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Skylar Campbell. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

1 TORONTO DEBUT RENOWNEDOF THE COMPANY WORLD- San Francisco Ballet

Justin Peck & Christopher Wheeldon & Alexei Ratmansky

November 11 – 15, 2020

The National Ballet of Canada opens the 2020/21 Christopher Wheeldon, the celebrated choreographer season with performances by the world-renowned of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s San Francisco Ballet. With this historic guest Tale, created his work Bound To for San Francisco appearance, Toronto audiences will experience three Ballet’s Unbound festival of new works in 2018. The acclaimed works from San Francisco Ballet’s recent first ballet Wheeldon has created for dancers in flat repertoire, all from influential choreographers shoes, Bound To is a grounded and poetic work that of today. explores one of the great paradoxes of contemporary life – that technology and cell phones do more Justin Peck’s Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes offers a to isolate and distract us than they do to foster fresh interpretation of Aaron Copland’s famous ballet community and social interaction. score, dropping the western influences in favour of pure movement. Created in 2015 for New York City Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasons is a 2019 Ballet, where Peck is Resident Choreographer, it co-commission between San Francisco Ballet and sends 15 men and one leading woman through four American Ballet Theatre, where Ratmansky has distinct expressions of athleticism, all with a sense of been Artist in Residence for more than a decade. joy and vitality. Set to Alexander Glazunov’s eponymous score, this colourful work recreates a lost ballet from the great 19th century choreographer Marius Petipa, paying homage to the seasons with spirited dancing and whimsical, symbolic characters.

Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes Bound To The Seasons Choreography: Justin Peck Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Music: Aaron Copland Music: Keaton Henson Music: Alexander Glazunov Staged by: Craig Hall Scenic and Costume Design: Costume Design: Robert Perdziola Costume Design: Reid Bartelme, Jean-Marc Puissant Lighting Design: Mark Stanley Harriet Jung and Justin Peck Projection Design: Jean-Marc Puissant Lighting Design: Brandon Stirling Baker and Alexander V. Nichols Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls

Yuan Yuan Tan and Carlo Di Lanno of San Francisco Ballet in Bound To. Photo by Erik Tomasson.

3 WORLD PREMIERE MADDADDAM New Work by Wayne McGregor

November 21 – 29, 2020

In a collaboration of international significance, McGregor’s thrilling new ballet triptych is based on Wayne McGregor, the multi-award winning Atwood’s acclaimed novel trilogy, Oryx & Crake, choreographer of Chroma and Genus, joins forces The Year of the Flood and Maddaddam. Themes of with one of the world’s greatest living writers, extinction and invention, hubris and humanity are Margaret Atwood, to create a brand new full-length spliced together with aspects of Atwood’s activism work in partnership with The National Ballet of and her deep connection to the Canadian landscape, Canada and The Royal Ballet in London. past and present.

Atwood’s speculative fictions present apocalyptic For this new work, McGregor reassembles the dystopias in which, famously, nothing is invented creative team behind his landmark 2015 ballet that is not already occurring somewhere in our world. Woolf Works, inspired by the work of Virginia Woolf, Characterised by exuberant imagination, disruptive including influential composer Max Richter, who wit and unflinching moral acuity, her writing holds recently created the soundtrack for the 2019 film up a mirror to the terrifying consequences of out Ad Astra. Also joining him again are lighting designer of control technological experimentation, greed, Lucy Carter, design firm We Not I, film artist misogyny and colonialism. Ravi Deepres and dramaturg Uzma Hameed.

Choreography: Wayne McGregor, CBE Lighting Design: Lucy Carter Original Music: Max Richter Film Design: Ravi Deepres Creative Consultant: Margaret Atwood Dramaturgy: Uzma Hameed Design: We Not I Assistant to the Choreographer: Jenny Tattersall

Co-produced and commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada and The Royal Ballet (UK).

Lead philanthropic support for MADDADDAM is provided by The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund, with generous underwriting from Rosamond Ivey and The Producers’ Circle.

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., Lynda & Jonas Prince, The Harry & Lillian Seymour Family Foundation, Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan and The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation.

Wayne McGregor. Photo by Johan Hallberg-Campbell. Margaret Atwood. Photo by George Whiteside.

