House Programme - Serenade & Angels' Atlas with Soul

e m o c l We Back

Serenade & Angels' Atlas with Soul November 11 – 27, 2021 national.ballet.ca

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The National Ballet of Canada’s creative home is 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 peoples. We support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This is particularly important at this time as we are more aware of the devastating impact of Residential Schools and the mass graves discovered.

These horrendous revelations challenge all of us to be more attentive to, and do more, to support First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

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.

The land we are performing on today has been home to dance and storytelling traditions of Indigenous people since time immemorial.

We encourage you to experience and support the work of the many extraordinary Indigenous dance artists working in Canada today.

The National Ballet of Canada recently had the opportunity to collaborate with Tribal Vision Dance, Red Sky Performance and DNA Stage on a variety of projects and we hope you will follow their work at the links below: Tribal Vision Dance I www.tribalvisiondance.com I IG @tribalvisiondance Red Sky Performance I www.redskyperformance.com I IG @redskyperformance DNA Stage I www.dnastage.ca I IG @dnastage

A Message from

Hope Muir and Barry Hughson

Making a safe return to live performance has been our constant ambition since the pandemic began and, equally, a moving target that despite our best planning, was often beyond our control.

So, it is with enormous gratitude and joy that we finally welcome you back to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts for the first time in more than 20 months, our dream realized at last.

We are proud to present a programme of dance that feels so attuned to the emotion and sense of community that inform this moment of our reopening and our shared experience of recent global events. Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas and George Balanchine’s Serenade are both visually striking, contemplative works that evoke the collective human experience through their ensemble work. The sight of so many dancers onstage together feels incredibly powerful in the context of the past year.

The National Ballet of Canada has arrived at this moment thanks to the generosity and passion of audiences and donors like you. Thank you for going above and beyond to see our artists through the most difficult period in our history, donating your tickets, giving to our Together for Ballet Campaign and cheering us on through our virtual season. We could not imagine a community of greater warmth or dedication and we are so excited to share in this long-awaited return to the theatre with you by our side.

Hope Muir Artistic Director Designate

Barry Hughson Executive Director

Barry Hughson and Hope Muir. Front Cover: Guillaume Côté. Photos by Karolina Kuras.

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The National Ballet of Canada Celia Franca, C.C., Founder Karen Kain, C.C., Artistic Director Emerita

George Crum, Music Director Emeritus

Hope Muir Artistic Director Designate

Barry Hughson Executive Director

David Briskin Music Director and Principal Conductor

Christopher Stowell Associate Artistic Director

Magdalena Popa Principal Artistic Coach

Peter Ottmann Senior Ballet Master

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

Greta Hodgkinson, O.Ont. Artist-in-Residence

Xiao Nan Yu Artistic Coach

Maria Seletskaja Conductor-in-Residence

Robert Binet Curator and Producer, CreativAction and Special Initiatives Skylar Campbell, Guillaume Côté, Jurgita Dronina, Naoya Ebe, Koto Ishihara, Harrison James, Svetlana Lunkina, Evan McKie, Siphesihle November, Heather Ogden, Tina Pereira, Sonia Rodriguez, Ben Rudisin, Brendan Saye, Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone Stephanie Hutchison, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Rebekah Rimsay­ Jack Bertinshaw, Jordana Daumec, Spencer Hack, Jeannine Haller, Tanya Howard, Alexandra MacDonald­, Chelsy Meiss, Jenna Savella, Calley Skalnik, Donald Thom Brenna Flaherty, Hannah Galway, Christopher Gerty, Kathryn Hosier, Miyoko Koyasu, Noah Parets, Genevieve Penn Nabity, Kota Sato Trygve Cumpston, Shaelynn Estrada, Jason Ferro, Giorgio Galli, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo­, Monika Haczkiewicz, Ayano Haneishi, Peng-Fei Jiang, Tirion Law, Shené Lazarus, Antonella Martinelli, Scott McKenzie, Larkin Miller, Jaclyn Oakley, Clare Peterson, Meghan Pugh, Teagan Richman-Taylor, Alexander Skinner, Tene Ward, Jennifer Watembach, Isaac Wright, Daina Zolty RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Ross Allen, Gabriel Buell, Nina Gentes, Albjon Gjorllaku, Connor Hamilton, Sophie Lee, Lindy Mesmer, Arielle Miralles, Emma Ouellet, Brigid Walker, Christopher Waters, Oliver Yonick

Robert Binet Guillaume Côté Alysa Pires 4 Choreographic Associates

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Joysanne Sidimus Guest Balanchine Répétiteur

Jeff Morris Liliane Stilwell Stage Managers

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* Bethany Bergman + 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 + Patrick Goodwin + Aya Miyagawa Xiao Grabke Csaba Koczó Jeremy Potts + Joanna Zabrowarna Violas Shelia Jaffé, Principal Joshua Greenlaw, Assistant Principal Valerie Kuinka Johann Lotter Nicholaos Papadakis + Angela Rudden Beverley Spotton

Cellos Maurizio Baccante, Principal Marianne Pack, Assistant Principal Mary-Katherine Finch + Olga Laktionova Elaine Thompson Andrew McIntosh Paul Widner Basses Robert Speer, Acting Principal Jonathan Yeoh*, Assistant Principal Tony Flynt + Travis Harrison + 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 Andrew Rasmus Emily Marlow Music Librarian Jacques Forest Bassoons Jerry Robinson, Acting Principal Orchestra Personnel Manager Elizabeth Gowen, Contra-Bassoon and Music Administrator Raymond Tizzard

* On Leave + Additional Musician

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The Art of Serenade

An Interview with Christopher Stowell

By Caroline Dickie Speed and agility are top of mind when it comes to the work of George Balanchine, but he was also a gifted creator of imagery and poetic moments of stillness, as when Apollo gently rests his head in the hands of his Muses. In Serenade, the curtain rises on an image of astonishing beauty from which everything else in the ballet will flow: 17 women drenched in blue light, arms raised to the sky. “You get the sense that there are infinite women standing there and that you’ve only been given a small slice of their world,” says Associate Artistic Director Christopher Stowell. “Nearly 100 years after the ballet was created, the image still hasn’t lost its power. There’s a reason why ballet companies are choosing to return to the stage with it.”

Artists of the Ballet in Serenade. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

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Serenade was first performed in 1934 by students at the School of American Ballet. It was the first ballet Balanchine created in America and is now a signature work for the company he co-founded, New York City Ballet. The story of its creation is legendary, with Balanchine incorporating unexpected events from the rehearsal process into the choreography and reworking the ballet repeatedly over time. But as Christopher observes, the core of Serenade – its “palette” – is so exquisite that Balanchine was able to do a variety of things within it and not distract from its power.

“What makes a piece of art last? I think it comes down to a combination of surprise and inevitability,” he says. “Serenade certainly isn’t predictable, but there is an inevitability about it. Every aspect comes to a satisfying conclusion – the patterns resolve themselves into a beautiful shape – and you’re left

with the feeling that it couldn’t have happened any other way.” In Serenade, Balanchine harkens back to his early Russian training and the choreography of Marius Petipa while stripping away traditional notions of character and plot. In a sense, the opening tableau is a reimagining of the female ensembles from classical ballets of the past, full of atmosphere and structure yet unbound by theatrical elements.

