Ballet Notes

Mozartiana & Other & In The Upper Room

June 15 - 19, 2011

Aleksandar Antonijevic in In The Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger. Orchestra Violins Bassoons Benjamin Bowman Stephen Mosher, Principal Concertmaster Jerry Robinson Lynn Kuo, Elizabeth Gowen, Assistant Concertmaster Contra Bassoon Dominique Laplante, Horns Principal Second Violin Celia Franca, C.C., Founder Gary Pattison, Principal James Aylesworth Vincent Barbee Jennie Baccante George Crum, Music Director Emeritus Derek Conrod Csaba Koczó Scott Wevers , C.C. Kevin Garland Sheldon Grabke Artistic Director Executive Director Xiao Grabke Trumpets David Briskin Rex Harrington, O.C. Nancy Kershaw Richard Sandals, Principal Music Director and Artist-in-Residence Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Mark Dharmaratnam Principal Conductor Yakov Lerner Rob Weymouth Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer Jayne Maddison Trombones Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director, Ron Mah David Archer, Principal YOU / Master Aya Miyagawa Robert Ferguson Wendy Rogers Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne David Pell, Bass Trombone Filip Tomov Senior Richardson Tuba Senior Ballet Mistress Joanna Zabrowarna Paul Zevenhuizen Sasha Johnson Aleksandar Antonijevic, Guillaume Côté*, Violas Harp Greta Hodgkinson, Jiˇrí Jelinek, Lucie Parent, Principal Zdenek Konvalina, Heather Ogden, Angela Rudden, Principal Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk, Xiao Nan Yu, Theresa Rudolph Koczó, Timpany Bridgett Zehr Assistant Principal Michael Perry, Principal Valerie Kuinka Kevin D. Bowles, Lorna Geddes, Johann Lotter Percussion Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan Beverley Spotton • Robert Comber, Principal Larry Toman Mark Mazur, Acting Keiichi Hirano, Tanya Howard, Stephanie Hutchison, Principal Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie, Cellos Kristofer Maddigan Stacey Shiori Minagawa, Tina Pereira, Maurizio Baccante, Jonathan Renna, Rebekah Rimsay, Jillian Vanstone Principal Orchestra Personnel Olga Laktionova Manager and Music Jordana Daumec, Elena Lobsanova, McGee Maddox, Administrator Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Jenna Savella, Robert Stephen, Andrew McIntosh Jean Verch Brett van Sickle Marianne Pack Elaine Thompson Assistant Orchestra Danyla Bezerra, Ryan Booth, Adji Cissoko, Chen Cui, Paul Widner Krista Dowson, Nadine Drouin, Naoya Ebe, Giorgio Galli, Personnel Manager Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Grace Hanley, Juri Hiraoka, Basses Raymond Tizzard Kathryn Hosier, Lise-Marie Jourdain, James Leja, Alexandra MacDonald, Elizabeth Marrable, Chelsy Meiss, Hans J.F. Preuss, Principal Librarian Ji Min Hong, Shino Mori, Tiffany Mosher, Andreea Olteanu, • Paul Langley Lucie Parent Marissa Parzei, Brendan Saye, Christopher Stalzer, Robert Speer Joseph Steinauer, Dylan Tedaldi, Nan Wang, Aarik Wells, Cary Takagaki Extra Players Sarah Elena Wolff Anne Armstrong, Violin RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: James Applewhite, Flutes Sonia Vizante, Violin Eugenia Brezzi, Skylar Campbell, Esabelle Chen, Leslie J. Allt, Principal Nicholaos Papadakis, Shaila D'Onofrio, Jackson Dwyer, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Maria Pelletier Alexandra Inculet, Natalie Ogonek, Asiel Rivero Viola • Shelley Brown, Piccolo Jill Vitols, Cello Lorna Geddes Joysanne Sidimus Oboes Tom Hazlitt, Bass Pointe Shoe Manager / Guest Repetiteur Colleen Cook, Clarinet Assistant Ballet Mistress Mark Rogers, Principal Karen Rotenberg • On Leave of Absence Ernest Abugov Shelby-Jai Flick Lesley Young Jeff Morris Assistant Stage Manager/ Stage Managers Stage Manager, Clarinets YOU dance Max Christie, Principal • Emily Marlow Melissa Novecosky Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet Assistant Stage Manager

