ballet
requires a total of 2,000 pointe shoes a year!
By donating today, you can help the National Ballet keep its
dancers on their toes.
For more information about how you can help,
please contact Deanna Underwood at
416 345 9686 x370 or
[email protected]
Alexandra MacDonald trying on her pointe shoes in London.
Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic.
Mr. John O'Leary
Fiona Oliver-Glasford
Ms. Toni Osbourne
Ms. Lia Overs
Ms. Sandra Pagan
Alfred Page &
Ann Donaldson-Page
Ms. Lesley Paterson
Ms. Elizabeth Patterson
Dr. Roger Pearce
Ms. Nancy Pearson
Susan Pepper & William Harper
Nikko Pfaff
Mrs. Mary K. Phillips
Elyssa Phillips
Nina and Terry Picton
Ms. Lois Pineau
Ms. Vido Pitman
Dr. Janice Polgar
Anca and Stefan Popescu
Ms. Nancy Posluns
Ms. Nadia Potts-Gomez
Ms. Patsy Poulin
Jane Pound
Mr. Harold Povilaitis
Dr. Sydney Price-Sparling
Mr. David Purcell
Mr. Chris Purdye
Ms. Graciela Rahbe
Malcolm and Pam Rawlingson
Mrs. Florence D. Reeves
Mr. Eddy Reitberger
Jasmin Reville and Wendy Reville
Mr. Gordon A. Richardson
Rebekah Rimsay*
Ms. Meghan Robertson
Mrs. Betty Rockley
Mr. Juan M Rodriguez
Ms. Janet Rowley
Susan Rutledge*
Mr. Christopher Rzepa
Christina & Gabriella Sarrouh
Doreen & Alan Saskin
Dr. Michael Sayer
Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Scarth
Ms. Ruth Scolnik
Mrs. June Scott
Mrs. Elinor Seppala
Dr. Sony Sierra & Mr. Onkar Singh
Mrs. Christine Simpson
Penelope Smiley & Meg Cormack
Mr. Donald A. Smith
Sarah Phillips-Smith
Dr. Peter and Luci Snodgrass
Direct IT Recruiting Inc.
Ms. Sarah Sparling
Mrs. Myrna Stait-Gardner
Mr. Kenneth Stephen
Sean Dollar & Margaret Flynn
Cheryl E. Stephenson
Mr. David Stephenson
Ms. Elizabeth Stewart
Dr. Mary F. Stewart
Carol & Penelope Stewart
Mrs. Diana Stott
Mr. Kenneth Stowe and
Ms. Nita Farmer
Dr. Doris Sutherland
Mrs. Judy Tanenbaum
Ms. Agatha Tawaststjerna
Ms. Diane Taylor
Mrs. Joan Taylor
Mrs. Helen Tazzman
Ms. Sara Thompson
Ms. Catherine Thomson
Dr. Lynne Thurling
Ms. Patrick Tivy
Catherine Tompkins &
Sandra Zimmerman
Ms. Lillian Tonizaki
Ms. Diane Torney
Miss Vivian Treacy
Hazel Tregenza
Wai-Yee Tsai
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Ms. Leslie Tuttle Birch
The Latimer Family
Ms. Nadya Tymochenko
Marina & Walter Unger
Dr. Greg Usher
Paul & Alison Uys
Gail Vanstone
Mrs. Deborah Vernon
Ms. Ruth Vernon
Mrs. Gillian Von Teichman
Mrs. Ann Wadden
Mr. David Walker
Jack & Debra Walker
The Very Reverend Peter Wall &
Anne Harvey
Mr. Gordon Warme
Roger and Ulli Watkiss
Dr. Phillip Wattam & Dr. Lois
Russell Wattam
Mrs. and Mr. Donna Watts
Mr. Peter Webb
Ms. Barbara Weider
Mr. Jacques Wensvoort
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. West
Dr. Eleanor Westney
Ms. Isabel Wheelwright
Ms. Marion Wilk
Lynda Wilson
Mrs. Kris Wilson-Yang &
Mr. Homer Yang
Ms. Erika Wimmer
Hastings & Irene Withers
Mrs. and Ms. Brenda Wivell
Ms. Ethel M. Woods
Barbara & Martin Worndl
Mrs. Lilla Wright
Ms. Judy Yamamoto
Ms. Valerie Yearwood
Mr. John Zigur
Mrs. Sharon Zuckerman
Miriam & Bernard Zylberberg
20 Anonymous Donors
thanks all Fouetté, Pirouette and
Plié level donors for their generous
donations.
