2016 /17 Season
presents Swan Lake June 15—25, 2017
#SwanLakeNBC national.ballet.ca
presents Swan Lake June 15—25
Contents
8 Cast 10 Synopsis 12 Musicians Say Farewell by Simone Olivero 14 Selected Biographies 20 Dancers 26 Soaring Campaign
The National Ballet of Canada Programme Editors: Julia Drake and Belinda Bale Design: Carmen Wagner Second Soloist Advertising & Printing: Mirvish Media Hannah Fischer
Cover: Heather Ogden. Photo by Christopher Wahl. Photo by Karolina Kuras. The National Ballet of Canada
Celia Franca, C.C., Founder
George Crum, Music Director Emeritus
Karen Kain, C.C. Barry Hughson Artistic Director Executive Director
David Briskin Christopher Stowell Music Director and Principal Conductor Associate Artistic Director
Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director, YOU dance / Principal Rex Harrington, O.C. Ballet Master Artist-in-Residence Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne Richardson Senior Ballet Master Senior Ballet Mistress
Guillaume Côté, Jurgita Dronina, Naoya Ebe, Greta Hodgkinson, Harrison James, Elena Lobsanova, Svetlana Lunkina, Evan McKie, Heather Ogden, Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone, Xiao Nan Yu
Lorna Geddes, Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Alejandra Perez-Gomez†, Jonathan Renna, Rebekah Rimsay, Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan
Skylar Campbell, Jordana Daumec, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Tanya Howard, Alexandra MacDonald, Chelsy Meiss, Tina Pereira, Jenna Savella, Robert Stephen, Dylan Tedaldi
Jack Bertinshaw, Hannah Fischer, Emma Hawes, Kathryn Hosier, Rui Huang, Tiffany Mosher, Brent Parolin, Brendan Saye, Donald Thom
Trygve Cumpston, Erika Delponte, Shaila D’Onofrio, Rhiannon Fairless, Giorgio Galli, Christopher Gerty, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Spencer Hack, Jeannine Haller, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Soo Ah Kang, Larissa Khotchenkova, Miyoko Koyasu, Antonella Martinelli, Shino Mori, DaeHan Na, Jaclyn Oakley, Andreea Olteanu, Félix Paquet, Clare Peterson, Meghan Pugh, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Andrew Tomlinson, Laurynas Vejalis, Nan Wang, Ethan Watts
RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Heather Capen, Taylor Ciampi, Jimmy Coleman, Eric da Silva, Brenna Flaherty, Minkyung Lee, Larkin Miller, Lauren Ostrander, Isaac Wright
Robert Binet Joysanne Sidimus Jeff Morris Lorna Geddes Guillaume Côté Guest Balanchine Liliane Stilwell Pointe Shoe Manager / Répétiteur Choreographic Stage Managers Assistant Ballet Mistress Associates
†Maternity/Parental leave
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David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor
Violin 1 Cellos Christine Passmore+ Aaron Schwebel, Concertmaster Maurizio Baccante*, Principal Gary Pattison Lynn Kuo, Assistant Concertmaster Marianne Pack, Acting Principal Scott Wevers Catherine Cosbey+ Paul Widner, Acting Assistant Principal Csaba Koczó Peter Cosbey+ Trumpets James Aylesworth Olga Laktionova Richard Sandals, Principal Jennie Baccante* Elaine Thompson Brendan Cassin+ Sheldon Grabke Andrew McIntosh Robert Weymouth Nancy Kershaw Jill Vitols* Mark Dharmaratnam Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Jamie Kruspe+ Basses Trombones Yakov Lerner Hans. J.F. Preuss, Principal David Archer, Principal Jayne Maddison Jonathan Yeoh, Assistant Principal Robert Ferguson* Wendy Rogers Paul Langley Megan Hodge+ Paul Zevenhuizen Robert Speer Dave Pell, Bass Trombone Robert Wolanski+ Violin 2 Tuba Dominique Laplante, Principal Flutes Sasha Johnson, Principal Second Violin Leslie J. Allt, Principal Jennifer Stephen+, Acting Principal Corey Gemmell+ Shelley Brown, Piccolo Xiao Grabke Maria Pelletier Harp Hiroko Kagawa+ Lucie Parent, Principal Rene London+ Oboes Ron Mah Mark Rogers, Principal Tympani Aya Miyagawa Karen Rotenberg Michael Perry, Principal Filip Tomov Lesley Young, English Horn Joanna Zabrowarna Percussion Clarinets Kristofer Maddigan, Principal Violas Max Christie, Principal Andrew Rasmus+ Angela Rudden, Principal Colleen Cook+ Mark Mazur Josh Greenlaw*, Assistant Principal Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet Valerie Kuinka, Acting Assistant Principal Emily Marlow* Orchestra Personnel Manager Carolyn Blackwell+ and Music Administrator Ethan Filner+ Bassoons Raymond Tizzard Catherine Gray+ Darren Hicks+, Acting Principal Johann Lotter Stephen Mosher*, Principal Librarian Nikolaos Papadakis+ Jerry Robinson Lucie Parent Beverley Spotton* Elizabeth Gowen, Contra Bassoon Yousef Tamir+ Larry Toman* Horns Jessie Brooks, Principal + Additional Musician Derek Conrod * On Leave of Absence
national.ballet.ca 5 Swan Lake
Choreography: James Kudelka, O.C. Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Robert Thomson Répétiteurs: Magdalena Popa, Rex Harrington, Mandy-Jayne Richardson, Peter Ottmann, Christopher Stowell and Lindsay Fischer
World Premiere: The National Ballet of Canada, Toronto, May 5, 1999
Swan Lake is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. and Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, C.C.
Running Time Act I & II 66m Intermission 20m Act III & IV 60m
The performance will run approximately 2 h 32m.
The National Ballet of Canada dedicates the 2016/17 Season to Sandra and Jim Pitblado in gratitude for their ongoing leadership, extraordinary generosity and enduring friendship.
Swan Lake is dedicated to the memory of Penelope Reed Doob, professor, dance writer and long-time contributor and friend of The National Ballet of Canada.
The sacred land on which The National Ballet of Canada operates has been a site of human activity for over 15,000 years. This land is the territory of the Mississaugas of New Credit, Haudenosaunee and the Huron Wendat. Today, Toronto is still home to many indigenous people from across Turtle Island, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in their community, on this territory.
The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the support of the following:
We acknowledge the financial support of the Bringing the arts to life The Government of Ontario through the The Volunteer Committee, Government of Canada De l'art plein la vie Honourable Eleanor McMahon, Minister through the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The National Ballet of Canadian Heritage of Canada via the Endowment Incentives component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.
The National Ballet of Canada operates under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The National Ballet of Canada is a member of the Canadian Dance Assembly and Dance/USA.
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Cast
Conductor: David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor
Siegfried Guillaume Côté (Jun 15, 18, 22, 24 eve) Brendan Saye* (Jun 16, 24 mat) Christopher Gerty* (Jun 17 mat, 23) Evan McKie (Jun 17 eve, 21, 25)
Odette / Odile Heather Ogden (Jun 15, 18, 22, 24 eve) Hannah Fischer* (Jun 16, 24 mat) Emma Hawes* (Jun 17 mat, 23) Svetlana Lunkina (Jun 17 eve, 21, 25)
Rothbart Piotr Stanczyk* (Jun 15, 18, 22, 24 eve) Ethan Watts* (Jun 16, 24 mat) Ben Rudisin* (Jun 17 mat, 23) Jonathan Renna (Jun 17 eve, 21, 25)
Act I The Fool A Wench Robert Stephen (Jun 15, 18, 22, 24 eve) Tanya Howard (Jun 15, 18, 22, 24 eve) Kota Sato* (Jun 16, 24 mat) Jenna Savella (Jun 16, 17 eve, 21, 25) Francesco Gabriele Frola* (Jun 17 mat, 23) Jordana Daumec (Jun 17 mat, 23, 24 mat) Dylan Tedaldi (Jun 17 eve, 21, 25) Benno Servants Naoya Ebe (Jun 15, 18, 22, 24 eve) Eric da Silva or Andrew Tomlinson Trygve Cumpston* (Jun 16, 24 mat) Isaac Wright or Larkin Miller Jack Bertinshaw* (Jun 17 mat, 23) Harrison James* (Jun 17 eve, 21, 25)
Knights Nan Wang or Jack Bertinshaw or Kota Sato, Skylar Campbell or Spencer Hack, Giorgio Galli or Donald Thom or Ethan Watts, Félix Paquet or Andrew Tomlinson, Dylan Tedaldi or Robert Stephen or Nan Wang, Ben Rudisin or DaeHan Na, Trygve Cumpston or Brent Parolin, Francesco Gabriele Frola or Laurynas Vejalis
The Queen Rebekah Rimsay (Jun 15, 17 mat, 18, 22, 23, 24 eve) Stephanie Hutchison (Jun 16, 17 eve, 21, 24 mat, 25)
The Tutor Hazaros Surmeyan or Tomas Schramek
Lady in Waiting Lorna Geddes or Rebekah Rimsay
8 Act II Four Little Swans Jenna Savella or Jordana Daumec or Shino Mori, Chelsy Meiss or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo or Meghan Pugh, Rui Huang or Calley Skalnik or Erika Delponte, Tiffany Mosher or Miyoko Koyasu or Shaila D’Onofrio
Two Swans Kathryn Hosier or Rhiannon Fairless or Larissa Khotchenkova, Alexandra MacDonald or Jaclyn Oakley or Jeannine Haller
Swans Artists of the Ballet+
INTERMISSION
Act III Hungarian Princess Spanish Ambassador Alexandra MacDonald (Jun 15, 18, 22, 24 eve) Tomas Schramek Selene Guerrero-Trujillo (Jun 16, 24 mat) Lise-Marie Jourdain (Jun 17 mat, 23, 25) Italian Princess Chelsy Meiss (Jun 17 eve, 21) Jordana Daumec (Jun 15, 16, 18, 22, 24 eve) Jenna Savella (Jun 17 mat, 23, 24 mat) Hungarian Ambassador Shino Mori (Jun 17 eve, 21, 25) Hazaros Surmeyan Italian Ambassador Russian Princess Giorgio Galli or Robert Stephen Elena Lobsanova (Jun 15, 17 eve, 18, 22, 24 eve) Chelsy Meiss (Jun 16, 24 mat, 25) Knights Calley Skalnik (Jun 17 mat, 21, 23) Artists of the Ballet++
Russian Ambassador Ladies Jonathan Renna or Donald Thom Artists of the Ballet
Spanish Princess Jenna Savella (Jun 15, 24 eve) Kathryn Hosier (Jun 16, 22, 24 mat) Tiffany Mosher (Jun 17 mat, 18, 23) Tanya Howard (Jun 17 eve, 21, 25)
Act IV Four Swans Kathryn Hosier or Tiffany Mosher, Rhiannon Fairless or Miyoko Koyasu, Larissa Khotchenkova or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Jaclyn Oakley or Antonella Martinelli
Swans Artists of the Ballet+
* Debut + Includes additional dancer Adji Cissoko by kind permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. ++ Includes additional dancer Alexander Skinner by kind permission of Canada’s National Ballet School, Artistic Director, Mavis Staines, C.M. and Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Associates Program Students of Canada’s National Ballet School appear by kind permission of Artistic Director, Mavis Staines, C.M. All casting is subject to change.
national.ballet.ca 9 Synopsis
Prologue
An ominous mood blankets a desolate landscape. In the distance an approaching storm threatens to disturb the calm. The full moon rises slowly, gradually silhouetting an imposing winged figure who, wielding a terrible sword, stands like a harbinger of ruin above the stricken land. In an emphatic, menacing gesture, the figure plunges the sword into the earth. Then, as though having announced his arrival, he descends from his post to assume his new place amid a broken and unsuspecting world.
Act I: The Royal Hunting Ground
It is Siegfried’s birthday. A buoyant, carefree air prevails, as the Prince’s knights return from a successful hunt and are greeted by the Court Fool, accompanied by a serving Wench. With Siegfried’s arrival, the knights perform a swaggering, boisterous dance intended to honour their Prince. Siegfried’s mood, however, is less than receptive to their antics and, although he tries to conceal his indifference, it is clear the Prince does not feel wholly at ease in this world.
The Queen enters in a ceremonial procession and expresses to Siegfried her wish that he marry. Her insistence, however, only serves to deepen the Prince’s melancholy and reinforce the sense of estrangement he feels from court society. His friend, Benno, attempts to raise his spirits in a series of lighthearted dances with the Fool and the Wench, but they have little effect. Benno’s efforts are followed by more dances involving the knights and the Wench, which begin as mere diversions, but grow increasingly unsettling and violent.