*Guest Artist-in-Residence

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Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30 pm Saturday, June 18 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Thursday, June 16 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Sunday, June 19 at 2:00 pm Friday, June 17 at 7:30 pm

Conductor: David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor (June 15, 16 eve, 18, 19) Daniel Capps, Guest Conductor (June 16 mat, 17)

Choreography: Staged by: and Joysanne Sidimus Music: , Suite No. 4, Mozartiana Op. 61 Costume Design: Rouben Ter-Arutunian Lighting Design: Robert Thomson

Premiere: Ballet and students from the School of American Ballet, Tchaikovsky Festival, New York City, June 4, 1981 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Hummingbird Centre, February 18, 1998 The performance of Mozartiana, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trustsm and has been produced by arrangement with the Balanchine Style® and ® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

Mozartiana is a gift from THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA.

Preghiera Sonia Rodriguez (June 15, 16, 18 mat) Heather Ogden (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve, 19) and Students of Canada’s National Ballet School

Gigue Keiichi Hirano (June 15, 18 eve) Naoya Ebe (June 16 mat, 17) Robert Stephen (June 16 eve, 19) Dylan Tedaldi (June 18 mat)

Menuet Alejandra Perez-Gomez or Krista Dowson or Elizabeth Marrable, Stephanie Hutchison or Juri Hiraoka, Nadine Drouin, Alexandra MacDonald or Sarah Elena Wolff Suzanne Farrell. Theme and Photo by Sian Richards. Sonia Rodriguez and Aleksandar Antonijevic (June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat) Heather Ogden and Brett van Sickle (June 16 mat, 17) Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté (June 18 eve, 19)

Finale Artists of the Ballet and Students of Canada’s National Ballet School Students of Canada’s National Ballet School appear by kind permission of Artistic Director Mavis Staines, CM

Intermission

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Choreography: Staged by: Isabelle Guerin Music: Frédéric , Mazurka in A minor, Op.17, #4, Mazurka in B Major, Op.41, #3, in A flat, Op.64, #3, Mazurka in F minor, Op.63, #2, Mazurka in D Major, Op.33, #2 Costume Design: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Recreated by: Nicole Pearce Répétiteur: Lindsay Fischer

Performed with permission of The Robbins Rights Trust

Premiere: Gala Evening for the Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, New York City, May 9, 1976. The National Ballet of Canada premiere: Four Seasons Centre, June 15, 2011

Greta Hodgkinson and Zdenek Konvalina in Other Dances (1976). Photo by Max Waldman. Intermission

In The Upper Room

Choreography: Staged by: Keith Roberts Music: Costume Design: Norma Kamali Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Répétiteurs: Peter Ottmann and Rex Harrington

Premiere: Twyla Tharp Dance, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois, August 28, 1986 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Artists of the Ballet in In The Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger. Four Seasons Centre, November 5, 2008

The performance of In The Upper Room a Tharpsm Ballet, is presented under license with W.A.T. Limited, and has been produced in accordance with Tharpsm Service Standards; In The Upper Room Choreography by Twyla Tharp, © 1992 Twyla Tharp.

In The Upper Room is a gift from Walter Carsen, O.C.