Musically, Serenade also enters a dialogue with ballet’s past, with Balanchine choosing Petipa’s frequent collaborator and classical ballet composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Balanchine felt strongly connected to Tchaikovsky as an artist and returned to his music many times throughout his career.

“Balanchine and Tchaikovsky were meant for one another,” says Christopher. “They were kindred Russian spirits despite being a generation apart.

Both managed to be emotional without wearing it on their sleeves. The form and structure of their works, the colours and atmosphere, all serve a deeper artistic expression.”

Though it was created for students, Serenade is a challenging piece to dance, with fast footwork and intricate patterning for the Soloists and Corps de Ballet alike. After nearly two years offstage, the dancers of The National Ballet of Canada have welcomed the opportunity that Serenade has afforded to hone their technique.

“It’s deeply rewarding to do something that we’re comfortable with and is also a challenge,” says Christopher. “It feels good to do these steps right now. Serenade is incredibly physical but it’s also full of joy. The dancers are getting so much satisfaction from that.”

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Serenade Choreography: George Balanchine Staged by: Joysanne Sidimus Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 Costume Design: Barbara Karinska Lighting Design: Ronald Bates Répétiteurs: Christopher Stowell, Xiao Nan Yu and Rex Harrington World Premiere: American Ballet, Adelphi Theatre, New York City, March 1, 1935 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: North Texas State University, Denton, TX,

October 17, 1962 The performance of Serenade, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

First performed in 1934, Serenade was George Balanchine’s first original ballet created in the US and one of many he set to the music of his beloved composer Tchaikovsky, in this case the beautiful, mournful Serenade for Strings, Op. 48. Today, Serenade is an iconic Balanchine work, especially for its unforgettable opening scene – an ensemble of women standing together, heads turned, one arm raised to the sky.

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Heather Ogden with Artists of the Ballet in Serenade. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

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Video Interlude: Soul Choreography: Jera Wolfe Music: All Human Beings, Performed by Max Richter, Kiki Layne & Mari Samuelsen Courtesy of Decca Records, under exclusive license from Universal Music Canada Inc. Costume Design: The National Ballet of Canada Wardrobe Department,

Stacy Dimitropoulos, Wardrobe Supervisor Lighting Design: Jeff Logue Répétiteur: Rex Harrington Director: Paul McNulty Film Premiere: The National Ballet of Canada, Spotlight Series, April 27, 2021 Live Performance Premiere: The National Ballet of Canada, Harbourfront Centre, August 25, 2021 Produced and commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada Lead philanthropic support for Soul, is provided by The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund with additional support from The Producers’ Circle.

In lieu of intermission, you will see the dance film Soul, a beautiful work created for film by Canadian choreographer Jera Wolfe for the company’s virtual season in 2020/21. Soul explores the insular beauty of personal relationships through two duets set to the same piece of music. The film is edited to show only half of each six-minute duet, leaving the remainder of the choreography unseen. This reinforces Wolfe’s theme that every relationship is a world unto itself and can never truly be known from the outside. This poetic film features Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté and First Soloist Tanya Howard, and Principal Dancers Harrison James and Ben Rudisin.

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Tanya Howard and Guillaume Côté in Soul. Photo by Paul McNulty.

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Angels’ Atlas Choreography: Crystal Pite Original Music: Owen Belton Additional Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Opus 41 No. 6:

Cherubic Hymn

Performed by Valery Polyansky and the USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir

Courtesy of Firma Melodia Music Ltd.

Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium

Used by arrangement with Southern Music Pub. Co, Inc., Publisher and Copyright Holder

Performed by Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton

Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd, London Reflective Light Backdrop Concept: Jay Gower Taylor Reflective Light Backdrop Design: Jay Gower Taylor and Tom Visser Lighting Design: Tom Visser Costume Design: Nancy Bryant Assistant to the Choreographer: Spencer Dickhaus Répétiteur: Stephanie Hutchison World Premiere: The National Ballet of Canada, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts,

Toronto, February 29, 2020 Produced and commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada.

A co-production of The National Ballet of Canada and Ballett Zürich.

Philanthropic support for Angels’ Atlas is generously provided by An Anonymous Donor, Rosamond Ivey, Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, The Producers’ Circle, The Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada and The Gail Hutchison Fund.

The Producers’ Circle: 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., The Harry & Lillian Seymour Family Foundation, Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan and The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation.

Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite created Angels’ Atlas for The National Ballet of Canada in 2020 to rapturous reviews. The ballet unfolds against a morphing wall of light that carries the illusion of depth and a sense of the natural world. Here, the dancing body becomes a sign of humanity’s impermanence and – equally – its vitality within a vast, unknowable world.

Set to original music by Owen Belton and choral pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Morten Lauridsen, Angels’ Atlas is a profound new work from one of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers.

Running Time Serenade 33m Video Interlude: Soul 10m Angels' Atlas 27m The performance will run approximately 1h 20m.

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Angels’ Atlas

A Note from Crystal Pite The impetus for this creation came from my partner and set designer Jay Gower Taylor. Through our last few creations, Jay has been developing a system that allows him to manipulate reflected light. Working with lighting designer Tom Visser, they've been discovering a myriad of ways to deliver light to a surface.

The system is analog, made of the simplest materials, yet it manifests complex, painterly images that have the illusion of depth and a sense of the natural world.

There is a quality of controlled chaos about it. The light dances on a pivoting, reflective topography, creating the conditions for the unexpected to appear. For us, this wall of morphing, shifting light is a frontier, a portal, a portrait of the unknown.

When I was a little kid, my uncle and my dad talked to me a lot about the cosmos. Sometimes I would experience a dizzying thrill in brief moments of embodied comprehension: it felt like I was falling within the vastness of it all. They inspired me to wonder about colossal ideas that were, and always will be, beyond my grasp and to approach great unanswerable questions with imagination and creativity.

Working with light in this way reminds me of that feeling of wonder and my longing to lean into the unknowable. The light looks intelligent, awesome.

The chaos and beauty of it make me feel small in a thrilling, destabilized way. Small, in the face of unanswerable questions about things like love, death and the infinite.

The movement of the light is mercurial and ephemeral in the same way that choreography is. It reminds me of something the writer and critic Max Wyman said about dance: It is an artform that simultaneously defines and defies the ephemerality of existence. We have nothing but the body, and soon enough we will not even have the body.

But it is that physicality that speaks so eloquently about the implications of mortality and at the same time voices our defiance.

No other artform speaks so directly about the fragile, temporary quality of life, or about the human instinct to transcend those bonds and aim for that perfect moment of self-realization.

I like to think of the body as a location, a place where being is held and shaped. In this way, dance gives form to the unknown. In the dancing body, the unknown appears as something both familiar and extraordinary. We might possibly catch a glimpse of something eternal. But both the dancers and the dance are temporary: their beauty resonates with meaning because of their impermanence. This is potent for me. I like working in a form that is always in a state of disappearing.

Our dances, like our lives, are built in relationship with time… and by extension, mortality.

I am trying to create something that speaks of our impermanence and ‘voices our defiance’ as Wyman says. Something that evokes a fierce pulse of life. The ephemeral part will take care of itself.

