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Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal February 26 + 27 • 7:30 pm • Royal Theatre Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes (incl. a 20-minute intermission)

A Word from the Artistic Director – Louis Robitaille The theme underlying recent BJM programs is energy!

Whether it is tribal, urban, unbridled or concentrated, the energy is visceral, noble and infectious and conveyed by the company’s dynamic performers.

Pushed beyond the usual limits, these works pulsate with the impulse and urges of the driven, those who refuse to give up, who draw from deep personal strengths, thereby revealing unsuspected inner resources.

Company Artists Céline Cassone and Mark Francis Caserta in Mono Lisa. Photo © Alan Khol

It is that flow of energy that creates beauty, beauty that is in contrast to all that is ugly, all that is trivial and foolish.

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Program Credits and Description Rouge Artistic Direction: Louis Robitaille Choreography: Rodrigo Pederneiras Music: The Grandbrothers (available on iTunes, Amazon...)

Lighting Designer: Gabriel Pederneiras Lighting Technician: Daniel Ranger Costumes: Kristin Hofmann Dancers: The Company World Premiere: November 2014, Boston, United States Based on original music by The Grandbrothers, with a nod and a wink to traditional Amerindian music (throat singing, the sound of waves, the rustling wind, the cry of wild geese, rumbling thunder), this new piece for BJM by Rodrigo Pederneiras is an ode to resilience, a discreet tribute to Native peoples and their musical and cultural legacy. Underlying the work are themes of confrontation, the clash of cultures, power struggles between the dominant and the dominated, and what it means to belong to a community. Direct, genuine and raw, the dance is performed vigorously, at full throttle. The ensemble dances as a single entity, suggesting by the force of its impact the idea of escape or flight, a human migration.

Gathering momentum as they are carried away by the implacable rhythm of the music, the dancers convey drama and strength, a sense of urgency, of pain and separation, surging relentlessly toward a point of crisis until the excess of impulse and tension is exorcised.

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Intermission (20 minutes)

Mono Lisa Choreography: Itzik Galili Assistant to the Choreographer: Élisabeth Gibiat Music: Itzik Galili and Thomas Höfs Lighting Designer: Itzik Galili Lighting Director: Daniel Ranger Costumes Designer: Natasja Lansen Costume Maker: Anne Marie Veevate Dancers: Céline Cassone, Mark Francis Caserta World Premiere: December 2015, Montréal, Canada Mono Lisa, choreographed by Itzik Galili, is danced to sounds based on the noises of a typewriter. It opens on several rows of spots, casting a bold light on the dark stage, creating the atmosphere of a factory plant. In these bizarre spatial surroundings, filled with sounds and visions of iron and steel, a couple of dancers in rust-coloured costumes twist and turn, twine and entwine in extraordinary convolutions and rapidity,

with the partners always defying gravity. The incredible acrobatics are executed with breathtaking control.

This ballet benefits from the precious support of the André Charron Family.

Pause (2 minutes)

Kosmos Artistic Direction: Louis Robitaille Choreography: Andonis Foniadakis Music: Julien Tarride Lighting: James Proudfoot Costumes: Philippe Dubuc Dancers: The Company World Premiere: October 2014, Lakewood, United States In this new work for BJM, the choreographer draws his inspiration from the world we live in, the frenetic pace of everyday urban life. His observations were the trigger for creating choreography inspired by the movements of crowds, moments of agitation, and the hustle and bustle of the city.

Andonis Foniadakis searches for a counterbalance, bringing beauty to the fore and turning frenetic movement into a dance that brings people together in a joyous, liberating fashion. This is a dance based on clear movement, where a mingling clan of dancers must come to terms with the presence of others. Unlike the restrictions imposed by modern life, it is a moment for reconnecting, for releasing tensions, for coming together and letting go. Once again this work bears the distinctive BJM signature characterized by pure, festive energy, a celebration of humanity – its beauty and its creative force.

This ballet benefits from the precious support of Mrs. J. Lee. A production of BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal

Biographies of the Choreographers Rodrigo Pederneiras “It wasn’t until 1988, when I worked with the group Uakti, that I began to sense what might be called a dance more interior to the body.”

This quote from Rodrigo Pederneiras, the Choreographer for Grupo Corpo since 1978, describes a moment that was crucial both for him and the famous Brazilian company. Ever since, they have explored in various ways this “dance interior to the body,” so characteristic of the artist’s work. Focusing on xaxado, the samba, capoeira and ballroom dances, they translate their figures into a language essentially modern, transposing them into an intimate world in which the equilibrium and the dynamic gain in significance over the movement. They also imbue the figures with humour and joy, without concealing the violence and ambiguity of this body that is ours, a body that has learned to dance in the streets.

Always guided by the music, Rodrigo reconstructs the classics in a completely Brazilian way, with intensity, without straying into exoticism, stereotypes, or pretentiousness.

Several features distinguish his work: one or more dancers separate themselves from the group, as though magnetized by an invisible force; the group reforms until a similar interference is repeated; rotations are rare; the stage is conceived as a central point with a well-defined foreground; the arrangements are the spontaneous result of the movements executed by the dancers from the very beginning of the work’s creation.

Rodrigo Pederneiras’ work has won international recognition.

In Brazil, he created the choreography for the Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, the Ballet do Teatro Guaíra, the Ballet da Cidade de São Paulo and the Companhia de Dança de Minas Gerais. He has also created works for the Deutsche Oper Berlin Company (Germany), for the Gulbenkian (Portugal), for the Stadttheater of Saint Gallen (Switzerland), for the Opéra du Rhin (France) and for Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. Creation, almost by definition, means anguish, but the support of the choreography assistants, Carmen Purri and Miriam Pederneiras, help minimize the efforts to see the dance being slowly created on stage. Grupo Corpo’s dancers learn from them what this body of ours is, as imagined by Rodrigo during the creation phase. They are like a tuned up instrument ready to be played.

Itzik Galili Born in Israel, Itzik Galili danced in Bat-Dor dance company, Batsheva II, and in Batsheva Dance Company, where he started choreographing. Robert Cohan, artistic advisor for the Batsheva Dance Company and artistic director of The

London Contemporary Dance Company, encouraged him to attend the Gulbenkian International Course for Professional Composers and Choreographers in the UK. In 1990, Old Cartoon won the originality prize at the Gvanim Choreographic Competition.

In 1991, Galili moved to The Netherlands, and formed his own project-based company in Amsterdam.

His controversial piece, The Butterfly Effect, won the public prize at the International Competition for Choreographers in Groningen and became his breakthrough piece that earned him international recognition. In 1997, the Ministry of Culture appointed him as Artistic Director of a newly founded dance company in Groningen: NND/Galili Dance which, under Galili’s direction for more than 11 years, made a name for itself, putting not only the City but also the region of Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland on the dance map. In 1998 and 2001, Galili directed the Groningen International Competition for choreographers. In 2009, Galili returned to Amsterdam as the co-founder and artistic director of a contemporary dance company, representative for the City of Amsterdam, Dansgroep Amsterdam. Since 2011, Galili is a guest choreographer on the international dance scene.

Andonis Foniadakis Born in Crete, Andonis Foniadakis studied classical and contemporary dance at the National School of Dance in Athens. In 1992 he was awarded the prestigious Maria Callas scholarship, which allowed him to pursue his training at the Rudra Béjart School in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1994 he choreographed In between for the Béjart Ballet in Lausanne, which was followed two years later by Court métrage. For two years he also danced in many pieces by Maurice Béjart, including King Lear and Sheherazade.

In 1996 Andonis Foniadakis joined the Ballet de l’Opéra national in Lyon, directed by Yourgos Loukos, and also danced for Saburo Teshigawara / Karas Co. under the direction of Saburo Teshigawara. He performed in many ballets, notably the title role in Casse-noisette by Dominique Boivin, as well as roles in Final Lecture by Pascal Touzeau, Sini by Terro Saarinen, Miss K by HervéRobbe, Green and Blue and Love Defined by Bill T. Jones, and Tabula Rasa and Black Milk by Ohad Nahari. In parallel with his career as a dancer he also established a reputation as a fine choreographer, presenting Fila Filon at the Cannes Dance Festival and Lava Nama at the Opéra de Lyon in 1999.

In 2001, he began to establish a career abroad, with presentations of Pénombre at the Copenhagen international festival and In memorium Suberbiae at the Concert Hall in

Biographies of the Choreographers (cont’d) Athens. The following year he created Solo pour Email, a musical comedy by Dominique Boivin, as well as Pièce Inconnue for the Conservatoire national supérieur de Danse in Lyon and Handle with care for the National Theater of North Greece. He was then invited by the Grand Théâtre of Geneva to create Ce long désir, set to music by Bach.

Foniadakis created his own dance company Apotosoma, in Lyon, France in 2003. He has shown his work in France, Greece, Italy, Finland, Luxembourg, England, and USA. In 2012 he received the Danza e Danza Award for the “Best Choroegrapher 2012” in Italy, for the creation "Les Noces" in Maggio Danza. He has also participated in Darren Aronofsky’s film, Noah, in 2014.

Cyrille de la Barre – Ballet Master Born in France in 1969, Cyrille de la Barre began his dance studies at the École Nationale de l’Opéra de Paris. He was also an exchange student at the Royal Ballet School in London, and took advanced training with Tanz Forum in Cologne. At age 15 he became a member of the Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, directed at the time by Rudolf Nureyev, who gave him his first roles as a soloist. He further advanced his technique by studying with Attilio Labis, and under his direction danced several duos, including great classics such as Don Quixote, Giselle and The Sleeping Beauty.

He left the Opéra de Paris at age 19 to take up a position as a soloist with the Basler Ballett in Switzerland, which was the start of his international career. Appointed principal dancer with the Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit, he went on to work with the Ballet National de Nancy, Bonn Oper am Rhein, Het National Ballet of Amsterdam, Carolina Ballet and the dance company Commun Instant, created by the star dancer and choreographer Jean-Pierre Aviotte. He has been involved in the company’s development since 2001. Over the years he has also worked with great choreographers such as Béjart, Forsythe, Van Mannen, Tharp, Van Danzig, Panov and Weiss.

Often invited as a guest artist to international festivals like Varna, Spoletto and Osaka, Cyrille constantly seeks to cultivate and develop his dance knowledge. He explores different styles of dance, including modern dance, jazz, flamenco, tap dance and hip-hop.

After more than 3000 performances, Cyrille now devotes himself to teaching. He works as an assistant choreographer (the musical comedy Romeo et Juliette in Paris), and as ballet master and professor at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Oldenburgisher Staatstheater, Fondazione Arena di Verona and the Conservatoire d’Avignon.

Biographies of the Dancers Céline Cassone – Principal Dancer Born in France, Céline began studying dance as a child at the Conservatoire National de Danse d’Avignon. In 1993, she joined the Deutsch Oper Berlin for one year and then, the following season, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe for four years. She then enrolled in the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, under the direction of Maurice Béjart, where she performed many solo roles. It was also as a soloist that she joined, in 1999, the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. Céline has had the opportunity to take part in many innovative contemporary productions while also working with internationally renowned choreographers. She performed in several international galas and was the recipient, in 2006, of the “Étoile de Ballet 2000” dance award and in 2010, she received the “Premio Asti Danza” dance award. Deciding to acquire the freedom to accept a variety of new challenges, Céline became an independent artist in 2008. She was part

of Morphoses, Christopher Wheeldon’s company, and she worked with choreographer Benjamin Millepied. She joined BJM in 2008 as a principal dancer, and since 2009 Céline has been the artistic coordinator. Parallel to her work at BJM, in 2014 she was invited to collaborate with the ongoing project Intensio directed by Daniil Simkin, principal dancer of the American Ballet Theater.

Alexander Hille – Principal Dancer Born in Minnesota, Alexander began dancing at the age of eight. Upon graduating from the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists in 2007, he was accepted to the Juilliard School in New York City. While attending Juilliard (graduated 2011), Alexander was privileged to learn the works of some of the most innovative and prominent figures in dance, including: José Limon, Merce Cunningham, Ohad Naharin, Mark Morris, Larry Keigwin, Stijn Celis, Darell Grand Moultrie, Benjamin

Millipied, Bronislava Nijinska, and Eliot Feld (Alexander was the recipient of the Paul Taylor Scholarship in 2011). In 2009 he was thrilled to be selected to travel to Europe with Juilliard for the inaugural Juilliard European tour, with performances at the Théatre de Caen, the Glass Factory, and le Conservatoire de Paris. He has spent summers working to expand his artistic horizons, by training at the Juilliard School, Springboard Danse Montréal, and Move in Nederlands Dans Theater.