For more information about
Friends’ Corps, please contact
Deanna Underwood at
[email protected]
or 416 345 9686 x370.
*Artists and Staff
Patron for 10 or more years
Patron for 20 or more years
t
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Turnout
Melanie Agopian
Ms. Vanessa Antinucci
Catherine Barry
Miss Marie-Pierre Bélanger
James Binckly
Brendan Brammall
Kathleen E. Butterfield
Olga Churkina
Lindsay Cook
Mrs. Delane Cooper
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Ms. Kerri Craddock
Stephanie Daub
Melanie Dowhaniuk
Grace Hou
Robert D. Howe
Linda K. Lee
Martine Mangion and Jamie Smith
Rad Designs
Joel Stevens
Jonathan Voigt
Leah Wright
Jason Zan
contact Kristina Schreiber at
416 345 9686 x324.
Corporate Council
May 1, 2012 – April 30, 2013
Corporate Executive
($5,000 – $14,999)
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund
Corporate Associate
($1,500 – $4,999)
Cogeco Data Services
Mercedes-Benz Canada
Incorporated
Power Corporation of Canada
Corporate Donors
($500 – $1,499)
Fidelitas Holding Company Ltd.
Reitmans Incorporated
Uniglobe Plus Travel Group
contact Susan Rutledge at
416 345 9686 x380.
Foundation Donors
May 1, 2012 – April 30, 2013
$30,000 and above
The Frank Gerstein Charitable
Foundation
The McLean Foundation
$15,000 – $29,999
J.P. Bickell Foundation
$5,000 – $14,999
Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable
Foundation
The Langar Foundation
$2,000 – $4,999
Hope Charitable Foundation
The K. M. Hunter Charitable
Foundation
Kenneth G. Mills Foundation
Judith Teller Foundation
The Geoffrey H. Wood Foundation
national.ballet.ca
$500 - $1,999
Jackman Foundation
The Nixon Charitable Foundation
The Young Family Foundation
One Anonymous Donor
contact Sarah McLaughlin at
[email protected]
or 416 345 9686 x385.
The National Ballet of
Canada, Endowment
Foundation Named
Funds
The National Ballet of Canada,
Endowment Foundation provides
financial strength and stability,
helping to ensure the vitality and
excellence of the National Ballet
today and for generations to come.
The National Ballet is grateful for
the commitment and dedication
of those who have established a
Named Fund within the
Endowment Foundation.
The American Friends of Canada
Dancer Fund
The Appel Family Fund in Honour
of Bram & Bluma Appel
The John & Margaret Bahen Fund
supports the company’s
Canadian tours.
The John & Claudine Bailey Fund
The David & Kim Beatty Fund
The Mona Campbell Fund
The Walter Carsen New Creations
Fund
The Judith & Marshall Cohen Fund
The Horst Dantz & Don Quick
Dancer Wellness Fund
The Paul & Adelle Deacon Fund
The Celia Franca Memorial Fund
The Kevin & Roger Garland Fund
The Ira Gluskin &
Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Fund
The Gail Hutchison Fund
The Beryl & Richard Ivey Fund
The Hal Jackman Foundation Fund
The Anna & Don Johnson Fund
The Lucille & Urban Joseph Fund
The James Kudelka Fund
The Sonia & Arthur Labatt Fund
The Joyce Lee Memorial Fund
The Joan & Jerry Lozinski Fund
The Sarah & David Macdonald
Fund
The Sylvia M. McPhee Dancer Fund
The Julie & Ted Medland Fund
The Nancy Pencer Fund
The Sandra & Jim Pitblado Fund
The Richard Rooney & Laura
Dinner Fund
The Ada Slaight Fund
The Fran Taubkin Dancer Fund
The David Tory Memorial Fund
The Volunteer Committee
Build-a-Ballet Fund
Embrace
Your
Passion
Your support is vital for the National Ballet
to produce great ballet, develop world-class
artists and contribute to a vibrant national arts
scene. Donate today and tell us what
you’re passionate about.