Crystal Pite with Artists of the Ballet in rehearsal for Angels' Atlas. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

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Cast Conductor David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor

Serenade Sonia Rodriguez, Jurgita Dronina, Tanya Howard (Nov 11, 20 mat) Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Tanya Howard (Nov 12, Nov 27 eve) Svetlana Lunkina, Jeannine Haller, Genevieve Penn Nabity (Nov 13 mat) Heather Ogden, Jenna Savella, Kathryn Hosier (Nov 13 eve, Nov 17) Sonia Rodriguez, Jeannine Haller, Calley Skalnik (Nov 14) Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Calley Skalnik (Nov 18) Svetlana Lunkina, Chelsy Meiss, Genevieve Penn Nabity (Nov 20 eve, 26) Sonia Rodriguez, Jurgita Dronina, Calley Skalnik (Nov 21) Heather Ogden, Jurgita Dronina, Kathryn Hosier (Nov 27 mat) Guillaume Côté, Piotr Stanczyk (Nov 11, 20 mat) Naoya Ebe, Piotr Stanczyk (Nov 12) Brendan Saye, Peng-Fei Jiang (Nov 13 mat, 26) Guillaume Côté, Ben Rudisin (Nov 13 eve) Skylar Campbell, Donald Thom (Nov 14) Harrison James, Ben Rudisin (Nov 17, 27 mat) Naoya Ebe, Donald Thom (Nov 18, 27 eve) Brendan Saye, Ben Rudisin (Nov 20 eve) Skylar Campbell, Piotr Stanczyk (Nov 21) Hannah Galway, Calley Skalnik, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Jeannine Haller (Nov 11, 12, 13 eve, 17, 20 mat, 26, 27 eve)

Hannah Galway, Ayano Haneishi, Miyoko Koyasu, Brenna Flaherty (Nov 13 mat, 20 eve) Genevieve Penn Nabity, Ayano Haneishi, Miyoko Koyasu, Brenna Flaherty (Nov 14, 18, 21, 27 mat) Monika Haczkiewicz, Sophie Lee, Kathryn Hosier or Genevieve Penn Nabity or Arielle Miralles, Jaclyn Oakley, Antonella Martinelli, Shaelynn Estrada, Clare Peterson, Nina Gentes or Emma Ouellet, Brenna Flaherty or Isabella Kinch*, Miyoko Koyasu or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Ayano Haneishi or Shené Lazarus, Tirion Law or Lindy Mesmer, Tene Ward Teagan Richman-Taylor, Larkin Miller, Isaac Wright, Peng-Fei Jiang or Trygve Cumpston

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Angels' Atlas Heather Ogden and Harrison James (Nov 11, 13 mat, 14, 18, 20 eve, 26, 27 eve) Svetlana Lunkina and Ben Rudisin (Nov 12, 13 eve, 17, 20 mat, 21, 27 mat) Jenna Savella and Spencer Hack (Nov 11, 12, 13 eve, 14) Jenna Savella and Donald Thom (Nov 13 mat) Chelsy Meiss and Donald Thom (Nov 17, 20 mat, 21, 26, 27 mat) Chelsy Meiss and Spencer Hack (Nov 18, 20 eve, 27eve) Hannah Galway and Siphesihle November (Nov 11, 12, 13 eve, 14, 18, 20 eve, 21, 27 eve) Genevieve Penn Nabity and Spencer Hack (Nov 13 mat, 17, 20 mat, 26, 27 mat) Genevieve Penn Nabity (Nov 11, 12, 13 eve, 14, 18, 20 eve, 21, 27 eve) Tanya Howard (Nov 13 mat, 17, 20 mat, 26, 27 mat) Spencer Hack and Donald Thom (Nov 11, 12, 13 eve, 14, 18, 21, 27 eve) Kota Sato and Donald Thom (Nov 13 mat, 17, 20, 26, 27 mat)

Ross Allen, Jack Bertinshaw, Skylar Campbell, Trygve Cumpston, Shaelynn Estrada, Jason Ferro, Brenna Flaherty, Hannah Galway, Albjon Gjorllaku, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Monika Haczkiewicz, Jeannine Haller, Kathryn Hosier, Tanya Howard, Peng-Fei Jiang, Tirion Law, Antonella Martinelli, Scott McKenzie, Larkin Miller, Jaclyn Oakley, Noah Parets, Clare Peterson, Teagan Richman-Taylor, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Alexander Skinner, Tene Ward, Christopher Waters, Isaac Wright Understudies: Ayano Haneishi, Shené Lazarus, Oliver Yonick

* Appearing by kind permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and Mavis Staines, Artistic Director & CEO of Canada’s National Ballet School.

All casting subject to change.

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Selected Biographies

Hope Muir Artistic Director Designate

Barry Hughson Executive Director

David Briskin Music Director and Principal Conductor

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Hope Muir is an acclaimed dancer, teacher and director whose 33-year career spans two continents and a range of classical and contemporary styles. Born in Toronto, she is one of the first graduates of Peter Schaufuss’ London Festival Ballet School and a former dancer at English National Ballet, Rambert Dance Company and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2009, Hope assisted Crystal Pite with the creation of Emergence for the National Ballet and has since helped to stage the work internationally. She has assisted numerous choreographers in this capacity, staging work by Christopher Bruce, Javier De Frutos and Helen Pickett, among others. Hope is the former Assistant Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet and the current Artistic Director of Charlotte Ballet in North Carolina, where she expanded the repertoire and established the highly successful Choreographic Lab. She officially assumes the role of Artistic Director with The National Ballet of Canada on January 1, 2022.

Barry Hughson joined The National Ballet of Canada as Executive Director in 2014.

Since that time, the company has accelerated its 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-Chair 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. 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 in 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 with The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, The Royal Swedish Ballet and The Royal Danish Ballet, where in 2021/22 he will conduct productions of Romeo and Juliet and La Sylphide at The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen and on tour throughout Denmark. He will also make his first appearance this season with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. 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.

A Landmark Naming

The Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director

“As we’ve become more involved with the National Ballet, we have enjoyed a powerful feeling of engagement that comes from knowing we belong to something important. We wanted to make a gift that would allow the company to realize its artistic goals and continue to inspire audiences with the power of dance for generations to come.”

– Joan and Jerry Lozinski

On November 4, The National Ballet of Canada announced a landmark gift from Joan and Jerry Lozinski to endow the position of Artistic Director. Joan and Jerry recognized the company’s need for consistent and long-term funding for sustained creative vision and inspired leadership to ensure our ongoing success.

With the Lozinskis’ most recent gift to the Endowment Foundation, the National Ballet becomes the only performing arts organization in Canada with an endowed Artistic Director and one of few ballet companies in North America with this distinction.

Over the course of their nearly four decades long relationship with the National Ballet, Joan and Jerry have offered their insight, advice and heartfelt commitment to the goals of the company. We are grateful for the scope and depth of their generosity, as well as their ability to galvanize our community of support.

The naming of the Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director is a fitting testament to their longstanding contributions to the company and advances their wish to leave a powerful legacy for future generations of ballet lovers.

