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Ballet Notes Swan Lake March 8 – 16, 2014 Xiao Nan Yu and McGee Maddox. Photo by Bruce Zinger. Orchestra Violin 1 Oboes Stephen Sitarski, Mark Rogers, Principal Guest Concertmaster Karen Rotenberg Lynn Kuo, Assistant Lesley Young, English Horn Concertmaster Clarinets Anne Armstrong+ Max Christie, Principal James Aylesworth Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet Jennie Baccante Colleen Cook+ Bethany Bergman+ Emily Marlow* Celia Franca, C.C., Founder Sheldon Grabke* Nancy Kershaw* Bassoons George Crum, Music Director Emeritus Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Stephen Mosher, Principal Karen Kain, C.C. Barry Hughson Csaba Koczó Jerry Robinson Artistic Director Executive Director Yakov Lerner Elizabeth Gowen, Jayne Maddison Contra-Bassoon David Briskin Rex Harrington, O.C. Wendy Rogers Horns Music Director and Artist-in-Residence Paul Zevenhuizen Principal Conductor Gary Pattison, Principal Violin 2 Vincent Barbee* Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer Dominique Laplante, Derek Conrod Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director, + Principal Second Violin Diane Doig YOU dance / Ballet Master Aaron Schwebel, Christine Passmore+ Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne Assistant Principal Scott Wevers Senior Ballet Master Richardson Xiao Grabke Trumpets Senior Ballet Mistress Hiroko Kagawa+ Richard Sandals, Principal Rene London+ Aleksandar Antonijevic, Guillaume Côté, Mark Dharmaratnam + Ron Mah Matthew Golding , Greta Hodgkinson, Evan McKie*, Philip Sequin+ Aya Miyagawa Svetlana Lunkina*, Heather Ogden, Sonia Rodriguez, Robert Weymouth Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone, Xiao Nan Yu Filip Tomov + Kevin D. Bowles, Lorna Geddes, Sonia Vizante Trombones Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Rebekah Rimsay, Joanna Zabrowarna David Archer, Principal Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan Robert Ferguson Violas David Pell, Bass Naoya Ebe, Keiichi Hirano, Tanya Howard, Angela Rudden, Principal Trombone Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Josh Greenlaw, Assistant Patrick Lavoie, Elena Lobsanova, McGee Maddox, Tuba Stacey Shiori Minagawa, Tina Pereira, Principal Jonathan Renna, Robert Stephen Valerie Kuinka Sasha Johnson, Principal Johann Lotter Skylar Campbell, Jordana Daumec, Harp Nicholaos Papadakis+ Alexandra MacDonald, Chelsy Meiss, Lucie Parent, Principal Tiffany Mosher, Jenna Savella, Brendan Saye, Beverley Spotton Christopher Stalzer, Dylan Tedaldi Larry Toman Tympani Michael Perry, Principal James Applewhite, Jack Bertinshaw, Trygve Cumpston, Cellos Shaila D’Onofrio, Krista Dowson, Nadine Drouin, Jackson Dwyer, Maurizio Baccante*, Percussion Hannah Fischer, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Giorgio Galli, Tim Francom, Principal Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Emma Hawes, Juri Hiraoka, Principal Ji Min Hong, Kathryn Hosier, Rui Huang, Harrison James, Marianne Pack, Acting Kristofer Maddigan Lise-Marie Jourdain, Larissa Khotchenkova, Miyoko Koyasu, Principal Mark Mazur James Leja, Elizabeth Marrable, Shino Mori, Jaclyn Oakley, + Peter Cosbey Orchestra Personnel Andreea Olteanu, Asiel Rivero, Joseph Steinauer, Nan Wang, Mary-Katherine Finch+ Aarik Wells, Sarah Elena Wolff Manager and Music Olga Laktionova* Administrator RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Andrew McIntosh* Rhiannon Fairless, Liana Macera, Elenora Morris, Felix Paquet, Raymond Tizzard Meghan Pugh, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato. Martin ten Kortenaar, Elaine Thompson Mimi