The Passions:
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The Classical Legacy
Touring
Innovative New Work
Orchestra
Inspiring the Next Generation
Donate today.
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Charitable Registration Number: 11905 1449 RR0001
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Corporate Sponsors
The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our Corporate Sponsors.
Presents Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland
Presents
The Nutcracker
RBC Apprentice Programme
London Tour Co-Sponsor
London Tour Co-Sponsor
Official Airline
MAD HOT Lead Sponsor
Presents The Four Seasons
& Emergence
Presents Romeo and Juliet
Nijinsky presented by
Rolex Dancers First Award
Share the Magic
Title Sponsor
Nutcracker Story Time
Dance About
Series Sponsor
Performance Sponsors
Official Dry Cleaner
Official Health &
Wellness Provider
Official Event Supplier
Official Travel
Supplier
Inc
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Official Hospitality Partner
Official Beer
Sponsor
Official Floral
Sponsor
Ottawa Tour
Transportation Sponsor
Official Cosmetic
Supplier
Sponsor
A Performance
by The National Ballet
of Canada
Sonia Rodriguez and Aleksandar Antonijevic with Artists of the Ballet in Swan Lake.
E
very performance by the National Ballet is a magical occasion in its own right,
defined by the artists, audience members and donors who come together to
participate in a unique experience of live dance. A Performance Sponsorship celebrates
the singularity of one afternoon or evening of ballet and allows participating companies
to share in that occasion.
Sponsoring a ballet in our 2013/14 season such as Swan Lake will provide your company
with a valuable and far-reaching association with the National Ballet, along with profile
branding, media exposure and hospitality opportunities for clients and employees.
A legacy production that represents the pinnacle of classical ballet, Swan Lake attracts
large audiences who will associate excellence, leadership, and distinction with your
sponsorship.
JOIN THE NATIONAL BALLET ON STAGE IN 2013/14 AS A SPONSOR!
For more information about all sponsorship opportunities, please contact
Susan Rutledge at 416 345 9686 x380 or [email protected]
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Celia Franca, founder
of The National Ballet
of Canada, ca. 1960.
Photo by Janine.
Celia Franca
Society
I
n addition to donations made in their lifetime, many donors have also established
gifts in their estates or through financial planning to help guarantee the future
of artistic excellence at The National Ballet of Canada. These legacy gifts reflect
an individual’s belief in supporting the ongoing needs of the National Ballet and
its mission to present the masterworks of classical and contemporary ballet.
Donors who arrange a legacy gift are invited to join the Celia Franca Society,
allowing the National Ballet to acknowledge their generosity and foresight during
their lifetimes. In gratitude, the National Ballet invites members of the Celia Franca
Society to special events and offers public recognition.
The Celia Franca Society is named in honour of the National Ballet’s Founder,
to pay tribute to her vision, tenacity and passion. The members of the Celia Franca
Society are likewise recognized for their dedication and generosity.
“It is my dream that The National Ballet of Canada
endure forever and ever.” – Celia Franca, 2006
To learn more about the Celia Franca Society, visit national.ballet.ca or contact
Joanna Ivey at [email protected] or 416 345 9686 x347.