When Benno sees a flight of swans, he urges Siegfried to follow him so that they might hunt the birds. Eager to escape the brutality and unpleasantness of the court, the Prince leaves with Benno.
Act II: The Marsh
Pursuing the swans, Siegfried is separated from Benno and finds himself alone in a mist-laden marsh. He encounters Rothbart, the menacing figure
Evan McKie and Svetlana Lunkina in Swan Lake. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic.
10 from the Prologue, now in an earthly guise. Rothbart initially threatens Siegfried, but suddenly changes his demeanour by tempting him with a beautiful swan, Odette. Siegfried is captivated by the swan’s radiant and unearthly beauty and, as other swans join them in a series of dances amid the marsh’s twilit landscape, he and Odette fall in love. As they profess their love, however, Rothbart intervenes and they must part.
Intermission
Act III: The Ballroom
Amid the regal opulence of the court, Siegfried awaits the presentation of four foreign princesses, one of whom he must choose as his bride. One after another, the princesses are brought forward and unveiled by their respective ambassadors before Siegfried. The princesses, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish and Italian, all dance for Siegfried, hoping to win his approval and love, but none is successful.
Suddenly Rothbart appears. With him is another princess, a mysterious figure in black named Odile. Siegfried believes Odile to be none other than his beloved Odette and after she dances for him, he chooses her to be his wife. This unwitting betrayal of Odette brings catastrophe upon the court, which is engulfed in a flood. Siegfried is the only one to survive.
Act IV: The Lakeside
Having fled the destruction of the court, Siegfried seeks refuge by the lakeside. There, Odette appears to him, in the company of other swans. Odette forgives Siegfried for his betrayal and the promise of reconciliation shines momentarily, but Rothbart appears once again to separate the lovers. He summons forth a violent storm that scatters all in its path. Rothbart and Siegfried struggle. When the storm subsides, Odette is left alone to mourn the dead Siegfried.
- Penelope Reed Doob
national.ballet.ca 11 Musicians Say Farewell by Simone Olivero
Perhaps one of the most exciting moments of any ballet is that pause right before the curtain draws. A hush falls over the theatre as the chatter of the audience dies down and the disjointed sounds of musicians warming up in the pit go silent. In a moment, the lights will come up and the first chord will ring out to signal the start of the performance. While all eyes tend to focus on the dancers moving across the stage, a ballet would be nothing without music. Deep within the pit, the orchestra fills the theatre with rich melodies that guide the choreography and help carry out the narrative. For the orchestra at The National Ballet of Canada, this can range from classical to contemporary music with works from composers like Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky to Talbot and Glass. Guiding the dancers, the orchestra plays a vital role in bringing to life each performance. This year, The National Ballet of Canada bids farewell to three members of its illustrious orchestra.
Robert Ferguson Joining the company during the fall tour of 1976, trombone player Robert Ferguson earned a Bachelor of Music from Mount Allison University before moving to Toronto and auditioning for The National Ballet of Canada. Only 22 years old when he joined the company, he’s spent the last four decades working through the ballet’s full catalogue of music. Ferguson feels privileged to have spent his career pursuing his passion and describes the orchestra pit as a place of great camaraderie. One highlight was a magical night during the New York City tour of 1977 when the lights suddenly went out at the Metropolitan Opera during the second act of La Fille mal gardée. Wandering out into the darkness of Lincoln Square with the rest of the orchestra he realized that this was going to be so much more than an ordinary job.
Larry Toman Violist Larry Toman joined the company in 1978. Earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical performance from Purchase College in New York City (formerly the SUNY School of Performing Arts), he studied for four years under Harold Coletta, a renowned violist from the Bronx. Toman later moved to Toronto where he joined The National Ballet of Canada. He considers his time with the company a career highlight, touring through Europe in the late 1980s as well as through eastern and western Canada. In 1982, Toman recorded with Glenn Gould as solo viola on his last album, Glenn Gould Conducts. If he had to name one ballet score as his favourite, it would be Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet for the sheer beauty of the music.
Filip Tomov Before immigrating to Canada, violinist Filip Tomov earned a Master’s of Arts in violin performance from Sofia University in Bulgaria. In the years following his studies, he played with the Sofia State Philharmonic, Magdeburg and Leipzig Symphony Orchestra in Germany and the Orchestra Nacional de Cuba in Havana. In 1981, Tomov joined The National Ballet of Canada during a tour of western Canada under the late music director, George Crum. While he has enjoyed the full range of music the ballet has exposed him to, it’s the classical ballets — particularly the work of composers Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky — that he’ll hold dear in his memory. Next up, Tomov plans to trade his violin in for a pair of sunglasses as he hits the beaches of the Caribbean.
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Selected Biographies
Artistic Director Karen Kain has led The National Ballet of Canada with great success for the past eleven years. Her many accomplishments include returning the company to the international stage, commissioning exciting new work and forming partnerships with leading ballet companies such as The Royal Ballet. Long recognized as one of the most gifted classical dancers of her era, noted for her compelling characterizations and versatility as a performer, she is one of Canada’s most renowned and committed advocates for the arts. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Ms. Kain received her training at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto, joining the National Ballet in 1969. In 1973, Ms. Kain was awarded the Silver Medal in the Women’s Category at the prestigious International Ballet Karen Kain Competition in Moscow and, along with Frank Augustyn, received a special prize C.C., LL.D., D. Litt., O.Ont. for Best Pas de Deux. Subsequently, she embarked on a remarkable international Artistic Director career performing with such companies as Paris Opéra Ballet, Roland Petit’s Le Ballet de Marseilles, the Bolshoi Ballet, London Festival Ballet and Vienna State Opera Ballet. Throughout her career she developed a close creative partnership with Rudolf Nureyev and often performed with him. Ms. Kain retired from dancing following a farewell tour in 1997 and took up the position of Artist-in-Residence with the company (later expanded to that of Artistic Associate). She became Artistic Director in 2005.
Barry Hughson has served the performing arts field for 24 years as a professional arts executive. In 2014, he joined The National Ballet of Canada as Executive Director. Mr. Hughson was previously Executive Director of Boston Ballet. Under Mr. Hughson’s leadership, Boston Ballet achieved several key milestones, including the retirement of its long term debt, completing a major renovation of the ballet’s headquarters, international tours to Canada, Spain, Finland and the UK, and significant increases in annual earned and contributed revenue. As an arts advocate, consultant and educator, Mr. Hughson has had teaching and speaking engagements in the USA, Europe and South America. He is the Vice Chair of Dance/USA, North America’s largest service organization for professional dance. Barry Hughson In January 2015, in partnership with Dance/USA, Mr. Hughson spearheaded the Executive Director first ever meeting of North American and European executive dance leadership, bringing together 22 administrators from nine countries for two days of meetings at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. In Canada, Mr. Hughson serves as Vice-Chair of the National Council for the Canadian Dance Assembly and serves on the Steering Committee for the Canadian Arts Summit. Mr. Hughson began his career as a dancer with The Washington (DC) Ballet, where he performed classical and contemporary repertoire at the Kennedy Center and on tour throughout the world.
14 Music Director and Principal Conductor of The National Ballet of Canada since 2006, David Briskin is widely recognized as one of contemporary ballet’s most accomplished conductors, noted both for the range of his repertoire and the insightfulness of his musical interpretations. Prior to moving to Canada, Mr. Briskin lived and worked for 23 years as a conductor in New York City. He served for seven years as Conductor with American Ballet Theatre leading performances with the company at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York’s City Center and in major opera houses throughout the world. He worked for two years as a seasonal conductor with New York City Ballet conducting more than 35 different ballets over two years and as Conductor of The Juilliard School’s Dance Division for 12 years. As David Briskin a guest conductor Mr. Briskin appears regularly with The Royal Ballet Covent Garden Music Director and in London, The Royal Swedish Ballet, The Royal Danish Ballet and Boston Ballet. Principal Conductor Mr. Briskin has also appeared with nearly all of the major North American ballet companies. Equally at home with orchestral and operatic repertoire, Mr. Briskin has conducted the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, Cincinnati Pops, Indianapolis, Windsor and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, among others, as well as for Calgary Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opera Carolina, Lake George Opera and Sarasota Opera.
James Kudelka is among today’s most versatile and innovative dance artists. He has choreographed for many of the world’s leading ballet companies as well as for smaller, contemporary troupes. His creative range as a choreographer reflects his eclectic musical interests, command of diverse movement idioms and commitment to working collaboratively with artists from other disciplines. Mr. Kudelka is renowned for distinctive versions of such classics as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Cinderella, all signature works of The National Ballet of Canada where he served as Artistic Director (1996-2005). Equally, Mr. Kudelka excels in making smaller-scaled dances that while outwardly abstract are rich in psychological implication and human drama. Mr. Kudelka was born in Newmarket, Ontario and trained at Canada’s James Kudelka, O.C. National Ballet School. He began choreographing as a student and continued Choreographer throughout his dancing years with the National Ballet (1972-1981) and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (1981-1990). Mr. Kudelka, nowadays also in demand as a teacher, made his debut in 2015 as a stage director with Heinrich von Kleist’s The Prince of Homburg. Mr. Kudelka’s considers his artistic sensibility to be distinctly Canadian. He remains strongly loyal to his native soil – an intellectual and spiritual territory he understands deeply. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005.
national.ballet.ca 15 Santo Loquasto is a designer for dance, theatre and film. He has collaborated with choreographers Jerome Robbins, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kenneth MacMillan, Agnes de Mille, James Kudelka and Mark Morris. Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove marked the beginning of a long-term relationship with American Ballet Theatre. As designer for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, he has designed a total of fifty pieces. Mr. Loquasto received his first Tony in 1977 for costume designs forThe Cherry Orchard. In 1989, he won both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his set design of the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Café Crown and, in 1990, he again won both awards for his costume design for Grand Hotel. For his other work in theatre, he has received an Obie, the Joseph Maharam Award, both Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desks Awards and a Santo Loquasto total of eighteen Tony nominations. For film, Mr. Loquasto has received Academy Award Set and Costume nominations for production design for Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway and Radio Designer Days and for costume design for Allen’s Zelig. Other film credits includeDesperately Seeking Susan, Big and, most recently, Irrational Man.
Robert Thomson is one of Canada’s most prolific and versatile lighting designers. He has received numerous awards over his 35-year career including a Sterling Award, four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre in 2012. For The National Ballet of Canada, Mr. Thomson served as Resident Lighting Designer for 12 seasons. His numerous designs include The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, Swan Lake, The Miraculous Mandarin and Spring Awakening. During his 24 seasons at the Shaw Festival (ten as Head of Lighting Design), Mr. Thomson is credited on more than 55 productions. He also worked at Stratford Festival for 13 consecutive seasons. Mr. Thomson designed the Canadian Opera Company’s globally acclaimed Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung, directed by Robert Lepage. He has worked with a diverse range of Canadian companies, including the National Arts Centre, Robert Thomson Canadian Stage, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Pacific Lighting Designer Opera Victoria, Montreal’s Segal Theatre, Centaur Theatre and L’Opéra de Montréal. Internationally, his designs have been featured at Lincoln Center Theater, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, American Ballet Theatre, Seattle Opera, Ballet West, Geneva Opera, Boston Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet. Mr. Thomson is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama.
Born in Toronto, Jeff Morris studied technical theatre production and administration at Ryerson’s Theatre School. After leaving Ryerson, he became Production Stage Manager for Toronto Dance Theatre (1990 – 1995), stage managing the company’s debuts in Berlin, Warsaw, Beijing, Tokyo and at the Joyce Theater, New York. He was Production Stage Manager for Dancers For Life (AIDS Committee of Toronto, 1991 – 1997), Stage Manager for Theatre Passe-Muraille (Never Swim Alone, Metamorphosis of a Shadow) and for the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists. Mr. Morris joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1995 and has since 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, company premieres of John Jeff Morris Neumeier’s The Seagull and Nijinsky and Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures Stage Manager in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale. He is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and Festival Co-director for the biannual festival dance: made in Canada/fait au Canada.