Joan and Jerry Lozinski. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

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Christopher Stowell Associate Artistic Director

Christopher Stowell was born in New York City and received his training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and the School of American Ballet. Upon graduation, Mr. Stowell joined San Francisco Ballet where he became a Principal Dancer and remained for 16 years. In 2003, Mr. Stowell was named Artistic Director of Oregon Ballet Theatre (OBT), a position he held until 2012. During his tenure Mr. Stowell made significant additions to OBT’s repertoire, bringing to Portland works from some of the world’s most celebrated choreographers. Mr. Stowell has taught and coached in San Francisco, New York City, Japan, China and across Europe. He has created works for San Francisco Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet, Diablo Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet as well as New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute. He has also staged the works of George Balanchine, Mark Morris and Christopher Wheeldon. In 2017, Mr. Stowell joined The National Ballet of Canada as Associate Artistic Director. In this role, he oversees the Artistic staff, teaches, coaches and stages works for the company. Mr. Stowell is a member of the creative team for Artistic Director Emerita Karen Kain’s new production of Swan Lake which will premiere in June 2022.

George Balanchine was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1904. He joined the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in St. Petersburg at the age of 17. In 1924, Mr. Balanchine was invited by Serge Diaghilev to join Ballets Russes in Paris and was hired as Ballet Master in 1925. Mr. Balanchine formed his own company, Les Ballets 1933, in Paris and shortly thereafter met the dance connoisseur Lincoln Kirstein. In collaboration with Mr. Kirstein, Mr. Balanchine formed the School of American Ballet and American Ballet, which later became the resident ballet company at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Mr. Balanchine was choreographer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1944 to 1946 and in 1946, he formed Ballet Society, which became New York City Ballet in 1948. He held the title of Ballet Master with New York City Ballet until his death in 1983.

George Balanchine Choreographer, Serenade

Joysanne Sidimus Stager, Serenade

Jera Wolfe Choreographer, Soul

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Internationally acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent authorities on the ballets of George Balanchine, Joysanne Sidimus has staged the great choreographer’s works for dance companies and schools the world over, including the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Deutsche Oper Am Rhein, Stuttgart Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Teatro alla Scala, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Beijing Dance Academy, Alberta Ballet and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. Born in New York, Ms. Sidimus studied under Balanchine at the School of American Ballet and then joined his New York City Ballet. She later performed as a soloist with London’s Festival Ballet and as a Principal Dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada. As well as being a Balanchine répétiteur for both the National Ballet and The George Balanchine Trust, Ms. Sidimus is the founder of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre and was also the founding Vice President of the Artists’ Health Centre, a comprehensive health care facility for artists at Toronto Western Hospital In 2003, she was awarded the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal and in 2006, she received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Dora Award winner Jera Wolfe is a choreographer and performer of Métis heritage and is an Associate Artist with Red Sky Performance.

Mr. Wolfe’s captivating choreography has awarded him the 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Original Choreography for Trace. He has demonstrated an impressive repertoire of works presented by Canadian Stage, Fall For Dance North, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur, Danse Danse, and Jacob's Pillow. Some of his recent works include Bare choreographed on Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, FLOW by Red Sky Performance, Arise for Canada's National Ballet School and Begin Again for Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers. Most recently Mr. Wolfe presented an evening of works titled Reverie at Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur. Aside from choreography, he performs primarily for Red Sky Performance and has also performed with many other companies including Peggy Baker Dance Projects.

Max Richter Composer, Soul

Max Richter stands as one of the most prodigious figures on the contemporary music scene. Memoryhouse, Mr. Richter’s 2002 debut, has been described by The Independent, and Pitchfork Magazine as a “landmark”, while his 2004 album The Blue Notebooks was chosen by The Guardian as one of the best Classical works of the century. SLEEP, his eight-and-a-half-hour concert work, has been performed worldwide, including at the Sydney Opera House, Berlin’s Kraftwerk, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Philharmonie de Paris and at the Barbican, London. Mr. Richter’s music has become a mainstay for many of the world’s leading ballet companies, including The Mariinsky Ballet, Teatro alla Scala Milan, New York City Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Mr. Richter has written award-winning music for over 50 film and TV projects including Mary Queen of Scots, HBO’s My Brilliant Friend and The Leftovers, Tom Hardy’s Taboo, and Black Mirror. Mr. Richter’s recent score for James Gray’s Ad Astra earned him his second Grammy nomination.

For over 25 years, Paul McNulty has worked on numerous award-winning projects as a producer, director, videographer and editor. Travelling near and far, Mr. McNulty has captured exceptional moments for both broadcast television and documentary film making. From an early age he delved into the world of visual storytelling, fascinated by the ideas and experiences of people of all walks of life, from backyards to the backstage. Along the way he has partnered with countless corporate clients, agencies and art organizations in branding campaigns and productions. An avid practitioner of yoga and an enthusiastic hiker in his hometown of Toronto, he is the proud father of three. Mr. McNulty has been a long time associate of The National Ballet of Canada partnering on many video projects.

Paul McNulty Director, Soul

Crystal Pite Choreographer, Angels’ Atlas

Crystal Pite is a Canadian choreographer and former company member of Ballet BC and William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt. Ms. Pite’s professional choreographic debut was in 1990 at Ballet BC. Since then, she has created over 50 works for companies such as Paris Opéra Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater I, Cullberg Ballet, Ballett Frankfurt, The National Ballet of Canada, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (Resident Choreographer, 2001 – 2004), Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and Ballet British Columbia. She has also collaborated with Electric Company Theatre and Robert Lepage. The recipient of numerous awards for artistic excellence, including the 2017 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production and most recently, the 2018 Grand Prix de la danse de Montréal (PDM), Ms. Pite is an Associate Choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater, Associate Dance Artist of Canada’s National Arts Centre and Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. In 2002, she formed her own company Kidd Pivot in Vancouver.

Owen Belton lives in Vancouver and graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1993 with a degree in Fine and Performing Arts, majoring in music. He studied acoustic and computer music composition with Owen Underhill and Barry Truax. Mr. Belton has been writing music for dance since 1994 when he created the music for Shapes Of A Passing for choreographer Crystal Pite’s piece for Toronto-based Ballet Jörgen.

Since then, he has created many scores for dance companies including Kidd Pivot, The National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans Theater, Cullberg Ballet, Ballet Nuremberg, Oregon Ballet Theatre and 420People in Prague. Mr. Belton also creates sound design and composition for film and live theatre. In 2009, Mr. Belton won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Dance Score for Emergence.

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Morten Lauridsen Music, Angels’ Atlas

Named an “American Choral Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2005, Morten Lauridsen received the 2007 National Medal of Arts in a White House ceremony “for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power, and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide.” He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the USC Thornton School of Music where he chaired the department of composition and founded the Advanced Studies Program in Film Scoring. He was Composer-in-Residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1995 to 2001. His compositions, including eight vocal cycles, arts songs, instrumental works and a series of sacred motets are performed regularly throughout the world and have been recorded on over 200 CDs, several of which have received Grammy nominations. The award-winning documentary, Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen, was released in 2012 and in 2016 Mr. Lauridsen received The ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Award at Lincoln Center. He currently lives in the San Juan Islands of Washington State.