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national.ballet.ca
(As of May 15, 2013)
Elaine J. Adair
Margaret Agar
Vanessa Alexander
Isobel Allen
Reid Anderson &
Dieter Graefe
Lynly & Trevor Bailie
Katherine Barber
Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley
Gillian & Kenneth Bartlett
Florence Sharpe Barwell
Professor Marion G. Bassett
Avie Bennett
David W. Binet
John R. Birkett
Ms. Katherine Bischoping
Mrs. Gail Boire
Marnie Bracht
Mr. Douglas Bradley
Jennifer Burton
Patricia Campbell
Dr. Ann E. Camps
Professor Alfred L. Chan &
Mr. Michael Farewell
Peng Chiang
Marilyn Creighton
Jane Darville &
Dr. Skip Bassford
Elizabeth and Ted Davidson
Jeanie A. Davis
Amanda Demers &
Brian Collins
Marilyn J. Doekes
Sherry Taylor Drew
Maureen & James Dunn
Ardith Ekdahl
Dena Feng
Beverley Flint
Lorne Fox
Mr. Douglas G. Gardner
Kevin J. Garland*
Ann (Kadrnka) Garnet
Maxine Goldberg
Freda Gottesman-Brender &
Allan Brender
Ms. A. Graham-Calderisi
Mr. Donald D. Grant
Tony & Kitty Griffin
Carol Guppy
G. Michael Hale &
C.N. Jacobsen
Dr. Ronald M. Haynes
W.R. Herridge
Lewis Hertzman
Mr. James Hewson
Mr. Christopher E. Horne
Margo Howard
Gail Hutchison
Richard M. Ivey
Joan F. Ivory
Elsa Jackson
Ishrani Jaikaran
Ms. Agnes Jenkinson
Robert D. Johnston
Ron & Nancy Johnston
Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D.,
D.Litt, O.Ont.
James Kerr & J. Linden Best
Mr. Elmer Rob Koppel
Kathryn Kossow
Gurney M. Kranz
Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg
Jessica & Paul Lindenfelser
Mr. Eric Lipka
Ms. Chung-Yee Loo
Mr. Doug Lowry
Tim MacDonald &
Michelle Morin
Polly K. A. MacFarlane
Janice May
Marcia McClung
Mrs. Barbara McKenney
Miss Jean McPhee
Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee
Julie & Ted Medland
Stephanie Meredith
Ms. Elizabeth Metcalfe
Sigmund & Elaine Mintz
Mrs. Joan Moes
Marina Nawrocki
Ms. Janis Neilson*
Laurie Nemetz*
Tony Sylvestre & Lisa North
Miss Dorothy M. Parr
Sandra Pitblado &
Jim Pitblado, C.M.
Dr. Linda Rabeneck
Kenneth F. Read
Dr. John Reeve-Newson
Peter Reeve-Newson
Diana Reitberger*
Margaret Riggin
Robin Robinson
Mrs. Mary E. Sarjeant
Mr. J.M. Doc Savage
Paul J. Savard
Richard Ira Saxe
Christine Scott
C. Anderson Silber
Robert Smith
Maggie Morris Smolensky
Larry S. Snyder
Karen Sparks
Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton
Carolyn & Gordon Ste. Croix
Astrid M. Stec
Cheryl E. Stephenson
Mrs. Frances M. Stretton
Ann Sutton
Ronald Taber &
Rowland Galbraith
Judith Tait
Veronica Tennant, C.C.,
LL.D., D.Litt
John Theo
Mr. Nicholas Tomiuk
Lennox Toppin*
Ms. Diane Torney
Marje Koidu Virro
Lenore Walters
Mrs. Diana St. B. Weatherall
Jill & Geoffrey Williams
Mr. John H. Williams
Ms. Ainslie Wood
Ms. Ethel M. Woods
Ms. Vivien M. Wu
Mr. Denny Young
Veronica Zufelt
41 Anonymous Donors
*Artists and Staff
Bequests
The National Ballet of Canada recognizes with gratitude those individuals whose
commitment to the company extends beyond their lifetimes.
The Estate of Daphne Bell
The Estate of Elizabeth Blackstock
The Estate of Mona Campbell, O.C.
The Estate of Walter Carsen, O.C.
The Estate of Horst Dantz & Don Quick
The Estate of Ann Henderson &
Lyman Henderson, C.M.