16 Liliane Stilwell served as Stage Manager for the Canadian Opera Company for 22 years. Highlights included Don Quichotte, Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Cenerentola, Otello, Marriage of Figaro, Götterdämmerung (complete Ring Cycle), Macbeth, La Bohème, Eugene Onegin, Madama Butterflyand 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, Dirty Dancing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and Hairspray at the Princess of Wales. Other credits include Tom Jones, Speed-The-Plow, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Big River, Shear Madness, Carousel, Me and My Girl and Roar of the Greasepaint-Smell of the Crowd. She was Head Liliane Stilwell Stage Co-ordinator for the Papal visit World Youth Day’s Way of the Cross and has Stage Manager stage managed several industrial shows in Canada and the US. Ms. Stilwell joined the National Ballet in 2015.
The National Ballet Orchestra The National Ballet of Canada is privileged to have its own full Orchestra with over 60 members. The Orchestra has performed in each of the National Ballet’s seasons and is led by Music Director and Principal Conductor David Briskin. The company’s first Music Director was George Crum who, along with Founder Celia Franca, was a pioneer of the company. Mr. Crum held the position from the company’s inception in 1951 to 1984, when he was appointed Music Director Emeritus. The Orchestra was led by Ermanno Florio from 1985 to 1990. Ormsby Wilkins was Music Director and Principal Conductor from 1990 to 2006. The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra has toured extensively with the company through Canada, the US and Europe. Over the years, the Orchestra has received much acclaim from audiences and critics alike and has recorded two CDs of Michael Torke’s compositions for The Contract (The Pied Piper) and An Italian Straw Hat. The Orchestra made their concert debut at Koerner Hall on April 3, 2012, in celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary.
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national.ballet.ca 19 Dancer Biographies
Guillaume Côté Jurgita Dronina Principal Dancer Principal Dancer
Born: Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec Born: Saratov, Russia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: National M. K. Ciulionis School of Art Joined National Ballet: 1998 and Munich International Ballet Academy Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2004 Royal Swedish Ballet: 2005—2010 Sponsored by Emmanuelle Gattuso Dutch National Ballet: 2010—2015 and Allan Slaight Resident Guest Artist Hong Kong Ballet: 2015 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2015
Naoya Ebe Greta Hodgkinson Principal Dancer Principal Dancer
Born: Tokyo, Japan Born: Providence, Rhode Island Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: Festival Ballet of Rhode Island and Joined National Ballet: 2006 Canada’s National Ballet School Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 1990 Sponsored by Gretchen Ross Promoted to Principal Dancer: 1996 Sponsored by Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin in celebration of her 25th anniversary Harrison James Elena Lobsanova Principal Dancer Principal Dancer
Born: Paraparaumu, New Zealand Born: Moscow, Russia Trained: San Francisco Ballet School’s Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trainee Program and the New Joined National Ballet: 2004 Zealand School of Dance Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2013 Sponsored by Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2016 Sponsored by Lucy White
Svetlana Lunkina Evan McKie Principal Dancer Principal Dancer
Born: Moscow, Russia Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: Moscow Choreographic Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School, The Kirov Academy Academy of Ballet and the John Cranko School Bolshoi Ballet: 1997—2013 Stuttgart Ballet: 2001—2014 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2014 Principal Guest Artist with National Ballet: Sponsored by Anna McCowan-Johnson 2012—2014 and Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Joined as Principal Dancer: 2014 Sponsored by Simona Shnaider Heather Ogden Sonia Rodriguez Principal Dancer Principal Dancer
Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: Richmond Academy of Dance Trained: with Pedro de la Cruz at the Joined National Ballet: 1998 Princess Grace Academy Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2005 Joined National Ballet: 1990 Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2000
20 Piotr Stanczyk Jillian Vanstone Principal Dancer Principal Dancer
Born: Poznan, Poland Born: Nanaimo, British Columbia Trained: State Ballet School of Poznan and Trained: Kirkwood Academy of the Canada’s National Ballet School Performing Arts and Canada’s National Joined National Ballet: 1998 Ballet School Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2008 Joined National Ballet: 1999 Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2011 Sponsored by George & Kathy Dembroski
Xiao Nan Yu Lorna Geddes Principal Dancer Principal Character Artist
Born: Dalian, China Born: Waterloo, Ontario Trained: Shen Yang School of Dance, Trained: with Betty Oliphant Beijing Dance Academy and Canada’s Joined National Ballet: 1959 National Ballet School Principal Character Artist since: 2005 Joined National Ballet: 1996 Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2001
Stephanie Hutchison Etienne Lavigne Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist
Born: Kitchener, Ontario Born: Montréal, Québec Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du Joined National Ballet: 1997 Québec, San Francisco Ballet School and Principal Character Artist since: 2015 National Ballet of Cuba Joined National Ballet: 1997 Principal Character Artist since: 2015
Alejandra Perez-Gomez Jonathan Renna Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist
Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Ottawa, Ontario Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Québec, Princess Grace Academy and San Joined National Ballet: 1997—2000 Francisco Ballet School Rejoined: 2007 Joined National Ballet: 1998 Principal Character Artist since: 2015 Principal Character Artist since: 2013
Rebekah Rimsay Tomas Schramek Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist
Born: Fort Collins, Colorado Born: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: Slovak Folk Dance Ensemble Joined National Ballet: 1990 SLUK Principal Character Artist since: 2012 Joined National Ballet: 1969 Principal Dancer: 1973—1990 Principal Character Artist since: 1990
national.ballet.ca 21 Hazaros Surmeyan Skylar Campbell Principal Character Artist First Soloist
Born: Skopje, Yugoslavia Born: Laguna Beach, California Trained: National Ballet School of Macedonia Trained: with Victor and Tatiana Kasatsky Joined as Principal Dancer: 1966 Joined National Ballet: 2009 Principal Character Artist since: 1986 First Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by Tricia Younger
Jordana Daumec Francesco Gabriele Frola First Soloist First Soloist
Born: New York City, New York Born: Aosta, Italy Trained: Studio Maestro and Canada’s Trained: Professione Danza Parma, National Ballet School The School of The Hamburg Ballet and Joined National Ballet: 2003 Fomento Artistico Cordobés First Soloist since: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2010 First Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by Sherry and Edward Drew Tanya Howard Alexandra MacDonald First Soloist First Soloist
Born: Uitenhage, South Africa Born: Calgary, Alberta Trained: The National School of Arts and Trained: International School of Ballet and Canada’s National Ballet School Boston Ballet School’s Trainee Program Joined National Ballet: 1998 Joined National Ballet: 2007 First Soloist since: 2007 First Soloist since: 2016 Sponsored by Nancy Pencer Sponsored by an anonymous donor
Chelsy Meiss Tina Pereira First Soloist First Soloist
Born: Melbourne, Australia Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad Trained: Karen Curlis School of Dance, Thelma Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Williams School of Dance, The Victorian College Joined National Ballet: 2001 of The Arts and The Australian Ballet School First Soloist since: 2009 Joined National Ballet: 2008 Sponsored by The Honourable Margaret First Soloist since: 2015 Norrie McCain, C.C. Sponsored by Diana St. B. Weatherall
Jenna Savella Robert Stephen First Soloist First Soloist
Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Born: Burlington, Ontario Trained: DanceWest, Lavrova Classical Ballet Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Academy and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2004 Joined National Ballet: 2004 First Soloist since: 2011 First Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by Elvio & Marlene DelZotto
Dylan Tedaldi Jack Bertinshaw First Soloist Second Soloist
Born: Boston, Massachusetts Born: Sydney, Australia Trained: Boston Ballet School and The School Trained: Tanya Pearson Classical of The Hamburg Ballet Coaching Academy and the Tanz Joined National Ballet: 2009 Akademie Zürich First Soloist since: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2011 Second Soloist since: 2015
22 Hannah Fischer Emma Hawes Second Soloist Second Soloist
Born: New York City, New York Born: Delaware, Ohio Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: BalletMet’s Dance Academy Joined National Ballet: 2012 and Canada’s National Ballet School Second Soloist since: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2011 Sponsored by Judy & Bella Matthews Second Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by JJ Dayot & Rick Schiralli
Kathryn Hosier Rui Huang Second Soloist Second Soloist
Born: Champaign, Illinois Born: Shenzhen, China Trained: Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy Trained: Shenzhen Arts School in China and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2011 Joined National Ballet: 2009 Second Soloist since: 2016 Second Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond
Tiffany Mosher Brent Parolin Second Soloist Second Soloist
Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia Born: Prince George, British Columbia Trained: Scotia Dance Studios and Canada’s Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School National Ballet School and John Cranko School Joined National Ballet: 1999 Joined National Ballet: 2014 Second Soloist since: 2013 Second Soloist since: 2015
Brendan Saye Donald Thom Second Soloist Second Soloist
Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Born: Kanata, Ontario Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: Linda Jamison School of Dance Joined National Ballet: 2008 and The Royal Ballet Upper School Second Soloist since: 2013 Joined National Ballet: 2015 Sponsored by Robin Robinson Second Soloist since: 2016
Christopher Gerty Ben Rudison Siegfried Rothbart
Born: Watford, England Born: Woodbridge, Virginia Trained: Newcastle Dance Academy in Trained: North Carolina School of the Arts Australia, New Zealand School of Dance and Houston Ballet II and San Francisco Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2013 Joined National Ballet: 2014 Sponsored by Ms. Nancy Viner & Corps in Lead Roles Dr. Raymond Stein
Ethan Watts Rothbart
Born: San Francisco, California Trained: San Francisco Ballet School and The Academy of Ballet San Francisco Joined National Ballet: 2013 Sponsored by Robbie J. Pryde
national.ballet.ca 23 Porsche is proud to be a part of The National Ballet of Canada’s exciting 2016/17 Season as the Presenting Sponsor of Swan Lake.
Heather Ogden in Swan Lake. Photo by Christopher Wahl. Prima Circle
The National Ballet of Canada expresses its deep gratitude to dedicated and passionate supporters whose significant lifetime giving to The National Ballet of Canada and The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation helps achieve our vision. (As of April 30, 2017)
Prima Diamond Circle Judith & Robert Lawrie Gregory & Irene Aziz ($10,000,000 and above) Julie & Ted Medland Lynly & Trevor Bailie Walter Carsen, O.C. Lynda & Jonas Prince Karen & Bill Barnett Sandra Simpson Daphne Bell Prima Ruby Circle James D. Stewart Fiona Berry ($5,000,000 - $9,999,999) Diana St. B. Weatherall Dr. Ann E. Camps Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Five Anonymous Donors Anne Marie Canning One Anonymous Donor The Frank Gerstein Charitable Susan Chant Mona Campbell, O.C. Foundation on behalf of Marvin Dr. John H.C. Chiu, The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Gerstein in memory of Yvonne Chiu, C.M. Foundation Laidlaw Foundation Missy & Allan Crosbie The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Elizabeth A. Currie & Prima Emerald Circle Richard J. Currie, O.C. ($2,500,000 - $4,999,999) Impresario Circle George A. Fierheller Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan ($250,000 - $499,999) Lucinda Flemer, C.M. Margaret Fountain, C.M. & The Estate of Isobel Allen Ms. Helen Gardiner David Fountain Gail & Mark Appel Mary & Graham Hallward Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight David & Kim Beatty Pat & Bill Harris Joan & Jerry Lozinski Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen Hon. & Mrs. Paul T. Hellyer The Honourable Margaret Norrie Judith & Marshall Cohen Mr. & Mrs. William R. Herridge McCain, C.C. Catherine & Ian Delaney Joan F. Ivory, C.M. Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. George & Kathy Dembroski Annie Emily Kains The Volunteer Committee, The National Sherry and Edward Drew Marjorie Kains Ballet of Canada Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney Ms. Krista Kerr BMO Financial Group Celia Franca Dr. Gurney M. Kranz RBC Foundation Lynda Hamilton Arthur Labatt, O.C. & Sonia Labatt TD Bank Group Jerry & Geraldine Heffernan Anne & David LeGresley Ann Henderson & Philip & Sherri Lieberman Prima Circle Lyman Henderson, C.M. Mr. & Mrs. Allen C. Marple ($1,000,000 - $2,499,999) Richard & Martha Hogarth Sue & Biff Matthews John & Margaret Bahen Mrs. Renata Humphries Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond John & Claudine Bailey Vanessa Morgan & Steve Wolf Clive & Fran Minto Torunn & David Banks Sanford & Patti McFarlane Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pankratz Horst Dantz & Don Quick Jim & Sylvia McGovern Robbie Pryde Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, C.C. Ned & Georgina McLennan Aaron & Heather Regent Kevin & Roger Garland Linda & Kevin O’Leary Barrie D. Rose and Family Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Robin Robinson Sir Neil & Lady Elizabeth Shaw Gail Hutchison J.M. Doc Savage Eileen Smith Beryl Ivey, C.M. & Richard M. Ivey, C.C. Tony Scott-Fisher Helen Allen Stacey Sarah & David Macdonald Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Maureen & Wayne Squibb Anna McCowan-Johnson & C. Anderson Silber Irving Steinberg Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Mr. George R. Sutherland Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan Nancy Pencer Heather Thomson & Dr. Robert Summers-Gill Frances & Tim Price Richard Thomson, O.C. Anne Tanenbaum Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C. Lucy White Mr. James M. Tory, Q.C. Ada Slaight Four Anonymous Donors Leonore Valborg Hetherington One Anonymous Donor J.P. Bickell Foundation Lenore Walters CIBC The Delaney Family Foundation Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden Hal Jackman Foundation Deloitte Foundation Canada Dr. & Mrs. R. J. Wheler The McLean Foundation The Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Sarah White Foundation Judith R. Wilder Visionary Circle J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Gregory Williams & Warren Sorensen ($500,000 - $999,999) Carolyn Sifton Foundation Inc. Mr. John H. Williams Judi & Lionel Conacher The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation Beth Wilson Ralph & Jeanie Davis Five Anonymous Donors Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance Investor Circle Adelle and Paul Deacon Nanton Fund The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family ($100,000 - $249,999) at the Toronto Foundation Charitable Foundation Elaine J. Adair The Hope Charitable Foundation Nona Heaslip Karen & Ray Arbesman Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund Lawrence Heisey, O.C. & Ann Heisey Alison Arbuckle Fisher Tanenbaum Charitable Foundation Rosamond Ivey Tony & Anne Arrell R. Howard Webster Foundation Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C. Mary Eileen Ash
national.ballet.ca 25 Skylar Campbell. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Prepare. 26 Soaring: Touring
The $100 million Soaring Campaign continues to fuel momentum for The National Ballet of Canada, with investments creating new opportunities for production-building, touring, community engagement and artistic development. Together, donations to Soaring will elevate the company’s stature internationally and bring the best of ballet to Canada.