5 25 MAGICAL YEARS The Nutcracker James Kudelka

December 10, 2020 – January 2, 2021

The Nutcracker celebrates its 25th anniversary! add to the festivities and unite the guests in spirited A magical part of the holiday season since 1995, dance. But, for Marie, the most enchanting gift of all The Nutcracker is choreographed by James Kudelka, is the Nutcracker doll, which she brings with her to designed by Santo Loquasto with lighting by Jennifer the nursery that night, where she and Misha – still Tipton. The glorious sets and costumes provide an arguing – finally fall asleep. ideal framework for a journey steeped in wonder, play and the abundance of dreams and reflect the What follows is a beautiful excursion into the sumptuousness of Tchaikovsky’s score. imagination, with the Nutcracker coming to life beneath an enormous Christmas tree to battle The adventure begins in rural 19th century Russia, the Mouse Tsar and guide the children through a where quarrelling siblings Misha and Marie attend glittering land of snow to the palace of the Sugar a holiday party in their decorated barn, doors flung Plum Fairy. There, the children are entertained by open to the snow. Among the guests are Baba, joyous dancing from around the world and partake the children’s nurse, the stable boy Peter and the of endless delicacies and delights. When the journey mysterious Uncle Nikolai, who brings gifts both comes to an end and the dancers recede from wonderful and strange. A dancing horse, bears view, Misha and Marie will have discovered a new (one on rollerblades) and a host of furry creatures understanding of themselves and their friendship.

Choreography and Libretto: James Kudelka, O.C. Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton

The Nutcracker is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Lawrence and Ann Heisey and an anonymous friend of the National Ballet.

Jillian Vanstone. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

7 A Streetcar Named Desire A Ballet by John Neumeier

March 3 – 7, 2021

Tennessee Williams received the Pulitzer Prize Gradually, the scene gives way to remembered in 1948 for his gritty Broadway play, A Streetcar events leading up to this tragic conclusion, Named Desire. Dramatic, uneasy and simmering from the loss of Blanche’s family plantation, with violence, the story follows the demise of Belle Reve, to her husband’s suicide and her Blanche DuBois, a southern belle transplanted subsequent retreat to her sister Stella’s dingy into a hostile, impoverished landscape she apartment in New Orleans, where Blanche is cannot accept. The rich setting, characterization brutalized by her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski. and themes have made it a favourite work for adaptation, most famously in the 1951 film Every detail in Neumeier’s stage design reflects version directed by Elia Kazan, starring the precariousness of Blanche’s experience. Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. The enormous columns and shutters at Belle Reve, once stately, crumble before our eyes, signalling John Neumeier, the brilliant Artistic Director the loss of Blanche’s aristocratic past. In New of The Hamburg Ballet, adapted A Streetcar Named Orleans, a bed – centrally placed – carries the Desire for ballet in 1983, forgoing chronology to constant threat of violation. The score changes delve deep inside the mind of the play’s tortured dramatically between the ballet’s two acts, with the heroine. Neumeier starts where the play ends, with first given to Sergei Prokofiev’s reflectiveVisions Blanche alone and staring blankly from her bed in Fugitives and the second to the postmodern music an asylum. of Alfred Schnittke, a brash, uneasy soundscape that mirrors Blanche’s deteriorating psyche.

Choreography, Costume, Set and Lighting Design: John Neumeier Music: Sergei Prokofiev and Alfred Schnittke

A Streetcar Named Desire is made possible by the generous support of The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation and The Producers’ Circle.

Sonia Rodriguez and Guillaume Côté. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