The Estate of Martha Isobel McLaren
The Estate of Helen Allen Stacey
The Estates of Irving & Miriam Steinberg
The Estate of Hugh Victor Wallace
The Estate of one anonymous donor
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Dancer Biographies
Aleksandar Antonijevic
Jiří Jelinek
Piotr Stanczyk
Principal Dancer
Born: Pozarevac, Yugoslavia
Trained: National Ballet
School (Yugoslavia)
Joined National Ballet: 1991
Promoted to Principal
Dancer: 1995
Principal Dancer
Born: Prague, Czech Republic
Trained: Prague Conservatory
of Dance, Hamburg Dance
Centre
Joined National Ballet as
Principal Dancer: 2010
Principal Dancer
Born: Poznan, Poland
Trained: State Ballet School
(Poland), Canada’s National
Ballet School
Dancer: 2008
Guillaume Côté
Heather Ogden
Jillian Vanstone
Principal Dancer
Born: Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec
Trained: Canada’s National
Ballet School
Dancer: 2004
Principal Dancer
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Trained: The Richmond
Academy of Dance
Dancer: 2005
Sponsored by Emmanuelle Gattuso
& Allan Slaight
Sponsored by Ira Gluskin &
Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
Principal Dancer
Born: Nanaimo, British
Columbia
Trained: Kirkwood Academy
(Nanaimo), Canada’s National
Ballet School
Dancer: 2011
Greta Hodgkinson
Sonia Rodriguez
Xiao Nan Yu
Principal Dancer
Born: Providence,
Rhode Island
Ballet School
Dancer: 1996
Principal Dancer
Trained: Princess Grace
Academy (Monaco)
Dancer: 2000
Principal Dancer
Born: Dalian, China
Trained: Shen Yang School
of Dance, Beijing Dance
Academy, Canada’s National
Ballet School
Dancer: 2001
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Dancer Biographies
Kevin D. Bowles
Tomas Schramek
Keiichi Hirano
Principal Character Artist
Born: Ottawa, Ontario
Ballet School, Boston
Conservatory, Boston Ballet
School
Character Artist: 2008
Born: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Trained: Slovak National
Theatre School, SLUK
Principal Dancer: 1973 -1990
Principal Character Artist:
Since 1990
First Soloist
Born: Osaka, Japan
Trained: Setsuko Hirano
Ballet School (Japan)
Promoted to First Soloist:
2006
Lorna Geddes
Hazaros Surmeyan
Tanya Howard
Born: Waterloo, Ontario
Trained: With Betty Oliphant,
founder of Canada’s National
Ballet School
Assistant Ballet Mistress:
Since 1984
Since 2005
Born: Skopje, Yugoslavia
Trained: National Ballet
School of Macedonia
Principal Dancer: 1966-1985
Since 1986
First Soloist
Born: Uitenhage, South Africa
Trained: The National School
of the Arts (South Africa),
Canada’s National Ballet School
2007
Rebekah Rimsay
Naoya Ebe
Stephanie Hutchison
Born: Fort Collins, Colorado
Trained: Gail Innes Dance
School (Newfoundland),
Canada’s National Ballet
School
Character Artists: 2012
First Soloist
Born: Tokyo, Japan
Trained: Canada’s Natioanl
Ballet School
2012
First Soloist
Born: Kitchener, Ontario
Ballet School
2003
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Sponsored by Patricia Younger
Sponsored by Nancy Pencer
Sponsored by Gretchen Ross
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Dancer Biographies
Etienne Lavigne
McGee Maddox
Jonathan Renna
First Soloist
Born: Montréal, Québec
Trained: École supérieure
de ballet contemporain
de Montréal, San Francisco
Ballet School
2007
First Soloist
Born: Spartanburg, South
Carolina
Trained: Houston Ballet's
Ben Stevenson Academy
2011
First Soloist
Born: Ottawa, Ontario
Ballet School
Joined National Ballet:
1997-2000
Re-joined: 2007
2009
Patrick Lavoie
Stacey Shiori Minagawa
Robert Stephen
First Soloist
Born: Montréal, Québec
de Montréal, San Francisco
Ballet School
2003
First Soloist
Born: Los Angeles, California
Trained: Tachibana Ballet
School (Japan), San Francisco
Ballet School, Princess Grace
Academy (Monaco)
2000
First Soloist
Born: Burlington, Ontario
Ballet School
2011
Elena Lobsanova
Tina Pereira
Brett van Sickle
First Soloist
Born: Moscow, Russia
Ballet School
2011
First Soloist
Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad
Ballet School
Joined National Ballet:
2002-2004
Re-joined: 2006
2009
First Soloist
Born: Hamilton, Ontario
Ballet School
2011
Sponsored by Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan
Sponsored by The Honourable
Margaret Norrie McCain, O.C.