To date, Soaring has raised $81.5 million, an incredible testament to the generosity of our donors and their commitment to the National Ballet. These investments are helping position the National Ballet at the forefront of dance, and our artists and productions are inspiring more people than ever before.
One important pillar of Karen Kain’s vision has been to increase international touring opportunities. In 2012, the National Ballet began a new era of international touring, spurred by Karen’s focus on nurturing and building one of the best rosters of dancers in the world and by commissioning productions that the world wants to see. These tours would not have been possible without the support of donors and friends in Canada, the U.S. and England.
Already announced for the 2017/18 season are performances in Paris, London, San Francisco and Hamburg. The experiences such engagements provide – international exposure, working with new artists, access to new audiences – are invaluable for the artists of the National Ballet and for the organization as a whole, particularly at a time of such significant creative growth.
To our generous partners who are enabling these exciting opportunities, thank you for helping the National Ballet to soar.
— David Macdonald Chair, Soaring Campaign
Photo by Sian Richards.
Soaring: The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada national.ballet.ca/soaring 27 Soaring Champions
The National Ballet of Canada thanks the donors who have given generously to the Soaring Campaign. Their leadership has proven inspirational for other dance lovers and will precipitate meaningful advances for the company over time.
“At The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation, we believe that arts are vital to a vibrant culture and quality of life. It gives us great satisfaction to see the new productions we’ve supported come together so beautifully on stage, and how enthusiastically they are embraced by audiences. We are extremely proud to partner with such an extraordinary organization that inspires Canadians and helps put Canada on the world stage.”
Vanessa Morgan, President, The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Gifts to New Productions, the Gretchen Ross Production Centre, Music Circle and the Endowment Foundation
Soaring Campaign Cabinet
Sandra & Jim Pitblado Gail Appel Geneviève McKillop Honourary Co-Chairs David W. Binet Julie Medland Judi Conacher Jessica Ray David Macdonald The Hon. Nicole Eaton, Senator Gretchen Ross Campaign Chair Sandra Faire Liam Sobey Krista Kerr Michele Symons
Commit. 28 “Over the years, we’ve been thrilled to see The National Ballet of Canada flourish into a company of international renown and significance. Our joy in supporting The National Ballet of Canada is seeing how lives are touched by the art form, whether it is introducing children and students to ballet through educational programming, or inspiring audiences with the best dancers in the most exciting and exceptional productions.”
Anna McCowan-Johnson and Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Gifts to Dancers First, Education and Community Engagement and the Endowment Foundation
Soaring Leadership Donors $1,000,000 and above (as of April 30, 2017)
Mona Campbell, O.C. Joan & Jerry Lozinski Walter Carsen, O.C. Sarah & David Macdonald Horst Dantz & Don Quick The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Margaret & David Fountain Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Kevin & Roger Garland Tim & Frances Price Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Beryl M. Ivey, C.M. & Richard Ivey, C.C. The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada Hal Jackman Foundation One Anonymous Donor Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C.
Soaring: The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada national.ballet.ca/soaring 29 Rui Huang in The Dreamers Ever Leave You. Photo by Ryan Enn Hughes and Dylan Tedaldi.
Soaring Supports Touring
The National Ballet of Canada is preparing for an tour to Paris and London. Through this and other unprecedented number of international tours, with generous gifts, the Soaring Campaign is providing engagements already planned for Paris, London, Karen Kain with the flexibility needed to plan San Francisco and Hamburg in 2017/18. This comes international tours in advance, and respond to the on the heels of other prestigious tours to New York growing demand for the National Ballet to perform City, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, where the in important dance centres beyond our borders. company has performed to appreciative reviews. “We are proud to support Karen Kain’s Regular touring strengthens the National Ballet’s mission to showcase The National Ballet reputation internationally, giving our artists valuable of Canada on the world stage in Paris experience and exposure, and representing the best of Canadian culture abroad. However, international and London in October of this year. We touring is a costly enterprise requiring dedicated look forward to sharing in the excitement philanthropic partnership. We are therefore so of returning with the company to these pleased that Margaret and David Fountain have renowned international centres of dance.” stepped forward with an unprecedented gift to completely underwrite the company’s forthcoming - Margaret and David Fountain
Leap. 30 Guillaume Côté and Xiao Nan Yu in Nijinsky. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic.
Soaring The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada Revenue Goal: $100 million
Strategic Priorities Artistic Excellence Community Engagement To attract, nurture and retain the most talented dancers To introduce young Canadians to the magic of and to sustain the brilliant National Ballet of Canada live performance and encourage them to explore Orchestra and our core value of live music movement, music and imagination as a means of self-expression New Productions To commission thrilling new works that push the Endowment boundaries of the art form and engage audiences To build a strong foundation now so generations to come can continue to experience the Touring transformative power and beauty of ballet To showcase Canadian culture in the most prestigious dance centres of the world
Soaring: The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada national.ballet.ca/soaring 31 Leadership Giving
The National Ballet of Canada is extremely grateful to the following donors for their generous gifts that provide leadership and capital funding to support Karen Kain’s vision. (May 1, 2016 – April 30, 2017)
Production Builders The following individuals and foundations have made extraordinary contributions to expand our repertoire with new visions of dance for 2016/17 and future seasons.
Walter Carsen New Creations Fund Sandra Simpson Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Warren Sorensen in memory of Gregory Williams The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada Tim & Frances Price One Anonymous Donor
The Producers’ Circle The members of The Producers’ Circle collaborate to fulfill Karen Kain’s vision by supporting the creation of new repertoire.
Gail & Mark Appel The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation Julie Medland John & Claudine Bailey Rosamond Ivey Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns Hal Jackman Foundation Lynda & Jonas Prince David W. Binet Anna McCowan-Johnson & Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C. Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin Sandra Simpson The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Judith & Robert Lawrie Noreen Taylor, C.M., & Charitable Foundation Mona & Harvey Levenstein David Staines, C.M., O.Ont. Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Jerry & Joan Lozinski Kevin & Roger Garland The Honourable Margaret Norrie Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight McCain, C.C.
Dancers First Sponsorship Programme Donors to Dancers First are dedicated to supporting the National Ballet’s exceptional dancers.
George & Kathy Dembroski Lucy White Anonymous Anne-Marie Canning Principal Dancer Jillian Vanstone Principal Dancer Harrison James First Soloist Corps de Ballet member Alexandra MacDonald Giorgio Galli Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Elvio & Marlene DelZotto Stephen Delaney Principal Dancer Elena Lobsanova First Soloist Jenna Savella JJ Dayot & Rick Schiralli & Robyn McCallum Second Soloist Emma Hawes Corps de Ballet member Emmanuelle Gattuso and Sherry and Edward Drew Félix Paquet Allan Slaight First Soloist Judy & Bella Matthews Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté Francesco Gabriele Frola Second Soloist Hannah Fischer Renata M. Humphries Corps de Ballet member Ira Gluskin & Maxine The Honourable Margaret Jaclyn Oakley Donna Meyers & Granovsky Gluskin Norrie McCain, C.C. Doug Richmond Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson First Soloist Tina Pereira Second Soloist Kathryn Hosier Robbie Pryde Corps de Ballet member Anna McCowan-Johnson Nancy Pencer Ethan Watts Robin Robinson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C. First Soloist Tanya Howard Second Soloist Brendan Saye Principal Dancer Svetlana Lunkina Ms. Nancy Viner & Diana St. B. Weatherall Dr. Raymond Stein Tony & Anne Arrell Gretchen Ross First Soloist Chelsy Meiss Corps de Ballet member Corps de Ballet member Christopher Gerty Principal Dancer Naoya Ebe Kota Sato Tricia Younger Rolex Canada Ltd. Simona Shnaider First Soloist Skylar Campbell Rolex Dancers First Award Principal Dancer Evan McKie
32 YOU dance The generosity of YOU dance donors supports the free workshops and performances that introduce young students to ballet, helping to encourage imagination, movement and an appreciation for the arts. Ballet Club Relevé The McLean Foundation J.P. Bickell Foundation Beth & Brent Wilson Maxine Goldberg The Woodbridge Company Judy & Wil Matthews One Anonymous Lady
Music Circle and Orchestra We gratefully acknowledge the following donors for their support towards the only dedicated ballet orchestra in Canada. John & Claudine Bailey John B. Lawson, C.M., Q.C. Nani & Austin Beutel The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. David W. Binet The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Peter & Eleanor Daniels Anne & Charles Morison Jeanie Davis Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Maxine Granovsky Gluskin & Ira Gluskin Noreen Taylor, C.M., & David Staines, C.M., O.Ont. Mary & Graham Hallward TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation Estate of James D. Stewart William & Ruth Herridge The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation (Rehearsal Pianists)