Page 4 national.ballet.ca I. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat,19) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei and, Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve) II. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (June 15) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Chelsy Meiss and Tina Pereira, Etienne Lavigne, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (June 16 eve) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (June 18 mat) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (June 19) III. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (June 15, 19) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Robert Stephen Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (June 16 eve, 18 mat) IV. Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Jiří Jelinek, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (June 15,18 mat) Tina Pereira, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella, Etienne Lavigne, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve) Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Jiří Jelinek, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (June 16 eve, 19) V. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (June 15, 19) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez and Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (June 16 eve, 18 mat) VI. Rebekah Rimsay, Jiří Jelinek and Stephanie Hutchison, Patrick Lavoie (June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat,19) Marissa Parzei, Etienne Lavigne and Jordana Daumec, Ryan Booth (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve) VII. Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat, 19) Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)

Page 5 VIII. Tanya Howard, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye Jiří Jelinek, Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira (June 15,18 mat) Chelsy Meiss, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells, Etienne Lavigne, Tina Pereira, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve) Tanya Howard, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye Jiří Jelinek, Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori (June 16 eve,19) IX. Entire Cast Running Time Mozartiana – 27 minutes Intermission – 20 minutes Other Dances – 18 minutes Intermission – 20 minutes In The Upper Room – 39 minutes

The performance will run approximately 2 hours 4 minutes.

Notes on the

Mozartiana a completely rethought interpretation of the The original version of Balanchine’s music by Balanchine at the height of his Mozartiana was first performed on June 7, creative powers. 1933 by Les Ballets at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in . The original cast Other Dances starred the former Ballets Russes ballerina To celebrate Greta and the young polish Hodgkinson’s 20th anniversary season, Artistic dancer Roman Jasinski. Director Karen Kain secured the rights to In 1935, the work was revised for American Jerome Robbins’ exquisite pas de deux Other Ballet (precursor to ) and Dances. This very special piece is rarely was performed again in 1945 by the Ballets performed and was originally created for Natalia Russes de Monte Carlo with more revisions. Makarova and in 1976 Balanchine was so enraptured with for a gala benefit for the Library of Performing Tchaikovsky’s tribute to Mozart, Suite No. 4, Arts at Lincoln Center. Robbins chose four that he revisited this work several more times and one waltz by Frédéric Chopin, during his career. the composer whose piano music had inspired On June 4, 1981 a final version of Mozartiana him for . Although was presented by New York City Ballet and Chopin did not invent the mazurka, a stylized students from the School of American Ballet at Polish dance in triple metre, his compositions the Tchaikovsky Festival. Performed at the New brought them to the public attention and raised York State , this production starred them to a new level of sophistication. Other Balanchine’s muse Suzanne Farrell as well as Dances, through its simplicity and virtuosity, Ib Andersen and Christopher d’Amboise. This pays homage to both Chopin’s Romanticism new version was the last ballet created by and the fluidity of classical . Balanchine before his death in April 1983. Greta Hodgkinson performs Other Dances The 1981 production of Mozartiana is with fellow Principal Dancer Zdenek Konvalina. not a revival of the earlier works but rather Ms. Hodgkinson joined The National Ballet of

Page 6 national.ballet.ca Canada in 1990 and has been a Principal and classical ballet. Tharp thinks of the two Dancer since 1996. women who initiate the ballet in terms of ceramic, Chinese temple guard dogs. From In The Upper Room the “cells” of their side-by-side , the One of the supreme dance-poets of popular dramatic, hypnotic, on-rushing work pours American culture, Twyla Tharp’s exuberant forth. Beyond her “china dog” markers, the and relentlessly energetic ballets capture the choreographer characterizes the running hoe- urgency and vigour of the contemporary wearing three couples as “stompers” and two landscape with a style that is wonderfully pointe-shoe-wearing women as a “bomb idiosyncratic yet always communicative. squad.” All work according to their nicknames, Absorbing a wide range of influences, her stomping and “bombing” the space with their choreography infuses the classical vocabulary finesse, energy and force. The cast of with jazz and pop-inflected movement, creating “participants” builds gradually and, once a perfect correlative in dance for the world established, evolves partly through an altering around us. of costumes and through elaborating their Ms. Tharp’s In The Upper Room premiered dancing and their to the other in 1986. Set to a mesmerizing score by dancers. Tharp has described her movements Philip Glass, the piece bristles with Tharp’s here as “fierce, driving, and relentless,” aiming characteristic physicality and speed, while to make some furiously fast unison moves exploring the virtuosity of both contemporary “burn the retina.”