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Sponsored by Mr. Thor Eaton &
The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator
Dancer Biographies
Corps de Ballet
in Lead Roles
Jordana Daumec
Alejandra Perez-Gomez
Dylan Tedaldi
Second Soloist
Born: New York City, New York
Ballet School
Promoted to Second
Soloist: 2010
Second Soloist
de Montréal, Princess Grace
Academy (Monaco), San
Francisco Ballet School
Promoted to Second
Soloist: 2006
Principal Man,
Theme and Variations
Born: Boston, Massachusetts
Trained: Boston Ballet
School, The Hamburg
Ballet Shule
Joined National Ballet
Corps de Ballet: 2010
Alexandra MacDonald
Jenna Savella
Second Soloist
Born: Calgary, Alberta
Trained: International School
of Ballet, Boston Ballet’s
Trainee Programme
Promoted to Second
Soloist: 2012
Second Soloist
Born: Vancouver, British
Columbia
Trained: DanceWest
(Vancouver), Canada’s
National Ballet School
Promoted to Second
Soloist: 2009
Sponsored by an Anonymous Donor
Chelsy Meiss
Christopher Stalzer
Second Soloist
Born: Melborne, Australia
Trained: Karen Curlis School
of Dance in Australia and
The Australian Ballet School
Promoted to Second
Soloist: 2011
Second Soloist
Born: Atlanta, Georgia
Trained: Rotaru International
Ballet School
Promoted to Second
Soloist: 2012
Sponsored by Diana St. B. Weatherall
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Board of Directors
As of February 7, 2013
Chair
David Binet
Jane Allen
Aleksandar Antonijevic,
ex officio
Maurizio Baccante, ex officio
John Bailey
Susanne Boyce
Marlene DelZotto
The Honourable Nicole
Eaton, Senator
Brenda Eprile, ex officio
Bronwen Evans
Sandra Faire
Kevin Garland, ex officio
Greta Hodgkinson,
ex officio
Victoria Jackman
Karen Kain C.C., ex officio
Krista Kerr
Robert Lawrie
Philip Lieberman
Jerry Lozinski
David Macdonald
Geneviève McKillop
Ryan McNally
Donna Meyers
Linda O’Leary
Nancy Pencer
Lynda Prince
Robbie J. Pryde
Gretchen Ross
Victor R. Royce
Mavis Staines C.M.,
ex officio
Daniel F. Sullivan
Noreen Taylor
Beth Wilson
Cornell C.V. Wright
Donald K. Johnson, O.C.
Paul O’Donoghue
Rose Patten
Aaron Regent
Robin Robinson
Susan Scace
Honorary Board
As of October 25, 2012
Avie Bennett, C.C. O.Ont.
Judith Cohen
Judi Conacher
Missy Crosbie
Jeanie Davis
Sherry Taylor Drew
William Harris
William Herridge, Q.C.
The National Ballet of Canada,
Endowment Foundation Board of Directors
As of October 30, 2012
Chair
David Macdonald
Vice-President
Karen Kain
Secretary
Pamela Ouzounian
President
Kevin Garland
Treasurer
Barry Shour, CPA, CA
David Banks
David Binet
Ed Esposto
James Fleck, O.C.
Owen Montague
Matjash Mrozewski
Hope Muir
Tatiana Tchernova
Consulting Opthamologist
Dr. Michael Easterbrook
Consulting Chiropractor
Dr. Cameron Borody
Registered Nutritional
Consultant
Trionne Moore
Mary Hallward
Lucille Joseph
Krista Kerr
Jerry Lozinski
Sue Matthews
Vanessa Morgan
James Pitblado, C.M.