The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation We acknowledge the generosity of the following donors who are graciously supporting the future of the National Ballet. The Estate of Isobel Allen Mr. John B. Lawson, C.M., Q.C. BMO Financial Group The Estate of Barbara E. McDonald The Estate of Walter Carsen, O.C. Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy The Estate of Anne Margaret Delicaet Estate of James D. Stewart Ms. Laura Dinner & Mr. Richard Rooney Ms. Vivien M. Wu Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin One Anonymous Donor Elspeth Johnson
Dancer Health and Wellness Joe Brennan & Daniel Greenglass Lynda Prince Lynda Hamilton Janis Rotman The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. Mr. George R. Sutherland Tim & Frances Price The Horst Dantz & Don Quick Dancer Wellness Fund
Special Gifts John & Claudine Bailey The Eleventh International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C. The Delaney Family Foundation The Frank Gerstein Charitable Foundation Choreographic Workshop Underwriter, Guest Artist Fund Ada Slaight The John & Margaret Bahen Fund Share the Magic Underwriter Canadian Touring Diane Blake & Stephen Smith Margaret & David Fountain The Nutcracker Complete Documentation Package Underwriters Paris / London Tour Esprit de Corps Fiona Berry Geneviève McKillop & Chris Bennett Jeanie A. Davis Linda & Kevin O’Leary Rags & Indra Davloor Eric Tripp & Maria Smith Victoria Jackman The Sabourin Family Ms. Krista Kerr Michele & Ryerson Symons Anne & David LeGresley Sarah White Philip & Sherri Lieberman Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit Two Anonymous Donors Meghan Pugh. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
national.ballet.ca 33 Our Community of Support
The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the following donors and sponsors for their generosity and commitment to sustain the excellence, energy and impact of great dance. (May 1, 2016 – April 30, 2017)
Director’s Circle Aaron & Heather Regent◊ Judith R. Wilder◊ ($25,000 and above) Robin & Ross Robinson◊◊ Mr. Brian B. Wilks◊◊ Gail & Mark Appel◊◊ Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C.◊◊ Ms. Beth Wilson Tony Arrell, C.M. & Anne Arrell Janis Rotman John & Claudine Bailey◊◊ Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Benefactor Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns◊ Sandra Simpson◊ ($5,000 - $9,999) Nani & Austin Beutel◊◊ Ada Slaight◊◊ Mr. Barry Allan David W. Binet◊ Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan◊ Alison Arbuckle Fisher◊◊ Ms. Susanne Boyce & Dr. Brendan Mullen Mr. George R. Sutherland◊ Pamela & Paul Austin◊◊ Dr. Ann E. Camps◊◊ Heather Thomson & Torunn & David Banks◊ Anne-Marie Canning◊ Richard Thomson, O.C.◊◊ Professor Marion G. Bassett◊◊ Judi & Lionel Conacher◊◊ Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein Karen & Bill Barnett◊◊ Elizabeth A. & Richard J. Currie, O.C.◊◊ Diana St. B. Weatherall◊◊ Margaret & John Casey◊◊ Jeanie A. Davis◊◊ Lucy White*◊ Judith & Marshall Cohen◊◊ Rags & Indra Davloor Gregory Williams & Warren Sorensen◊◊ Mr. John Coke & Ms. Cathy Cranston◊ Mr. JJ Dayot & Mr. Rick Schiralli Tricia Younger Jack Darville Mr. Stephen Delaney & Seven Anonymous Donors Jane Darville & Dr. Skip Bassford Ms. Robyn McCallum Maureen & James Dunn◊ George & Kathy Dembroski◊◊ Artistic Circle Mrs. Anne W. Dupre & Ms. Laura Dinner & Mr. Richard Rooney ($15,000 - $24,999) Mr. Fredrick J. Marker◊◊ Sherry Taylor Drew◊◊ Elaine J. Adair◊◊ Pure + Simple Natural Skin Care Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance◊ Diane Blake & Stephen Smith Lucinda Flemer, C.M.◊◊ The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family The Celia Franca Memorial Fund Ms. Susan Gerhard Charitable Foundation◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. G.R. Heffernan Ms. Taanta Gupta◊ Estate of James D. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. William R. Herridge◊◊ Mr. T.M. Hall◊◊ Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan◊ Richard & Martha Hogarth◊◊ Mary & Graham Hallward Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, C.C.◊◊ Ms. Krista Kerr Ginette Hamel & Cliff Trollope* Margaret Fountain, C.M. & Anne & David LeGresley◊ Ms. Susan Hayward Payne◊ David Fountain◊◊ Ms. Vanessa L. Morgan & Mr. Steve Wolf◊ Hon. & Mrs. Paul T. Hellyer◊◊ Kevin Garland & Roger Garland◊◊ Victor & Bernice Royce Brian Hodges and Robert Paul Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Mr. Geoffrey Wayne Squibb◊◊ Joan F. Ivory, C.M.◊◊ Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin◊ Ms. Marje Virro Jennifer Kaplan Lynda Hamilton◊ Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Margaret Kawaja◊◊ Nona Heaslip◊◊ Arthur Labatt, O.C. & Sonia Labatt◊◊ Mrs. Renata M. Humphries◊◊ Partner Paul A. Lee, Q.C. & Jill Maynard◊◊ The Gail Hutchison Fund ($10,000 - $14,999) Vincent Mercier & Kirsten Halpin Richard M. Ivey, C.C.◊◊ Gregory & Irene Aziz◊ Gary L. Miles International Consulting Rosamond Ivey◊◊ Robert Brews & Kenneth Brown◊ Nancy Miller & Glen Ireland Anna McCowan-Johnson & Mrs. Earlaine Collins◊ L.J. Nagel & Stan Solomon Donald K. Johnson, O.C.◊◊ Peter & Eleanor Daniels Dr. Bo Y. Ngan◊◊ Mrs. Elspeth Johnson◊◊ Joan Dea & Lionel Conacher◊ Ms. Marianne Oundjian Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C.◊ George A. Fierheller◊◊ Mr. Don Quach The Henry White Kinnear Foundation◊ Maxine Goldberg◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Rick Reininger◊ Mrs. Judy Korthals & Mr. Peter Irwin◊◊ Mr. and Mrs. John Grant◊ Rachel Sabourin Judith & Robert Lawrie◊◊ Victoria Jackman◊ Esther Sarick◊ Mona & Harvey Levenstein◊◊ Philip & Sherri Lieberman◊ Dr. Hugh Siddall◊ Joan & Jerry Lozinski◊◊ Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit◊ Marion Soloway◊ Sarah & David Macdonald◊◊ Sue & Biff Matthews◊◊ Dennis & Denny Starritt◊◊ Judy & Bella Matthews Ms. Geneviève McKillop & Chris Bennett◊ Brenda Stinson & Carlo De Angelis The Honourable Margaret Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee◊◊ Catherine Thiessen◊◊ Norrie McCain, C.C.◊◊ Anne & Charles Morison◊ Lenore Walters◊◊ Ned & Georgina McLennan◊◊ Barrie Rose, Karen Solomon & Family◊◊ Mr. Brian B. Wilks◊◊ Julie & Ted Medland◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Royer and Family◊ Mr. John H. Williams◊◊ Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond The Sabourin Family Shelagh and David Wilson Fund Linda & Kevin O’Leary◊ Tony Scott-Fisher◊◊ at the Toronto Foundation◊◊ Nancy Pencer◊◊ Steve and Sally Stavro Family Foundation Ms. Helen Ziegler Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M.◊◊ Michele & Ryerson Symons One Anonymous Donor Tim & Frances Price◊◊ Eric Tripp & Maria Smith Mrs. Lynda Prince◊◊ W. Garfield Weston Foundation Robbie Pryde Sarah White
34 Major Patron Mr. Douglas L. Parker◊◊ Ms. Katherine Barber◊◊ ($3,000 - $4,999) Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Paterson◊◊ Winifred Barclay◊◊ Ms. Debra J. Appleton Mr. Mark Pupo N. Beilstein & A. Lee◊ Ms. Yeti Agnew & Mr. Christopher Birt◊◊ Mr. Robert Raizenne Ms. Vivian Berman Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong◊◊ Juta Reed Dr. Ewa Bernadska & Dr. Neil Gordon Ms. Yveline Audemars & Mrs. Shirley Reid Ms. Diana Billes Mr. Humberto Rivero◊ Diana Reitberger*◊ Mr. John R. Birkett◊◊ James Austin & Hans Eppenberger◊ Ms. Stephanie Roberts & Gayle Boxer Duncanson Hugh & Colleen Balders◊ Mr. Kevin Hamilton Mr. Jonathan Briggs Mona Bandeen, C.M.◊◊ William & Lesley Rogan◊ Julia & David Briskin* Ms. Lindy Barrow Mr. Gary Rogers◊◊ Margaret Brock◊◊ Gillian & Ken Bartlett◊◊ Robert Rubinoff◊ Sheila Brown & Doug Guzman Florence Sharpe Barwell◊◊ Mr. Geoffrey Rytell◊◊ Colleen Carmichael◊ Dr. Thomas H. Beechy◊◊ Mr. Go Sato◊◊ Mr. John Carter Ms. Josée Bouchard & Mr. Paul Belanger◊ Mr. Lawrence Schafer Professor Alfred L. Chan & Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen◊◊ Mr. and Mrs. David Scott Mr. Michael Farewell◊ Ms. Deborah Cameron Mr. Greg Sharp Diana Chant & Bill Mitchell◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Laurissa Canavan Malcolm & Katrine Siverns Dr. & Mrs. Albert Cheskes Dr. & Mrs. Albert Cheskes Stephen & Jane Smith◊◊ Peng Chiang◊◊ Dr. John H.C. Chiu, in memory Ms. Karen Sparks◊◊ Mr. Philip A. Clappison◊◊ of Yvonne Chiu, C.M.◊◊ Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton◊◊ Helene Clarkson◊ John Church Dr. Robert Summers-Gill◊◊ Christine Connelly & Michael Heiber Mary & John Crocker◊ John Theo◊◊ Mrs. Louise Cornblum◊ Missy & Allan Crosbie◊ Gillian Thomas & Michael Easterbrook◊ Dr. Lesley S. Corrin◊◊ Ms. Marilyn Crowley Mrs. Nicola Tory◊ Mr. Chris Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Mark Davis◊ Mr. Alex Tosheff Dr. Gaylord Curry, in memoriam◊◊ Mary-Kathleen Delicaet & John Young Ed & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke◊ Carole Curtis◊◊ Judy Dunn◊ Jon & Olga Voigt Jack Darville M.G. Eaton & David S. Kertland◊◊ Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden◊◊ Professor K.G. Davey◊◊ Ms. Melanie Edwards & Mr. John Brown Francoise & Edward White Amanda Demers & Brian Collins◊ Mr. Joseph Fantl & Ms. Moira Bartram◊ Miss E. Joan Williams◊◊ Trina DeSa◊ Heather & Michael Faralla Nan & Jack Wiseman◊◊ Mrs. Nadia Di Donato Robert & Julia Foster◊ Ms. Vivien M. Wu◊ Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Diamond◊ Ken & Linda Foxcroft◊◊ Wilf & Brenda Dinnick◊◊ Mr. Blaise Gaetz◊ Ballet Club Relevé Mrs. Susan Dore Bronwen Gates◊◊ ($3000) Ms. Melanie Dowhaniuk Marilyn & David Gluskin Robin Anthony Lee Anne Downey & Family Carol Gray◊◊ Colette Barber Dr. Alicia A. Dunlop◊ Mrs. Lorna Greenbaum◊◊ Diane Blake Ms. Catherine Dunn Stadtegger & Ms. Naomi Harris◊ Caroline Booth Mr. Glenn Stadtegger Pat & Bill Harris◊◊ Martha Burns Bronwen Evans Ann Hogarth◊◊ Joanne Eidinger Ms. Sharon J. Evans◊ Mr. C.R. Hunter◊◊ Eileen Farrow Joan Farano◊◊ Mr. Frank & Dr. Margaret Ionson◊◊ M. Patricia Fischer Catherine Fauquier◊◊ Ms. Nancy Jain Patricia Hanrahan Ms. Cecil Fennell◊ Mrs. Amala Jayatilleke Nancy Holland Ms. Catriona Ferguson Jaye Jenkins◊ Jane Humphreys Rupert Field-Marsham & Norman Jewison, C.C.◊ Nancy Jain Lindsay Dale-Harris◊ Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., Trodi Linders Ms. & Mr. Frances & Ronald Filegan◊◊ O.Ont. & Ross Petty◊◊ Margaret MacLellan Mr. Paul Fleming Patrick & Barbara Keenan Foundation◊◊ Dianne Maziarz Robert & Julia Foster◊ Prof. & Mrs. James King◊◊ Gisèle McIsaac Mr. Lorne Fox◊◊ Ms. Judy Klarman◊◊ Kathleen Metcalfe Mr. Gerald Frauwirth Ms. Tammy Klein Kornelia Milborne Dr. George & Mrs. Olga Gale◊ Ms. Valerie Lockerbie Mary-Ann Metrick André J. Galipeault, C.M. & Dr. Vance Logan◊ Kristi Stangeland Suzanne Galipeault◊◊ Douglas L. Ludwig & Karen J. Rice◊ Susanna Stuart Mrs. Hilda Gan◊ Mr. & Mrs. A. Maggiacomo◊◊ Eli Taylor Judith Gelber◊ Judy Manji◊ Kate Thornley-Hall Heather V. Gibson Ms. Nicola Mayer Nancy Viner Ms. Tamara Glied◊ Ms. Dianne Maziarz Andrew & Aviva Goldenberg◊ Marcia McClung◊ Patron Mark & Louise Golding◊◊ Patti McFarlane◊◊ ($2,000 - $2,999) Ms. Deanna Gontard Hélène & Ray McLenaghan◊◊ Mrs. June Abel◊◊ Judy & David Goodings◊◊ Mr. Timothy McNicholas Elana Metter & Stephen A. Adler Mr. Donald D. Grant◊◊ Clive & Fran Minto◊◊ Jordan Applebaum & Andrea Burridge◊ Ms. Vanessa Grant & Mr. Philip Street Mr. Noel Mowat Dr. Talitha Arndt & Mr. Ed Esposto◊◊ Ms. Susan Greenbloom Mr. & Mrs. Benoit Mulsant Lynly & Trevor Bailie◊◊ Dr. & Mrs. Voldemars Gulens◊◊ Mr. David Murray Annette Balgord◊