Selected Biographies

Karen Kain, Ms. Kain retired from dance in significant contributions to the C.C., LL.D., D. Litt., O.Ont. 1997 after a nationwide farewell arts over her career. Artistic Director tour and, shortly afterwards, Acknowledged as one of the assumed the position of Artist- George Balanchine leading classical ballerinas of in-Residence with the National Choreographer, Mozartiana her time, Karen Kain is also Ballet. In 1999, her role was George Balanchine was born in one of Canada’s foremost arts expanded to that of Artistic St. Petersburg, in 1904. advocates, bringing the same Associate and in June of 2005, He joined the as passion and dedication she she was appointed Artistic a member of the exemplified as a dancer to her Director of the company. Ms. at the age of 17. In 1924, Mr. roles as a spokesperson for Kain has received numerous Balanchine was invited by Serge Canadian culture and as the accolades and awards throughout Diaghilev to join his Ballets Russes. Artistic Director of The National her career. She is a Companion Mr. Balanchine was subsequently Ballet of Canada. A native of of the Order of Canada, the first hired as Ballet Master in 1925, a Hamilton, Ontario, Ms. Kain Canadian recipient of the Cartier position he held until the company studied at Canada’s National Lifetime Achievement Award and was dissolved in 1929. In 1933, Ballet School, graduating in 1969 was named an Officer of the Mr. Balanchine formed his own when she joined The National Order of Arts and Letters by the company, Les Ballets, and shortly Ballet of Canada. After quickly government of France. In 1997, thereafter met the American dance rising to the rank of Principal she was honoured with a Governor connoisseur , which Dancer, she came to the attention General’s National Arts Centre led him to move to the US. In of international audiences when Award and received a Governor collaboration with Mr. Kirstein, she won the Silver Medal at the General’s Award for Lifetime Mr. Balanchine formed School Moscow Artistic Achievement in 2002. of American Ballet and American Competition in 1973. This led to From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Kain Ballet, which was the resident a highly successful career on was Chair of the Canada Council at the Metropolitan stages throughout the world, for the Arts. In 2007, she received . Mr. Balanchine worked dancing a wide range of classical the Barbara Hamilton Memorial with the revitalized Ballet Russe and modern roles with such Award for demonstrating de Monte Carlo in the 1940s and companies as Roland Petit’s excellence and professionalism finally served as Artistic Director of Ballet de Marseilles, The Bolshoi in the performing arts. In 2008, New York City Ballet, now housed Ballet, , the Karen Kain School of the Arts in the Lincoln Center in New York Festival Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet officially opened. The school was City. Mr. Balanchine held this and the Company. named after Ms. Kain for her position until his death in 1983.