Jay Gower Taylor started in theatre as a professional dancer where he accomplished an international career spanning more than 20 years. As a Scenic Designer, Mr. Taylor has collaborated with Crystal Pite over the last decade, creating onstage environments for works such as Plot Point, Frontier, Solo Echo, Parade, In the Event, Partita for 8 Dancers and The Statement for Nederlands Dans Theater, Emergence for The National Ballet of Canada, Polaris for Sadler’s Wells Theatre, The Seasons’ Canon for Paris Opéra Ballet and Flight Pattern for The Royal Ballet. For Ms. Pite’s company, Kidd Pivot, he designed Dark Matters, The Tempest Replica, Betroffenheit and most recently, Revisor.

Jay Gower Taylor Scenic Designer, Angels’ Atlas Tom Visser has been working since 2004 as a lighting designer in productions by Johan Inger, Crystal Pite, Stijn Celis, Medhi Walerski, Peeping Tom and Alexander Ekman. His lighting designs have been seen in Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal Opera House, Sydney Dance Company and Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, among others. In addition to his work for the stage, Mr. Visser has created art installations and projects with interactive media.

Tom Visser Lighting Designer, Angels’ Atlas

Nancy Bryant Costume Designer, Angels’ Atlas

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Nancy Bryant is an established costume designer living in Vancouver and works widely designing for dance, theatre, opera and television. Ms. Bryant’s previous collaborations with Crystal Pite have had much notoriety in Europe, UK, US and across Canada, including Body and Soul and The Seasons’ Canon (Paris Opera), Flight Pattern (Royal Opera House), Partita, Parade and Plot Point (Nederlands Dans Theater), Revisor, The Tempest Replica (Kidd Pivot) and Betroffenheit (Kidd Pivot/Electric Co.). Costume designs for theatre include collaborations with artists and groundbreaking directors Morris Panych (The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring, amongst many since 1996), Kim Collier (Tear the Curtain, Angels in America, Hamlet), Jonathon Young (Betroffenheit, Revisor) and Stan Douglas (Helen Lawrence). Costume design credits for television include Legend of Earthsea, A Wrinkle in Time, The Snow Queen and Snow White.

Ms.Bryant is the recipient of the 2020 BC Achievement Foundation Award of Distinction, a Leo Award and twelve Jessie Richardson Awards. She proudly shares Olivia Awards for Best New Dance Production (2017 and 2018) and a Toronto Critics Theatre Award with the Pite team.

Spencer Dickhaus Assistant to the Choreographer, Angels’ Atlas

Maria Seletskaja Conductor-inResidence

Jeff Morris Stage Manager

Liliane Stilwell Stage Manager

Spencer Dickhaus is a freelance dancer, teacher, and creator. Most recently Mr. Dickhaus danced with Hofesh Shechter Company on their tour of Grand Finale. Later this year, he will continue to set work by Crystal Pite at Zürich Opera Ballet. As a teacher he has worked with Nederlands Dans Theater, Nuova Officina della Danza (Torino) and Princess Grace Academy (Monaco). For seven seasons (2012 – 2019), he was a member of Nederlands Dans Theater where he had the privilege of working with internationally recognized choreographers including Crystal Pite, Hofesh Shechter, Jiří Kylián, Alexander Ekman, Franck Chartier, Gabriela Carrizo, Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Johan Inger, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon. He graduated with a BFA from The Juilliard School in 2012 after completing the LINES Ballet Training Program in San Francisco.

Mr. Dickhaus currently lives in The Hague, Netherlands.

Ballet and music have been equally influential in Ms. Seletskaja’s life since early childhood.

Parallel to a dancing career that spanned 15 years during which she performed with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Staatsballett Berlin, Zürich Ballet and the Estonian National Ballet, Ms. Seletskaja continued her musical studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and privately. First honing her conducting skills with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Ms. Seletskaja has been pursuing a full-time conducting career since 2016. Born in Estonia, Ms. Seletskaja first studied piano and then violin. She was influenced by such conducting teachers as James Tuggle, Music Director of Stuttgart Ballet, celebrated conductor Paavo Järvi and Rodolfo Saglimbeni. She worked as assistant to the Music Director of the Casco Phil, former Flemish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, and Stuttgart Ballet Orchestra and made her official conducting debut with Stuttgart Ballet in La Fille mal gardée, followed by performances of Mayerling. Ms. Seletskaja recently made her conducting debut at the National Ballet of Georgia and Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. She will make her first appearance next season with Ballet de Santiago.

Jeff Morris joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1995. 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, 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 Angels’ Atlas, 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 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.

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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.

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

Jurgita Dronina 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 Lead Principal Dancer with English National Ballet: 2017 – 2020 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2015

Born: Tokyo, Japan Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2007 Principal Dancer since: 2015 Sponsored by Gretchen Ross

Koto Ishihara

Harrison James

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 Principal Dancer since: 2021

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

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.

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Naoya Ebe

Sponsored by Lucy White

Siphesihle November

Heather Ogden

Born: Zolani, South Africa Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2017 Principal Dancer since: 2021

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

Sponsored by Jerry & Joan Lozinski

Tina Pereira

Sonia Rodriguez

Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2001 Principal Dancer since: 2021

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

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

Ben Rudisin

Brendan Saye

Born: Woodbridge, Virginia Trained: North Carolina School of the Arts and Houston Ballet II Joined National Ballet: 2013 Principal Dancer since: 2021

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

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Sponsored by Robin Vaile Robinson

Piotr Stanczyk

Jillian Vanstone

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

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

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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: 2018

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

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Spencer Hack

Jeannine Haller

Born: Toledo, Ohio Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2014 First Soloist since: 2021

Born: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Trained: Place des Arts in Coquitlam, British Columbia and Canada's National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2015 First Soloist since: 2021 Sponsored by Devida & Derek Smith

Tanya Howard

Alexandra MacDonald

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: Calgary, Alberta Trained: International School of Ballet in Calgary and Boston Ballet School’s Trainee Program Joined National Ballet: 2007 First Soloist since: 2016 Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Chelsy Meiss

Jenna Savella

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

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

Calley Skalnik

Donald Thom

Born: Tulsa, Oklahoma Trained: Tulsa Balllet Academy and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2014 First Soloist since: 2021

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 an anonymous donor

Sponsored by Elvio & Marlene DelZotto

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Brenna Flaherty

Hannah Galway

Born: Boston, Massachusetts Trained: Boston Ballet School in Massachusetts Joined National Ballet: 2016 Second Soloist since: 2021

Born: Comox, British Columbia Trained: Canada's National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2017 Second Soloist since: 2021 Sponsored by Alison & Alan Schwartz

Christopher Gerty

Kathryn Hosier

Born: Watford, England Trained: Newcastle Dance Academy in Australia, New Zealand School of Dance and San Francisco Ballet School in California Joined National Ballet: 2014 Second Soloist since: 2018

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

Sponsored by Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein

Sponsored by Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond

Miyoko Koyasu

Noah Parets

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

Born: Boston, Massachusetts Trained: Boston Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2018 Second Soloist since: 2021

Genevieve Penn Nabity

Kota Sato

Born: Casco, Michigan Trained: Main Stage Center for the Arts in Armada, Michigan and Canada's National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2018 Second Soloist since: 2021

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

Sponsored by John Covington Jr and Robert Lukey

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

CORPS DE BALLET Trygve Cumpston

Shaelynn Estrada

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 National Ballet: 2012 Corps de Ballet since: 2013

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

Jason Ferro

Giorgio Galli

Born: Franklinville, New Jersey Trained: San Francisco Ballet School in California Joined National Ballet: 2018 Corps de Ballet since: 2020