9 PERFECT FOR MARCH BREAK

Swan Lake Directed and Staged by Karen Kain

March 13 – 20, 2021

Swan Lake is the pre-eminent classical ballet, With gorgeous, fantastical sets and costumes by admired the world over for its lyricism, musicality celebrated designer Gabriela Týlešová and evocative and masterful choreography and for a love story lighting by Bonnie Beecher, the production unfolds that is both symbolic and intimate. One of the in a timeless, fairy-tale space full of beauty and three great Tchaikovsky-Petipa collaborations, menace. Prince Siegfried moves from the stylized Swan Lake is performed by top ballet companies palace gardens associated with his rank to a quiet around the world and is renowned for its technical lakeside where Odette has been condemned by and artistic brilliance. Rothbart to exist as a swan by day and a woman by night, until a declaration of true love breaks the spell. Artistic Director Karen Kain adds to her long list of Prince Siegfried prepares to make this declaration at achievements with her new staging of Swan Lake, a glittering ball only to be deceived into choosing the created in honour of her 50th anniversary with wrong partner, the dazzling black swan, Odile. The National Ballet of Canada. The new production premieres in June 2020. Kain’s adaptation rediscovers the romance and psychological power of Swan Lake as Prince Siegfried and the white swan Odette fall in love in the shadow of Rothbart’s curse.

Directed and Staged by: Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont., Lighting Design: Bonnie Beecher after Erik Bruhn, Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa Projection Design: Sean Nieuwenhuis Additional choreography and staging by: Christopher Stowell and Design Associate, Wardrobe: Marjory Fielding Robert Binet Design Assistant, Wardrobe: Allie Marshall Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Design Associate, Set and Properties: Joshua Quinlan Set, Property and Costume Design: Gabriela Týlešová

Lead philanthropic support for Swan Lake is provided by The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund, with generous underwriting from Richard M. Ivey, C.C., an anonymous friend of the National Ballet, Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C., The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation, Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, Nancy Pencer, Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C., Anne-Marie Canning, Anna McCowan Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C., Tim & Frances Price, Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M. and Aaron & Heather Regent. Additional support provided by The Producers’ Circle.

Hannah Fischer. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

11 Frame by Frame Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté

March 24 – 28, 2021

With the creation of Frame by Frame in 2018, McLaren set new standards for animation during The National Ballet of Canada became the first his illustrious career with The National Film classical ballet company to collaborate with the Board of Canada and his playful and painterly inspired Canadian playwright, director and actor, films – including several dance shorts – were a Robert Lepage. Frame by Frame is an inventive source of inspiration for Lepage and Côté. Frame by multidisciplinary work that pays homage to a Frame opens a window into McLaren’s creative and pioneering figure in film, the Scottish Canadian personal worlds in vignettes featuring key moments animator Norman McLaren, whose experiments from his life, from his relationship with fellow National with pixilation, animated objects, dance, hand-drawn Film Board member Guy Glover to the creation of sound and other innovations influenced filmmakers his Oscar-winning film,Neighbours . worldwide. Created with choreographer Guillaume Côté, Frame by Frame is itself a work of striking In this moving celebration of the creative spirit, originality and beauty and an exciting partnership footage from McLaren’s films shares space between two of Canada’s most esteemed artists. with mesmerizing recreations from the dancers, culminating with a sublime reinvention of Pas de deux, one of McLaren’s most beloved films.

Directed by: Robert Lepage Lighting Design: Étienne Boucher Choreography: Guillaume Côté Image Projection Concept Design: Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy Creative Direction and Design: Steve Blanchet Video Design: Thomas Payette / HUB Studio Music and Sound Design: Antoine Bédard Props Design: Claudia Gendreau Set Design: Christian Fontaine Assistant Director: Adèle Saint-Amand Costume Design: Michael Gianfrancesco Assistant to the Choreographer: Anne Mueller

A collaboration between The National Ballet of Canada, Ex Machina and the National Film Board of Canada.

Co-Produced by Sadler’s Wells, London.

Lead philanthropic support for Frame by Frame is generously provided by The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund, with additional support from First Plazas Inc. in memory of Avie Bennett, The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation, Rosamond Ivey, The Hal Jackman Foundation and The Producers’ Circle.