Page 7 Suzanne Farrell she was the founding Vice Awakening plus the revivals of Staging, Mozartiana President of the Board of Washington Square and Désir. Suzanne Farrell, one of George Directors of the Artists’ Health His many designs for the Stratford Balanchine’s most celebrated Centre Foundation, which created Shakespeare Festival include muses, is a legendary figure in the the Artists’ Health Centre, a The Homecoming, Dangerous ballet world. She began her training comprehensive health care facility Liaisons, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar at the Conservatory for artists at Toronto Western and Cleopatra, Into the Woods of Music and after a year at the Hospital. Ms. Sidiumus is and King Lear. He designed for School of American Ballet, joined currently the Project Director the Shaw Festival for 24 seasons Mr. Balanchine’s New York City of the Senior Artists’ Research with credits including a 10-year Ballet in 1961. When she retired Project, examining the difficulties term as Head of Lighting Design, from the stage in 1989, she had faced by Canada’s senior artists. Cavalcade, St. Joan and Cyrano danced in more than 100 ballets, In 2003, she was awarded the de Bergerac. Mr. Thomson nearly a third of which were Governor General’s Meritorious designed the Canadian Opera created for her by Mr. Balanchine Service Medal. In 2006, Ms. Company’s globally acclaimed and other choreographers. In Sidimus received the Governor Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung 2000, she founded The Suzanne General’s Performing Arts Award directed by Robert Lepage with Farrell Ballet Company. The for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. recent mountings for Seattle company’s mission is to insure the Opera and Opéra de Québec. His preservation of Mr. Balanchine’s Rouben Ter-Arutunian latest projects include Fernando legacy. She is also a répétiteur Costume Designer, Krapp Wrote Me This Letter for for The George Balanchine Trust. Mozartiana Canadian Stage, Krapp’s Last Since 2000, Ms. Farrell has held Born in Tiflis, Russia, Rouben Tape/Hughie for Chicago’s the Francis Eppes Chair in the Ter-Arutunian studied art in Berlin Goodman Theatre, Comedy of Arts at . and Vienna. He arrived in America Errors for NAC, August: Osage She holds honorary degrees from in 1951 and lived in New York County for Citadel Theatre; and Harvard, Yale, Notre Dame, until his death in 1992. His first King Lear starring Christopher Georgetown University and others. professional costume designs Plummer for Lincoln Center In 2003, she was awarded the were for dancers of the Berlin Theater. National Medal of the Arts, and Staatsoper in 1941. His first ballet in 2005, she received a Kennedy work in America was Souvenirs Jerome Robbins Center Honor for lifetime for New York City Ballet (1955). Choreographer, contribution to the arts. He designed 34 ballets for NYCB Other Dances including The Seven Deadly Jerome Robbins is world- Joysanne Sidimus Sins (1958), Ballet Imperial, renowned for his work as a Staging, Mozartiana and director and choreographer for Internationally recognized as one (1964). His designs are in the ballet, theatre, film and television. of the foremost authorities on the repertoires of many major dance His Broadway musicals include ballets of George Balanchine, companies and include works by , The King and I, Joysanne Sidimus has staged the Paul Taylor, , Alvin Gypsy, and Fiddler on eminent choreographer’s work for Ailey and Robert Joffrey. Mr. the Roof. Among the more than The George Balanchine Trust at Ter-Arutunian often collaborated 60 ballets he created are Fancy dance companies the world over, with Glen Tetley. They first Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The including the Grand Théâtre worked together in 1962 on Concert, Dances at a Gathering, de Genève, , Lunaire, and went on , , Other North Carolina Dance Theater, to collaborate on many works, Dances, , Ives, , Teatro including 1973’s Voluntaries Songs, A and Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, for the Stuttgart Ballet. Rouben which are Oklahoma Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Ter-Arutunian won an Emmy in the repertories of New York City La Scala, Canada’s Royal Award, a Tony Award and the Ballet and other major dance Winnipeg Ballet and The National Outer Circle Critic’s Award. companies around the world. In Ballet of Canada. Born in New addition to two Academy Awards York City, Ms. Sidimus studied Robert Thompson for the film West Side Story, under George Balanchine at the Lighting Designer, Mr. Robbins received four Tony School of American Ballet, Mozartiana Awards, five Donaldson Awards, subsequently joining the Robert Thomson is one of one Emmy Award, the Screen choreographer’s New York City Canada’s most versatile and Directors’ Guild Award and the Ballet. She later performed as active lighting designers. He has New York Drama Critics Circle a Soloist with London’s Festival received numerous awards over his Award. He was a 1981 Kennedy Ballet and as a Principal Dancer 30-year career including a Sterling Center Honors Recipient and was with Pennsylvania Ballet and the Award and four Dora Mavor awarded the French Chevalier National Ballet. In addition to Moore Awards. For The National dans l’Ordre National de la Legion being a guest répétiteur, Ms. Ballet of Canada, Mr. Thomson d’Honneur. Jerome Robbins Sidimus is the founder of the served as Resident Lighting died in 1998. Dancer Transition Resource Centre Designer for 12 seasons. His and the co-author, with Carol numerous designs include The Isabelle Guerin Anderson, of Reflections in a Taming of the Shrew, Romeo Staging, Other Dances Dancing Eye: The Role and Value and Juliet and Manon, He also Born in Rosny-sous-Bois, France, of the Artist in Contemporary designed James Kudelka’s world Isabelle Gurérin joined the Ballet Canadian Society, published by premieres of Swan Lake, The School of the Paris Opéra in The Banff Centre Press. As well, Miraculous Mandarin and Spring 1977. She studied at the Paris