Born: Carate Brianza, Italy Trained: Teatro alla Scala Ballet School in Italy and The Royal Ballet School in England Joined National Ballet: 2009 Corps de Ballet since: 2010 Sponsored by Anne-Marie Canning

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's Elite Ballet and Nevada School of Dance in Las Vegas, Nevada and Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2019

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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

Tirion Law

Shené Lazarus

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

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

Antonella Martinelli

Scott McKenzie

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

Born: Alexandria, Scotland Trained: The Royal Ballet School in London Joined as Corps de Ballet: 2020

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 National Ballet: 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 National Ballet: 2009 Corps de Ballet since: 2014

Clare Peterson

Meghan Pugh

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

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

Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Sponsored by Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy

Teagan Richman–Taylor

Alexander Skinner

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

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

Sponsored by Devida & Derek Smith

Sponsored by Anne & David LeGresley

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 National Ballet: 2018 Corps de Ballet since: 2019

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

Sponsored by Michelle and Duncan SInclair

Isaac Wright

Daina Zolty

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

Born: Burnaby, British Columbia Trained: HZ Ballet Classique in Burnaby, British Columbia and Canada's National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2018 Corps de Ballet since: 2020

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Watch the video at national.ballet.ca/ThankYou Sonia Rodriguez at curtain call during Giselle.

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Thank You

Artists of the Ballet in the wings during La Sylphide. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

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Thanks To You, We Are Together Again The National Ballet of Canada was sustained through the 2020/21 season because of the unwavering support of our ballet family. You kept us inspired and ready for this magical return to live performance.

We're so happy to be with you again.

Our heartfelt thanks to all the individuals, foundations and corporations who made special donations to the Together for Ballet campaign, renewed their annual support, and donated back performance tickets or subscriptions. It is because of you that we are together again. (July 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021) A & A King Family Foundation Elaine J. Adair◊◊ Elana Metter & Stephen A. Adler David & Phyllis Agg Fund at The Private Giving Foundation Ms. Yeti Agnew & Mr. Christopher Birt◊◊ Geoffrey & Tanya Alcock Vanessa Alexander◊ Dr. Vina Alexopoulou Mr. and Ms. Robert Allair Roger Allen Catherine J.T. Allgood◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Anastasiades◊◊ Mrs. Nichole Anderson Mr. James Anok & Mr. Daniel Brereton Robin Anthony Gail & Mark Appel◊◊ Jordan Applebaum & Andrea Burridge◊◊ Ms. Debra J. Appleton◊ Alison Fisher† Ms. Adriana Arevalo Miss Claudia Arévalo Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong◊◊ Dr. & Mrs. G.R. Rastegar◊ Dr. Talitha Arndt & Mr. Ed Esposto◊◊ Ms. Noreen Arnold Tony Arrell, C.M. & Anne Arrell◊ Ms. Karen Atkin◊◊ Sharon Au Ms. Yveline Audemars & Mr. Humberto Rivero◊ Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation◊◊ James Austin & Hans Eppenberger◊◊ Gregory & Irene Aziz◊◊ The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli Tim Badgley◊ Ms Irene Bailey◊ John & Claudine Bailey◊◊ Lynly & Trevor Bailie† Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Baker◊ Hugh & Colleen Balders◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Balmer◊ Mr. Paul Barber Winifred Barclay† Mrs. Kimberly Barker Michael Barkley & Gary Burrows◊◊ Ms. Alison G. Barlow◊◊ Karen & Bill Barnett† Earl and Elizabeth Barnsley◊◊ Mr. Scott Barnum & Ms. Nadya Tymochenko◊ Barret Family Foundation Ms. Lindy Barrow◊ Ms. Jacqueline Bart Gillian & Ken Bartlett◊◊ Florence Sharpe Barwell◊◊ Katherine J. Baxter

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Leave Your Legacy My motivation in leaving a gift in my Will reflects my desire to thank the company that has given me so much joy over many years. I also wish to guarantee that the financial future of the ballet I love is on a strong footing. Let’s ensure that the company's outstanding international reputation will be supported so that future generations can enjoy and celebrate The National Ballet of Canada.

You have been part of the National Ballet's glorious history and I invite you to be part of our future.

Please take a moment to consider joining me in our 70 for 70 Campaign, and make your mark on the National Ballet with a gift in your Will.

In gratitude, Marcia McClung Chair, Celia Franca Society Ambassador Committee

For more information about leaving a gift in your Will and the 70 for 70 Campaign, visit national.ballet.ca/LegacyChallenge or contact Richard Lefebvre at rlefebvre@national.ballet.ca or 416 345 9686 x324.

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Ms. Miriam Skey◊◊ Mrs. Stanislawa Skrok◊◊ Mr. Alexander Smith Devida & Derek Smith Ms. Ibolya Smith◊◊ Mr. Jay Smith & Ms. Laura Rapp Mr. John A. Smith◊ Ms. Louise Smith◊ Mr. Robert Smith◊ Stephen & Jane Smith† Mrs. Joan Sohn† Ms. Leigh Solomon Ms. Anastasia Solovieva Marion Soloway◊ Ms. Solway & Mr. Moore◊◊ Helen Feng and Alice Song Dr. Myra Sourkes◊ Mr. Timothy Spain◊ Ms. Elsie Sparks◊◊ Ms. Karen Sparks◊◊ Ms. Frances A. Specht Ms. Cassandra Renee Spence* Ms. Jane Spicer Cathy Spoel Mr. Geoffrey Wayne Squibb† Ms. Harriet H. Stairs◊◊ Kristi Stangeland Dr. John Stanley & Dr. Helmut Reichenbächer◊◊ Doreen L. Stanton◊◊ Dennis & Denny Starritt◊◊ Ms. Astrid Stec◊ Dr. Carolyn Steele Dr. Karen L. Steele PhD◊◊ Mr. John Steen Wendy Steepe◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Leon Steinberg◊◊ J.M. & Elaine Steiner◊◊ Mrs. Judith Stephanson◊◊ Mr. Kenneth Stephen◊◊ Cheryl E. Stephenson◊◊ Mr. David Stephenson◊ Joel Stevens◊ Mr. & Ms. Alan Stewart◊ Ms. Elizabeth Stewart◊◊ Ms. Gillian Stewart Estate of James Stewart Ms. Patricia Stewart Ms. Rusty Stewart Rusty Stewart Timothy & Nalini Stewart◊ Ms. Sharon Stibbard◊ Brenda Stinson & Carlo De Angelis◊ Mrs. Lauren Stiroh Mrs. Louise Stokes◊◊ Ms. Patricia Stone Dr. Olga Streltchenko Mrs. Frances M. Stretton◊◊ Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Strizic Ms. Louise Sugar Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan◊ Mrs. and Mr. Kim Surchin◊◊ Dr. Doris Sutherland Carol Swallow◊◊ Ms. Monica Swamiraj Dianna Symonds◊◊ Michele & Ryerson Symons◊ Mr. & Mrs. Ronald P. Tam Mr. and Mrs. Herb Tanzer Dr. Cynthia Tape Dr. Daphne Taras Mr. Almos Tassonyi & Ms. Maureen Simpson◊

