2015 – 2016 Season National Presenting Partner
Photo by Jim Orgill
provinces 9 communities 42
63 performances 34,500+ audience
2015-2016 Season at a Glance 555 young dancers from 168 communities joined us onstage Photo by Lawrence Ho
Sleeping Beauty Trailer
The 199th original ballet in Canada’s Ballet JÜrgen’s repertoire.
37 performances attracted 19,600+ audience members in 31 communities in 9 provinces
Photo by Lawrence Ho
The Nutcracker, A Canadian Tradition Trailer
The
8th annual
provincial tour had 23 performances in 11 Ontario communities
14,000+
audience members
20%↑ revenue from
performance fees and ticket sales Photo by Michelle Mackenzie
A 6 day tour to
Bouffonia
& Other Works
Northern Ontario, 3 performances of
contemporary works.
780+ audience
members enjoyed dance works by
Robert Desrosiers, Allen Kaeja, Hanna Kiel, Derek Sangster, along with excerpts from Sleeping Beauty.
Photo by Percy Mills
communities performances audience
21 Ontario
Ontario & Québec
Burlington, Brantford, Cambridge, Cobalt, Deep River, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener– Waterloo, Kirkland Lake, London, Markham, Milton, Oakville, Ottawa, Orillia, Sarnia, St. Catharines, Toronto.
41
20,640+
Québec Montmagny St-Georges Thetford Mines
321 young dancers from 95 communities joined us onstage Photo by Kamal Daid
Ontario &
Québec
Map
Legend: •
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Communities with performances Coloured areas indicate participants’ home communities
“... thank you for giving Veronica the opportunity to be part of a wonderful, exciting and inspiring performance. We as parents enjoyed the professional standard of the company as well as watching our daughter perform to her highest standards.” - Trisha, parent of Kitchener cast member from Kitchener
Ontario &
Québec Spotlight:
Kitchener, ON
2,300+ audience
members attended
2
performances with live music by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
20%↑ in revenue from performance fees and ticket sales
Photo by Jane Ann Smith
Ontario &
QuĂŠbec
Cast Videos
provinces communities audience
3 British Columbia
Western Canada
Cranbrook Chilliwack Duncan Kitimat Maple Ridge Nelson Terrace Prince Rupert Vernon
Alberta
Camrose Medicine Hat Spruce Grove
14
8,650+
Saskatchewan Saskatoon Weyburn
168 young dancers from 45 communities joined us onstage Photo by Kamal Daid
Legend: •
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Western Canada
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Communities with performances Coloured areas indicate participants’ home communities
“My daughters and our family truly enjoyed the production of Sleeping Beauty here in Saskatoon. So much so, that my husband and I traveled to Weyburn to see it again a few weeks later.� - Nancy, audience member, Saskatoon and Weyburn
Western Canada
Debut performance attended by 1,600+ audience members. Our 2016-2017 season will include Saskatoon and Regina.
Spotlight:
Saskatoon, SK
Photo by Lawrence Ho
Western Canada
Cast Video
provinces communities audience
4 New Brunswick Fredericton Saint John
Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland & Labrador
5
4,670+
Nova Scotia Halifax
Prince Edward Island Summerside
St John’s
66 young dancers from 27 communities joined us onstage Photo by Kamal Daid
Atlantic Canada
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Communities with performances Coloured areas indicate participants’ home communities
“Ballet Jörgen is the ONLY ballet company that makes its way to our island. …[the] ballets are entertaining and of a strong technical standard, and the company demonstrates FANTASTIC outreach endeavours that expose so many people to this art form. This is vital, as for many people in our province, ...this is their only exposure to professional ballet.” - Marie Steffen, Dance Representative for the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Atlantic Canada
Spotlight:
St. John’s, NL
Our performance attracted 860+ audience members. In
2016-2017, St. John`s will be our base more for programming in
4
communities in Newfoundland & Labrador. Photo by Lawrence Ho
Atlantic Canada
Cast Video
Media Coverage
Radio & Television
Print Media
Ontario & Québec CBC News (Toronto) CBC Radio One (London) CHCH (Hamilton) CJBK London CP 24 CTV London Daytime Ottawa Rogers TV - Inside Guelph
National Dance Current Macleans
Ontario & Québec (cont’d) The Toronto Star Western Gazette
Ontario & Québec The Brantford Expositor Guelph Mercury Guelph Tribune Hamilton Community News The Hamilton Spectator The Kitchener Citizen London Free Press Oakville Beaver Orangeville Citizen Orléans Star Ottawa Community News Ottawa Life Magazine Our London Snap'd St Thomas Times Journal Stittsville News Stoney Creek News
Western Canada FOOTnotes Saskatoon Star Phoenix Vancouver Shinpo
Western Canada CTV News Saskatoon CBC News Saskatoon
Atlantic Canada Halifax Local Express Journal Pioneer
Online
Media Coverage
Ontario & QuĂŠbec Art Gallery of Hamilton Bullet News Niagara CHCH-Burlington Chillwall.com Critics at Large Guelph Mercury Online insideHALTON.com Ottawa Magazine Simcoe.com Snap'd Western Canada East Kootenay News Online Weekly Nipora Atlantic Canada Classic Concerts The Chronicle Herald Dance Nova Scotia Music Nova Scotia
Canada’s Ballet JÜrgen 2015-2016 Season Major Supporters Sleeping Beauty was created with the support of Margaret & David Fountain Sleeping Beauty National Presenting Partner Sleeping Beauty
Government Partners
Ontario Programming Partner
Apprentice Program Partner
Atlantic Youth Program Partner
Creation Partner
Travel Partner
Education Partner
Aeroplan member donation program
Childhood Cancer Foundation Performance Sponsor
Dancer Sponsor and Health & Wellness Partner
Programming Partners
Additional Support: The Bennett Family Foundation, J. P. Bickell Foundation, Findlay Family Foundation, The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Foundation, Charles H. Ivey Foundation, Sanford McFarlane Family Foundation, Adele & Paul Deacon Nanton Fund
Photo by Brian Rivera