Page 8 Conservatoire and the Paris directed by David McVicar at the over 136 works. She has Opéra Ballet School and joined Metropolitan Opera. Her recent choreographed for ballet and the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1978. work in dance includes Paul modern companies worldwide In 1984, Ms. Guérin received the Taylor’s Three Dubious Memories including , silver medal at the International and Liam Scarlett’s Asphodel Paris Opéra Ballet, The Royal Dance Competition in Paris and Meadows. In theatre, her recent Ballet, New York City Ballet, in 1985, was named an Étoile of work includes The Glass , The , Paris Opéra Ballet by then Artistic Menagerie directed by Gordon , Pacific Director . She Edelstein, Oedipus the King at the Northwest Ballet, Hubbard Street retired from the Paris Opéra in Clarence Brown Theater in Dance and Martha Graham 2001 but returns to dance as Knoxville, Tennessee and the Dance Company. Her film a guest artist. She has staged Wooster Group’s version of collaborations include Hair, many works for the Paris Opéra Tennessee Williams’ Vieux Carre. , Amadeus, White Nights including La Bayadère at the She received the Dorothy and and I’ll Do Anything. She is the Bastille and Mr. Nureyev’s Don Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, the author of three books: Push Quixote at La Scala. Her many Jerome Robbins Prize in 2003, Comes To Shove, The Creative honours include the Pavlova Prize, and in 2004 the Mayor’s Award Habit: Learn It And Use It For Life the for Arts and Culture in New York and The Collaborative Habit: Life (Moscow), the Chevalier des Arts City. In 2008, she was made a Lessons for Working Together. et des lettres and the Chevalier Artist “Gracie” Ms. Tharp’s Broadway credits de la Légion d’honneur. Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow. include When We Were Very Ms. Tipton teaches lighting Young, The Catherine Wheel, Santo Loquasto at the Yale School of Drama. Singin’ in The Rain, Movin’ Out, Costume Designer, The Times They Are A-Changin’ Other Dances Nicole Pearce and . Santo Loquasto began designing Recreation of Lighting costumes for legendary New York Design, Other Dances Keith Roberts theatre producer Joseph Papp Nicole Pearce has created lighting Staging, In The Upper Room in the early 1970s. He has designs for many dance works Born in Denver, Colorado, Keith collaborated with choreographer including Up and Down with Roberts trained at the North James Kudelka on various works Boston Ballet, All Fours, Rock of Carolina School of the Arts and including Alliances for Les Grands Ages, From Old Seville, Cargo, School of American Ballet. As Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Candleflowerdance, Excursions, a Principal Dancer at American The Heart of the Matter for The Visitation and Empire Garden all Ballet Theatre, he worked with Joffrey Ballet and The Comfort choreographed by Mark Morris; numerous choreographers Zone and The End for San Busk & Buscar by Aszure