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Romeo&Juliet
World Premiere!
2011|12
Celebrating 60 Years of Partnership with the Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada
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1972 Rudolf Nureyevs The Sleeping Beauty premieres. The company tours the production across the US and Canada culminating in a triumphant debut at New York Citys Metropolitan Opera House.
1976 Sir Frederick Ashton stages La Fille mal garde, the first of 47 ballets over the next 35 years to be sponsored by the Volunteer Committees Build-a-Ballet Fund.
2001/02 The National Ballet celebrates its 50th anniversary with a season of landmark ballets from its history.
Veronica Tennant and Rudolf Nureyev
November 9, 2006 The National Ballet moves to the Four Seasons Centre and
a new era begins. For the first performance in the companys new home, Artistic Director Karen Kain restages Rudolf Nureyevs The Sleeping Beauty.
Rex Harrington
Karen Kain, Veronica Tennant, Celia Franca, Alexander Grant, Lynn Wallis, James Kudelka
Greta Hodgkinson
Artistic Directors
19511973 19751976 Celia Franca 19731974 Celia Franca and David Haber 19741975 David Haber 19761983 Alexander Grant 19831986 Erik Bruhn 19861989 Valerie Wilder and Lynn Wallis 19891996 Reid Anderson 19962005 James Kudelka 2005present Karen Kain
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This year marks The National Ballet of Canadas 60th anniversary. Its an extraordinary landmark by any measure. When I think of the number of ballets, of great dancers, of unforgettable performances, of all the work, commitment and passion on the part of so many people that has gone into all of those seasons, Im simply awed. A 60th anniversary is traditionally represented by a diamond because a diamond symbolizes both endurance and the flame of passion that still burns. As a dancer with the company for many years and now as Artistic Director, I can say with perfect certainty that a diamond is a perfect symbol for the National Ballet in this very special year. Ive never known the company to be as artistically vibrant, as confident and as forward-looking as it is today. And I think the ballets we have planned for the upcoming year are ample proof of that. Im especially excited by the prospect of staging the world premiere of a brand new Romeo and Juliet by the talented Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. Romeo and Juliet has been one of the National Ballets signature works since it entered our repertoire in 1964 and to have a new interpretation by one of todays most gifted contemporary ballet artists is a genuinely thrilling development for the company. The 60th anniversary will give us the opportunity to look back as well, to stage some of the works with which the company has become closely identified over the years and which our audiences have come to embrace with particular fondness. Two of those are Sir Frederick Ashtons La Fille mal garde and Rudolf Nureyevs version of The Sleeping Beauty. They were always two of my most favourite full-length works to dance when I was on stage and its wonderful to see that they still cast the same glorious spell now as they did then. I have always had a great regard for John Neumeiers ballets, both to dance in and to watch, and his heartbreakingly beautiful The Seagull is one of his finest full-length works. When we staged the North American premiere of the work in 2008, it was greeted with some of the most lavish praise I have ever seen for one of our ballets. Kevin ODay is a superbly gifted American choreographer who has been a resident in Germany for some time, where he is Artistic Director of Kevin ODay Nationaltheater Ballett Mannheim. His Hamlet is a stunningly original work, burrowing into the complex psychological world of Shakespeares play with the same energy and physicality that mark all his work. Finally, our summer mixed programme will feature Wayne McGregors stunning Chroma, which we are bringing back by popular demand, Maurice Bjarts intensely moving Song of a Wayfarer and Sir Kenneth MacMillans brilliantly comic Elite Syncopations, three very different works that display the great range and dynamism of our company today. I hope you will join us in this very special year to experience the beauty, emotion and abundance of great ballet!
Sincerely,
Celebrating 60 Years of Partnership with the Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada
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Alexei Ratmansky is the most in-demand ballet choreographer in the world, known for his musicality, wit and physical inventiveness.
The New York Times
Piotr Stanczyk
A comic masterpiece. Only the most hard of hearts could fail to be charmed.
National Post
Guillaume Ct
Restaged with passion, precision and great affection by Karen Kain, the work remains a brilliant showcase for the entire company.