Ms. Mary Tate Ms. Terry Tator◊ Ms. Agatha Tawaststjerna◊◊ Tony and Caley Taylor Family Fund at Toronto Foundation Eli Taylor◊ Ms. Jane Taylor Ms. Margaret Taylor-Sevier Mrs. Helen Tazzman◊ Ms. Veronica Tennant C.C. Karyn Tessmer & Dr. George Konn◊ Mr. John Therrien Gillian Thomas & Michael Easterbrook◊◊ Ms. Catherine Thomson◊◊ Pamela Thomson◊ Cynthia Caron Thorburn & Craig Thorburn◊ Bonita & Walter Thornton◊ Ms. Sharon B Thorpe◊◊ Dr. Lynne M. Thurling◊ Maureen & Philip Tingley◊◊ Ms. Judith R Tobe Ms. Anne Todd◊◊ Sasha Tomash Mrs. Elizabeth Tory◊◊ Ms. Jennifer Tory◊◊ Mrs. Nicola Tory◊ Ms. Wendy Trainor◊ Mrs. H. Tregenza◊◊ Mrs. Daniele Tremblay-Lamer Barbara & Marlow Tucker◊ Audrey Turnbull Mr. Chris & Mrs. Anne Twigge-Molecey◊ Deanna Underwood and Family Denise Ireland & Harry Underwood Mr. Berton Ung Paul & Alison Uys◊ Dr. Robert Vagners◊◊ Ms. Carina Van Heyst◊◊ Mr. Robert Vanderloo◊ Ed & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke◊◊ Mr. Luc and Ms. Pamela Vanneste Dianne Vanstone Mr. Stefan Varga & Dr. Marica Varga◊◊ Mr. Peter Verheyen Mr. Calvin Vickery Ms. Maija Vilcins Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein Ms. Marje Virro◊ Jon & Olga Voigt◊ Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada Ms. Angela C. Vuchnich◊ Martin Wade & Daniel Larocque Ms. Margaret M. Walker The Very Reverend Peter Wall & Anne Harvey◊ Ms. Donna Walsh◊ Mr. John Walter◊◊ Lenore Walters† Gillian Wan◊ Mrs. Natalie Warner Ms. Michelle Watt Ms. Donna Watts◊ Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden◊◊ Estate of Diana B. Weatherall The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation Mrs. D Weir Mrs. Marilyn Wesson Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. West◊◊ Lyn M. Westwood◊◊ Mrs. Ruth Wheler† James Whitaker Lucy White*◊

Dr. Margaret White & Patrick Foody◊ Ms. Lyn Whitham Ms. Linda Whyte◊ Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Wiens Karen Wierucki◊◊ Judith R. Wilder◊ Ms. Martha Wilder◊ Ms. Lorna Wiles Mr. Brian B. Wilks◊◊ Ms. Barbara Williams◊◊ Gregory Williams & Warren Sorensen◊◊ Ms. Shelley Williams◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Willis Mrs. Lorrie Willson Mal Wilson◊◊ Mary and Douglas Wilson◊ Shelagh and David Wilson Fund at the Toronto Foundation◊◊ Frederika Winchell Mr. Luke Windisch Mr. William J. Winkler◊ Nan & Jack Wiseman◊◊ Peri Wiseman Hastings & Irene Withers◊ Mrs. Anne Wong◊ Dr. Hubert Wong Durhane Wong-Rieger◊ Julie Wood Kevin Coombs & Teri Worthington Coombs◊ Mr. William Wray & Family◊ Mrs. Sharon Wright◊ Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Mrs. Vivien M. Wu◊◊ Chen Xing Ms. Judy Yamamoto◊◊ Ms. Karen Yeats Ms. Catherine Yolles Mr. Morden Yolles Ms. Arlene Young Tricia Younger◊◊ Maria T. Zakos◊◊ Ms. Marlene Zaretsky Ms. Denise Zarn & Mr. James Shenkman◊◊ Ms. Helen Ziegler Carole & Bernie Zucker◊◊ Veronica Zufelt◊◊ 47 Anonymous Donors * Artists and Staff ◊ Donor for 10 or more years ◊◊ Donor for 20 or more years † Donor to Patrons Council for 30 or more years

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

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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.

RBC Apprentice Programme

Tricon presents Swan Lake

Lead Sponsor Karen Kain Gala

Special Projects

Making the Arts More Accessible®

Presenting Sponsor of the Share the Magic Programme

Dancers First Award and Dinner

YOU dance Sponsor

Official Suppliers

Official Event Supplier

Official Hospitality Partner

Official Dry Cleaner

Official Health and Wellness Provider

Official Beer Sponsor

Official Floral Sponsor

Official Cosmetic Sponsor

Official Valet Sponsor

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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.* We are grateful for every act of generosity from donors to the Endowment Foundation, who make the decision to share ballet with future generations; a gift that will ensure that their passion for the National Ballet lives on forever.

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 Judith R. Wilder Fund The Horst Dantz & Don Quick Dancer Wellness Fund The Elizabeth & Ted Davidson Fund for Emerging Choreographers The Jeanie and Ralph Davis Fund The Paul & Adelle Deacon Fund The Penelope Reed Doob Fund for New Creations The Celia Franca Memorial Fund The Geoffrey W. Fulton Fund for Supernumeraries The Kevin & Roger Garland Fund The Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Fund The Maxine Goldberg Fund for Apprentices The Peter A. Goulding & Frank Barry White Fund The Gulens Family Fund The Herridge Family Fund The Sara Sylvia Holton Fund The Gail Hutchison Fund The Beryl & Richard Ivey Fund The Hal Jackman Foundation Fund The Anna & Don Johnson Fund

The Anna McCowan Johnson Dance Accessibility 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 Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director Fund The Sarah & David Macdonald Fund The Sylvia M. McPhee Dancer Fund The Sylvia M. McPhee Orchestra Fund The Julie & Ted Medland Fund The Anne & Charles Morison Orchestra Fund The Nancy Pencer Fund The Nancy, William, Tim & Elizabeth Logan Dancer Fund The Sandra & Jim Pitblado Fund The Kenneth F. Read Fund The Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Fund The Diana St. Barbe Weatherall Dancer Fund The J.M. Doc Savage Fund for the RBC Apprentice Programme The Ada Slaight Fund The Astrid Stec Fund for Apprentices The Frances Stretton Dancer Fund The Ann D. Sutton Costume Fund 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 The John H. Williams Fund

*As of September 30, 2021

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.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.

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

Produced with the support of the City of Toronto through Toronto Arts Council

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.

The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada

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The National Ballet of Canada Board of Directors As of October 27, 2021 Chair Cornell Wright Nichole Anderson Bergeron Gail Appel John Bailey Susanne Boyce Raghunath Davloor Marlene DelZotto Laura Dinner Flora Do Cheryl Ferguson The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator Sheldon Grabke, ex officio Nancy Holland Barry Hughson, ex officio Karen Kain, C.C., ex officio Krista Kerr Jen Lee Koss Philip Lieberman David Macdonald Geneviève McKillop Chelsy Meiss, ex officio Donna Meyers Sandra Odendahl 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 Michelle Sinclair Mavis Staines, C.M., ex officio Michele Symons Noreen Taylor, C.M. Karen Wierucki Honourary Board As of October 26, 2021 David Banks David Binet 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. Lucille Joseph Jerry Lozinski Sue Matthews Paul O’Donoghue Rose Patten, O.C. Aaron Regent Robin Robinson Susan Scace Noreen Taylor, C.M.