Barton; including Twyla Tharp, Lar Francisco Ballet. For The National Kententtanz (Joffrey Ballet); New Lubovitch, Nacho Duato, Jiří Ballet of Canada, they created Dances at the Kylián, and John Neumeier. , The Actress, Spring with Robert Battle, Aszure Barton, He also performed in works by Awakening, The Nutcracker, Nicolo Fonte, Adam Hougland, Balanchine, Tudor, Ashton, and Swan Lake, and An Larry Keigwin, Andrea Miller, MacMillan. He toured with Twyla Italian Straw Hat. Mr. Loquasto Matthew Neenan, David Parker, Tharp Dance creating the works also designed A Touch of the Fabien Priovelle and Doug Varone; Surfer on the River Styx, Mozart Poet, Three Days of Rain, Shining From Dusk Till Dawn by Christoher Clarinet Concerto K581 and City and Twyla Tharp’s The Times Huggins; Commitments by Hinton Beethoven’s Hammerklavier as They Are A-Changin’, all of which Battle (Philadanco); Swan Lake, well as performing Known By appeared on Broadway. In 2005, The Little Mermaid (Ballet Heart “Junk Duet” and Sinatra he was voted into the Theater Hall Memphis); Carmina Burana (Ballet Suit. He also danced in the PBS of Fame. Mr. Loquasto has won Theatre of Maryland) and Hold specials In The Upper Room and numerous awards for his designs the Line (Symphony Space) by ABT: Variety and Virtuosity. In including in 1977, Alexandre Proia. Other select New 1998, Mr. Roberts made his 1989 and 1990 and the Drama York credits include The American Broadway debut in Matthew Desk Award in 1989 and 1990. Dream & The Sandbox directed Bourne’s production of Swan Among his extensive list of by Edward Albee (The Cherry Lake as The Swan/Stranger. He nominations are Academy Award Lane); Beebo Brinker Chronicles then took over the role of Perc 4 nominations for designs in Woody (37 Arts) directed by Leigh in the Broadway production Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Silverman; US Drag (Stagefarm) of Fosse. In 2002, he created Radio Days and Zelig. directed by Trip Cullman; and the role of Tony in Movin’ Out Sakharam Binder (The Play receiving a Tony and Astaire Jennifer Tipton Company) directed by Maria Award nomination. Lighting Designer, Mileaf. Ms. Pearce also designed Other Dances and lighting for The Sugar Syndrome Philip Glass In The Upper Room and A Nervous Smile, and Blithe Composer, Jennifer Tipton is well known for Spirit (Williamstown Theatre In The Upper Room her work in theatre, dance and Festival) directed by Maria Mileaf. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, opera. Her recent work in opera Philip Glass is a graduate of the includes Gounod’s Romeo et Twyla Tharp University of Chicago and the Juliette directed by Bart Sher Choreographer, Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, at the Salzberg Festival, Daniel In The Upper Room he spent two years studying Catan’s Il Postino at the Los Since forming Twyla Tharp Dance in Paris and transcribing Ravi Angeles Opera and Il Trovatore in 1965, Ms. Tharp has created Shankar’s Indian music into