Toronto Sun
Heather Ogden
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The Seagull
Few contemporary choreographers possess such an instinctive and authoritative sense of theatricality as the American-born, Germanbased John Neumeier. Whatever subject he explores, whether in abstraction or narrative form, his works are marked first and foremost by their arresting dramatic character and emotional intensity. Neumeiers moving and astonishing adaptation of Anton Chekhovs great play The Seagull bears all the hallmarks of his aesthetic and provides a perfect vehicle for his distinctive dramatic and choreographic gifts. The central preoccupations of the play the shaping influence of love on the artistic sensibility, intergenerational struggle, the nature of love itself are found in the ballet, but Neumeier changes the vocations of the key characters from actresses and writers to dancers and choreographers. An evocative score drawn from such composers as Shostakovich, Evelyn Glennie, Tchaikovsky and Scriabin forms the ideal musical matrix for this richly-imagined, compelling work.
Choreography: John Neumeier After the play by Anton Chekhov Music: Dmitri Shostakovich, Evelyn Glennie, Pyotr Iliych Tchaikovsky and Alexander Scriabin Set, Costume and Lighting Design: John Neumeier The Seagull is generously supported in part by an anonymous friend of the National Ballet.
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New! Hamlet
Hamlet has always been the Mount Everest of dramas, not just for the layered thematic complexity it contains, but for the extraordinary challenge that the title role represents. This is as true for ballet adaptations of the work as for productions of the original play. The American-born choreographer Kevin ODay, now Artistic Director of Kevin ODay Nationaltheater Ballett Mannheim, has let neither of these obstacles daunt him, plunging headlong into Shakespeares greatest play and wresting from it a ballet of haunting eloquence, raw emotion and truly tragic impact. Adhering with astonishing fidelity to the originals story, ODays choreographic reconfiguration, which bridges classical and contemporary idioms with his own rough-edged, highly physical style, brims with narrative urgency and startling characterization. Set to a stunning soundscape by John King, ODays Hamlet is a visceral yet exhilarating rendering of one of western cultures greatest interior voyages.
Choreography: Kevin ODay Dramaturge: Vivien Arnold Music: John King Set and Costume Design: Tatyana van Walsum Lighting Design: Mark Stanley
Shakespeare in Ballet
I think Kevin ODay is one of todays really exciting choreographic voices. Hes totally fearless in his approach, gifted with a keen understanding of the bodys expressive power and willing to wrestle with new ideas and new ways of seeing. His Hamlet is a true tour de force and one of his finest works to date. Karen Kain
1) Tomas Schramek as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, 1976. 2) Martine Lamy and Rex Harrington as Katherina and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, 1999. 3) Rudolf Nureyev as the Moor in The Moors Pavane, c.1974. 4) Chan Hon Goh and Philippe Dubuc as Titania and Bottom in The Dream, 1995. 5) James Kudelka as Oberon in The Dream, 1978.
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Zdenek Konvalina
Chroma is a stunner... so fresh and so daring. A delirious frenzy of movement and is not to be missed.
The Globe and Mail
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Karen Kains dancers suggest a willingness to explore, and that is the sort of imperative that will keep dance alive.
Ballet Review (UK)
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Piotr Stanczyk Greta Hodgkinson Guillaume Ct* Xiao Nan Yu Ji Jelinek Sonia Rodriguez Aleksandar Antonijevic Bridgett Zehr Zdenek Konvalina Heather Ogden
*Guest Artist-in-Residence
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Kudelka animates every moment... a feast for the eye... a Nutcracker it would be hard to surpass
Toronto Star
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The Nutcracker
E.T.A. Hoffmanns evergreen Christmas tale has received countless treatments and re-imaginings over the decades, but perhaps none captures so well its blend of lavish exoticism, unbridled fantasy, homespun humour and childhood innocence as the National Ballets production, choreographed by James Kudelka. Kudelkas version gives full play to the storys archetypal structure, locating in its dream-filled textures and adventure narrative a paradigm for the eternal journey from childhood to adolescence. The production returns the work to its original folktale origins, with a richly detailed portrait of rural 19th-century Russia, beautifully evoked by Santo Loquastos stunning set and costumes, yet provides ample scope for the otherworldly spectacle and magic that is at the heart of the story. The breathtaking, opulent dream realms of the Snow Queen and the Sugar Plum Fairy, the extraordinary array of amazing and fantastical characters and Kudelkas signature energetic and imaginative choreography, combine to make the National Ballets Nutcracker one of the most visually intoxicating, sumptuously conceived and wondrously entertaining anywhere.