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The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation Board of Directors As of January 11, 2021

Choreographic Associates Robert Binet Guillaume Côté Alysa Pires

Chair David Macdonald

President Barry Hughson

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

Pointe Shoe Manager/ Assistant Ballet Mistress Stephanie Hutchison

D.Litt., O.Ont.

Treasurer Amanda Ram

Director of Development Diana Reitberger, CFRE Secretary Alexis Patch David Banks John Braive Ed Esposto Cheryl Ferguson Krista Kerr Sue Matthews James Pitblado, C.M. Cornell Wright Leadership Artistic Director Designate Hope Muir 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 Senior Ballet Master Peter Ottmann Artists-in-Residence Rex Harrington, O.C. Greta Hodgkinson, O.Ont. Artistic Coach Xiao Nan Yu Curator and Producer, CreativAction and Special Initiatives Robert Binet

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 Artists Guest Principal Character Artists Jonathan Renna Tomas Schramek Guest Répétiteurs Serenade Joysanne Sidimus Angels’ Atlas Spencer Dickhaus After The Rain Jason Fowler A Streetcar Named Desire Laura Cazzaniga Tamas Detrich Ivan Urban The Sleeping Beauty Karen Kain, C.C.

Administration Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and Board Liaison Alexis Patch Audience and Donor Services Associate Director, Audience and Donor Services Veronica McLellan Senior Operations Manager, Audience and Donor Services Tal Hebdon Manager, Patron Services Anne Meighan Assistant Manager, Ticket Operations Katy James Assistant Patron Services Manager Heather Thompson Audience and Donor Services Operations Supervisor Susie Eissler Senior Representatives, Audience and Donor Services Amanda Bolger Patty Pedersen Receptionists Oliviana Cinco Rochelle Gomes McKenzie Grey

Graphic Designer Whyishnave Suthagar Officer, Communications & Media Relations Anastasia Kolotova Communications Coordinator Elizabeth Sabyan Junior Graphic Designer Anna Lew Dancer Wellness Programme Director of Dancer Wellness Marla Pichler Company Sports Medicine Physician Dr. Michael Clarfield Company Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris Company Physician (Family & Sports Medicine) Dr. Julia Hamilton Clinical Social Worker/ Psychotherapist Lesley Lustig Company Athletic Therapist Paul Papoutsakis

Audience and Donor Services Representatives

Company Physiotherapist Ginette Hamel

Communications

Company Massage Therapists Ron Mulesa

New Siphesihle November Vania Dodoo-Beals

Director of Marketing and Communications Belinda Bale

Elite Syncopations Karen Kain, C.C.

Associate Director, Communications and Content Strategy Catherine Chang

Guest Rehearsal Assistants and Teachers Jurgita Dronina Michel Faigaux Chelsy Meiss Alejandra Perez-Gomez Kevin Pugh Rebekah Rimsay Sonia Rodriguez Tomas Schramek Piotr Stanczyk

Digital Content Producer Mallory Brown

Resident Movement and Pilates Specialist Je-an Salas Urgent Care Dr. Janice Weiss

Marketing Manager Victoria Munton-Davies

Psychiatrist Dr. Pat Colton

Archivist and Digital Asset Manager Katie Wilson

Naturopathic Doctor Dr. Melissa Piercell

Video Editor, Web and Digital Media Manager Sean Leonard

Consulting Physician Dr. Julia Alleyne

Consulting Chiropractor Dr. Cameron Borody Foot Specialist Dr. Nicholas Durand, D.Pod.M., Podiatrist/ Chiropodist 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 Associate Director, Individual and Legacy Giving Richard Lefebvre, CFRE Senior Manager, Development Communications John Hart Senior Manager, Development Operations Leah Heidenheim Manager, Major Gifts Marielle Bryck Manager, Special Events and Corporate Partnerships Rebecca Hodge Development Relations Manager Nicholas Melymuk

Officers, Individual Giving Marisa Kelly Joanne Kwok

Senior Manager, Web Technology Services Steve Cunningham

Lighting Coordinator Jeff Logue

Cutter Marlee Bygate

Production Workshop

Officer, Legacy Giving and Assistant to the Director of Development Amy McMullen

Senior Manager, Software and Applications Mohiuddin Faruqe

Head Carpenter Sandy Middleton

Production Travelling Crew

Officer, Research Laurie Nemetz

Manager of Technology Andrew Anderson

Associate, Development Communications Rhea Daniels

Solutions Developer Kruti Shah

Data Analyst Sara Motalebi Development Coordinator Zoe Favrin Coordinator, Gift Management Lucy White Education and Community Engagement Senior Manager, Education and Community Engagement Lisa Robinson Director, In Studio Kate Kernaghan Teaching Artist Annemarie Cabri Finance Chief Financial Officer Amanda Ram Payroll and Benefits Manager Jenny Mah General Accountants Demitrios Prevenas Markus Thiart Shu Zhang, CPA, CGA Human Resources Director, Human Resources Kathleen Matatya

Senior Writer Caroline Dickie

Senior Officer, Human Resources Julian Whitaker

Officer, Major Gifts Kelsey Muldoon

Information Technology Director of Technology Christopher Sonnemann

Head Carpenter Jim Nutt

Assistant Head Carpenter James Fulton

Head Electrician Ashley Rose

Shop Technician Chuck Theil

Property Master Michael Ellenton

Business Analyst Bethany Bleile

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

Assistant Carpenter Scott Clarke

Systems Coordinator Maninder SIngh Sekhon

Property Supervisor John Miracle

Maintenance

Head Scenic Artist Kelly Palmer

Assistant Electricians William Fallon Cecilia Waszczuk

Assistant Head Scenic Artist Will Leskevich

Wardrobe Head Grant Heaps

Facilities Manager Emil Mishriky Building Maintenance Supervisor Henry Martins Cleaners Violeta Parreno Willie Santiago Lawrence Puig Music Pianists Edward Connell Andrei Streliaev Zsanna Vaszilenko Zhenya Vitort* Luke Welch Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music Administrator Raymond Tizzard Music Librarian Jacques Forest Conductor-in-Residence Maria Seletskaja Production Director of Production Barney Bayliss Associate Director of Production Yvette Drumgold Technical Director Peter Eaton Stage Managers Jeff Morris Liliane Stilwell

Properties constructed at the Gretchen Ross Production Workshop by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 828.

Wardrobe Wardrobe Supervisor Stacy Dimitropoulos Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Allie Marshall

Assistant Carpenter/ Flyman Geoff Kay

Assistant Wardrobe Head Carrie Cooley Barbour Wig and Make-up Supervisor Charles Seminerio Footwear Assistant Leslie Brown †

Parental Leave

* On Leave of Absence

Resident Cutters Christine Audet Christopher Read Assistant to Cutters Susan Howse Costume Rental Coordinator Bianca Laudadio Footwear Coordinator Lacey Hammond Harrington Wardrobe Coordinator Robyn Clarke Assistant Wardrobe Coordinator Lauren Pietrowski* Emily Rogers Resident Stitcher Lisa Novielli Stitchers Krista Nauman Paul Schofield

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