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KAREN KAIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PRESENTS national.ballet.ca Alexandra MacDonald is sponsored through Dancers First by an anonymous donor. Alexandra MacDonald, Andreas Kaas and Félix Paquet with Artists of the Ballet. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Félix Paquet is sponsored through Dancers First by Stephen Delaney. Come and Discover the Difference Please join us at our Open House CRESTWOOD PREPARATORY COLLEGE Grades 7 to 12 OPEN HOUSE January 13th, 9 a.m. - Please RSVP 217 Brookbanks Dr. Toronto, 416.391.1441 Personal Tours Available by Appointment Crestwood is a co-ed, independent, non-denominational school www.crestwood.on.ca cis December 12, 2015—January 3, 2016 Choreography and Libretto: James Kudelka. O.C. Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Designs: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Canada’s National Ballet School Rehearsal Director: Laurel Toto, assisted by Patrick Kastoff Répétiteurs: Peter Ottmann, Mandy-Jayne Richardson, Magdalena Popa, Rex Harrington, Lindsay Fischer and Lorna Geddes Conductors: David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor (Dec 12 mat/eve, 13 mat, 16, 18, 19 mat, 20 mat/eve, 22 eve, 23 mat, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve) Gordon Gerrard, Guest Conductor (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve, 22 mat, 23 eve, 27 mat/eve, 29 mat/eve, Jan 2 mat, 3) This production of The Nutcracker is dedicated to Celia Franca and Betty Oliphant. With respect, admiration and gratitude. J.K. Made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Lawrence & Ann Heisey and an anonymous friend of the National Ballet. Contents 6 Cast 8 Synopsis 10 The Nutcracker: 20 Years of Magic 12 The Nutcracker: By the Numbers 14 Selected Biographies 20 Dancers 34 Nutcracker Activities The National Ballet of Canada Programme Editors: Julia Drake and Belinda Bale | Design: Kyle Greenwood Advertising and Printing: Mirvish Media Jurgita Dronina. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic, 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 Rex Harrington, O.C. Music Director and Artist-in-Residence Principal Conductor Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer Principal Artistic Artistic Director, Coach YOU dance / Principal Ballet Master Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne Richardson Senior Ballet Master Senior Ballet Mistress Guillaume Côté, Jurgita Dronina, Naoya Ebe, Greta Hodgkinson, Elena Lobsanova, Svetlana Lunkina, McGee Maddox, 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, Harrison James, Chelsy Meiss, Tina Pereira, Jenna Savella, Robert Stephen, Dylan Tedaldi Jack Bertinshaw, Hannah Fischer, Emma Hawes, Kathryn Hosier, Alexandra MacDonald, Tiffany Mosher*, Brent Parolin, Brendan Saye Trygve Cumpston, Erika Delponte, Shaila D’Onofrio, Rhiannon Fairless, Giorgio Galli, Christopher Gerty, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Spencer Hack, Rui Huang, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Soo Ah Kang, Larissa Khotchenkova, Miyoko Koyasu, Elizabeth Marrable, Timoteo Mock, Shino Mori, Jaclyn Oakley, Andreea Olteanu, Félix Paquet, Meghan Pugh, Alec Roberts, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Laurynas Vejalis, Nan Wang, Ethan Watts RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Eric Beckham, Jimmy Coleman, Eric da Silva, Eleanor Frith, Jeannine Haller, Lauren Janeway, Clare Peterson, Charlotte Reid, Andrew Tomlinson, Isaac Wright Robert Binet Lorna Geddes Joysanne Sidimus Guillaume Côté Pointe Shoe Manager / Guest Balanchine Choreographic Associates Assistant Ballet Mistress Répétiteur Jeff Morris Michael Lewandowski Liliane Stillwell Assistant Stage Manager * Maternity/Parental Leave Stage Managers 4 Orchestra David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor Violin 1 Elaine Thompson Trombones Aaron Schwebel, Concertmaster Marianne Pack David Archer, Principal Lynn Kuo, Assistant Concertmaster Andrew McIntosh Robert Ferguson Anne Armstrong + Jill Vitols + Dave Pell, Bass Trombone James Aylesworth Paul Widner Jennie Baccante Tuba Sheldon Grabke Basses Sasha Johnson, Principal Nancy Kershaw Hans. J.F. Preuss, Principal Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Robert Speer, Acting Assistant Principal Harp Yakov Lerner Brian Baty + Lucie Parent, Principal Jayne Maddison Tom Hazlitt Wendy Rogers Paul Langley Tympani Paul Zevenhuizen Greg Sheldon + Michael Perry, Principal Violin 2 Flutes Celeste Dominique Laplante, Principal Second Leslie J. Allt, Principal Edward Connell Violin Shelley Brown * Andrei Streliaev Csaba Koczó, Acting Assistant Principal Maria Pelletier 2nd Violin Kevin O’Donnell, Piccolo Percussion Aya Miyagawa Kristofer Maddigan, Acting Principal Bethany Bergman + Oboes Mark Mazur Xiao Grabke * Mark Rogers, Principal Shelia Jaffe + Karen Rotenberg Orchestra Personnel Manager Hiroko Kagawa + Lesley Young, English Horn and Music Administrator Jamie Kruspe + Raymond Tizzard Rene London + Clarinets Ron Mah Max Christie, Principal Librarian Filip Tomov