Harrison James and Heather Ogden. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

13 NORTH AMERICAN Victoria PREMIERE Cathy Marston

June 5 – 12, 2021

Victoria turns the spotlight on a towering figure from Famously, Beatrice heavily edited and maintained Britain’s monarchical past, Queen Victoria, with the many volumes of Victoria’s diaries before they fresh choreographic language from a rising star were published, committing herself entirely to her in contemporary narrative ballet, Cathy Marston. mother’s story. Beatrice was also a vital support for A gifted storyteller with a passion for literature, Victoria after Prince Albert died and bore the burden Marston has created more than 50 dance works of her mother’s extended mourning. Marston’s ballet steeped in history, biography and other narrative weaves this mother-daughter relationship into forms, many of them focused on strong female the narrative of Victoria’s long and glorious reign, characters. Victoria, a co-production with Northern setting the interior lives of both women against Ballet, drew praise at its 2019 world premiere in the backdrop of Britain’s history. Leeds and on tour across the United Kingdom, including performances at Sadler’s Wells Theatre Marston co-wrote the scenario for Victoria with in London. This will be the first time thatVictoria Uzma Hameed, an accomplished writer, director and is performed in North America. dramaturg for theatre and dance who has worked extensively with choreographer Wayne McGregor. Victoria presents the Queen through the eyes of Victoria features a soaring set design from Steffen her youngest daughter and closest confidante, Aarfing and an original, commissioned score from Princess Beatrice. The ballet begins with Victoria’s Marston’s frequent collaborator, the composer and death, which triggers Beatrice to remember pianist Philip Feeney. elements from her mother’s life.

Choreography, Direction & Scenario: Cathy Marston Sets and Costume Design: Steffen Aarfing Staged by: Christelle Horna and Jenny Tattersall Lighting Design: Alastair West Original Music: Philip Feeney Dramaturgy & Scenario: Uzma Hameed

Victoria is a co-production of The National Ballet of Canada and Northern Ballet (U.K.)

Lead philanthropic support for Victoria is provided by The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund, with generous underwriting from The Producers’ Circle.

Abigail Prudames and Joseph Taylor of Northern Ballet. Photo by Guy Farrow.

15 Balanchine & Tchaikovsky Serenade & Mozartiana & Diamonds

June 18 – 24, 2021

George Balanchine set some of his most beautiful Balanchine created Mozartiana in 1981 using and compelling works to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Suite No. 4, an arrangement and Tchaikovsky, returning to the composer many times orchestration of short piano works by Mozart. throughout his career. This programme revives three The last major work that Balanchine created before Balanchine ballets set to Tchaikovsky, each a radiant his death, Mozartiana is a graceful and intensely visualization of music in movement. musical ballet for seven dancers, including a coveted female lead, who performs the opening “Pregheira” George Balanchine created Serenade in 1934 for or prayer, accompanied by four young girls, all of students at the School of American Ballet. It was them dressed in Rouben Ter-Arutunian’s gorgeous his first original ballet in the U.S. and is set to tulle gowns. Tchaikovsky’s beautiful, mournful Serenade for Strings in C, Op.48. Today, Serenade is an iconic Diamonds is the final section of Balanchine’s Balanchine work, especially for its unforgettable 1967 triptych Jewels. Each of the ballet’s three opening scene – an ensemble of women standing parts – Emeralds, Rubies and Diamonds – is set to together, heads turned, one arm raised to the sky. the music of a different composer, with Diamonds featuring Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op.29. With its gorgeous white costumes and elegant choreography, Diamonds translates Tchaikovsky’s music into refined ballet technique.

Serenade Mozartiana Diamonds – from Jewels Choreography: George Balanchine Choreography: George Balanchine Choreography: George Balanchine Staged by: Joysanne Sidimus Staged by: Joysanne Sidimus, Staged by: Lindsay Fischer Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Christopher Stowell and Lindsay Fischer Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Costume Design: Barbara Karinska Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Costume Design: Barbara Karinska Lighting Design: Ronald Bates Costume Design: Rouben Ter-Arutunian Lighting Design: Robert Thomson Lighting Design: Robert Thomson

Diamonds, from Jewels, is a gift from The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada.

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

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Clockwise from left: Naoya Ebe, Jordana Daumec and Siphesihle November. Sonia Rodriguez and Francesco Gabriele Frola in rehearsal for Marguerite and Armand. Barbara de Kat and Elena Lobsanova backstage at Paz de la Jolla. Tirion Law and Hannah Galway backstage at Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Artists of the Ballet during the curtain call of Emergence. Brent Parolin backstage at Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Karen Kain and Heather Ogden backstage at Anna Karenina. Photos by Karolina Kuras.

36 GUEST COMPANY San Francisco Ballet

WORLD PREMIERE MADDADDAM New Work by Wayne McGregor

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