Staff
Artistic
Artistic Director
Karen Kain, C.C.
Artistic Administrator
Gerard Roxburgh
Artist-in-Residence
Rex Harrington, O.C.
Principal Artistic Coach
Magdalena Popa
Artistic Director,
YOU dance/ Ballet Master
Lindsay Fischer
Senior Ballet Master
Peter Ottmann
Senior Ballet Mistress
Mandy-Jayne Richardson
Pointe Shoe Manager /
Assistant Ballet Mistress
Lorna Geddes
Personal Assistant to the
Artistic Director /
Administrative Manager,
Artistic Department
Pamela Steele
Scheduling Coordinator
Sophie Letendre
Guest Répétiteurs
Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland
Jacquelin Barrett*
Nijinsky
Laura Cazzaniga,
Leslie McBeth &
Sonia Tinnes
Guest Teachers and
Coaches
Roberto Campanella
Brendan Collins
Nicholas Khan
Michel Faigaux
Robert Glumbek
Martine Lamy
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*Made possible by a generous
donation by The Frank Gerstein
Charitable Foundation.
Dancer Wellness
Programme
Director of Dancer
Wellness
Marla Pichler
Sports Medicine
Physicians
Dr. Julia Alleyne
Dr. Michael Clarfield
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris
Family Practitioners
Dr. Julia Hamilton
Dr. Janice Weiss
Psychologist /Kinesiologist
Dr. Doug Misener
Company Athletic Therapist
Paul Papoutsakis
Company Massage
Therapists
Brian Bastedo
Peter Blatz
Murray Howerth
Vlodek Kluczynski
Ron Mulesa
Resident Pilates Teacher
Je-an Salas
Consulting Physiotherapist
Ginette Hamel
Consulting Foot Specialist
/Chiropodist
Dr. Nicholas Durand,
D.Pod.M.
national.ballet.ca
The National Ballet of
Canada is grateful to Sports
Medicine Specialists
(150 Eglinton Avenue East,
Toronto) and the Toronto
Hospital, Department of
Orthopaedics for the
provision of medical and
physiotherapy services
in Toronto; and to those
physicians who have
generously donated their
time to the National Ballet.
Music
Music Director and
Principal Conductor
David Briskin
Principal Pianist
Janis Neilson
Pianists
Edward Connell
Andrei Streliaev
Zhenya Yesmanovich,
YOU dance
Orchestra Personnel
Manager and Music
Administrator
Raymond Tizzard
Assistant to the Music
Director
Jean Verch
Librarian
Lucie Parent
Administration
Executive Director
Kevin Garland
Director of Finance and
Administration
Barry Shour, CPA, CA
Director of Human
Resources
Leigh Ann Layno
Executive Assistant /
Board Secretary
Pamela Ouzounian
Payroll and Benefits
Manager
Jenny Mah
Human Resources Officer
Kathleen Matatya
General Accountants
Sandra Gandola, CB
Daisy Lee
Demitrios Prevenas
Li Ye
Shu Zhang, CGA
Business Analysts
Fernando Margueirat
Mohiuddin Faruqe
Application Support
Analyst
Kruti Shah
ICT Consultants
JSO Consulting
Jeffrie Owen
Avin Gobin
Rob Townsend
Company Management
Assistant
Sarita Dotan
Facilities Manager
Stephen Chadwick
Receptionist
Seta Nigoghossian
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Staff continued
Communications
Director of Communications
Julia Drake
Senior Associate Director,
Communications
Belinda Bale
Associate Director,
Audience and Donor
Services
Veronica McLellan
Senior Manager, Audience
and Donor Services
Bethany Bleile
Senior Public Relations
and Publications Manager
Catherine Chang
Senior Manager,
Web & Digital Media
Stephen Cunningham
Senior Manager of Telesales
James Pereira
Senior Graphic Designer
Joanna Todd
Manager, Audience
and Donor Services
Susan Eissler
Archives Manager
Adrienne Nevile
Marketing Operations
Associate
Danielle McCann
YOU dance Artist
Educator/Administrator
Lisa Robinson
Assistant Manager,
Audience and Donor