Choreography and Libretto: James Kudelka, O.C. Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton The Nutcracker is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra & Jim Pitblado, Lawrence & Ann Heisey and an anonymous friend of the National Ballet.
A Holiday Tradition
James Nutcracker is one of the absolute jewels of our companys repertoire. No Nutcracker I have seen captures the essence of childhood and the sense of wonder, magic and adventure that defines it, as well as this one. Its pure pleasure from start to finish. Karen Kain
1) David Adams and Judith Dornis as the Prince and Clara with Betty Pop and Barbara Monty as Reindeer, 1956. 2) Annette Lambros and Tomas Schramek as Clara and the Snowman, c.1970. 3) Lorna Geddes and Rosemary Jeanes as Snow Maidens, c.1971. 4) Karen Kain and David Nixon as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Master of Ceremonies with Students of Canadas National Ballet School, 1979. 5) Rex Harrington and Martine Lamy as Peter/the Nutcracker and the Sugar Plum Fairy, 1995.
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Thank You
The National Ballet of Canada proudly thanks its 60th Anniversary season partners:
Celebrating 60 Years of Partnership with the Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada
Lead philanthropic support for Romeo and Juliet provided by Sandra & Jim Pitblado with additional generous support from Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan, an anonymous friend of the National Ballet and Walter Carsen, O.C.
Chroma & Song of a Wayfarer & Elite Syncopations are presented by KPMG
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The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the support of the following:
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $15 million in dance throughout Canada.
The Government of Canada through the Honourable James Moore, Minister, the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Power to Rise, The Story of The National Ballet of Canada Updated and Re-issued
Writer and historian James Neufeld will update his acclaimed book, Power to Rise, which brilliantly chronicles the story of The National Ballet of Canada. Originally published in 1996, Power to Rise will feature many new interviews and images. The new Power to Rise is published by Dundurn Press and will be released in the fall of 2011.
Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada, qui a investi 15 millions de dollars lan dernier dans la danse travers le Canada.
Cover Image: Tanya Howard and Brendan Saye. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Back Cover Image: Tanya Howard and Zdenek Konvalina in Chroma. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. Photography: National Ballet repertoire, rehearsal and outreach photos by Aleksandar Antonijevic, Andrew Oxenham, Vyacheslav Podorozhy, Gene Schiavone (American Ballet Theatre), Sian Richards, Setareh Sarmadi, Stuttgart Ballet, Cylla von Tiedemann and Bruce Zinger. 60th Anniversary and archive photos by Ken Bell, Judy Cameron, Anthony Crickmay, Barry Gray, Andrew Oxenham, Lydia Pawelak, Johan Persson, David Street, Cylla von Tiedemann and the Toronto Star. 60th Anniversary Events photos by Bruce Zinger, Setareh Sarmadi and Benson Kua. Karen Kain, Principal Dancer, Staff/Artist/Donor photos by Sian Richards. 31
Celebrating 60 Years of Partnership with the Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada
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2011| 12
Fall Season
The Nutcracker La Fille mal garde The Sleeping Beauty The Seagull
Summer Season
New! Hamlet
Chroma Back by Popular Demand! & Song of a Wayfarer & Elite Syncopations
Mailing Address The Walter Carsen Centre for The National Ballet of Canada 470 Queens Quay West Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 3K4 Audience and Donor Services 416 345 9595 1 866 345 9595 national.ballet.ca
Celebrating 60 Years of Partnership with the Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada