House Programme - Etudes and Piano Concerto 1 and Petite Mort

Etudes

& Piano Concerto #1 & Petite Mort November 27 – December 1, 2019 national.ballet.ca

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The National Ballet of Canada acknowledges our creative home on the sacred and traditional territories of the Anishinabek, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat. We acknowledge that Toronto is covered

by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaty signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. We support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The National Ballet of Canada recognizes the enduring presence of Indigenous peoples, and that Toronto (Tkaronto) – which means “where there are trees standing in the water” – continues to be home to many Indigenous nations. Toronto has also been called “the Dish With One Spoon” which means all were and are invited and able to share, including sharing the responsibility of ensuring the dish is never empty, taking care of the land and the creatures we share it with and that there are no knives at the table, representing that we must keep the peace.

The National Ballet of Canada is grateful to have the opportunity to work, dance and create on these lands and we thank the past, present and future caretakers of this land for their stewardship. We take this as a moment to reflect on our own activities and how The National Ballet of Canada can be part of a community of sharing as we take steps to ensure our practice, artists, staff, volunteers, Board members, patrons and audiences are open to engaging all peoples who live in these territories today and in the future. To this end, the National Ballet is now developing action plans to support this direction.

Etudes

& Piano Concerto #1 & Petite Mort November 27 – December 1, 2019

Contents 6 Notes on the Ballets 9 Cast 11 Selected Biographies 16 Dancers

The National Ballet of Canada Programme Editor: Belinda Bale Design: Carmen Wagner Advertising Sales: Oasis Media Printing: Sunview Press

First Soloist Donald Thom

Cover: Artists of the Ballet in Etudes. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

Donald Thom. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

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The National Ballet of Canada Celia Franca, C.C., Founder

George Crum, Music Director Emeritus

Karen Kain, C.C. Artistic Director

Barry Hughson Executive Director

David Briskin Music Director and Principal Conductor

Christopher Stowell Associate Artistic Director

Magdalena Popa Principal Artistic Coach

Lindsay Fischer Artistic Director, YOU dance / Principal Ballet Master

Rex Harrington, O.C. Artist-in-Residence

Peter Ottmann Senior Ballet Master

Skylar Campbell, Guillaume Côté, Jurgita Dronina, Naoya Ebe, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Greta Hodgkinson, O.Ont., Harrison James, Elena Lobsanova, Svetlana Lunkina, Evan McKie, Heather Ogden, Sonia Rodriguez, Brendan Saye, Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone Lorna Geddes*, Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne*, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Jonathan Renna*, Rebekah Rimsay­, Tomas Schramek*, Hazaros Surmeyan* Jack Bertinshaw, Jordana Daumec, Hannah Fischer, Emma Hawes, Tanya Howard, Koto Ishihara, Alexandra MacDonald­†, Chelsy Meiss, Tina Pereira, Ben Rudisin, Jenna Savella, Donald Thom Joe Chapman, Christopher Gerty, Spencer Hack, Jeannine Haller, Kathryn Hosier, Miyoko Koyasu, Tiffany Mosher­, Siphesihle November, Brent Parolin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik Jimmy Coleman, Trygve Cumpston, Shaelynn Estrada, Brenna Flaherty, Giorgio Galli, Hannah Galway, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo­, Monika Haczkiewicz, Ayano Haneishi, Peng-Fei Jiang, Soo Ah Kang, Tirion Law, Shené Lazarus, Antonella Martinelli, Larkin Miller, Jaclyn Oakley, Genevieve Penn Nabity, Clare Peterson, Meghan Pugh, Teagan Richman-Taylor, Nicholas Rose, Alexander Skinner, Nan Wang, Tene Ward, Jennifer Watembach, Ethan Watts, Isaac Wright RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Jason Ferro, Nina Gentes, Albjon Gjorllaku, Sophie Lee, Thomas Leprohon, Arielle Miralles, Noah Parets, Shelby Tzung, Christopher Waters, Daina Zolty

Robert Binet Guillaume Côté Alysa Pires Choreographic Associates

­* Guest Artist † Parental leave

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Joysanne Sidimus Guest Balanchine Répétiteur

Jeff Morris Liliane Stilwell Stage Managers

Michael Lewandowski Assistant Stage Manager

Stephanie Hutchison Pointe Shoe Manager/Assistant Ballet Mistress

Orchestra David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor

Violin 1 Aaron Schwebel, Concertmaster Lynn Kuo, Assistant Concertmaster James Aylesworth Jennie Baccante* Sandra Baron+ Patrick Goodwin+ Sheldon Grabke Nancy Kershaw Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk* Yakov Lerner Jayne Maddison Wendy Rogers Paul Zevenhuizen Violin 2 Dominique Laplante, Principal 2nd Violin Jamie Kruspe, Assistant Principal 2nd Violin Terri Croft+ Hiroko Kagawa+ Clara Lee+ Aya Miyagawa Xiao Grabke Csaba Koczรณ Ron Mah* Joanna Zabrowarna Violas Shelia Jaffe, Principal Josh Greenlaw, Assistant Principal Valerie Kuinka Johann Lotter Nicholaos Papadakis+ Angela Rudden Beverley Spotton*

Cellos Maurizio Baccante, Principal Marianne Pack, Assistant Principal Olga Laktionova Elaine Thompson Andrew McIntosh Paul Widner

Basses Hans. J.F. Preuss, Principal Jonathan Yeoh*, Assistant Principal Robert Speer, Acting Assistant Principal Brian Baty+ Paul Langley* Robert Wolanski+

Horns Jessie Brooks, Principal Derek Conrod Gary Pattison Scott Wevers Trumpets Richard Sandals, Principal Mark Dharmaratnam Robert Weymouth Trombones Charles Benaroya, Principal David Archer Dave Pell, Bass Trombone

Tuba Flutes Leslie J. Allt, Principal Sasha Johnson, Principal Shelley Brown, Piccolo Harp Maria Pelletier Lucie Parent, Principal Oboes Tympani Mark Rogers, Principal Michael Perry, Principal Karen Rotenberg Lesley Young, English Horn Percussion Kristofer Maddigan, Principal Clarinets Mark Mazur Max Christie, Principal Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet Daniel Morphy+ Andrew Rasmus Emily Marlow Bassoons Stephen Mosher, Principal Jerry Robinson Elizabeth Gowen*, Contra-Bassoon William Cannaway+, Contra-Bassoon

Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music Administrator Raymond Tizzard

* On Leave + Additional Musician

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Presenting Sponsor 2019/20 season

Piano Concerto #1 Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Staged by: Felipe Diaz Music: Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Opus 35 By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC., publisher and copyright owner.

Piano Soloist: Zhenya Vitort Trumpet Soloist: Richard Sandals Set Design: George Tsypin Costume Design: Keso Dekker Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Répétiteur: Lindsay Fischer Scenery and Costumes courtesy of American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet World Premiere: American Ballet Theater, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, New York, May 31, 2013 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, May 30, 2015 Lead philanthropic support for Piano Concerto #1 is provided by an anonymous friend of the National Ballet and The Producers’ Circle.

The Producers’ Circle: John & Claudine Bailey, Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen, Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan, Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M., Emmanuelle Gattuso, C.M. and Allan Slaight, C.M., The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation, Rosamond Ivey, Hal Jackman Foundation, Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C., Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin, Judith & Robert Lawrie, Mona & Harvey Levenstein, Jerry & Joan Lozinski, The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C., Julie Medland, Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Lynda & Jonas Prince, Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M. Q.C., Sandra Simpson and Noreen Taylor, C.M. & David Staines, C.M., O.Ont.

Alexei Ratmansky’s Piano Concerto #1 is the third part of his Shostakovich Trilogy, which pays tribute to Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Each part evokes the drama of Shostakovich’s life under Stalinism as he struggled to reconcile his desire for artistic freedom with the demands of the state. Piano Concerto #1 contains some of the most abstract choreography in the trilogy and it stands alone as a work of great beauty and power.

Musical Interlude Leoš Janáček, Idyll for String Orchestra – Adagio Performed by The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

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Petite Mort Choreography: Jiří Kylián Staged by: Roslyn Anderson Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Major (KV 488),

Adagio & Piano Concerto in C Major (KV 467) Piano Soloist: Andrei Streliaev Set Design: Jiří Kylián Costume Design: Joke Visser Lighting Design: Jiří Kylián, Joop Caboort (Realisation) Technical Consultant: Joost Biegelaar Répétiteur: Rex Harrington Scenery and costumes courtesy of Boston Ballet World Premiere: Nederlands Dans Theater, Salzburg, Austria, August 23, 1991 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, November 27, 2019

Petite Mort is a dynamic short ballet from the acclaimed Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián.

Playing on sexual inuendo in the phrase “petite mort” or “little death”, a cast of six male and six female dancers move and spar with another in beautiful and unexpected ways, sometimes using fencing foils in allusion to the sexual dual. This is a ballet of couplings, a witty exploration of sensuality that blends modern and classical sensibilities.

Left: Artists of the Ballet in Piano Concerto #1. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Right: Robert Curran and Rachel Rawlins of The Australian Ballet in Petite Mort.

Photo by Jim McFarlane.

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Etudes Choreography: Harald Lander Staged by: Thomas Lund Music: Knudäge Riisager, after music by Carl Czerny By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

Lighting Design: Harald Lander Artistic Advisor: Lise Lander Répétiteurs: Christopher Stowell and Piotr Stanczyk Guest Rehearsal Assistants: Trinidad Vives and Xiao Nan Yu World Premiere: Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 18, 1948 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: O'Keefe Centre (now Meridian Hall), Toronto,

February 27, 1980 Etudes is a gift from The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada.

Set to piano exercises by Carl Czerny, Harald Lander’s Etudes turns the spotlight on ballet class as the foundation for brilliant performances. Over the course of one act, the dancers progress from simple barre exercises through increasingly challenging steps and variations to a thrilling finale. Created in 1948 for The Royal Danish Ballet, Etudes is Lander’s most popular work, a showstopping celebration of ballet technique.

Running Time Piano Concerto #1 26m Musical Interlude 8m Petite Mort 17m Intermission 20m Etudes 45m The performance will run approximately 2h 10m.

Elena Lobsanova, Jenna Savella and Tanya Howard in Etudes. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

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Cast Conductor David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor

Piano Concerto #1 Svetlana Lunkina and Harrison James (Nov 27, 29, 30 eve) Elena Lobsanova and Brendan Saye* (Nov 28, 30 mat, Dec 1) Jenna Savella and Naoya Ebe* (Nov 27, 29, 30 eve) Koto Ishihara* and Spencer Hack* (Nov 28, Dec 1) Tina Pereira* and Skylar Campbell* (Nov 30 mat) Selene Guerrero-Trujillo or Soo Ah Kang, Jeannie Haller or Genevieve Penn Nabity, Kathryn Hosier, Miyoko Koyasu or Clare Peterson, Jaclyn Oakley, Calley Skalnik or Tene Ward Trygve Cumpston or Teagan Richman-Taylor, Peng-Fei Jiang or Christopher Gerty, Brent Parolin or Isaac Wright, Nicholas Rose, Ben Rudisin or Jimmy Coleman, Ethan Watts

Conductor Maria Seletskaja, Conductor-in-Residence

Petite Mort Elena Lobsanova, Larkin Miller Koto Ishihara, Skylar Campbell Jillian Vanstone, Donald Thom Tina Pereira, Spencer Hack Hannah Fischer, Brendan Saye Greta Hodgkinson, Guillaume CĂ´tĂŠ (Nov 27, 29, 30 eve)

Antonella Martinelli, Larkin Miller Jenna Savella, Isaac Wright Svetlana Lunkina, Brent Parolin Tanya Howard, Naoya Ebe Heather Ogden, Ben Rudisin Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk (Nov 28, 30 mat, Dec 1)

All casting subject to change. * Debut

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Conductor David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor (Nov 27, 29, 30 eve, Dec 1) Maria Seletskaja, Conductor-in-Residence (Nov 28, 30 mat)

Etudes Heather Ogden (Nov 27, 30 eve) Jillian Vanstone* (Nov 28, 30 mat) Svetlana Lunkina* (Nov 29, Dec 1)

Harrison James*, Naoya Ebe* (Nov 27, 30 eve) Donald Thom*, Siphesihle November* (Nov 28, 30 mat) Harrison James, Skylar Campbell* (Nov 29, Dec 1)

Women in White Tina Pereira or Hannah Galway, Jenna Savella or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Jordana Daumec, Chelsy Meiss, Koto Ishihara, Hannah Fischer, Kathryn Hosier, Miyoko Koyasu, Jeannine Haller, Calley Skalnik, Tirion Law, Genevieve Penn Nabity Women in Black Hannah Galway or ShenĂŠ Lazarus, Meghan Pugh, Ayano Haneishi, Tene Ward, Jennifer Watembach, Antonella Martinelli, Brenna Flaherty, Soo Ah Kang, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo or Arielle Miralles, Jaclyn Oakley, Shelby Tzung, Clare Peterson Sylphs Tanya Howard, Tiffany Mosher, Chelsy Meiss or Meghan Pugh Men Siphesihle November or Isaac Wright, Donald Thom or Teagan Richman-Taylor, Jack Bertinshaw or Noah Parets, Jimmy Coleman, Christopher Gerty or Ethan Watts, Trygve Cumpston, Larkin Miller, Spencer Hack or Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato or Nicholas Rose, Peng-Fei Jiang or Brent Parolin, Alexander Skinner, Giorgio Galli

All casting subject to change. * Debut

The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the support of the following:

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage via the Endowment Incentives component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.

Bringing the arts to life De l'art plein la vie

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 and Dance/USA.

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The Government of Ontario through the Honourable Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada

Selected Biographies

Karen Kain C.C., LL.D., D. Litt., O.Ont.

Artistic Director

Barry Hughson Executive Director

David Briskin Music Director and Principal Conductor

Artistic Director Karen Kain has led The National Ballet of Canada with great success since 2005, returning the company to the international stage, commissioning exciting new works by sought-after choreographers, attracting talented artists and forming partnerships with leading ballet companies such as The Royal Ballet and The Hamburg Ballet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Ms. Kain trained at Canada’s National Ballet School and joined the National Ballet in 1969. In 1973, Ms. Kain won the Silver Medal at the prestigious International Ballet Competition in Moscow and, along with Frank Augustyn, received a special prize for Best Pas de Deux. Her distinguished career included international guesting with such companies as Paris Opéra Ballet, Roland Petit’s Le Ballet de Marseilles, The Bolshoi Ballet, London Festival Ballet and The Hamburg Ballet. Ms. Kain retired from dancing in 1997 and became the National Ballet’s Artist-in-Residence, then Artistic Associate and subsequently, was appointed Artistic Director. Ms. Kain has received many awards throughout her career. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada, an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters awarded by the Government of France and a recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement and the Order of Ontario. This season marks Ms. Kain’s 50th anniversary with the National Ballet. In January 2021, she will retire as Artistic Director and be named Artistic Director Emeritus.

Barry Hughson joined The National Ballet of Canada as Executive Director in 2014, partnering with Karen Kain to accelerate the company’s trajectory of artistic growth, fiscal responsibility, community engagement and international acclaim. In 1988, Mr. Hughson began his professional career as a dancer with The Washington Ballet, performing at the Kennedy Center and internationally. After retiring as a performer, he served as Executive Director at a variety of arts institutions in the US, including The Warner Theatre, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Boston Ballet. Mr. Hughson is deeply engaged with the international arts community and is sought-after as a speaker at industry events around the world.

For nine years, he served on the board of Dance/USA, North America’s largest service organization for professional dance. In partnership with Dance/USA and The Royal Ballet, Mr. Hughson spearheaded the first meeting of North American and European executive dance leadership in 2015. In Canada, Mr. Hughson serves as Vice-President of the Canadian Dance Assembly and as a member of the Coordinating Committee for Respectful Workplaces in the Arts, where he chaired the working group responsible for the development of a nationwide Code of Conduct for the Live Performing Arts.

Music Director and Principal Conductor of The National Ballet of Canada since 2006, David Briskin is widely recognized as one of contemporary ballet’s most accomplished conductors, noted both for the range of his repertoire and the insightfulness of his musical interpretations. Prior to moving to Canada, Mr. Briskin lived and worked for 23 years as a conductor in New York City, working in opera, ballet and concert. He conducted for seven years with American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City Center and in major opera houses throughout the world, and was a seasonal conductor for New York City Ballet. He has conducted for nearly all the major North American ballet companies. Highly in demand internationally as a guest conductor, Mr. Briskin has appeared regularly with The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, The Royal Swedish Ballet and The Royal Danish Ballet. Mr. Briskin has appeared with orchestras and opera companies throughout Europe, Asia and North America including the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, Cincinnati Pops, Indianapolis, Windsor and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, as well as Calgary Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opera Carolina, Lake George Opera and Sarasota Opera, among others. Recently, he conducted the Canadian premiere of Joby Talbot’s Everest with Calgary Opera, for which he was nominated The Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Musical Direction.

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Harald Lander Choreographer and Lighting Designer, Etudes

Harald Lander trained at The Royal Danish Ballet School and became a member of The Royal Danish Ballet in 1923. He began his choreographic career in 1929 with his first ballet Don Pedro in which he also starred. Mr. Lander was appointed Artistic Director of The Royal Danish Ballet in 1932, a position he held until 1951. Under his leadership, The Royal Danish Ballet thrived artistically and commercially for the first time in decades, bringing them international success. Mr. Lander choreographed over 30 ballets in his career, with Etudes, choreographed in 1948, achieving enduring popularity and worldwide acclaim. Mr. Lander joined the staff of Paris Opéra Ballet as Ballet Master in 1951. In 1959, he became Director of Paris Opéra Ballet School and held both positions until 1963. He also became a Knight of Dannebrog and was decorated by the Swedish, Belgian and French governments. Mr. Lander died in Copenhagen on September 14, 1971.

Thomas Lund is Director of The Royal Danish Ballet School. He completed his dance training at the very same school and went on to be a Principal Dancer with The Royal Danish Ballet and guest around the world. He has performed lead roles in Bournonville ballets such as La Sylphide, Napoli, The Kermesse in Bruges, Abdallah, Le Conservatoire and The Flower Festival in Genzano and classical/neo-classical ballets such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Etudes, Gaité Parisienne, Caroline Mathilde, Symphony in C, Rubies and Tarantella. Mr. Lund also regularly stages Harald Lander’s Etudes on companies around the world. He is also a teacher in the Bournonville style in Denmark and has given a number of master classes abroad. Mr. Lund is a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog, 1st class.

Thomas Lund Stager, Etudes

Alexei Ratmansky Choreographer, Piano Concerto #1

Felipe Diaz Stager, Piano Concerto #1

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Alexei Ratmansky was born in St. Petersburg and trained at the Bolshoi Ballet School.

He was a Principal Dancer with Ukrainian National Ballet, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet and The Royal Danish Ballet. He has created ballets for Mariinsky Ballet, The Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Het Nationale Ballet, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Kiev Ballet, the State Ballet of Georgia and The National Ballet of Canada. In 2005, he was awarded the Benois de la Danse prize for his choreography of Anna Karenina for The Royal Danish Ballet. He was made Knight of Dannebrog by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in 2001. He won his second Benois de la Danse for Shostakovich Trilogy in 2014. Mr. Ratmansky was named Artistic Director of The Bolshoi Ballet in 2004. He received a Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for The Bright Stream in 2006. In 2007, he won a Golden Mask Award for Best Choreographer for his production of Jeu de Cartes for The Bolshoi Ballet.

In 2009, Mr. Ratmansky choreographed new dances for the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Aida. He joined American Ballet Theatre as Artist in Residence in 2009 and was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2013.

Felipe Diaz was born in Bogota, Colombia where he began his training. Mr. Diaz continued his training at San Francisco Ballet School. Over a career spanning 22 years, Mr. Diaz danced as a Soloist with San Francisco Ballet, English National Ballet and Het Nationale Ballet. He has performed numerous lead roles including the Prince in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, Basilio in Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quixote, James in La Sylphide, Lensky in John Cranko’s Onegin, the title role in Petrouschka, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and leading roles in works by renowned choreographers such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander, Helgi Tomasson, Christopher Wheeldon, Hans van Manen, Alexei Ratmansky and William Forsythe, among others. After retiring from the stage, Mr. Diaz began working as ballet master for Het Nationale Ballet and has been a guest teacher for several ballet companies in Europe, the US and Asia.

George Tsypin Set Designer, Piano Concerto #1

Keso Dekker Costume Designer, Piano Concerto #1

George Tsypin designs for opera have been produced all over the world, including Salzburg Festival, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Covent Garden in London, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Mr. Tsypin was chosen to exhibit his work at the Venice Biennale in 2002. His monograph, George Tsypin Opera Factory: Building in the Black Void, was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2005 and won a Golden PEN Award. His second book, George Tsypin Opera Factory: Invisible City was published in 2016. Mr. Tsypin’s Broadway credits as a set designer for a musical include Disney Theatrical Production’s The Little Mermaid.

He also designed the set for the new musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark which received a Tony Award nomination and won the Outer Critics Circle Award. In 2014, Mr. Tsypin designed, co-scripted and co-directed the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Dutch-born visual artist Keso Dekker has designed sets and costumes for over 500 theatre productions, with over 70 directors and choreographers across Europe and the US. Initially a painter and designer of private and public spaces and museum exhibitions, Mr. Dekker also taught, published and wrote for television and organized exhibitions on the subjects of design, fashion, dance and the visual arts. Foremost are his stage designs for modern dance and ballet, for which he has received a Dutch Design Award. Pivotal throughout Mr. Dekker’s career has been his close bond with choreographer Hans van Manen. Mr. Dekker designed Mr. van Manen’s entire body of work since 1978, totaling 70 creations. Mr. Dekker first collaborated with Alexei Ratmansky on Souvenir d'un lieu cher in 2012 for Het Nationale Ballet, later followed by the Shostakovich Trilogy for American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet.

Jennifer Tipton is well known for her work in theatre, dance and opera. Her recent work in theatre includes To Kill A Mockingbird on Broadway and David Cale’s We Are Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time at the Public Theater in New York City. Her recent work in opera includes David Lang’s The Loser at the Los Angeles Opera and in dance, Justin Peck’s Principia for New York City Ballet. Ms. Tipton teaches lighting at the Yale School of Drama. She received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, The Jerome Robbins Award in 2003 and in April 2004 the Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture in New York City. In 2008, she was made a United States Artists Gracie Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow.

Jennifer Tipton Lighting Designer, Piano Concerto #1

Jiří Kylián Choreographer, Set, Costume and Lighting Designer, Petite Mort

Jiří Kylián was born in the Czech Republic in 1947 and started his dance career at the age of nine at the School of the National Ballet in Prague. He left Prague when he received a scholarship for the Royal Ballet School in London in 1967. Mr. Kylián left to join Stuttgart Ballet, led by John Cranko and in 1975, he became Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). In 1978, Mr. Kylián put the company on the international map with Sinfonietta. That same year, he founded NDT 2, and also initiated NDT 3 in 1991, the company for older dancers. This three-dimensional structure was unique in the world of dance. After an extraordinary record of service, with an oeuvre of almost 100 ballets, Mr. Kylián handed over the artistic leadership in 1999 and remained associated to the dance company as house choreographer until December 2009. In the last 10 years, Mr. Kylián has directed four films, Car-Men, Between Entrance & Exit, Schwarzfahrer and the award-winning Scalamare.

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Born in Australia, Roslyn Anderson studied with Phyllis Danaher and at The Australian Ballet School, from which she graduated to The Australian Ballet. After six years, she joined Nederlands Dans Theater, then directed by Jaap van Flier, as a result of their Australian tour in 1972. She danced until 1986, working with choreographers Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley, John Butler, Hans van Manen, Louis Falco, Jennifer Muller, Christopher Bruce and Jiří Kylián, having many works created for her. After ending her dance career, Ms. Anderson became the Rehearsal Director for Nederlands Dans Theater from 1986 to 2008. Since 1979, she has been assisting Mr. Kylián and others on numerous works and has staged numerous ballets for Mr. Kylián all over the world.

Roslyn Anderson Stager, Petite Mort

Joke Visser Costume Designer, Petite Mort

Joop Caboort Lighting Designer, Petite Mort

Maria Seletskaja Conductor-inResidence

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After 10 years as a freelance designer for companies such as Het Nationale Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) and the Dutch Opera Foundation, Joke Visser joined NDT officially in 1987. In 1989, she was appointed head of the NDT costume department and since then, Jiří Kylián has worked with Ms. Visser to design and fabricate the costumes for almost all of his dance productions. Her work for Mr. Kylián’s pieces includes Bella Figura, Wings of Wax, A Way A Lone, One of a Kind, Indigo Rose, Half Past, Doux Mensonges, Arcimboldo 2000, Click-Pause-Silence, Birthday, 27’52”, Claude Pascal, When Time takes Time, Far too close, Last Touch, Sleepless, Toss of a Dice, Chapeau, Tar and Feathers, Vanishing Twin, Gods and Dogs and en Mémoires d’oubliettes. Ms. Visser supervises and organizes the costumes of Mr. Kylián’s works around the world.

Born in The Hague in 1944, Joop Caboort joined Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) in 1965 as a junior electrician. He was NDT’s technical director from 1970 to 1995.

In 1970, he also became the company’s house lighting designer and has since designed numerous works including ballets by Hans van Manen, Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, Jennifer Muller, Louis Falco, Glen Tetley, Maurice Béjart, Nils Christe and others. He also worked in close collaboration with set designers Jean-Paul Vroom, Keso Dekker, William Katz, Walter Nobbe, Nadine Bayliss, John F. Macfarlane, Michael Simon, and many others. Mr. Caboort has worked in over 100 theatres and opera houses around the world, among them the Royal Opera House, Paris Opéra, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich and the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. In 1995, he started his own bureau for Lighting Design & Theater Consultancy, working freelance. Mr. Caboort also lectures at the Graphic Lyceum in Rotterdam on theatre techniques.

Estonian born Maria Seletskaja danced for 15 years on the international ballet stage with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Staatsballett Berlin, Zürich Ballet and Estonian National Ballet. While dancing, Ms. Seletskaja continued her musical studies both privately and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She was influenced by such conducting teachers as James Tuggle, Music Director of Stuttgart Ballet and Stuttgart Opera House, Paavo Järvi and Rodolfo Saglimbeni. Since 2016, Ms. Seletskaja has been a conductor full-time. She was invited to be assistant to the Music Director of the Casco Phil and Stuttgart Ballet and in 2018, she made her conducting debut at Stuttgart Ballet to great acclaim with La Fille mal gardée. She also made conducting debuts at the National Ballet of Georgia and Moravian Philharmonic and was selected as one of five participants for a conducting course with Paul Murphy at the Royal Opera House in London in 2019.

Ms. Seletskaja joined The National Ballet of Canada as Conductor-in-Residence for the 2019/20 season. In December 2019, she will be an assistant to Mr. Järvi at the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and she will also return to Stuttgart Ballet as a guest conductor.

Jeff Morris Stage Manager

Liliane Stilwell Stage Manager

Michael Lewandowski Assistant Stage Manager

Jeff Morris joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1995 and celebrates his 25th anniversary this season. Born in Toronto, he studied technical theatre production and administration at Ryerson’s Theatre School. From 1990 to 1995 he was Production Stage Manager for Toronto Dance Theatre, including the company’s debuts in Berlin, Warsaw, Beijing, Tokyo and at the Joyce Theater. He was Production Stage Manager for Dancers for Life (1991 – 1997), Stage Manager for Theatre Passe-Muraille (Never Swim Alone) and for the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists. Since joining the National Ballet, he has 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, Crystal Pite’s Emergence, and Guillaume Côté’s Le Petit Prince and Frame by Frame (with Robert Lepage). Company premieres include John Neumeier’s The Seagull, A Streetcar Named Desire, Nijinsky and Anna Karenina, and Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale. He is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and Festival Co-Director for the biannual dance:made in Canada/fait au Canada.

Liliane Stilwell joined The National Ballet of Canada in 2015 and has stage managed The Merry Widow, Onegin, Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio.

Previously she served as stage manager for the Canadian Opera Company for 22 years. Highlights include Don Quixote, Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermore, La Cenerentola, Otello, Marriage of Figaro, Götterdämmerung (complete Ring Cycle), Macbeth, La Bohème, Eugene Onegin, Madama Butterfly and was part of the team that took Oedipus Rex to the Edinburgh International Festival. She was production stage manager for Grease and stage manager for Robin Hood and Cinderella at the Elgin Theatre, Dirty Dancing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and Hairspray at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Other credits include Tom Jones, Speed-The-Plow, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Big River, Carousel, Me and My Girl and Roar of the Greasepaint – Smell of the Crowd. Ms. Stilwell has stage managed several industrial shows in Canada and the US. Born in Włocławek, Poland, Michael Lewandowski studied technical theatre production at York University, Toronto. His work for The National Ballet of Canada includes the world premiere of Frame by Frame, The Nutcracker, The Winter’s Tale, New York City tours of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale and the Washington D.C. tour of The Winter’s Tale. He has also worked on Fall for Dance North. Theatre work includes the world premiere and UK tour of ‘da kink in my hair (Toronto Fringe Festival & Hackney Empire), The Pillowman (Canadian Stage Theatre) and Drystreak (Grand Theatre). Select opera credits include The Nightingale and Other Short Fables, War & Peace, Death in Venice, Carmen, La Bohème, Elektra, Il Trovatore, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Dialogues des Carmélites (Canadian Opera Company). For television, he has been the floor director for Canadian Country Music Awards and Indspire Awards. Select festival work includes Just for Laughs, Luminato and Westfest.

The National Ballet Orchestra The National Ballet of Canada is privileged to have its own full Orchestra with over 60 members. The Orchestra has performed in each of the National Ballet’s seasons and is led by Music Director and Principal Conductor David Briskin. The company’s first Music Director was George Crum who, along with Founder Celia Franca, was a pioneer of the company. Mr. Crum held the position from the company’s inception in 1951 to 1984, when he was appointed Music Director Emeritus. The Orchestra was led by Ermanno Florio from 1985 to 1990. Ormsby Wilkins was Music Director and Principal Conductor from 1990 to 2006. The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra has toured extensively with the company through Canada, the US and Europe. Over the years, the Orchestra has received much acclaim from audiences and critics alike and has recorded two CDs of Michael Torke’s compositions for The Contract (The Pied Piper) and An Italian Straw Hat. The Orchestra made their concert debut at Koerner Hall on April 3, 2012, in celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary.

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PRINCIPAL DANCERS Skylar Campbell

Guillaume Côté

Born: Laguna Beach, California Trained: with Victor and Tatiana Kasatsky Academy in Laguna Hills, California Joined National Ballet: 2009 Principal Dancer since: 2018

Born: Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1998 Principal Dancer since: 2004

Sponsored by Tricia Younger

Sponsored by Emmanuelle Gattuso, C.M. and Allan Slaight, C.M.

Jurgita Dronina

Naoya Ebe

Born: Saratov, Russia Trained: National M.K Čiurlionis School of Art in Lithuania and Munich International Ballet Academy in Germany Royal Swedish Ballet: 2005 – 2010 Het Nationale Ballet: 2010 – 2015 Resident Principal Guest Artist with The Hong Kong Ballet: 2015—2017 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2015 Lead Principal Dancer with English National Ballet since: 2017

Born: Tokyo, Japan Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2006 Principal Dancer since: 2015 Sponsored by Gretchen Ross

Francesco Gabriele Frola

Greta Hodgkinson, O.Ont.

Born: Aosta, Italy Trained: Professione Danza Parma, The School of The Hamburg Ballet and Fomento Artistico Cordobés Joined National Ballet: 2010 Principal Dancer since: 2018 Principal Dancer with English National Ballet since: 2018

Born: Providence, Rhode Island Trained: Festival Ballet of Rhode Island and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1990 Principal Dancer since: 1996

Sponsored by Sherry and Edward Drew

Harrison James

Elena Lobsanova

Born: Paraparaumu, New Zealand Trained: San Francisco Ballet School’s Trainee Program and the New Zealand School of Dance Joined National Ballet: 2013 Principal Dancer since: 2016

Born: Moscow, Russia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2004 Principal Dancer since: 2015 Sponsored by Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan

Sponsored by Lucy White

Svetlana Lunkina

Evan McKie

Born: Moscow, Russia Trained: Moscow Choreographic Academy Bolshoi Ballet: 1997 – 2013 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2014

Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School, The Kirov Academy of Ballet and the John Cranko School Stuttgart Ballet: 2001 – 2014 Principal Guest Artist with National Ballet: 2012 – 2014 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2014

Sponsored by Anna McCowan-Johnson and Donald K. Johnson, O.C.

Heather Ogden

Sonia Rodriguez

Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: Richmond Academy of Dance in British Columbia Joined National Ballet: 1998 Principal Dancer since: 2005

Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: with Pedro de la Cruz at the Princess Grace Academy Joined National Ballet: 1990 Principal Dancer since: 2000

Sponsored by Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin

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Brendan Saye

Piotr Stanczyk

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2008 Principal Dancer since: 2019

Born: Poznan, Poland Trained: State Ballet School of Poznan and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1998 Principal Dancer since: 2008

Sponsored by Robin Vaile Robinson

Jillian Vanstone Born: Nanaimo, British Columbia Trained: Kirkwood Academy of the Performing Arts in Nanaimo, British Columbia and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1999 Principal Dancer since: 2011 Sponsored by George & Kathy Dembroski

PRINCIPAL CHARACTER ARTISTS Stephanie Hutchison

Alejandra Perez-Gomez

Born: Kitchener, Ontario Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1997 Principal Character Artist since: 2015

Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du Québec, Princess Grace Academy and San Francisco Ballet School in California Joined National Ballet: 1998 Principal Character Artist since: 2013

Rebekah Rimsay

Lorna Geddes

Born: Fort Collins, Colorado Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1990 Principal Character Artist since: 2012

Born: Waterloo, Ontario Trained: with Betty Oliphant Joined National Ballet: 1959 Principal Character Artist since: 2005 Guest Artist

Etienne Lavigne

Jonathan Renna

Born: Montréal, Québec Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du Québec, San Francisco Ballet School in California and National Ballet of Cuba Joined National Ballet: 1997 Principal Character Artist since: 2015

Born: Ottawa, Ontario Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1997—2000 Rejoined: 2007 Principal Character Artist since: 2015

Guest Artist

Guest Artist

Tomas Schramek

Hazaros Surmeyan

Born: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia) Trained: Slovak Folk Dance Ensemble SLUK Joined National Ballet: 1969 Principal Dancer: 1973—1990 Principal Character Artist since: 1990

Born: Skopje, Yugoslavia Trained: National Ballet School of Macedonia Joined as Principal Dancer: 1966 Principal Character Artist since: 1986

Guest Artist

Guest Artist

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FIRST SOLOISTS Jack Bertinshaw

Jordana Daumec

Born: Sydney, Australia Trained: Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy in Australia and the Tanz Akademie Zürich in Switzerland Joined National Ballet: 2011 First Soloist since: 2015

Born: New York City, New York Trained: Studio Maestro in New York and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2003 First Soloist since: 2015

Hannah Fischer

Emma Hawes

Born: New York City, New York Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2012 First Soloist since: 2017

Born: Delaware, Ohio Trained: BalletMet’s Dance Academy in Ohio and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2011 First Soloist since: 2017 First Soloist with English National Ballet: 2018

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Sponsored by Sherry and Edward Drew

Tanya Howard

Koto Ishihara

Born: Uitenhage, South Africa Trained: The National School of Arts in South Africa and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1998 First Soloist since: 2007

Born: Nagoya, Japan Trained: Shiho Kanazawa Ballet School in Japan, The HARID Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida and San Francisco Ballet School in California Joined as a First Soloist: 2019

Alexandra MacDonald

Chelsy Meiss

Born: Calgary, Alberta Trained: International School of Ballet in Calgary and Boston Ballet School’s Trainee Program Joined National Ballet: 2007 First Soloist since: 2016

Born: Melbourne, Australia Trained: Karen Curlis School of Dance, Thelma Williams School of Dance, The Victorian College of The Arts in Australia and The Australian Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2008 First Soloist since: 2015

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Tina Pereira

Ben Rudisin

Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2001 First Soloist since: 2009

Born: Woodbridge, Virginia Trained: North Carolina School of the Arts and Houston Ballet II Joined National Ballet: 2013 First Soloist since: 2019

Sponsored by The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C.

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Jenna Savella

Donald Thom

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Trained: DanceWest and Lavrova Classical Ballet Academy in British Columbia and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2004 First Soloist since: 2015

Born: Kanata, Ontario Trained: Linda Jamison School of Dance in Ottawa and The Royal Ballet Upper School in England Joined National Ballet: 2015 First Soloist since: 2019

Sponsored by Elvio & Marlene DelZotto

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Sponsored by Diana St. B. Weatherall

SECOND SOLOISTS Joe Chapman

Christopher Gerty

Born: Hobart, Australia Trained: The McDonald College of Performing Arts in Sydney, Australia and The Australian Ballet School Joined as a Second Soloist: 2018

Born: Watford, England Trained: Newcastle Dance Academy in Australia, New Zealand School of Dance and San Francisco Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2014 Second Soloist since: 2018 Sponsored by Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein

Spencer Hack

Jeannine Haller

Born: Toledo, Ohio Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2014 Second Soloist since: 2018

Born: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Trained: Place des Arts in Coquitlam, British Columbia and Canada's National Ballet School Joined: 2015 Second Soloist since: 2019 Sponsored by Devida & Derek Smith

Kathryn Hosier

Miyoko Koyasu

Born: Champaign, Illinois Trained: Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2009 Second Soloist since: 2015

Born: Chiba, Japan Trained: Hashimoto Ballet and Shimada Ballet Institute in Japan and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2011 Second Soloist since: 2018

Sponsored by Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond

Tiffany Mosher

Siphesihle November

Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia Trained: Scotia Dance Studios and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1999 Second Soloist since: 2013

Born: Zolani, South Africa Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2017 Second Soloist since: 2019

Brent Parolin

Kota Sato

Born: Prince George, British Columbia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School and John Cranko School in Germany Joined National Ballet: 2014 Second Soloist since: 2015

Born: Tokyo, Japan Trained: Shimura Ballet School in Japan and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined: 2012 Second Soloist since: 2019

Sponsored by Jerry & Joan Lozinski

Sponsored by Tony Arrell, C.M. & Anne Arrell

Calley Skalnik Born: Tulsa, Oklahoma Trained: Tulsa Balllet Academy and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2014 Second Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by an anonymous donor

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CORPS DE BALLET Jimmy Coleman

Trygve Cumpston

Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: Canada's National Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet School in California Joined: 2015 Corps de Ballet since: 2017

Born: Des Moines, Iowa Trained: School of Classical Ballet and Dance in Des Moines, Iowa, Orlando Ballet School in Florida and San Francisco Ballet School in California Joined: 2012 Corps de Ballet since: 2013

Shaelynn Estrada

Brenna Flaherty

Born: Nacogdoches, Texas Trained: Ellison Ballet Professional Training Program in New York City, New York and The Rock School for Dance Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2019

Born: Boston, Massachusetts Trained: Boston Ballet School in Massachusetts Joined: 2016 Corps de Ballet since: 2018

Giorgio Galli

Hannah Galway

Born: Carate Brianza, Italy Trained: Teatro alla Scala Ballet School in Italy and The Royal Ballet School in England Joined: 2009 Corps de Ballet since: 2010

Born: Comox, British Columbia Trained: Canada's National Ballet School Joined: 2017 Corps de Ballet since: 2018

Sponsored by Anne-Marie Canning

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Selene Guerrero-Trujillo

Monika Haczkiewicz

Born: Mexico City, Mexico Trained: The National Ballet School of Mexico and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2007

Born: Las Vegas, Nevada Trained: Nevada Ballet Theatre, Kwak Ballet Academy, Tara Foy Elite Ballet and Nevada School of Dance in Las Vegas, Nevada and Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2019

Ayano Haneishi

Peng-Fei Jiang

Born: Chiba, Japan Trained: Ecole de Ballet Pied Nus in Japan and New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo in Japan Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2019

Born: Anhui, China Trained: Beijing Dance Academy and the New Zealand School of Dance Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2017

Soo Ah Kang

Tirion Law

Born: Seoul, South Korea Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined: 2014 Corps de Ballet since: 2015

Born: Hong Kong Trained: The New Zealand School of Dance Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2018

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

CORPS DE BALLET Shené Lazarus

Antonella Martinelli

Born: Durban, South Africa Trained: Prudence Bowen Atelier in Bonogin, Australia and San Francisco Ballet School in California Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2019

Born: Santa Fe, Argentina Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined: 2007 Corps de Ballet: 2008 – 2010 Rejoined: 2016

Larkin Miller

Jaclyn Oakley

Born: Los Angeles, California Trained: The School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York City, New York Joined: 2016 Corps de Ballet since: 2018

Born: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Trained: North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem in North Carolina and Boston Ballet School’s Trainee Program in Massachusetts Joined: 2009 Corps de Ballet since: 2014 Sponsored by Renata M. Humphries

Genevieve Penn Nabity

Clare Peterson

Born: Casco, Michigan Trained: Main Stage Center for the Arts in Armada, Michigan and Canada's National Ballet School Joined: 2018 Corps de Ballet since: 2019

Born: Kelowna, British Columbia Trained: Canada's National Ballet School Joined: 2014 Corps de Ballet since: 2016

Meghan Pugh

Teagan Richman–Taylor

Born: Ottawa, Ontario Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined: 2012 Corps de Ballet since: 2014

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School, Goh Ballet Academy and Arts Umbrella in Vancouver, British Columbia Joined: 2017 Corps de Ballet since: 2018

Sponsored by Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Sponsored by Devida & Derek Smith

Nicholas Rose

Alexander Skinner

Born: West Palm Beach, Florida Trained: Colburn Dance Academy in Los Angeles, California and The HARID Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2018

Born: Ottawa, Ontario Trained: The School of Dance in Ottawa, Ontario and Canada's National Ballet School Joined: 2017 Corps de Ballet since: 2018

Nan Wang

Ethan Watts

Born: Dalian, China Trained: Xu Yan Dance School in China, Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined: 2004 Corps de Ballet since: 2005

Born: San Francisco, California Trained: San Francisco Ballet School in California and The Academy of Ballet San Francisco in California Joined: 2013 Corps de Ballet since: 2014 Sponsored by Robbie Pryde

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CORPS DE BALLET Tene Ward

Jennifer Watembach

Born: Sydney, Austrailia Trained: Canberra Festival Ballet School in Australia, The Australian Ballet School and European School of Ballet in Amsterdam, Netherlands Joined: 2018 Corps de Ballet since: 2019

Born: Sacramento, California Trained: San Francisco Ballet School in California and the Sacramento Ballet School in California Joined: 2018 Corps de Ballet since: 2019

Isaac Wright Born: Belleville, Ontario Trained: Quinte Ballet School of Canada in Belleville, Ontario and Canada's National Ballet School Joined: 2015 Corps de Ballet since: 2019

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Every child deserves

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 Karen Kain’s vision. (October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019)

Production Builders The following individuals and foundations have made extraordinary contributions to expand our repertoire with new visions of dance for 2019/20 and future seasons.

Anne-Marie Canning Walter Carsen New Creations Fund Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M. The Gail Hutchison Fund Richard M. Ivey, C.C. Rosamond Ivey Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C.

The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Nancy Pencer Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Tim & Frances Price Aaron & Heather Regent Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada One Anonymous Donor

The Producers’ Circle The members of The Producers’ Circle collaborate to fulfill Karen Kain’s vision by supporting the creation of new repertoire.

Gail & Mark Appel John & Claudine Bailey Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M. Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C.

Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin Mona & Harvey Levenstein Jerry & Joan Lozinski The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. Julie Medland Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Lynda & Jonas Prince Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C. Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan The Harry & Lillian Seymour Family Foundation The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation

Dancers First Programme Donors to Dancers First are dedicated to supporting the National Ballet’s exceptional dancers.

George & Kathy Dembroski

Elvio & Marlene DelZotto

Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein

Principal Dancer Jillian Vanstone

First Soloist Jenna Savella

Second Soloist Christopher Gerty

Sherry and Edward Drew

The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C.

Anonymous

Principal Dancer Francesco Gabriele Frola First Soloist Emma Hawes

Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan

Diana St. B. Weatherall

Principal Dancer Elena Lobsanova

First Soloist Chelsy Meiss

Emmanuelle Gattuso, C.M. and Allan Slaight, C.M.

Anonymous Anonymous

Principal Dancer Svetlana Lunkina

Corps de Ballet member Kota Sato

Anne-Marie Canning Corps de Ballet member Giorgio Galli

Renata M. Humphries Corps de Ballet member Jaclyn Oakley

First Soloist Hannah Fischer

Principal Dancer Heather Ogden

Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C.

Tony Arrell, C.M. & Anne Arrell

First Soloist Jordana Daumec

Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté

Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin

Second Soloist Calley Skalnik

First Soloist Tina Pereira

Anonymous

Robbie Pryde Corps de Ballet member Ethan Watts

First Soloist Alexandra MacDonald

Anonymous

Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Corps de Ballet member Meghan Pugh

First Soloist Ben Rudisin

Robin Vaile Robinson Principal Dancer Brendan Saye

Jerry & Joan Lozinski

Anonymous Corps de Ballet member Peng-Fei Jiang

Second Soloist Siphesihle November

Gretchen Ross Principal Dancer Naoya Ebe

Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond

Anonymous Corps de Ballet member Clare Peterson

Second Soloist Kathryn Hosier

Lucy White Principal Dancer Harrison James

Devida & Derek Smith

Tricia Younger

Second Soloist Jeannine Haller Corps de Ballet member Teagan Richman-Taylor

Rolex Canada Ltd. Rolex Dancers First Award

Principal Dancer Skylar Campbell

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YOU dance

The generosity of YOU dance donors supports the free workshops and performances that introduce young students to ballet, helping to encourage imagination, movement and an appreciation for the arts.

Ballet Club Relevé J.P. Bickell Foundation Elizabeth A. & Richard J. Currie, O.C. Maxine Goldberg The Anna McCowan-Johnson Dance Accessibility Fund

Beth & Brent Wilson Steve & Sally Stavro Foundation The Woodbridge Company An Anonymous Lady One Anonymous Donor

Music Circle and Orchestra

We gratefully acknowledge the following donors for their support towards the only dedicated ballet orchestra in Canada.

John & Claudine Bailey Nani & Austin Beutel Peter & Eleanor Daniels Jeanie A. Davis Indra & Rags Davloor The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation William & Ruth Herridge The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Anne & Charles Morison

Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. John & Susan Rose Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Noreen Taylor, C.M., & David Staines, C.M., O.Ont. Heather Thomson & Richard Thomson, O.C. TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation

The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation

We acknowledge the generosity of the following donors who are graciously supporting the future of the National Ballet.

Estate of Isobel M. Allen Estate of Marion G. Bassett BMO Financial Group Estate of Mona Campbell Adelle and Paul Deacon Nanton Fund at the Toronto Foundation Susan Gerhard Ronald M. Haynes The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Estate of Hugh Morris

Estate of Vida Peene Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Estate of Rita Anne Piquet Estate of Alfred Lewis Preston TD Bank Group Marje Virro Estate of John H. Williams Ms. Vivien M. Wu Two Anonymous Donors

Dancer Wellness The McLean Foundation Tim & Frances Price Lynda Prince Janis Rotman

The Estate of Lawrence Schafer Mr. George R. Sutherland The Horst Dantz & Don Quick Dancer Wellness Fund

Special Gifts The John & Margaret Bahen Fund

Robyn McCallum & Stephen Delaney

Ottawa Tour

CreativAction

The Delaney Family Foundation

Sans Limites

Choreographic Workshop

Choreographic Associates

Ada Slaight

An Anonymous Lady

Share the Magic Underwriter

Relaxed Performances and the accompanying Visual Guide

Esprit de Corps Diana Billes Taiya Campbell & Brennan Mulcahy Jeanie A. Davis Indra & Rags Davloor Nadia & Nick Di Donato Jan Fleming & Mitchell Winnick Jennifer Kaplan Krista Kerr Anne & David LeGresley Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit

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Alison & J. Bruce McDonald Geneviève McKillop & Chris Bennett Rebecca Mooney & Asif Nasim Linda & Kevin O’Leary RAP Foundation Victor & Bernice Royce The Sabourin Family Michele & Ryerson Symons The Tripp / Smith Family

With Your Donation...

2019 graduates of the RBC Apprentice Programme Tene Ward, Jennifer Watembach and Genevieve Penn Nabity transitioned into their first year in the Corps de Ballet, beginning with a busy summer of rehearsals for Giselle, Orpheus Alive and Etudes.

Top to bottom: Tene Ward. Jennifer Watembach. Genevieve Penn Nabity.

Photos by Karolina Kuras.

As part of CreativAction, the National Ballet offers its studio space as a free resource to dance artists and small companies of all disciplines and genres. Over the course of the 2019/20 season, the National Ballet’s Open Spaces initiative will provide 1,200 hours of free studio space.

The National Ballet offers free movement workshops and YOU dance performances to 2,550 students and teachers from 30 schools in the general Toronto area, all of them from neighbourhood improvement areas, in order to promote movement, creative expression and accessibility.

Above: Kota Sato. Photo by Elias Djemil-Matassov. Right: Apprentices and audience members at the YOU dance Relaxed Performance. Photo by Alana de Haan.

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Our Community of Support The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the following donors and sponsors for their generosity and commitment to sustain the excellence, energy and impact of great dance. (October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019)

($25,000 and above)

Gail & Mark Appel◊◊ Tony Arrell, C.M. & Anne Arrell◊ The Azrieli Foundation John & Claudine Bailey◊◊ Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns◊ The Estate of Marion G. Basset Nani & Austin Beutel◊◊ Ms. Susanne Boyce & Dr. Brendan Mullen Anne-Marie Canning◊ Judith & Marshall Cohen◊◊ Judi & Lionel Conacher◊◊ Elizabeth A. & Richard J. Currie, O.C.◊◊ Jeanie A. Davis◊◊ Indra & Rags Davloor◊ Mr. Stephen Delaney & Ms. Robyn McCallum George & Kathy Dembroski◊◊ Ms. Laura Dinner & Mr. Richard Rooney Sherry Taylor Drew◊◊ Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance◊ The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation◊◊ Estate of John H. Williams◊◊ Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan◊ Margaret Anne Fountain, C.M. & David Glenn Fountain, C.M.◊◊ Estate of Douglas Gardner◊◊ Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M.◊◊ Emmanuelle Gattuso, C.M. and Allan Slaight, C.M. Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin◊ Ms. Taanta Gupta◊ Nona Heaslip◊◊ Mrs. Renata M. Humphries◊◊ Richard M. Ivey, C.C.◊◊ Rosamond Ivey◊◊ Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C.◊◊ The Henry White Kinnear Foundation◊ Mrs. Judy Korthals & Mr. Peter Irwin◊◊ Judith & Robert Lawrie Mona & Harvey Levenstein◊◊ Jerry & Joan Lozinski◊◊ Sarah & David Macdonald◊◊ The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C.◊◊ The McLean Foundation◊◊ Julie & Ted Medland◊◊ Vincent Mercier & Kirsten Halpin◊ Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond◊ Nancy Pencer◊◊ Estate of Rita-Anne Piquet Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M.◊◊ Tim & Frances Price◊◊ Mrs. Lynda Prince◊◊ Robbie Pryde Juta Reed Aaron & Heather Regent◊ Robin Vaile Robinson◊◊ Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C.◊◊ Janis Rotman The Estate of Lawrence Schafer Mrs. Lillian Seymour Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Sandra Simpson◊

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Ada Slaight◊◊ Devida & Derek Smith Mr. George R. Sutherland◊ Michele & Ryerson Symons The Estate of John Theo◊◊ Heather Thomson & Richard Thomson, O.C.◊◊ Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein Diana St. B. Weatherall◊◊ Ms. Carol Weinbaum & Mr. Nigel Schuster Lucy White*◊ Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Estate of Mitchell Wywiorksi◊◊ Tricia Younger◊◊ Eight Anonymous Donors

($15,000 - $24,999)

Diana Billes◊ David & Kathryn Cottingham Maxine Goldberg◊◊ Linda Haynes & Martin Connell◊ Richard & Martha Hogarth◊◊ Anne & David LeGresley◊ Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation◊◊ Ned & Georgina McLennan◊◊ Rebecca Mooney & Asif Nasim Ms. Vanessa L. Morgan & Mr. Steve Wolf◊ Linda & Kevin O'Leary◊ Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pankratz◊◊ John & Susan Rose Victor & Bernice Royce Mr. Geoffrey Wayne Squibb◊◊ Denise Ireland & Harry Underwood One Anonymous Donor

($10,000 - $14,999)

Alison Arbuckle Fisher◊◊ Gregory & Irene Aziz◊ Taiya Campbell & Brennan Mulcahy Mr. John Coke & Ms. Cathy Cranston◊ Missy & Allan Crosbie◊◊ Peter & Eleanor Daniels Estate of James D. Stewart Mrs. Anne W. Dupre & Mr. Fredrick J. Marker◊◊ Jan Fleming & Mitchell Winnik Mr. and Mrs. John Grant◊ Lynda Hamilton◊ Mr. & Mrs. William R. Herridge◊◊ Jackman Foundation◊◊ Jennifer Kaplan Ms. Krista Kerr◊ Ms. Judy Klarman◊◊ Michael Koerner, C.M. & Sonja Koerner◊◊ Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit◊ Alison & J. Bruce McDonald◊ Ms. Geneviève McKillop & Chris Bennett◊ Anne & Charles Morison◊ RAP Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Royer and Family◊ The Sabourin Family Tony Scott-Fisher◊◊ Marion Soloway◊ Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan◊ The Tripp/Smith Family

Ms. Marje Virro Lenore Walters◊◊ Judith R. Wilder◊ Ms. Beth Wilson◊ Shelagh and David Wilson Fund at the Toronto Foundation◊◊

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Elaine J. Adair◊◊ Elana Metter & Stephen A. Adler Mona Bandeen, C.M.◊◊ Karen & Bill Barnett◊◊ The Estate of Sheila Black Margaret & John Casey◊◊ Mrs. Earlaine Collins◊ Mary & John Crocker◊◊ Julie Di Lorenzo Ms. Flora Do Heather & Michael Faralla George A. Fierheller◊◊ Lucinda Flemer, C.M.◊◊ Ms. Sonia Florian George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation Ms. Susan Gerhard Ms. Deanna Gontard Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Mary Gore Carol Gray◊◊ Ginette Hamel* & Cliff Trollope Hon. & Mrs. Paul T. Hellyer◊◊ Brian Hodges & Robert Paul Hope Charitable Foundation◊◊ Joan F. Ivory, C.M.◊◊ Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont. & Ross Petty◊◊ Margaret Kawaja◊◊ Ms. Tammy Klein Gurney Kranz Charitable Foundation Arthur Labatt, O.C. & Sonia Labatt◊◊ Paul A. Lee, Q.C. & Jill Maynard◊◊ Mr. Andrew Lengyel Philip & Sherri Lieberman◊ Ms. Valerie Lockerbie Sue & Biff Matthews◊◊ Estate of Hugh Morris Mr. & Mrs. Benoit Mulsant◊ Dr. Bo Y. Ngan◊◊ Ms. Marianne Oundjian Mr. Don Quach Estate of Alfred Lewis Preston Mr. & Mrs. Rick Reininger◊◊ Esther Sarick◊ Mr. Go Sato◊◊ Mr. Greg Sharp Dr. Hugh Siddall◊ Dennis & Denny Starritt◊◊ Steve & Sally Stavro Foundation Brenda Stinson & Carlo De Angelis◊ Mrs. and Mr. Kim Surchin◊◊ Tesari Charitable Foundation Mr. Brian B. Wilks◊◊ Mrs. Vivien M. Wu◊ Ms. Helen Ziegler One Anonymous Donor

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Ishrani Jaikaran Legacy Donor and 20-year Subscriber When did you discover dance?

As most little girls I loved to dance.

I can remember how excited I was going to my ballet class. In my late teens, I was fortunate enough to see Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev dance in Swan Lake and I was hooked.

When did you first see the National Ballet?

In 1990, I moved to Toronto. I met three lovely ladies who attended the ballet regularly and I was invited to join them.

While I was a caregiver, attending the ballet was always a treat which allowed me to forget about my everyday problems and lose myself in wonderful artistry.

What do you appreciate most about the company?

The dancers of The National Ballet of Canada dedicate their lives to their craft and in so doing give us so much pleasure.

Why have you established a legacy gift?

Because of the pleasure and enjoyment that the National Ballet has given me, I want in some way to contribute to the company’s continued growth and success. Leaving a legacy to this wonderful company is my way to express my appreciation.

For more information,visit

national.ballet.ca/legacy or call Richard Lefebvre at 416 346 9686 x324.

Ishrani Jaikaran. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

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Ms. Yeti Agnew & Mr. Christopher Birt◊◊ Catherine T.J. Allgood◊◊ Ms. Debra J. Appleton◊ Robin Anthony Dr. & Mrs. G.R. Rastegar◊ Ms. Yveline Audemars & Mr. Humberto Rivero◊ James Austin & Hans Eppenberger◊◊ Colette Barber◊ Gillian & Ken Bartlett◊◊ Florence Sharpe Barwell◊◊ N. Beilstein & A. Lee◊ Mr. John R. Birkett◊◊ Diane Blake & Stephen Smith Caroline Booth Ms. Josée Bouchard & Mr. Paul Belanger◊ Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen◊◊ Jane Kilburn Boyle Paul & Ann Brehl◊ Jane Campbell & John McLeish The Canavan Family Foundation Dr. John H.C. Chiu, in memory of Yvonne Chiu, C.M.◊◊ John Church◊ Sheila Croft Ms. Marilyn Crowley Miss Emilie Cushman Jane Darville & Dr. Skip Bassford◊ Elaine & Michael Davies◊ Mr. & Mrs. Mark Davis◊◊ Adelle and Paul Deacon Nanton Fund at the Toronto Foundation◊◊ Mary-Kathleen Delicaet & John Young Trina DeSa◊ Maureen & James Dunn◊ Judy Dunn◊ M.G. Eaton & David S. Kertland◊◊ Joanne Eidinger Mr. Joseph Fantl & Ms. Moira Bartram◊ Eileen Farrow Ms. Cecil Fennell◊ Ken & Linda Foxcroft◊◊ Mr. Blaise Gaetz◊ Mr. Peter Garstang◊◊ Bronwen Gates◊◊ The Gordon and Lorraine Gibson Family Foundation Marilyn & David Gluskin Judy & David Goodings◊◊ Ms. Vanessa Grant & Mr. Philip Street Mrs. Lorna Greenbaum◊◊ Mary & Graham Hallward◊ Mrs. Beverly Hargraft◊ Ms. Naomi Harris◊ Nancy Haston Mrs. Ruth Hawkins Ms. Susan Hayward Payne◊◊ Ann Hogarth◊◊ Nancy Holland Christopher E. Horne, Esq. Mr. C.R. Hunter◊◊ Ms. Sarah Hunter Mr. Frank & Dr. Margaret Ionson◊◊ Mrs. Amala Jayatilleke◊ Norman Jewison, C.C.◊ Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C.◊◊ Ms. Miriam Kagan Patrick & Barbara Keenan Foundation◊◊ Prof. James King & Mrs. Diane King◊◊ The Kingfischer Foundation◊ Valarie Koziol Mr. Ron Lalonde and Ms. Jane Humphreys Ms. Annick Lapotre

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Susan Levesque Lucia Liscio Margaret and Robert MacLellan◊ Mr. & Mrs. A. Maggiacomo◊◊ Judy Manji◊◊ Dianne Maziarz Ms. Eleanor McCain◊◊ Marcia McClung◊ Patti McFarlane◊◊ Gisèle McIsaac◊ Hélène & Ray McLenaghan◊◊ Mr. Ryan McNally Mr. Timothy McNicholas◊ Kathleen Metcalfe Kornelia Milborne Nancy Miller & Glen Ireland Shabin Mohamed Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mongillo Mr. Noel Mowat◊ Professor David Murray L.J. Nagel & Stan Solomon◊ Susan O'Reilly Michael & Nina Overbury◊◊ Carol & Morton Rapp◊ Lisa Richter Davey & Michael Davey◊ Ms. Stephanie Roberts & Mr. Kevin Hamilton◊ William & Lesley Rogan◊ Mr. Gary Rogers◊◊ Estate of Irving Rother Robert Rubinoff◊◊ Mr. Steven Salamon & Ms. Karen Goos Alison and Alan Schwartz Ms. Deborah Scott◊ Helen Feng and Alice Song Ms. Karen Sparks◊◊ Cathy Spoel Kristi Stangeland Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton◊◊ Dr. Robert Summers-Gill◊◊ Eli Taylor◊ Mr. Russel R Taylor Gillian Thomas & Michael Easterbrook◊◊ Bonita & Walter Thornton◊ Ed & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke◊ Dianne Vanstone Jon & Olga Voigt◊ Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden◊◊ Francoise & Edward White Frederika Winchell Nan & Jack Wiseman◊◊ Durhane Wong-Rieger◊ Julie Wood Mrs. Sharon Wright Four Anonymous Donors

($2,000 - $2,999)

Geoffrey & Tanya Alcock Jordan Applebaum & Andrea Burridge◊◊ Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong◊◊ Dr. Talitha Arndt & Mr. Ed Esposto◊◊ Lynly & Trevor Bailie◊◊ Ms. Katherine Barber◊◊ Winifred Barclay◊◊ Katherine Baxter Dr. Thomas H. Beechy◊◊ Ms. Rachel Berchtold Gayle Boxer Duncanson Mr. Jonathan Briggs Julia & David Briskin*◊ Margaret Brock◊◊ Derek & Margaret Brown◊◊ Doug Guzman & Sheila Brown Ms. Janet Bulger◊

Ms. Helen Burstyn◊ Ms. Linda Campbell◊◊ Mr. John Carter Ms. Terri Chalmers Professor Alfred L. Chan & Mr. Michael Farewell◊ Diana Chant & Bill Mitchell◊◊ Mr. Alexander Chapman Dr. & Mrs. Albert Cheskes◊ Peng Chiang◊◊ Siobhan Hyland & Ivan Chittenden Ms. Julia Chow and Mr. Neil Hrab Mr. Philip A. Clappison◊◊ Helene Clarkson◊ Mrs. Louise Cornblum◊◊ Dr. Lesley S. Corrin◊◊ Pauline Couture & Ian Morrison◊◊ Mr. Chris Cummings Dr. Gaylord Curry, in memoriam◊◊ Carole Curtis◊◊ Ms. Ajitha Cyriac Jack Darville Professor K. G. Davey◊◊ Ms. Anne Davidson◊ Amanda Demers & Brian Collins◊ Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Diamond◊ Wilf & Brenda Dinnick◊◊ Mr. Henry Dinsdale Ann and Ross Dobbin Lee Anne Downey & Family◊ Ms. Julia Drake Dudley Family Fund◊◊ Dr. Alicia A. Dunlop◊ Ms. Catherine Dunn Stadtegger & Mr. Glenn Stadtegger Mrs. Pamela Earle Ms. Kim Edwards Ms. Adrian Elliott Bronwen Evans◊ Ms. Frances Evans Joan Farano◊◊ Catherine Fauquier◊◊ Ms. Catriona Ferguson & Mr. David Safran Mrs. Cheryl Ferguson-Jamael Rupert Field-Marsham & Lindsay Dale-Harris◊ Ms. & Mr. Frances & Ronald Filegan◊◊ Mr. Mark Flaherty Robert & Julia Foster◊ Mr. Gerald Frauwirth Mr. Geoffrey Fulton André J. Galipeault, C.M. & Suzanne Galipeault◊◊ Mrs. Hilda Gan◊ Judith Gelber◊ Heather V. Gibson◊ Ms. Tamara Glied◊ Mark & Louise Golding◊◊ Dr. Ricardo Gomez-Insausti Mr. Donald D. Grant◊◊ Joanna & Tyler Gray Ms. Susan Greenbloom◊ Dr. & Mrs. Voldemars Gulens◊◊ Michael & Rita Hafeman◊◊ Katherine Halpenny & Sean Smith Alayne Kato-Hamilton & Malcolm Hamilton◊◊ Ms. Malle Harris◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Suzi & Ross Head Mr. Jason Heayn & Ms. Andrea Venneri Mary & Arthur Heinmaa Mr. Peter Hendrick◊ Avril Higgins & Robert Page◊◊ Dr. June Higgins

The Hill Family Mr. Philip & Dr. Claire Holloway◊ Sylvie Lachance Barry Hughson* & Ashley Hughson Mr. Fred Hurlbut & Ms. Catherine Barlow Mrs. R. A. Innes Jarvis & Associates◊◊ Mrs. Pennie R. Jevnikar◊◊ Mrs. Lorraine Kaake Dr. Caroline Newman & Mitchell Kamiel◊ Mr. Saleem Kassum◊ Ms. Michelle Koerner Ms. Catherine Lace◊ Kathryn E. Langley Hope◊ Mr. Brett Ledger Linda K. Lee Dr. Calvin Lei◊◊ Mr. William J. Lennox Joy Levine◊ Logan Family Foundation◊◊ Dr. Vance Logan◊ Mrs. Janet G. MacInnis◊◊ Nita Major Mr. Tony Matthews Ms. Liza Mauer & Mr. Andrew Sheiner◊ Janice May◊◊ Ms. Nicola Mayer Mrs. Sheila McCracken Ms Jennifer McDonald Ms. Marci McDonald Mrs. Isabell McDorman◊◊ Jim & Sylvia McGovern◊◊ Mrs. Yvonne McGregor Mrs. June McLean◊◊ Peggy & David McLeish Anne S. McLeod◊◊ Ms. Margaret C. McNee◊◊ Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee◊◊ Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds◊ Ms. Voula Michaelidis Clive & Fran Minto◊◊ Ms. Bernadette Morra Neil & Prue Morrison Mr. Peter Neisser Ms. Eileen Newell◊ Petra & Lionel Newton Ms. Maureen O'Neil Rene Pantalone◊◊ Mr. Douglas L. Parker◊◊ Graham & Janet Parkinson◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Paterson◊◊ Mr. D. Ross Peebles & Ms. Judith Cole◊◊ Dorothy & Roland Pfeiffer◊ David Phipps & Gary Myers The Primrose Charitable Foundation Mr. Benjamin Prinsen◊ Dr. Linda Rabeneck & Dr. Catherine Campbell◊ Ms. Rani Rahman Jamieson Mr. Robert Raizenne Mrs. Amanda Ram* Ms. Barbara Reid Diana Reitberger*◊ The Robertson Reid Family Mrs. Gloria Robins◊◊ Terri & Eric Robitaille◊ Elaine M. Roper◊◊ Judith & Jack Rose◊ David Ross & Audrey Loeb Mr. & Mrs. Rainer & Sharyn Rothfuss◊◊ Ms. Sandra Ruehlow Mr. Geoffrey Rytell◊◊ William & Meredith Saunderson◊◊

Paul J. Savard◊◊ Dr. Hugh Scully & Vanessa Harwood, O.C.◊◊ Mrs. & Mr. E.J. Shatilla◊◊ Stephen & Jane Smith◊◊ Mrs. Joan Sohn◊◊ Dr. Myra Sourkes◊ Dr. John Stanley & Dr. Helmut Reichenbächer◊◊ Ms. Astrid Stec Carol Swallow◊◊ Dianna Symonds◊ Mr. & Mrs. Ronald P. Tam Dr. Cynthia Tape Karyn Tessmer & Dr. George Konn◊ Ms. Catherine Thomson◊◊ Cynthia & Craig Thorburn◊ Maureen & Philip Tingley◊◊ Mrs. Elizabeth Tory◊◊ Mrs. Nicola Tory◊ Lucy Waverman & Bruce Macdougall◊ Mrs. Ruth Wheler◊◊ Eileen Wilkes Mr. & Mrs. Peter Willis Peri Wiseman The Young Family Foundation◊ Maria T. Zakos◊◊ Ms. Denise Zarn & Mr. James Shenkman◊◊ Mrs. Maria-Luisa Zoppas◊◊ Carole & Bernie Zucker◊◊ Veronica Zufelt◊◊ 10 Anonymous Donors

($1,250 - $1,999)

Tim Badgley◊ Mr. Scott Barnum & Ms. Nadya Tymochenko◊ Mrs. A. Blom◊◊ Leslie Buskard◊ Ms. Janet Casey Ms. M.C. Clancy◊ Mr. Rick Clarke & Ms. Vickie Macrae Mr. Douglas Coughlin Mr. & Mrs. Avik Dey Mrs. M. J. Dundas & Mr. John Petrosoniak◊◊ Mrs. Lois J. Field◊◊ Andrew & Aviva Goldenberg◊ Martin and Joan Goldfarb◊◊ Ms. Rosemary Grant◊ Mr. Peter Heisey◊ Mr. Daniel Hoffman & Ms. Loretta Degasperi Mr. Ronald Holgerson Ms. Chaviva Hosek O.C.◊ Andree Hurtubise Mr. Greg Johns◊ Ms. Susan Keen◊ Ms. Diana Massiah◊ Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nesker◊◊ Mrs. Margaret Nightingale◊ Ms. Judith O'Callaghan Ms. Laurie Pallett◊ Ms. Michaela Peters◊ Mr. Eddy Reitberger Mr. James Robertson & Mr. Jim Scott Andrea Rosen & Stephen MacDonald◊◊ Mrs. Heather Sheehan◊◊ Mrs. Stanislawa Skrok◊◊ Ms. Karen Solomon◊ Mr. Timothy Spain◊ Roger & Ulli Watkiss◊

Ms. Mary C. Watson◊◊ Ms. Ethel M. Woods◊◊ Mr. Morden Yolles Two Anonymous Donors

($850- $1,249)

Bassam Alghanim Miss Claudia Arévalo Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. John Balmer◊ Mr. Paul Barber Michael Barkley & Gary Burrows◊ Ms. Vivian Berman Dr. and Mrs. Ian Blumer◊◊ Susan M. Borden◊◊ Elizabeth Bourassa Ms. Elspeth Bowler Camp Pemigewassett Inc. Ms. Hsing-Yi Chang Harold Chmara & Danny Hoy◊◊ Ms. Mary Cirillo-Goldberg Hilda Clark◊◊ Ms. Jean Clark◊ Ms. Josyane Cohen◊ Mr. Hugh Crosthwait Mr. Derrick Croswell Ms. Charmaine Curvan-Lawes Maija Dale◊◊ Mr. David Eastaugh Mrs. Judith Edmondson◊◊ Ms. E.L. Ellins◊◊ Ms. and Mr. Doone Estey Russell C. Finch Mrs. Gillian Garneau◊ Ms. Michelle Glied-Goldstein Mr. David Goluboff & Ms Sue-Anne Fox Mrs. and Mr. Marion Green Ms. Sandra L. Green & Ms. Mary Stephenson◊ Frances Greenwood Ms. Jacquelyn Hack The Gail Hutchison Fund◊◊ Jackman Foundation◊◊ Leslie Jones Sheryl Kennedy & Bill Fleury Mr. Carl Knipfel◊ Katerina Kuprijanov◊ Janet Lamb◊ Richard Lefebvre* & Steve Murray Robert Lukey Ms. Susan A MaCrae Connie & Peter Mak◊◊ The Mar Family Fred Mattocks & Susan Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. McEniry Ms. Catherine McMillan◊ Ingrid & Dan Mida◊ Jessica Moes◊ Ms Heather Mundell◊ Dr. Steven Nitzkin◊ Dr. Roger Pearce The Peterson Family Ms. Annick Peron Mr. H R Martin Phills◊ Powis Family Foundation◊ Mr. Chris Purdye & Ms. Judy Tse Mr. Alan Pyatt Mrs. Elinor Ratcliffe, C.M. O.N.L(hc)◊ Ms. Linda Reed Mr. Paul Sabourin Ms. Marlies Schlichting◊ Mr. Charles Seminerio* Ms. Sandra Shaul