Artists of the Ballet. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
national.ballet.ca 35 Alayne Kato-Hamilton & Elaine M. Roper◊◊ Mrs. Stanislawa Skrok◊◊ Michael Hamilton◊◊ Judith & Jack Rose◊ Mr. Timothy Spain Mrs. Beverly Hargraft◊ Andrea Rosen & Stephen MacDonald◊◊ Howard and Diane Taylor Family Fund Ms. Susan Hayward Payne◊ Mr. & Mrs. Rainer & Sharyn Rothfuss◊◊ at the Toronto Foundation Mr. Jason Heayn & Ms. Andrea Venneri William & Meredith Saunderson◊◊ Ms. Anita Thompson Mary & Arthus Heinmaa Paul J. Savard◊◊ Mr. Jack Thompson Catherine & Clarke Herring Alison and Alan Schwartz Roger & Ulli Watkiss◊ Avril Higgins & Robert Page◊◊ Harold Sclodnick & Lynda Gilroy Lyn M. Westwood◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. David Hodgkinson Dr. Hugh Scully & Four Anonymous Donors Mr. Ronald Holgerson Vanessa Harwood, O.C.◊◊ Mr. Philip & Dr. Claire Holloway◊ Mr. Michael Serbinis & Ms. Laura Adams Arabesque Mr. Richard Howes Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Seymour ($850- $1,249) Barry Hughson* & Ashley Hughson Mrs. & Mr. E.J. Shatilla◊◊ Miss Margaret Agar◊◊ Mr. Fred Hurlbut & Ms. Catherine Barlow Mr. John B. Simcoe David & Phyllis Agg Fund at the Jarvis & Associates Mrs. Joan Sohn◊◊ Private Giving Foundation Ms. Gail Julie◊ Dr. Myra Sourkes◊ Ms. Margaret Atwood Mrs. Lorraine Kaake Dr. John Stanley & John & Leanna Bayliss Ms. Miriam Kagan Dr. Helmut Reichenbächer◊◊ Ms. Vivian Berman Michael Koerner, C.M. & Sonja Koerner◊◊ Ms. Stephanie Stavro◊◊ Ms. Katherine Bischoping◊◊ Dr. A. Kong & J. Wilkie◊◊ Ms. Astrid Stec Drs. Blackstock & Valentin◊ Ms. Catherine Lace◊ Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Stern◊ Dr. and Mrs. Ian Blumer◊◊ Kathryn E. Langley Hope Karyn Tessmer & Dr. George Konn◊ Ms. Margot Boyd Ms. Annick Lapotre Ms. Catherine Thomson◊ Mr. Alexander Chapman Mr. John B. Lawson, C.M., Q.C.◊ Cynthia & Craig Thorburn◊ The Chepesiuk Family◊ Linda K. Lee Bonita & Walter Thornton Harold Chmara & Danny Hoy◊◊ Dr. Calvin Lei◊ Maureen & Philip Tingley◊◊ Hilda Clark◊◊ Joy Levine◊ Mrs. Elizabeth Tory◊◊ Mr. Douglas Clemence Dr. Vance Logan◊ Mr. Stefan Varga & Dr. Marica Varga◊◊ Sheila Croft Mr. Tony Matthews Ms. Marje Virro Thérèse Culnan Ms. Liza Mauer & Mr. Andrew Sheiner Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Wheler◊◊ Ms. Deborah Cumming◊ Janice May◊◊ Dr. Margaret White & Patrick Foody Maija Dale◊ Ms. Nicola Mayer Ms. Barbara Williams◊◊ Ms. Anne Davidson◊ Ken McCarter & Dianna Symonds◊ Durhane Wong-Rieger◊ Elaine & Michael Davies◊ Bruce & Alison McDonald Maria T. Zakos◊◊ Ms. E.L. Ellins◊◊ Ms Jennifer McDonald Ms. Denise Zarn & Dr. George & Mrs. Olga Gale◊ Ms. I. McDorman◊◊ Mr. James Shenkman◊◊ Genwave Technologies Jim & Sylvia McGovern◊◊ Mrs. Maria-Luisa Zoppas◊◊ Frances Greenwood Mrs. Yvonne McGregor Veronica Zufelt◊◊ In memory of Mrs. Marilyn Goody Mr. Evan Mckie* 11 Anonymous Donors The Hadwens Mrs. June McLean◊◊ Mr. Peter Hendrick◊ Anne S. McLeod◊◊ Grand Jeté Ilaria, Sophia & Alex Jemetz Ms. Margaret C. McNee◊◊ ($1,250 - $1,999) Dr. and Mrs. Ian Johnston Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds◊ Tim Badgley◊ Mr. Charles Josey Ms. Bernadette Morra Ms. Laurie Barrett Dr. Caroline Newman & Mitchell Kamiel◊ Neil & Prue Morrison Ms. Janet Bulger◊ Mr. Carl Knipfel◊ Pauline Couture & Ian Morrison◊◊ Leslie Buskard◊ Katerina Kuprijanov Ms. Eileen Newell◊ Ms. Linda Campbell◊◊ Janet Lamb◊ Mr. Marwan Osseiran Ms. M.C. Clancy◊ Miss Nancy E.A. Main Michael & Nina Overbury◊◊ Elizabeth & Ian Crookston Connie & Peter Mak◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pankratz◊◊ Ms. Yvette & Mr. Mike DeBiasi◊ Ms. Delia M Moog◊◊ Rene Pantalone◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Avik Dey Ms. and Mr. Michele Myrah◊◊ Graham & Janet Parkinson◊ Mrs. M. J. Dundas & Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nesker◊◊ Dr. Michael Partridge & Mr. John Petrosoniak◊◊ Dr. Steven Nitzkin Dr. Sudha Rajagopal◊ Mrs. Lois J. Field◊◊ Ms. Judith O’Callaghan Sarah and G. Scott Paterson Dr. Ricardo Gomez-Insausti Dr. Jean O’Grady◊ Mr. D. Ross Peebles & Ms. Judith Cole◊◊ Katherine Halpenny* & Sean Smith Miss Joan C. Pape◊◊ Ms. Annick Peron Ms. Malle Harris◊◊ Dr. Roger Pearce Dorothy & Roland Pfeiffer◊ Mr. Peter Heisey◊ Mr. Alan Pearson◊ Mr. Benjamin Prinsen◊ Ms. Pennie R. Jevnikar◊◊ Mr. H R Martin Phills Dr. Linda Rabeneck & Mr. Greg Johns Mr. Brayton Polka Dr. Catherine Campbell◊ Ms. Susan Keen◊ Powis Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. G.R. Rasteger Ms. Linda Kurdydyk◊ Mr. Alan Pyatt Carol & Morton Rapp◊ Ms. Mary Susanne Lamont Ms. Rani Rahman Jamieson Ms. Jessica Ray Mr. Richard LaPrairie◊ Mrs. Elinor Ratcliffe, C.M. O.N.L(hc) Ms. Barbara Reid Ms. Diana Massiah◊ Mr. Eddy Reitberger The Robertson Reid Family Dr. Charles Minett & Mrs. Nina Minett Ms. Maggie Robertson Mrs. Gloria Robins◊◊ Ms. Jennifer Rook Mr. Nicholas Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Eric Robitaille Gerard Roxburgh* & Susie Burpee Mr. Juan M Rodriguez◊ Linda G. Rodeck Mrs. Heather Sheehan◊◊ Mari & Jim Rutka◊◊
36 Mr. Geoffrey Rytell◊◊ Mrs. Orah Buck◊◊ Dr. Tara Graham Sanderling Developments Limited Mr. Ian Burns◊◊ Mrs. and Mr. Marion Green Mrs. Mary E. Sarjeant◊◊ Kathleen Butterfield Ms. Sandra L. Green & Ms. Marlies Schlichting Katherine Bytzek Ms. Mary Stephenson◊ John & Susan Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Eleanor Carpen◊◊ Mr. Charles Greiner◊ Mr. and Mrs. Danilo Simonelli Mr. Jack A. Carr◊ Colin Gruchy◊◊ Ms. Ibolya Smith◊ Ms. Janet Casey Michael & Rita Hafeman◊◊ Ms. Anne Soh Mrs. Edina Cavalli Mrs. Rebecca Handford Ms. Solway & Mr. Moore◊◊ Carly Chalmers Elisabeth Handler◊ Mr. Kevin Spencer & Mrs. Mary Cranston Ms. Terri Chalmers Neil Harris◊ Ms. Harriet H. Stairs◊ Ms. Ann Chambers◊◊ Mrs. Joan E. Hart◊ Mr. Paul Straatman Ms. Karen Chandler Mr. & Mrs. William Heaslip◊◊ Carol Swallow◊ Ms. Hsing-Yi Chang Ms. Mary Heather◊◊ Ms. Elizabeth Terry◊ Ms. Karen Charpentier◊ D. G. Henrikson◊ Dr. Natalya Timoshkina Mr. Juan Chica Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Heyland◊◊ Ms. Wendy Trainor Siobhan Hyland & Ivan Chittenden Carol and Neil Hicks◊ Mr. Robert Truman Dr. Tulin Cil Ms. Maria E. Hill Ms. Nadya Tymochenko◊ Mr. Robert Clark Ms. Susan Hill◊ Gail Vanstone◊ Zane and Joan Cohen◊◊ Mr. Wayne Hill Ms. Gail Verge Dr. Dana Colson Ms. Elaine Ho Mr. Martin Wade Mrs. Sydne Conover-Taggart◊ Mr. Daniel Hoffman Jingjie Wang Ms. Rosemary Cooke Mel Hogg Mr. Peter Webb◊◊ Ms. Jill Cooter◊◊ Ms. Ruth Hood◊ Karen Wierucki◊ Joanne Coutts◊ Mr. and Ms. Lee Horigan Mr. and Mrs. Peter Willis Ms. Joanne Crookshank◊ The Horn Section of the National Hastings & Irene Withers◊ Mr. Hugh Crosthwait Ballet Orchestra◊◊* Kevin Coombs & Mr. Derrick Croswell Richard & Susan Horner◊◊ Teri Worthington Coombs◊ Robert Crouch◊ Connie Hosier Carole & Bernie Zucker◊◊ Mr. David M. Cullen◊◊ Sherry Houser◊ Mr. & Ms. David Currie◊◊ Mr. Donald Hughes◊ Brisé Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson◊ Ms. Jill Humphries◊◊ ($500 - $849) Ms. Anne Day◊ Dr. Thora Hunter Vanessa Alexander Mrs. Saira Deen-Zammit◊ Mrs. Fiona Hurwitz-Cohen Dr. Vina Alexopoulou Shanti DeFehr & Dan Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Alan T. Jackson◊◊ Aqueduct Foundation Mr. Colin R.C. Dobell◊◊ Tracey Jardine Ms. Adriana Arevalo Rob Dolan Miss and Mrs. Karen Javorski Miss Claudia Arévalo Mrs. Lilliana Dominguez◊ Dr. David Johnston S.E. Arliss Mr. Steven D. Donohue◊◊ Elizabeth Johnston◊ Ms. Karen Atkin◊◊ Dougal & Mortiz Dunning Dr. and Mrs. A.E. Jones◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Atkinson Louise & Jeffrey Eason◊ Robert & Dixie Jones◊◊ Peter & Marilyn Balan Ms. Leilah Edroos◊ Dr. Joshua Josephson◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Balmer◊ Ms. Kim Edwards Mr. Saleem Kassum◊ Mrs. Barbara Bank Mr. Michael Elliott Ms. Marilyn Kay Richards◊◊ Ms. Laura Barclay Ms. and Mr. Annette Ellis Ms. Claire Keeley◊ Mrs. Ursula Bargenda◊◊ Susan English Sheryl Kennedy & Bill Fleury Michael Barkley & Gary Burrows◊ Mr. Hugh Evans◊ Mr. Kagan Kerman Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley◊◊ Margaret Fairman◊ Mr. Aubrey A. Kissoon & Family◊ Ms. Deborah Barrett & Mr. Jim Leech Mrs. Eleanor Farkass◊◊ Miss Kaitlan Klein Ms. Carol Beaven◊ Joan A. Farlinger◊◊ Mrs. Terry Kloosterman Christopher & Christina Begy◊ Mrs. Laura Farquhar◊◊ Ms. Patricia Knight◊◊ Ms. Diane Birch◊◊ Darcy & Sheila Farrell◊ Chris Koabel Mr. Kim Birchard & Mrs. Carol Dorman◊◊ Mr. Derek Ferguson Mr. Elmer Rob Koppel◊◊ Ms. Melynda Bitzos◊ Jaymar Jimenez Figueroa Olga Kopti◊◊ Mrs. A. Blom◊◊ Russell C. Finch Ms. Henrietta Kostman Mrs. Jana Bogner Mrs. Rosario Flores◊ Catherine Kourkounakis John C Bonnycastle Alice Fox◊◊ Jaroslaw Kozlowski & Andrew Gotowiec Susan M. Borden◊◊ Ms. D.J. Fraser◊ Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg◊◊ Mr. & Ms. Peter & Judith Bowie Ms. Nancy Fung Mr. Wulfred I. Kronenberg Ms. Elspeth Bowler Mrs. and Mr. Beverley Galamaga◊◊ John and Ann Lang◊◊ Dorothy Novotny Brandenburg Mr. Douglas G. Gardner◊◊ Ms. Anita Lapidus◊ Mrs. Barbara Brandt Ms. Florence Gauthier Mrs. Carolyn Lawson◊ Christopher Bredt & Jamie Cameron◊◊ Mr. and Mrs. William Gibson Ms. and Mr. Wendy Lawson Ms. M.J. Breithaupt◊◊ Mr. Andrew Gillin Richard Lefebvre* & Stephen Murray Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Freda Brender◊◊ Mrs. Justine Giuliani Mr. Yakov Lerner* Dr. Ian and Mrs. Brindle◊ Ms. Wendy Glover◊ Clare & Susan Lewis Mr. Tristan Brookes Mr. Richard Goodman◊◊ Mr. Eric Lipka◊ Ms. Frances M. Broome Dr. and Mrs. R.M. Gorcynski◊ Sarina Livrizzi Dr. Sylvia & Mr. Klaus Brose◊ Ms. Heather Gordon◊ Mrs. Gay Loveland◊ Mr. Charles Brown◊◊ Mr. Laurent Goulet◊ Hubert Lum & Eve Leyerle◊
Artist of the Ballet. Photo by Sian Richards.