Throughout his time at these various programs he learned the repertory of Aszure Barton, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Crystal Pite, Jiri Kylian, and Paul Lightfoot & Sol Leon. Alex has worked independently, guest performing in Minnesota Dance Theater’s Nutcracker Fantasy, performing for the Greenwich Music festival in La Dame à la Licorne, and also at the Louis Vuitton on 5th avenue for New York’s Fashion’s Night Out. Alexander joined Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in the spring of 2011 and was promoted as principal dancer during the season of 2014-2015.

as other companies around the country. Jeremy spent two years training full-time with Ballet Florida where he performed full-length ballets such as The Nutcracker, Copellia, and Cleopatra, as well as appearing as a dancer in the Palm Beach Opera’s production of La Traviata in 2007.

He studied under the direction of Heather Lescaille and Tina Martin at the Florida Dance Conservatory in 2009 and graduated from the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in 2011 and became a finalist in the Young Arts National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts (NFAA) competition.

Jeremy worked with performers and choreographers such as Desmond Richardson, Aubrey Lynch, Camille A. Brown, and Bill T. Jones. Jeremy has just graduated from The Juilliard School with a BFA in dance, and is excited to embark on this wonderful journey with BJM.

Gemma Freitas

Daniel is a recent graduate from the Arts Umbrella Dance Program in Vancouver, Canada, and is thrilled to be starting his career with BJM. Born in Ireland in 1992, he moved to Canada in 2003 where he continued to pursue his passion for the arts. Daniel joined Arts Umbrella in 2009 as a member of the Senior Dance Company. While training there, he has had the honour of working with some of the finest choreographers, including Azsure Barton, Walter Matteini, James Kudelka, Fernando Magadan, Wen Wei Wang, Leslie Telford, Gioconda Barbuto, and Stephen Shropshire, to name but a few. Daniel is very grateful for all the opportunities in his life thus far.

Born in Buffalo, New York, Gemma began her dance training at the age of two. She is a 2014-2015 recipient of the Princess Grace USA award and is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School where she has had the opportunity to perform repertoire by Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Eliot Feld, and Murray Louis, as well as taking part in new choreographies by Monica Bill Barnes, Emery LeCrone, Darrel Grand Moultrie and Larry Keigwin. She has performed at various venues within NYC such as the Guggenheim’s Works and Process, and Joe’s Pub, as well as performing at the Chicago Dance Festival, and the Dizzy Feet Gala in Los Angeles. Coinciding with her training at Juilliard, she has attended Spring Board Danse Montréal, Arte Libera in Valencia, Spain, and the Movement Invention Project in New York City, learning works by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, and Nils Christie.

Mark Francis Caserta

Kennedy Henry

Daniel Alwell

Mark is from Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the dance program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. From 2010 to 2014 he danced for Complexions Contemporary Ballet and as a guest artist with the Pennsylvania Ballet.

Mark was a participant in the popular television show America’s Got Talent and also in Step Up 2: The Streets. In conjunction with his career as a dancer, he has taught dance at the Broadway Dance Center, PULSE Convention and at the Complexions Contemporary Ballet summer program, where he also works as a choreographer. He has created works for the Brooklyn Dance Festival and for Pennsylvania Ballet II, mastering several different dance styles from jazz to classical ballet by way of hip-hop, tap dancing and African folk dance. Mark joined the BJM team in the summer of 2014.

Jeremy Coachman Born and raised in Riviera Beach, Florida, Jeremy began his preliminary training at the Palm Beach Ballet Center, under the direction of Joan Miller for six years. While training, he worked and performed with members of Ballet Florida as well

Born in Ottawa, Kennedy started studying dance at École supérieure de Ballet of Québec when she was 14 years old.

For the next six years she had the opportunity of working with many internationally renowned choreographers and dancers, such as Roberto Campanella, James Gregg, Eric Beauchesne and many others. In 2013, Kennedy won second place for her contemporary solo at the Youth American Grand Prix competition. She has also performed classical roles such as the Four Swans in Swan Lake and the grand pas de deux of Les Sylphides.

Kiera Hill Born in Vancouver, Kiera began her formal dance training at Arts Umbrella under the direction of Artemis Gordon. As a member of the Arts Umbrella Dance Company, she performed works by James Kudelka, Emily Molnar, Aszure Barton, Lesley Telford, Gioconda Barbuto and Wen Wei Wang among others. In 2011 she was proud to receive the British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship for excellence in dance.

When Kiera was an apprentice with Ballet BC in Vancouver, she had the opportunity to collaborate and perform extensively with the company.

Kennedy Kraeling Born in Vancouver, BC Canada in 1995, Kennedy began dancing at the Flora Pigeau Dance Academy where she had the opportunity to study RAD ballet and compete in local festivals.