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John & Susan Shaw Mrs. Dorothy Sjogren◊◊ Ms. Ibolya Smith◊◊ Ms. Solway & Mr. Moore◊◊ Ms. Amy C. Spina Mr. Paul Straatman Mrs. Joyce Tanner Marvin Tanner Ms. Terry Tator◊ Ms. Agatha Tawaststjerna◊◊ Tony and Caley Taylor Family Fund at Toronto Foundation Ms. Diane Taylor◊◊ Ms. Wendy Trainor◊ Mrs. H. Tregenza◊◊ Ms. Sandra Upjohn Gail Vanstone◊ Martin Wade & Daniel Larocque Mrs. Diana S. Weatherall Lyn M. Westwood◊◊ Karen Wierucki◊◊ Ms. Barbara Williams◊◊ Kevin Coombs & Teri Worthington Coombs◊ Two Anonymous Donors

($500 - $849)

David & Phyllis Agg Fund at the Private Giving Foundation Ms. Mary Ann Alexander◊◊ Vanessa Alexander◊ Dr. Vina Alexopoulou Mrs. Lyla Allan◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Anastasiades◊ Ms. Beverly Applebaum Ms. Adriana Arevalo Laura Arul Ms. Karen Atkin◊◊ Hugh & Colleen Balders◊ Mrs. Ursula Bargenda◊◊ Mrs. Judith Barker◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley◊◊ Jamie Barr Christopher & Christina Begy◊ Mr. Stan Behal and Ms. Lyn Whitham Ms. Diane Birch◊◊ Mr. Kim Birchard & Mrs. Carol Dorman◊◊ Ms. Katherine Bischoping◊◊ Ms. Melynda Bitzos◊ Mrs. Jane Bogner Dr. Yvonne Bohr John C. Bonnycastle◊ Dorothy Novotny Brandenburg◊ Christopher Bredt & Jamie Cameron◊◊ Ms. M.J. Breithaupt◊◊ Mrs. Johanna Brett◊ Teresa Briggs◊ Dr. Ian and Mrs. Brindle◊ Dr. Wendy Brown Mrs. Donna Brownlee◊ Dr. Tania Bruno Mrs. Orah Buck◊◊ Ms. Mary Budd◊ Mr. Ian Burns◊◊ Mrs. Paddy Ann Burns Ms. Michele Bussieres Kathleen Butterfield◊ Mr. and Ms. Anthony Campea Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Eleanor Carpen◊◊ Ms. Karen Chandler Mr. Maurice J. Clement◊◊ Ms. Donna Climie Zane and Joan Cohen◊◊

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Mrs. Sydne Conover Taggart◊ Joanne Coutts◊ Ms. Joanne Crookshank◊◊ Mr. David M. Cullen◊◊ Mr. & Ms. David Currie◊◊ Mr. Michael Darcy Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson◊◊ Ms. Anne Day◊◊ Mrs. Frances Deacon◊ Ms. Patricia Dean Mrs. Saira Deen-Zammit◊ Mrs. Lynne DiStefano Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Dobell◊◊ Ms. Wendy Dodd-Kellam◊ Rob Dolan◊ Mrs. Lilliana Dominguez◊ Mr. Steven D. Donohoe◊◊ Dougal & Mortiz Dunning Ms. Monique Durette◊◊ Louise & Jeffrey Eason◊ Eclan Ridge Foundation Ms. Leilah Edroos◊◊ Margaret Fairman◊ Joan A. Farlinger◊◊ Darcy & Sheila Farrell◊ Helena & David Fine◊◊ Mrs. Pat Fisher Melissa Forstner & Steven Schwartz Alice Fox◊◊ Ms. D.J. Fraser◊ Dr. & Mrs. H. Freedman◊◊ Ms. Nancy Fung Mr. Robert & Mrs. Beverley Galamaga◊◊ Justine & Richard Giuliani◊ Ms. Wendy Glover◊ Mr. Richard Goodman◊◊ Dr. and Mrs. R.M. Gorcynski◊◊ Ms. Heather Gordon◊ Mr. Laurent Goulet◊◊ Dr. Noelle Grace◊ Ms. Enid Grant Mr. Charles Greiner◊ Colin Gruchy◊◊ Ms. Doreen Gryfe◊◊ Dr. Ann Guzowski Elisabeth Handler◊ Mrs. Joan E. Hart◊ Ms. Mary Heather◊◊ Ms. Caroline L. Helbronner◊ Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Heyland◊◊ Carol and Neil Hicks◊ Ms. Susan Hill◊◊ Mr. Wayne Hill Ms. Elaine Ho Mel Hogg◊ The Horn Section of the National Ballet Orchestra*◊◊ Richard & Susan Horner◊◊ Sherry Houser◊ Mr. Donald Hughes◊ Ms. Jill Humphries◊◊ Mrs. Fiona Hurwitz-Cohen◊ Miss Corinne Jaggi Mr. Ulrich Jaggi Mr. Jozef Jakubowski Miss Karen & Mrs. Linda Javorski Dr. and Mrs. A.E. Jones◊◊ Dr. and Ms. Joshua Josephson◊ Mrs. Ann Kadrnka◊ Ms. Marilyn Kay Richards◊◊ Mrs. Jessie Kazi Ms. Claire Keeley◊ Mr. Kagan Kerman

Ms. Sue Kidd Ms. Carol Kirsh Mr. Aubrey A. Kissoon & Family◊ Ms. Patricia Knight◊◊ Olga Kopti◊◊ Catherine Kourkounakis◊ Jaroslaw Kozlowski & Andrew Gotowiec Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg◊◊ Ms. Jennifer Kropac and Mr. Kevin Law Jennifer Lamb John and Ann Lang◊◊ Ms. Karen Lapointe◊ Miss Nancy Lavalle Mrs. Carolyn Lawson◊ Ms. Wendy Lawson Ms. Lea Anne Leavens◊ Ms. Josee Ledoux Mr. Yakov Lerner◊* Ms. Harriet Lewis◊ Mr. Larry Lewis Mr. Eric Lipka◊ Maya Low Hubert Lum & Eve Leyerle◊ Ms. Sharon Lymer◊◊ Ms. Donnalu F. Macdonald◊◊ Ms. Flora Macdonald◊◊ Ms. Nancy MacDonald◊◊ Mr. John MacIver◊◊ Ms. Sandra MacNaughton Ms. Bosko Madic◊ Miss Laurie Markus◊◊ Lorna Marsden Ms. Patricia L. Martin◊◊ Ms. Dawn Maruno◊◊ Mr. Sean Maurik Miss Laura Mcarthur Ms. Barbara McCreath◊ Ms. Mary McGee Ms. Margaret McKim◊◊ Ms. Linda McKnight◊ Robin Melnick◊◊ Mrs. Susan Mertens◊◊ Colin & Meta Mills◊◊ Lynne & Paul Milnes◊ Mr. Horst Mueller Ms. and Mr. Michele Myrah◊◊ Mrs. Michelle Nasello Mr. & Mrs. James & Lynn Neufeld◊◊ Ms. Carol Newall◊◊ Mr. Devlan Nicholson Kathy O'Brien Dr. Jean O'Grady◊ Ms. Loralie Olinyk Ms. Janice Oliver Ms. Catherine O'May Ms. Brigid O'Reilly◊◊ Ms. Lia Overs ◊◊ Mrs. Anna Pataky◊ Ms. Lesley Paterson◊ Gayelauraine Penn Susan Pepper & William Harper◊◊ Nicola and Alexandra Perpick◊ Mrs. Margaret Perschy◊◊ Elyssa Phillips Nina & Terry Picton◊◊ Mr. Frank Piddisi Mr. and Mrs. John Pildner◊◊ Ms. Gabrielle Pilla◊ Mr. Archie Platt Ms. Jane Pound◊ Mr. John Proctor Mr. David Purcell◊ Mrs. Patricia Quigley

Dr. Gina S. Rakoff◊◊ Ms. Katharyn Rayner◊ Mr. Peter Reeve-Newson◊◊ Ms. Michaele Robertson◊ Edye Rome-Webster◊ Dr. Cheryl Rosen Mr. and Mrs. J Rosenthal◊◊ Mrs. Leeann Russell June K Ryan◊◊ Mrs. Joan Sadleir◊◊ Ms. Harriet Sakuma◊◊ Mr. James Samuel Dr. Michael Sayer◊ Dr. Jeff Sherman Ms. Nancy Sherwin◊◊ Mrs. Hillary H. Short Kiran Singh Kathleen Skerrett Ms. Miriam Skey◊◊ Mr. Larry Smith Ms. Louise Smith◊ Mr. Robert Smith◊ Ms. Elsie Sparks◊◊ Mr. Kevin Spencer & Ms. Mary Cranston Ms. Jane Spicer Mr. Kenneth Stephen◊◊

Cheryl E. Stephenson◊◊ Mr. David Stephenson◊ Mr. and Ms. Alan Stewart◊ Dr. Mary F. Stewart◊◊ Ms. Sharon Stibbard◊ Miss Jannah Stone Ms. Susanna Stuart David Styles Dr. Doris Sutherland Ms. Monica Swamiraj Mr. and Mrs. Ken Takahashi◊◊ Mr. Alan Tanenbaum◊ Mr. and Mrs. Herb Tanzer Mr. Almos Tassonyi and Ms. Maureen Simpson Mrs. Celeste Taylor Ms. Kristin Taylor◊ Mrs. Helen Tazzman◊ Ms. Christine Thammavongsa◊ Thunderbird Entertainment Ms. Jennifer Tory◊◊ Barbara & Marlow Tucker◊ Mr. Berton Ung Ms. Carina Van Heyst◊◊ Mr. Robert Vanderloo Ms. Gloria Varley◊◊

Mr. Peter Verheyen Ms. Maija Vilcins Mrs. Gillian Von Teichman◊◊ The Very Reverend Peter Wall & Anne Harvey◊ Mr. John Walter◊ Mr. Gordon Warme◊◊ Mr. Jacques Wensvoort◊ Ms. Heather Whitton Mary and Douglas Wilson Hastings & Irene Withers◊ Mr. William Wray & Family◊ Ms. Judy Yamamoto◊◊ Eight Anonymous Donors * Artists and Staff ◊ Donor for 10 or more years ◊◊ Donor for 20 or more years

The National Ballet of Canada thanks all Fouetté, Pirouette, Plié and First Position level donors for their generous support.

Engage More Deeply Join The National Ballet of Canada’s community of support to demonstrate your appreciation for the power of dance. Your generosity will contribute to the beauty, creativity and meaningful experiences you enjoy, while bringing you closer to the artists through behind-the-scenes updates and events.

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Turnout Young Professionals’ Programme

(October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019)

Classic Plus ($600) Mr. Simon Beck Marie-Pierre Bélanger Marielle Bryck* Mr. Michael Bushara Mr. Jeffrey Buttle Desiree Chan Mr. Tim Dafoe Ms. Sydney Davloor

Flora Do Ms. Katherine Ferreira Mr. Geoffrey Fulton Mr. Derek Hallward Mr. Justin Harris Ms. Amanda Horn-Hudecki Cody Kukay Mr. Leo Lontok

Ms. Karen MacKinnon Ms. Karin McCaig Mrs. Faye McDermid Mr. Bryan McLeese Kristina Milbourn Mr. Daniel Moulton Ms. Joegina Philip Ms. Shanley Rainsberry

D. Richardson Ms. Carolyn Slon Ms. Anastasia Solovieva Ms. Maria Solovieva Mr. Jon Voigt Natalie Warner One Anonymous Donor

Mrs. Carol Galway Mr. Brian Gan Ashley Higgins Ms. Dora Ho Linda K. Lee Miss Vicky Luo Ms. Elizabeth McNeil

Miss Kristina Mikloska Adria Minsky Marisa Ortega* Lauren Poplak Mrs. Maggie Rei Ms. Bridget Riberdy Evgenia Rolzing

Sarah Thom Mrs. Melanie Tory Miss Jessica Trollope Mrs. Olga Voigt Mr. Stefan Williamson

Classic ($360) Julia Campbell Ms. Vivian Chao Ms. Cynthia Cuthbert Trina DeSa Melanie Dowhaniuk Allison Freeman◊ Ms. Natasha Frid Finlay*

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. (As of September 30, 2019)

The Isobel Allen New Creations Fund 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 Marion G. Bassett Fund The David & Kim Beatty Fund The BMO Financial Group 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 Elizabeth & Ted Davidson Fund for Emerging Choreographers The Paul & Adelle Deacon Fund The Sandra Faire Fund The Celia Franca Memorial Fund The Kevin & Roger Garland Fund The Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Fund The Peter A. Goulding & Frank Barry White Fund The Gulens Family Fund The Sarah Sylvia Holton Fund The Gail Hutchison Fund The Beryl & Richard Ivey Fund The Hal Jackman Foundation Fund

*Artists and Staff ◊ Donors for 10 or more years

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The Anna & Don Johnson Fund The Karen Kain Legacy 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 Anna McCowan-Johnson Dance Accessibility Fund The Sylvia M. McPhee Dancer Fund The Sylvia M. McPhee Orchestra Fund The Julie & Ted Medland Fund The Nancy Pencer Fund The Sandra & Jim Pitblado Fund The Penelope Reed Doob Fund for New Creations The Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Fund The J.M. Doc Savage Fund for the RBC Apprentice Programme The Ada Slaight Fund The Astrid Stec Fund for Apprentices The TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The Fran Taubkin Dancer Fund The John Theo Fund for Dancers The David Tory Memorial Fund The Anne Twigge-Molecey Fund for Apprentices The Andres Alexander Virro Memorial Fund The Volunteer Committee Build-a-Ballet Fund

Corporate Sponsors The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our corporate sponsors and partners who help foster excellence and enrich our communities.