national.ballet.ca 37 Ms. Sharon Lymer◊◊ Mr. and Mrs. John Pildner◊◊ Ms. Kristin Taylor◊ Ms. Flora Macdonald◊◊ Mr. Archie Platt Ms. Margaret Taylor Ms. Nancy MacDonald◊ Stephanie Porter Doretta Thompson & Caroline Law Mr. John MacIver◊◊ Ms. Jane Pound◊ Mr. Lyubokyr Tomchuk Pamela & William MacKenzie◊◊ Mr. David Purcell◊ Mrs. H. Tregenza◊ Ms. Sandra MacNaughton Mr. Chris Purdye Barbara & Marlow Tucker◊ Ms. Gail MacRae Alexa & Jane Rakochevich Mr. Berton Ung Ms. Bosko Madic◊ Dr. Gina S. Rakoff◊◊ Paul & Alison Uys◊ Ms. Susan Magee Ms. Katharyn Rayner Mr. Joel Van Arragon Ms. Emily H. Malnerich Mr. Peter Reeve-Newson◊◊ Ms. Carina Van Heyst◊◊ Miss Laurie Markus◊◊ Mr. Gordon A. Richardson◊◊ Mr. Robert Vanderloo Marcia S. Martin◊ Miss Jo Anne Richardson Ms. Maija Vilcins Patricia L. Martin◊ Mr. Noah Richler The Very Reverend Peter Wall & Mary, Maya and Michael Meghan Robertson◊ Anne Harvey◊ G. Massey Derick Robinson Ms. Donna Walsh Fred Mattocks Ms. Sharilyn Robinson Mr. John Walter◊ Ms. Arlene Mayers Ms. Sevillya Rosen Sand Mrs. Germaine Warkentin◊◊ Ms. Barbara McCreath◊ Mrs. Alexandra Rozier-Flynn Mr. Gordon Warme◊◊ Audrey McDonald Mrs. Leeann Russell Edye Rome Webster◊ Ms. Donalda McGeachy Miss Diane Ryley◊◊ Ms. Bev Wellman◊◊ Ms. Catherine McMillan◊ Joel Sachs Mr. Jacques Wensvoort◊ Robin Melnick◊ Ms. Harriet Sakuma◊ Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. West◊◊ Mrs. Susan Mertens◊◊ Mr. James Samuel Dr. Eleanor Westney Ingrid & Dan Mida Dr. Michael Sayer◊ Ms. Isabel Wheelwright◊ Colin & Meta Mills◊◊ Ms. Deborah Scott◊ Ms. Lyn Whitham Lynne & Paul Milnes◊ Mr. Charles Seminerio* Lynda Wilson Casa Muzeu Remo Ms. Denise Semple◊ Ms. Jennifer Wolff Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mongillo Mrs. Marjorie Sheridan Ms. Ethel M. Woods◊◊ John & Christine Moran Mrs. Christine Simpson◊ Barbara & Martin Worndl◊ Leslie J. Moran Mrs. Dorothy Sjogren◊◊ Mr. William Wray & Family Ms Heather Mundell Kathleen Skerrett Mr. Mitchell Wywiorski◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Nagel Ms. Miriam Skey◊ Ms. Judy Yamamoto◊ Laurie Nemetz*◊◊ Donald A. Smith◊◊ Christine Yankou Mr. & Mrs. James & Lynn Neufeld◊◊ R. Smith◊◊ Ms. Valerie Yearwood Ms. Carol Newall◊◊ Mr. Gary Smith Mr. Morden Yolles Mr. Devlan Nicholson Ms. Louise Smith Mr. David Young Mrs. Margaret Nightingale Mr. Robert Smith◊ Kathryn, Jeffrey, Karen and Ms. June Ntazinda Ms. Jane Spicer George Young Ms. Kathy O’Brien Mr. Kenneth Stephen◊◊ John Zigur◊◊ Ms. Janice Oliver Cheryl E. Stephenson◊◊ Mrs. Sharon Zuckerman Ms. Madeline Oquendo Mr. David Stephenson◊ 22 Anonymous Donors Ms. Lia Overs◊ Mr. and Ms. Alan Stewart Alfred Page & Ann Donaldson-Page Ms. Elizabeth Stewart◊◊ *Artists and Staff Mr. Peter M. Partridge◊ Ms. Sharon Stibbard ◊ Donor for 10 or more years Mrs. Anna Pataky◊ Miss Jannah Stone ◊◊ Donor for 20 or more years Ms. Lesley Paterson◊ Ian Strulovitch and Teresa Marin Estate of M.E Patterson◊◊ Dr. Doris Sutherland Mr. Barry Peacock Mrs. Judy Tanenbaum◊◊ The National Ballet of Canada thanks all Susan Pepper & William Harper◊◊ Mr. and Mrs. Herb Tanzer Fouetté, Pirouette and Plié level donors Louis Bernard Periatambee Ms. Terry Tator for their generous support. Nicola and Alexandra Perpick Ms. Agatha Tawaststjerna◊◊ Mrs. Margaret Perschy◊◊ Tony and Caley Taylor Family Fund Elyssa Phillips at the Toronto Foundation Nina & Terry Picton◊◊ Ms. Diane Taylor◊◊
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38 Turnout Young Professionals’ Programme (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2017)
Classic Plus ($600) Kristina Milbourn Alicia DeBoer Ms. Rania Ahmed Marisa Ortega Trina DeSa Miss Natalie Aziz Ms. Shanley Rainsberry Ms. Katherine Ferreira Marie-Pierre Bélanger D. Richardson Allison Freeman Mr. Michael Bushara Ms. Carolyn Slon Mr. Brian Gan Mr. Tim Dafoe Ms. Anastasia Solovieva Ms. Heather Gillesby Flora Do Ms. Maria Solovieva Ms. Amelia Guertin Melanie Dowhaniuk Mr. Jonathan Voigt Ms. Joegina Philip Ms. Katherine Hannemann Scott Wu Maggie Rei Marie Christine Joly Two Anonymous Donors Ms. Bridget Riberdy Tanner Kidd Sultan Sandur Linda K. Lee Classic ($360) Mrs. Olga Voigt Mr. Leo Lontok Miss Elena Aseeva Two Anonymous Donors Carmen I. Marron Ms. Alice Barnett Roy Ms. Karin McCaig Laura Blenkinsop Mr. Bryan McLeese Romina S. Cortellucci Foundation Donations (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2017)
$15,000 - $29,999 $2,000 - $4,999 The Azrieli Foundation The K. M. Hunter Charitable Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation Foundation The Young Family Foundation Hal Jackman Foundation $500 - $1,999 $5,000 - $14,999 Jackman Foundation S.M. Blair Family Foundation One Anonymous Donor Hope Charitable Foundation The Geoffrey H. Wood Foundation
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.
The Isobel Allen New Creations Fund The Joyce Lee Memorial Fund The American Friends of Canada Dancer Fund The Joan & Jerry Lozinski Fund The Appel Family Fund in Honour of Bram & Bluma Appel The Sarah & David Macdonald Fund The John & Margaret Bahen Fund supports the company’s The Anna McCowan-Johnson Dance Accessibility Fund Canadian tours. The Sylvia M. McPhee Dancer Fund The John & Claudine Bailey Fund The Sylvia M. McPhee Orchestra Fund The David & Kim Beatty Fund The TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The BMO Financial Group Fund The Julie & Ted Medland Fund The Mona Campbell Fund The Nancy Pencer Fund The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund The Sandra & Jim Pitblado Fund The Judith & Marshall Cohen Fund The Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Fund The Horst Dantz & Don Quick Dancer Wellness Fund The J.M. Doc Savage Fund for the RBC Apprentice The Paul & Adelle Deacon Fund Programme The Celia Franca Memorial Fund The Ada Slaight Fund The Kevin & Roger Garland Fund The Astrid Stec Fund for Apprentices The Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Fund The TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The Gail Hutchison Fund The Fran Taubkin Dancer Fund The Beryl & Richard Ivey Fund The David Tory Memorial Fund The Hal Jackman Foundation Fund The Andres Alexander Virro Memorial Fund The Anna & Don Johnson Fund The Volunteer Committee Build-a-Ballet Fund The James Kudelka Fund The Sonia & Arthur Labatt Fund Artist of the Ballet. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
national.ballet.ca 39 Celia Franca Society
The National Ballet is grateful to donors whose foresight in arranging a legacy gift, such as a bequest in a will or gift of life insurance, will help guarantee future artistic excellence. In appreciation of their deep belief in the power of dance, the National Ballet invites donors to enjoy special events and recognition through the Celia Franca Society, named in honour of the National Ballet’s illustrious founder to pay tribute to her vision, tenacity and passion. Celia Franca, 1960.