Page 9 Western notation. By 1974, Mr. Center and in major opera houses Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Glass had a number of innovative around the world. As a guest del Gran Teatro de La Habana, projects, creating a large conductor, Mr. Briskin appears Orchestre national d’Ile de collection of new music for the regularly with New York City France, Orquestra de Cadaqués, Philip Glass Ensemble and for the Ballet and Orchestre de Franche-Comté and Mabou Mines Theater Company. and has also conducted for such the Monteverdi Choir amongst He has since expanded his companies as , others. Mr. Capps graduated with repertoire to include music for The Joffrey Ballet and Les Grands distinction from the Royal Academy opera, dance, theatre, chamber Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. of Music in London, studying ensemble, orchestra and film. He also served as conductor for advanced conducting with Colin Mr. Glass’ scores have received The Juilliard School’s Dance Metters and Sir Colin Davis. Academy Award nominations for Division for 12 years. In addition, Kundun, The Hours and Notes he has conducted symphony Ernest Abugov on a Scandal and a Golden Globe orchestras and opera productions Stage Manager Award for The Truman Show. throughout North America, Ernest (Ernie) Abugov has served In the past two years, he has Europe and Asia, appearing with, as Stage Manager of The unveiled several new works, among others, the Pittsburgh, National Ballet of Canada since including Book of Longing at Detroit, Baltimore, Indianapolis 1973, working with every Artistic Luminato and Appomattox for and Shanghai symphony Director in the company’s history San Francisco Opera and Kepler orchestras and such opera from Celia Franca to Karen Kain. for Landestheater Linz. companies as Calgary, Manitoba, He has travelled with the company Opera Carolina and Lake George. all over the world, touring to Norma Kamali He also served for six years Israel, Asia, Europe, Mexico and Costume Designer, as the Music Director of the throughout North America. Mr. In The Upper Room Masterwork Chorus and Abugov has worked with many Norma Kamali is a New Orchestra, conducting annual of the world’s most renowned York-based fashion designer. performances of Handel’s choreographers who have Her career began in 1964 when Messiah at Carnegie Hall. In created original works for the she graduated from the Fashion 2008, Mr. Briskin was appointed National Ballet including John Institute of Technology in New Director of Orchestral Studies at Neumeier, William Forsythe and York City with a Bachelor of Fine the University of Toronto Faculty Glen Tetley. Mr. Abugov was Arts degree in Fashion Illustration. of Music and Conductor of the born in Montréal, Québec. Before Four years later she opened her University of Toronto Symphony beginning his long association first store on East 53rd Street, Orchestra. Mr. Briskin attended with the National Ballet, he which she moved to Madison the Indiana University School of worked with Les Feux Follets, Avenue in 1974. Since then, Music and received a Bachelor The Charlottetown Festival, Ms. Kamali has become an of Music Degree in orchestral La Poudriere Theatre and The internationally recognized conducting from the University of Studio Lab Theatre. He worked designer in a wide range of street Cincinnati College-Conservatory at Expo ’67 in Montréal, stage wear, sportswear, swimwear, of Music and a Master’s Degree managing over 4,000 puppet accessories and cosmetics. from Queens College, City shows. Mr. Abugov also toured Among many awards, Ms. Kamali University of New York. with Harry Belafonte. In what has won Coty Awards for Design little spare time that he has, Innovation and Women’s Fashion Daniel Capps Mr. Abugov guest-lectures to Design, a CFDA Award for Guest Conductor theatre students. Outstanding Women’s Fashion, Daniel Capps made his main an American Success Award stage debut at the Royal Opera Jeff Morris for Vocational Technical House, Covent Garden, in May Stage Manager Education and the CFDA’s Board 2008 and has conducted there Jeff Morris studied technical of Directors’ Special Tribute Award. regularly ever since. He has also theatre production and toured with to administration at Ryerson Theatre David Briskin China, Japan, Hong Kong, Cuba, School. He has worked as Music Director and Spain, Mexico and the US. Mr. Production Stage Manager for Principal Conductor Capps’ work with The Royal Toronto Dance Theatre and with One of the most highly respected Ballet has received much critical the Fringe Festival of Independent and versatile conductors at work acclaim and has been broadcast Dance Artists, in addition to today, an insightful interpreter on both television and “big a broad range of Toronto’s of works from not just the ballet screens” in the UK and abroad. independent dance artists. repertoire but the operatic, The recent performances of In 1995, Mr. Morris joined The symphonic and choral traditions Wayne McGregor’s ballet Chroma National Ballet of Canada and as well, David Briskin is in his fifth are soon to be released on DVD. -has since stage-managed a wide season as Music Director and Equally at home on range of the company’s classical Principal Conductor with The platform, Mr. Capps has worked and contemporary repertoire, National Ballet of Canada. He with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire including world premieres of brings a rich and varied musical et Romantique, Scottish Chamber James Kudelka’s The Four experience to his position with the Orchestra, Brighton Philharmonic Seasons, and An Italian National Ballet, having served as Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Straw Hat. He is also an adjunct Conductor with American Ballet Opera House Covent Garden, faculty member at the School of Theatre for seven years, leading Toyko Philharmonic, National Toronto Dance Theatre, where performances at the Metropolitan Ballet Orchestra of China, Kansai he teaches Production Elements Opera House, New York’s City Philharmonic, Washington Opera for Dancers. For more information, visit national.ballet.ca

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