Colleen Cook + Lucie Parent Ashley Vandiver + Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet Sonia Vizante + Emily Marlow * *On Leave of Absence Joanna Zabrowarna Bassoons +Additional Musician Violas Stephen Mosher, Principal Angela Rudden, Principal Jerry Robinson Joshua Greenlaw, Assistant Principal Elizabeth Gowen, Contra-Bassoon Shannon Knights + Valerie Kuinka Horns Johann Lotter Gary Pattison, Principal Rory McLeod + Vincent Barbee Nicholaos Papadakis + Derek Conrod Beverley Spotton Diane Doig + Larry Toman * Christine Passmore + Scott Wevers Cellos Maurizio Baccante, Principal Trumpets Peter Cosbey + Richard Sandals, Principal Alastair Eng + Mark Dharmaratnam Mary Katherine Finch + Robert Weymouth Olga Laktionova national.ballet.ca 5 Cast ACT I Parents, Children, Aunts, Uncles, Servants, Bears Scene 1, A Barn and a Horse Artists of The National Ballet of Canada+^ and Peter, a stable boy Students of Canada’s National Ballet School Skylar Campbell (Dec 12 mat, 23 mat, 28, Jan 2 eve) Guillaume Côté (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve) Scene 2, The Battle of the Tsar of the Mice Evan McKie (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat) Piotr Stanczyk (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve) The Nutcracker Naoya Ebe* (Dec 19 mat, 20 eve, 30) Skylar Campbell (Dec 12 mat, 23 mat, 28, Jan 2 eve) Harrison James* (Dec 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3) Guillaume Côté (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve) McGee Maddox (Dec 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat) Evan McKie (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat) Piotr Stanczyk (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve) Marie Naoya Ebe* (Dec 19 mat, 20 eve, 30) Maya Fazzari Harrison James* (Dec 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3) (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve) McGee Maddox (Dec 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat) Jacqueline Sugianto (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3) The Tsar of the Mice Emily Piotrowski (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 22 eve, 29 eve) Kota Sato or Dylan Tedaldi or Jack Bertinshaw or Pravda Tranfield Ethan Watts (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, Jan 2 mat) Misha, Marie’s brother Baby Mice Students of Canada’s National Ballet School (Associates Max Raszewski (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve) Programme) Adam Hone (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3) Ethan Clarisey (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 22 eve, 29 eve) Dogs, Cats and Mice Andrew Larose Students of Canada’s National Ballet and participating (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, Jan 2 mat) schools listed on page 7. Baba, Marie and Misha’s nurse Goat and Rooster Alejandra Perez-Gomez Students of Canada’s National Ballet School (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat) Rebekah Rimsay Scene 3, The Land of Snow (Dec 12 eve, 16, 19 eve, 22 eve, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve) Stephanie Hutchison* (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 23 eve, 27 eve) Snow Queen and her Icicles Andreea Olteanu Alexandra MacDonald, Brent Parolin, Nan Wang (Dec 13 eve, 17, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3) (Dec 12 mat, 19 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 eve) Xiao Nan Yu, Ben Rudisin*, Brendan Saye Marie and Misha’s parents (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve) Tanya Howard or Stephanie Hutchison or Alejandra Elena Lobsanova, Brent Parolin, Nan Wang Perez-Gomez or Alexandra MacDonald (Dec 13 mat, 18, 22 mat) Tanya Howard, Giorgio Galli, Jack Bertinshaw Etienne Lavigne or Brent Parolin or Brendan Saye (Dec 13 eve, 17, 23 mat) Emma Hawes*, Ben Rudisin*, Brendan Saye Uncle Nikolai (Dec 19 mat, 23 eve, 29 mat, Jan 3) Hannah Fischer*, Harrison James, Félix Paquet Jonathan Renna (Dec 12 mat, 13 mat, 18, 19 mat, 20 mat) (Dec 20 mat, 28, Jan 2 mat) Robert Stephen (Dec 12 eve, 16, 20 eve, 22 eve, 28, 30) Jenna Savella, Giorgio Galli, Jack Bertinshaw Dylan Tedaldi (Dec 13 eve, 17, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3) (Dec 20 eve, 27 mat, 30) Jack Bertinshaw* (Dec 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat) Snow Maidens Piotr Stanczyk (Dec 23 mat, Jan 2 eve) Artists of The National Ballet of Canada^ Unicorns Students of Canada’s National Ballet School 6 INTERMISSION A Flock of Lambs Students of Canada’s National Ballet School ACT II (Associates Programme) The Palace of the Sugar Plum Fairy A Fox Courtiers, Guards, Ladies-in-Waiting Dylan Tedaldi (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 30) Students of Canada’s National Ballet School Giorgio Galli (Dec 12 eve, 16, 18, 22 eve, 28, Jan 2 eve) Skylar Campbell (Dec 13 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat) The Sugar Plum Fairy Robert Stephen (Dec 13 eve, 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve) Jillian Vanstone (Dec 12 mat, 23 mat, 28,
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