As of April 30, 2017 Lewis Hertzman Ms. Kiem Lan Njoo Elaine J. Adair Mr. James Hewson Tony Sylvestre & Lisa North Margaret Agar Christopher E. Horne, Esq. Marisa Ortega Vanessa Alexander Margo Howard Miss Dorothy M. Parr Reid Anderson* & Dieter Graefe Gail Hutchison Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado*, C.M. John Bailey* & Claudine Bailey Richard M. Ivey*, C.C. Dr. Linda Rabeneck Lynly & Trevor Bailie Joan F. Ivory*, C.M. Kenneth F. Read Ms. Katherine Barber Elsa Jackson Dr. John Reeve-Newson Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley Ishrani Jaikaran Peter Reeve-Newson Gillian & Kenneth Bartlett Ms. Agnes Jenkinson Diana Reitberger* Florence Sharpe Barwell Greg W. Johns Mr. Eddy Reitberger Professor Marion G. Bassett Stephen Johnson Margaret Riggin* Avie Bennett* Robert D. Johnston* Marie Angela Sampson David W. Binet* Ron & Nancy Johnston Mrs. Mary E. Sarjeant John R. Birkett Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont. Paul J. Savard Ms. Katherine Bischoping & Ross Petty Richard Ira Saxe Mrs. Gail Boire James Kerr & J. Linden Best Christine Scott Marnie Bracht Ms. Krista Kerr Kerry Skinner & David Wistow Mr. Douglas Bradley Mr. Elmer Rob Koppel Robert Smith Freda & Allan Brender Kathryn Kossow Larry S. Snyder Jennifer Burton* Andrea C. Kovats Karen Sparks* Patricia Campbell Gurney M. Kranz Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton Dr. Ann E. Camps Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg Carolyn & Gordon Ste. Croix Ms. Olga Cerge Elizabeth Kun Astrid M. Stec Professor Alfred L. Chan & Jessica Lindenfelser* & Cheryl E. Stephenson Mr. Michael Farewell Paul Lindenfelser Mrs. Frances M. Stretton Peng Chiang Mr. Eric Lipka Ann Sutton Marilyn Creighton Ms. Chung-Yee Loo Ronald Taber & Rowland Galbraith Jane Darville & Dr. Skip Bassford Janice Waud Loper & Judith Tait Elizabeth and Ted Davidson Dr. Warren McKinnon Veronica Tennant*, C.C., LL.D, D.Litt Jeanie A. Davis* Mr. Doug Lowry John Theo* Amanda Demers & Brian Collins Joan Lozinski & Jerry Lozinski* Mr. Nicholas Tomiuk Marilyn J. Doekes Sarah Macdonald & David Macdonald* Lennox Toppin* Art & Mary Douloff Tim MacDonald* & Michelle Morin Ms. Diane Torney Sherry Taylor Drew* Polly K. A. MacFarlane Robin Robinson* Maureen & James Dunn Nancy E. A Main Marje Koidu Virro Ardith Ekdahl & Elliott Whitby Mrs. Sue Matthews* Lenore Walters* Dena Feng Janice May Diana St. B. Weatherall Beverley Flint Marcia McClung* Karen Wierucki Lorne Fox Mrs. Barbara McKenney Jill & Geoffrey Williams Mr. Douglas G. Gardner Miss Jean McPhee Mr. John H. Williams Kevin J. Garland* Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee Ms. Ainslie Wood Ann (Kadrnka) Garnet Julie Medland* & Ted Medland Ms. Ethel M. Woods Stanley Gavlick Stephanie Meredith Ms. Vivien M. Wu Susan Gerhard Ms. Elizabeth Metcalfe Mr. Denny Young* Maxine Goldberg Sigmund & Elaine Mintz Veronica Zufelt* Mr. Donald D. Grant Mrs. Joan Moes 39 Anonymous Donors Carol Guppy L.J. Nagel & Stan Solomon G. Michael Hale & C.N. Jacobsen Marina Nawrocki* *Current and Former Artists, Dr. Ronald M. Haynes Ms. Janis Neilson* Staff and Board Members W.R. Herridge* Laurie Nemetz* 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.
BMO Financial Group presents TD Bank Group presents RBC Apprentice Programme A Streetcar Named Desire The Nutcracker and Nutcracker Story Time
Onegin is presented MAD HOT BALLET Thomson Reuters presents by Chloé Gala Lead Sponsor Cinderella
Genus and The Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. Concert is presented Presents Swan Lake by KPMG
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Corporate Council May 1, 2016 – April 30, 2017 Corporate Executive Corporate Associate Corporate Donor ($5,000 - $14,999) ($2,000 - $4,999) ($500 - $1,999) Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund Four Seasons Hotels Cartier Place Hotel Power Corporation of Canada and Resorts Reitmans Incorporated Uniglobe Plus Travel Group
national.ballet.ca 41 The National Ballet of Canada
Board of Directors The National Ballet of Executive Assistant to Resident Pilates Teacher Payroll and Benefits Manager As of October 26, 2016 Canada, Endowment the Artistic Director/ Je-an Salas Jenny Mah Foundation Board of Administrative Manager Chair Directors Jennifer Bennett Darbyshire Urgent Care Manager, Human Resources † David W. Binet As of October 13, 2016 Dr. Janice Weiss Kathleen Matatya Scheduling Coordinator Vice Chair Chair Sophie Letendre Naturopathic Doctor Manager, Human Resources Cornell C.V. Wright David Macdonald Dr. Melissa Piercell (Interim) Company Management Nikki Johnston Gail Appel President Assistant Consulting Physician John Bailey Barry Hughson Sarita Dotan Dr. Julia Alleyne Chief of Staff/Executive Susanne Boyce Assistant to the Executive Jane Darville Vice-President Guest Répétiteurs Consulting Chiropractor Director Stephen Delaney Karen Kain, C.C. Dr. Cameron Borody Stephen Word Marlene DelZotto The Winter’s Tale The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Treasurer Jacquelin Barrett Consulting Foot Specialist/ Board Secretary Senator Ray Forzley Chiropodist Pamela Ouzounian Bronwen Evans Onegin Dr. Nicholas Durand, Sandra Faire Secretary Reid Anderson D.Pod.M. General Accountants Greta Hodgkinson, ex officio Pamela Ouzounian Sandra Gandola, CB Nancy Holland Genus Consulting Ophthalmologist Daisy Lee Barry Hughson, ex officio Director of Development Antoine Vereecken Dr. Michael Easterbrook Demitrios Prevenas Karen Kain, C.C., ex officio Diana Reitberger, CFRE Li Ye, CPA, CGA Krista Kerr The Concert Consulting Dental Surgeon Shu Zhang, CPA, CGA Judith Lawrie David Banks Jean-Pierre Frohlich Dr. Lancelot Brown Janet Lewell David Binet Manager, Software and The National Ballet of Canada is Philip Lieberman Ed Esposto A Streetcar Named Desire Applications grateful to the Sports Medicine Lucille Joseph Laura Cazzaniga Mohiuddin Faruqe Jerry Lozinski Specialists (150 Eglinton Avenue David Macdonald Krista Kerr Tamas Detrich East, Toronto); the University Ryan McNally Jerry Lozinski Health Network, Department Senior Business Analyst Donna Meyers Sue Matthews Guest Teachers and Coaches of Orthopaedics and Sports Fernando Margueirat Medicine; and the Medcan Clinic Linda O’Leary Vanessa Morgan Aleksandar Antonijevic (150 York Street, Toronto) for their James Pitblado, C.M. Filip Barankiewicz Solutions Developer David Pell, ex officio continued support of the Dancer Nancy Pencer Mercedes Bernardez Health and Wellness Programme; Kruti Shah Jack Petch, ex officio Artistic Herve Courtain and to those physicians who have Lynda Prince Michel Faigaux generously donated their time to Systems Administrator The National Ballet of Canada. Robbie J. Pryde Artistic Director Curtis Foley Andrew Anderson Jessica Ray Karen Kain, C.C. Matjash Mrozewski Gretchen Ross Tatiana Tchernova Music Systems Coordinator Victor R. Royce Associate Artistic Director Kartik Narielwala Music Director and John B. Simcoe Christopher Stowell Dancer Wellness Principal Conductor Mavis Staines, C.M., ex officio Programme Facilities Manager David Briskin Robert Stephen, ex officio Artistic Administrator Emil Mishriky Daniel F. Sullivan Gerard Roxburgh Director of Dancer Wellness Principal Pianist Noreen Taylor Marla Pichler Building Maintenance Principal Artistic Coach Janis Neilson Supervisor Honourary Board Magdalena Popa Company Sports Medicine Henry Martins As of October 26, 2016 Physician Pianists Artistic Director, YOU dance/ Dr. Michael Clarfield Edward Connell Receptionist Andrei Streliaev Avie Bennett, C.C., O.Ont. Principal Ballet Master Seta Nigoghossian Zhenya Yesmanovich Judith Cohen Lindsay Fischer Company Orthopaedic Judi Conacher Surgeon Communications Orchestra Personnel Missy Crosbie Artist-in-Residence Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris Manager and Music Jeanie Davis Rex Harrington, O.C. Director of Communications Administrator Sherry Taylor Drew Company Physician Julia Drake Raymond Tizzard James Fleck, C.C. Senior Ballet Master (Family & Sports Medicine) Kevin Garland Peter Ottmann Dr. Julia Hamilton Senior Associate Director, Librarian William Harris Communications Lucie Parent William Herridge, Q.C. Senior Ballet Mistress Performance Psychologist Belinda Bale Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Mandy-Jayne Richardson Dr. Doug Misener Paul O’Donoghue Administration Associate Director, Rose Patten Choreographic Associates Company Athletic Therapist Audience and Donor Executive Director Aaron Regent Robert Binet Paul Papoutsakis Services Barry Hughson Robin Robinson Guillaume Côté Veronica McLellan Susan Scace Company Physiotherapist Chief Financial Officer Noreen Taylor, Pointe Shoe Manager/ Ginette Hamel Senior Manager, (Interim) The National Ballet of Assistant Ballet Mistress Audience and Donor Ray Forzley Canada / Honourary Board Lorna Geddes Company Massage Services Liaison Therapists Bethany Bleile Brian Bastedo Director of Technology Ron Mulesa Christopher Sonnemann
42 Senior Manager, Corey MacEachern Executive Assistant to the Property Supervisor Communications Anne Meighan Director of Development John Miracle Catherine Chang Rhiann Moore Margie Pacini Patty Pedersen Resident Scenic Artist Senior Manager, Rafael Renderos Coordinator, Individual Kelly Palmer Interactive & Marketing Ksenia Sabouloua Giving Operations Hannah Saunders Klim Khomenko Assistant Scenic Artist Stephen Cunningham Devin Upham Mark Reid Coordinators, Special Events Director, In Studio Administrative Assistant, Arielle Di Leo Properties constructed at the Kate Kernaghan Telesales Nazia Habiba National Ballet Workshop by William Bruce members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 828. Senior Manager of Telesales Coordinator, James Pereira Telesales Representatives Communications Wardrobe Stephan Carmichael Denais Peluch Archives Manager Aleksandra Maslennikova Wardrobe Supervisor Caitlin Dyer Joyce McKerrow Coordinator, Administration Marjory Fielding Brian Ravok Lucy White Manager, Audience and Sara Jane Strickland Wardrobe Coordinator Donor Services Angela Thompson Production Barbara de Kat Susan Eissler Asna Wise Production Director Assistant to the Wardrobe Manager of Telesales Development James Thornley Supervisor Alison Moss Stacy Dimitropoulos Director of Development Associate Director of Education and Outreach Diana Reitberger, CFRE Production Resident Cutters Manager Yvette Drumgold Ruth Bartel* Lisa Robinson Associate Director of Christine Audet Development, Major Gifts Technical Director Christopher Read Publicity Manager Kate Halpenny Barney Bayliss Victoria Schwarzl Assistant to Cutters Senior Manager, Stage Managers Susan Howse Marketing Operations Development Jeff Morris Manager Communications Liliane Stilwell Assistant Wardrobe Madeline Wong, CPA, CMA John Hart Coordinator Stage Manager, YOU dance Grant Heaps* Graphic Designer Senior Manager, Development Maureen Callaghan Kiyomi Hidaka Carmen Wagner Operations Robert Gazzoli Leah Heidenheim† Lighting Coordinator Media Officer Jeff Logue Costume Rental Coordinator Ashley Haraburda Senior Manager, Major Gifts Mary Hurley Joanna Ivey Master Carpenter Web and Digital Media Paul McNamara Wig and Make-up Supervisor Officer Senior Manager, Legacy Charles Seminerio Sean Leonard Giving Head Electrician Richard Lefebvre Stephen O’Connor Footwear Coordinator Archives Intern Lacey Hammond Harrington Elisabeth Dobson Senior Manager, Corporate Property Master Partnerships Michael Ellenton Stitchers † Communications Intern Susan Rutledge Victoria Arnold Katelyn Welfred Assistant Carpenter Carolyn Kasperski Manager, Special Events James Fulton Lisa Novielli Artist Educator Rebecca Hodge Annemarie Cabri Assistant Carpenter/Flyman Additional Stitchers Manager, Individual Giving Geoff Kay Shelia Ramsay Coordinator, Audience Deanna Underwood Sophie King-Hylsop and Donor Services Assistant Electricians Andrea Healy Officers,Major Gifts Ron Gorveatt Footwear Assistant Marielle Bryck Chris Brooks Leslie Brown Supervisor, Audience and Amy McMullen Donor Services Production Workshop † Maternity/Parental Leave Heidi Reimer Officer, Writer * On Leave of Absence Caroline Dickie Construction Supervisor Audience and Donor Sandy Middleton Services Representatives Officer, Research Abbas Abbas Laurie Nemetz Assistant Carpenter Adam Bernhardt Larry Pratt Jill Brooks Officer, Individual Giving Denis Couillard Marc Cormier Scenery constructed at the National Ballet Workshop by Michael Cursio members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 58. Ceridwen Kingstone Chelsea La Vecchia
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Harrison James and Elena Lobsanova in The Dreamers Ever Leave You. Photo by Karolina Kuras.