She had the honour of representing a local festival at the BC provincial championships at the age of 10. She began her formal training at age 11 in Toronto at Canada’s National Ballet School under the tutelage and guidance of Mavis Staines, Deborah Hess, Carina Bomers, Laurel Toto, Jeremy Ransom and Martine Lamy. She moved back to Vancouver at 15 and began to train under Artemis Gordon at Arts Umbrella and in the Arts Umbrella Dance Company. Upon graduation she spent two years in the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program. During these two years she worked on new and existing repertoire with Lesley Telford, Crystal Pite, James Kudelka, Fernando Magadan, Gioconda Barbuto, Walter Matteini, Mauro Astolfi, Thomas Klein, Francesca Caroti and Shawn Hounsell. Over the years her training has been complemented by summer intensives such as San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and Alvin Ailey.

Pier-Loup Lacour Pier-Loup graduated from École supérieure de ballet du Québec. During his training, he had the chance to attend an intensive workshop in Boston with two dancers from Boston Ballet. In 2013, at Toronto’s Assemblée Internationale, he showed a pas de deux choreographed by James Gregg; the event welcomed the most prestigious dance schools around the world. Pier-Loup was also soloist in an excerpt of Episodes de Balanchine in Montréal. He danced at La Grande Première des Futures Étoiles 2013 for the Fondation de la Place des Arts. He also worked with famous rehearsal directors and choreographers such as Kathryn Bennetts and David Dawson, through an internship in Germany. As a guest to the Banff Art Centre in Alberta, he danced ballets from Christopher Wheeldon and Toer Van Schayk in the Dance Masters show.

He joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 2013-2014 for the pieces Casse-Noisette and Rodin/Claudel. For season 20142015, he had the opportunity of dancing in works by Christian Spuck, Didy Veldman, Mats Ek and Stephan Thoss, through his work with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.

Guillaume Michaud Born in Quebec, Guillaume started dancing at the age of six.

He has received training in many dance styles, including hiphop, contemporary, social dance, and jazz. While pursuing studies at the École supérieure de Ballet of Québec, Michaud has appeared on television and worked at Just for Laughs and Cirque du Soleil. Guillaume joined the company as an intern in 2013.

Saskya Pauzé-Bégin Saskya studied at the École supérieure de ballet du Québec from 2011 to 2014. She spent the past two summers at the Arts Umbrella summer intensive workshop in Vancouver, and attended summer ballet classes in Berlin taught by William Forsythe, learning the repertoire of The Nutcracker – Claude Caron, Swan Lake – Taïna Morales, Balanchine’s Diamonds and Episodes – Josyanne Sidimus, Seascape – Judith Marcuse, M.O.R. – Gioconda Barbuto, and Hommage – Sophie Estel. She began her first season with BJM in 2014, as the second recipient of the Eva von Gencsy Scholarship, which supports emerging young dancers in Quebec.

Márcio Vinicius Paulino Silveira Born in Barretos in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, Márcio trained with the Bolshoi Theatre School in Joinville, the only branch of the famed school outside of Russia. After receiving his technical degree in contemporary dance in 2009, Márcio worked briefly with the Young Company of the Bolshoi Theatre School. In 2010, Márcio joined the internationally renowned contemporary dance company, La la la Human Steps, as a soloist, where he traveled abroad through 14 countries to perform the company’s latest creation, New Work by Edouard Lock. In 2014, Márcio was part of the project Perpetua with Ezdanza Dance Company by Edgar Zendejas, where he worked with the choreographer Victor Quijada. Márcio joined Les Ballets Jazz the Montréal in 2014.

Ashley Werhun Ashley began her formal training in Edmonton, Alberta. Her training was supplemented by attending The National Ballet of Canada, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Banff Centre, and The Juilliard School. Werhun later studied at The Alberta Ballet School and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. Before joining the Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) in 2008, she performed with NorthWest Dance Project and Ballet British Columbia. She has had the privilege of performing works by Lauri Stallings, Thaddeus Davis, Septime Weber, Alonzo King, Maurya Kerr, Yannis Adoniou, and Trey McIntyre. The six seasons with TMP has inspired the creation of numerous new works and world premieres. As an Artist in Residence at St. Luke’s Children Hospital, she uses dance as therapy to promote joy and healing. She cherishes these experiences and finds inspiration in each moment. Ashley is thrilled to begin her first season with Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal.

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