Season Sponsor

Presenting Sponsors TD Bank Group presents The Nutcracker and Nutcracker Story Time

Tricon presents Swan Lake

RBC Apprentice Programme

Presenting Sponsor

Presenting Sponsor

MAD HOT BALLET Gala Lead Sponsor

Special Projects Making the Arts More AccessibleÂŽ Presenting Sponsor Share The Magic Programme

Dance About Title Sponsor

YOU dance Sponsor

Performance Sponsor

Dancers First Award Sponsor

Performance Sponsor

Official Suppliers

Official Dry Cleaner

Official Floral Sponsor

Official Event Supplier

Official Cosmetic Sponsor

Corporate Council Corporate Executive ($5,000 - $14,999)

Official Water Sponsor

Official Valet Sponsor

Official Hospitality Partner

Official Vinyl Sponsor

Preferred Media Partner

Hosting Partner Turnout Friday Night Theatre Experience

Official Health and Wellness Provider

Hosting Partner

Hosting Partner

Official Beer Sponsor

Hosting Partner

(October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019)

Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund Power Corporation of Canada

Corporate Associate ($2,000 - $4,999) Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

Corporate Donor ($500 - $1,999)

Fabulous Printing Plus Travel Group Reitmans Incorporated

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The National Ballet of Canada Board of Directors As of October 15, 2019

Chair Cornell C.V. Wright Gail Appel John Bailey Susanne Boyce Raghunath Davloor Marlene DelZotto Flora Do The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator Giorgio Galli, ex officio Kevin Garland Maxine Granovsky Gluskin (leave of absence) Nancy Holland Barry Hughson, ex officio Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D.,

D.Litt., O.Ont., ex officio

Krista Kerr Jen Lee Koss Judith Lawrie Philip Lieberman David Macdonald Geneviève McKillop Ryan McNally Donna Meyers Rebecca Mooney Ed Ogonek, ex officio Linda O’Leary Lisa Pearson Nancy Pencer Lynda Prince Robbie J. Pryde Gretchen Ross Jenna Savella, ex officio John B. Simcoe Karen Sparks Mavis Staines, C.M., ex officio Daniel F. Sullivan Michele Symons Noreen Taylor, C.M.

Honourary Board

The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation Board of Directors As of October 17, 2019

Chair David Macdonald

President Barry Hughson

Vice-President Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D.,

D.Litt., O.Ont.

Treasurer Amanda Ram

Director of Development Diana Reitberger, CFRE Secretary Pamela Ouzounian David Banks Ed Esposto Krista Kerr Jerry Lozinski Sue Matthews James Pitblado, C.M. Cornell C.V. Wright

The National Ballet of Canada Board / Honourary Board Liaison

Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/ Administrative Manager Jennifer Bennett Darbyshire Manager, Artistic Scheduling Sophie Letendre Associate, Artistic Administration Sarita Dotan Associate, Artistic Scheduling Andreea Olteanu Guest Répétiteurs Chaconne Suzanne Farrell Etudes Thomas Lund

Artistic Director Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D.,

Piano Concerto #1 Felipe Diaz

D.Litt., O.Ont.

Executive Director Barry Hughson Music Director and Principal Conductor David Briskin

Artistic Associate Artistic Director Christopher Stowell Artistic Administrator Gerard Roxburgh Principal Artistic Coach Magdalena Popa Artistic Director, YOU dance / Principal Ballet Master Lindsay Fischer Artist-in-Residence Rex Harrington, O.C. Senior Ballet Master Peter Ottmann

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Pointe Shoe Manager/ Assistant Ballet Mistress Stephanie Hutchison

Leadership

As of October 15, 2019

Judith Cohen Judi Conacher Missy Crosbie Jeanie Davis Sherry Taylor Drew James Fleck, O.C. William Harris William Herridge, Q.C. Donald K. Johnson, O.C Paul O’Donoghue Rose Patten Aaron Regent Robin Robinson Susan Scace Noreen Taylor, C.M.

Choreographic Associates Robert Binet Guillaume Côté Alysa Pires

Petite Mort Roslyn Anderson The Nutcracker Mandy-Jayne Richardson The Sleeping Beauty Mandy-Jayne Richardson Marguerite and Armand Grant Coyle Chroma Odette Hughes Romeo and Juliet Mandy-Jayne Richardson Guest Rehearsal Assistants and Teachers Jacquelin Barrett Joanna Berman Felipe Diaz Giorgio Galli Greta Hodgkinson, O.Ont. Stephanie Hutchison Anne Mueller Alejandra Perez-Gomez Rebekah Rimsay Piotr Stanczyk

Trinidad Vives Xiao Nan Yu

Publicity Manager Victoria Schwarzl†

Administration

Publicist Francine Labelle

Executive Assistant to the Executive Director Alexis Patch Board Secretary Pamela Ouzounian

Audience and Donor Services Associate Director, Audience and Donor Services Veronica McLellan Senior Operations Manager, Audience and Donor Services Tal Hebdon Sales and Service Manager, Audience and Donor Services Rebecca Hall Development Relations Manager Nicholas Melymuk Assistant Sales Operations Manager, Audience and Donor Services Emily Gibson Audience and Donor Services Operations Supervisor Susie Eissler

Manager, Graphic Design Carmen Wagner Archivist Katie Wilson Senior Officer, Digital Communications Ashley Haraburda Senior Officer, Web and Digital Media Sean Leonard Publicity Coordinator Kate Dresser Marketing Coordinator Zoe Favrin Communications Assistant Anastasia Kolotova Junior Graphic Designer Anna Lew

Dancer Wellness Programme Director of Dancer Wellness Marla Pichler Company Sports Medicine Physician Dr. Michael Clarfield

Audience and Donor Services Relations Supervisor Anne Meighan

Company Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris

Senior Representative, Audience and Donor Services Patty Pedersen

Company Physician (Family & Sports Medicine) Dr. Julia Hamilton

Audience and Donor Services Representatives

Performance Psychologist Dr. Doug Misener

Communications

Clinical Social Worker/ Psychotherapist Lesley Lustig Company Athletic Therapist Paul Papoutsakis

Director of Marketing and Communications Belinda Bale Senior Manager, Communications Catherine Chang

Company Physiotherapist Ginette Hamel

Company Massage Therapists Brian Bastedo Ron Mulesa

Manager, Special Events and Corporate Partnerships Rebecca Hodge

Finance

Music

Chief Financial Officer Amanda Ram

Resident Movement and Pilates Specialist Je-an Salas

Senior Officer, Digital Philanthropy Nima Naik

Payroll and Benefits Manager Jenny Mah

Pianists Edward Connell Andrei Streliaev Zsanna Vaszilenko Zhenya Vitort

Urgent Care Dr. Janice Weiss

Officer, Writer Caroline Dickie

Foot Specialist Dr. Nicholas Durand, D.Pod.M., Podiatrist/Chiropodist

Officer, Special Events Alexandra Folkes

Psychiatrist Dr. Pat Colton

Officer, Major Gifts Connie Guan

Naturopathic Doctor Dr. Melissa Piercell

Officer, Assistant to the Director of Development Amy McMullen

Consulting Physician Dr. Julia Alleyne

Officer, Research Laurie Nemetz

Consulting Chiropractor Dr. Cameron Borody

Associate, Development Communications Sayana Izmailova

Consulting Ophthamologist Dr. Michael Easterbrook Consulting Dental Surgeon Dr. Lancelot Brown The National Ballet of Canada is grateful to the Sports Medicine Specialists (150 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto); the University Health Network, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine; and the Medcan Clinic (150 York Street, Toronto) for their continued support of the Dancer Health and Wellness Programme; and to those physicians who have generously donated their time to The National Ballet of Canada.

Development Director of Development Diana Reitberger, CFRE Associate Director, Major Gifts Joanna Ivey Senior Manager, Development Communications John Hart Senior Manager, Development Operations Leah Heidenheim Senior Manager, Special Gifts Richard Lefebvre Senior Manager, Individual Giving Deanna Underwood Manager, Major Gifts Marielle Bryck

Associates, Individual Giving Joanne Kwok Marisa Ortega Associate, Special Events Kelsey Muldoon Associate, Corporate Partnerships Maddy Palmer Coordinator, Gift Management Lucy White

Education and Community Engagement Manager, Education and Community Engagement Lisa Robinson Creative Producer, CreativAction Robert Binet Director, In Studio Kate Kernaghan Artist Educator Annemarie Cabri Coordinator, Education and Community Engagement Deanna Galati

General Accountants Sandra Gandola, CB Ronan Finlay O’Donnell Demitrios Prevenas Shu Zhang, CPA, CGA

Human Resources Associate Director, Human Resources Kathleen Matatya HR Associate Julian Whitaker Receptionists Hannah Crawford Ben Edelberg McKenzie Grey

Information Technology

Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music Administrator Raymond Tizzard

Production Interim Director of Production Barney Bayliss Associate Director of Production Yvette Drumgold Stage Managers Jeff Morris Liliane Stilwell Assistant Stage Manager Michael Lewandowski

Wardrobe Coordinator Robyn Clarke Assistant Wardrobe Coordinator Lauren Pietrowski Resident Cutters Christine Audet Christopher Read Assistant to Cutters Susan Howse Costume Rental Coordinator Bianca Laudadio Footwear Coordinator Lacey Hammond Harrington Stitchers Lisa Novielli Sheila Ramsay

Production Travelling Crew Master Carpenter Paul McNamara

YOU dance Stage Manager Robert Pel

Head Electrician Ashley Rose

Senior Manager, Web Technology Services Steve Cunningham

Lighting Coordinator Jeff Logue

Property Master Michael Ellenton

Production Workshop

Assistant Carpenter Scott Clarke

Senior Manager, Software and Applications Mohiuddin Faruqe

Construction Supervisor Sandy Middleton

Director of Technology Christopher Sonnemann

Manager of Technology Andrew Anderson Business Analyst Bethany Bleile Solutions Developer Kruti Shah SQL Developer Srikanth Kamithkar Systems Coordinator Jeffrey Lo

Maintenance Facilities Manager Emil Mishriky Building Maintenance Supervisor Henry Martins

Assistant Carpenter Larry Pratt

Assistant Carpenter/ Flyman Geoff Kay

Shop Technician Chuck Theil

Assistant Electricians William Fallon Cecilia Waszczuk

Scenery constructed at the Gretchen Ross Production Workshop by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 58.

Wardrobe Head Grant Heaps

Property Supervisor John Miracle

Assistant Wardrobe Head Carrie Cooley Barbour

Resident Scenic Artist Kelly Palmer Assistant Scenic Artist Mark Reid Properties constructed at the Gretchen Ross Production Workshop by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 828.

Wardrobe

Wig and Make-up Supervisor Charles Seminerio Footwear Assistant Leslie Brown Parental Leave * On Leave of Absence â€

Wardrobe Supervisor Stacy Dimitropoulos Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Cassandra Spence

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