Services
Bethany Lifeso
Assistant Manager
of Telesales
Alison Moss
Digital Marketing and
Social Media Coordinator
Emma Cunningham
Publicity Coordinator
Christina McGrath
Web and Digital Media
Coordinator
Anita Neufeld
Junior Graphic Designer
Marta Ryczko
Coordinators, Audience
and Donor Services
Nicole Ascroft
Patty Pedersen
Box Office Supervisor,
Audience and Donor Services
Ansley Newland
Publicity Intern
Nima Naik
Archives Assistant
Caitlin Dyer
Audience and Donor
Services Representatives
Victoria Banjavcic
Karen Brown
Terry Bursey
Leif Conti-Groome
Denis Couillard
Michael Cursio
Rachel Day
Erin McCluskey
Anne Meighan
Melissa O’Neil
Devin Upham
Beth Wolfe
Adminstrative Assistant,
Telesales
William Bruce
Telesales Representatives
Rob Anderson
Zoya Boruchov
Stephan Carmichael
Mike Hancock
Bill McGee
Brian Ravok
Development
Diana Reitberger, CFRE
Associate Director of
Development, Major Gifts
Kate Halpenny
Senior Development
Manager, Communications
John Hart
Senior Manager,
Corporate Partnerships
Susan Rutledge
Manager, Development
Systems
Leah Heidenheim
Manager, Major Gifts
and Gift Planning
Joanna Ivey
Manager, Special Events
Kristina Schreiber
Officer, Writer
Kristina Getz
Caroline Dickie
Officer, Research
Laurie Nemetz
Officer, Patrons’ Council
Lennox Toppin
Officer, Friends’ Corps
Deanna Underwood
Executive Assistant to the
Margie Pacini
Coordinator, Donor
Relations and Stewardship
Sarah McLaughlin
Coordinator, Special Events
Rebecca Hodge
Coordinator, Administration
Lucy White
Junior Coordinator,
Special Events
Taylor Lafontaine
Development Intern
Lucia Cesaroni
Production
Production Director
James Thornley
Production Services
Manager
Yvette Drumgold
Stage Managers
Ernest Abugov
Jeff Morris
Stage Manager, YOU
dance
Peter Sherk
Lighting Coordinator
Jeff Logue
Master Carpenter
John Alexander
Head Electrician
Stephen O’Connor
Property Master
Michael Ellenton
Assistant Carpenter
Paul McNamara
Assistant Carpenter /
Flyman
Geoff Kay
Assistant Electricians
Ron Gorveatt
Chris Brooks
Production Workshop
Scenery constructed at the
Gretchen Ross Production
Centre by members of
I.A.T.S.E. Local 58.
Property Supervisor
John Miracle
Resident Scenic Artist
Kelly Palmer
Assistant Scenic Artist
Mark Reid
Properties constructed
at the Gretchen Ross
Production Centre by
members of I.A.T.S.E.
Local 828.
Wardrobe
Wardrobe Supervisor
Marjory Fielding
Wardrobe Coordinator
Barbara de Kat
Assistant to the Wardrobe
Supervisor
Kathleen Johnston
Resident Cutters
Ruth Bartel
Christopher Read
Assistant to Cutters
Susan Howse
Mary Hurley
Assistant Wardrobe
Coordinator
Grant Heaps
Wig and Make-up
Supervisor
Charles Seminerio
Footwear Coordinator
Micaila Murray
Footwear Assistant
Rose Marie Thomas
Additional Stitchers
Lisa Di Quinzio
Lisa Farinaccio
Lily Meserhuber
Lisa Pagliaro
Victoria Shillington
Millinery
Deborah Camken
Dying
Sue Willis
Construction Supervisor
Gord Graham
Assistant Carpenter
Sandy Middleton
gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following:
Bringing the arts to life
De l’art plein la vie
The Government of Canada through
the Honourable James Moore, Minister,
the Department of Canadian Heritage
THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
The National Ballet of Canada operates under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.
The National Ballet of Canada is a member of the Canadian Dance Assembly, Dancer Transition Resource Centre
and Dance USA.
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