Tompkins, Ethan Watts Jill Vitols+ Librarian Paul Widner Lucie Parent Robert Binet Lorna Geddes Guillaume Côté Pointe Shoe Manager / Basses Assistant to the Music Choeographic Associates Assistant Ballet Mistress Hans J.F. Preuss, Director Principal Jean Verch Ernest Abugov Joysanne Sidimus Paul Langley Jeff Morris Guest Balanchine * On Leave of Absence Robert Speer + Additional Musician Stage Managers Répétiteur Cary Takagaki Peter Sherk Flutes Stage Manager, YOU dance Leslie J. Allt, Principal * Principal Guest Artist Maria Pelletier +Guest Artist Shelley Brown, Piccolo Maternity leave Page 2 national.ballet.ca Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30 pm Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 pm Friday, March 14 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 15 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 pm Conductor: Earl Stafford, Guest Conductor Swan Lake Presented by Choreography: James Kudelka, O.C. Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Robert Thomson Répétiteurs: Magdalena Popa, Peter Ottmann, Mandy-Jayne Richardson, Rex Harrington, Aleksandar Antonijevic and Lindsay Fischer World Premiere: The National Ballet of Canada, May 5, 1999, Hummingbird Centre (now Sony Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto Swan Lake is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. and Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, C.M. Jonathan Renna with Artists of the Ballet. Photo by Nancy Paiva. Jordana Daumec, Tiffany Mosher, Chelsy Meiss and Jenna Savella. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Page 3 The Cast Siegfried The Queen Evan McKie+ (March 8, 13, 16) Alejandra Perez-Gomez (March 8, 9, 13, 14, 16) McGee Maddox (March 9, 14) Rebekah Rimsay (March 12, 15) Piotr Stanczyk (March 12, 15 mat) Guillaume Côté (March 15 eve) The Tutor Tomas Schramek or Hazaros Surmeyan Odette /Odile Svetlana Lunkina+ (March 8, 13, 16) Lady in Waiting Xiao Nan Yu (March 9, 14) Lorna Geddes Sonia Rodriguez (March 12, 15 mat) Greta Hodgkinson (March 15 eve) ACT II Rothbart Four Little Swans Patrick Lavoie (March 8, 13, 16) Jenna Savella or Shino Mori, Jordana Daumec Etienne Lavigne (March 9, 14) or Tina Pereira or Stacey Shiori Minagawa James Leja (March 12, 15 mat) or Ji Min Hong, Chelsy Meiss or Rui Huang, Jonathan Renna (March 15 eve) Tiffany Mosher or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo ACT I Two Swans Kathryn Hosier or Nadine Drouin or The Fool Krista Dowson, Juri Hiraoka or Robert Stephen (March 8, 12, 15 eve) Alejandra Perez-Gomez Keiichi Hirano (March 9, 14) Dylan Tedaldi (March 13, 15 mat, 16) Swans Artists of the Ballet Servants Felix Paquet or Ethan Watts, INTERMISSION Martin ten Kortenaar or Ben Rudisin ACT III A Wench Tanya Howard (March 8, 15 eve) Hungarian Princess Stephanie Hutchison (March 9, 14) Tina Pereira (March 8, 13, 15 eve) Jenna Savella (March 12, 15 mat) Rebekah Rimsay (March 9) Jordana Daumec (March 13, 16) Stephanie Hutchison (March 12, 16) Selene Guerrero-Trujillo (March 14, 15 mat) Benno Naoya Ebe (March 8, 13, 15 eve, 16) Hungarian Ambassador Jack Bertinshaw* (March 9, 12, 14, 15 mat) Hazaros Surmeyan Knights Russian Princess Etienne Lavigne or Patrick Lavoie or Stacey Shiori Minagawa (March 8, 13, 15 eve) Nan Wang, Skylar Campbell or Kota Sato, Chelsy Meiss (March 9, 14) Harrison James or Ethan Watts, Elena Lobsanova (March 12, 15 mat, 16) Jack Bertinshaw or Joseph Steinauer or Felix Paquet or James Leja, Dylan Tedaldi or Russian Ambassador Nan Wang or Robert Stephen, James Leja or Jonathan Renna Jackson Dwyer or Ben Rudisin, Jonathan Renna or Trygve Cumpston, Spanish Princess Francesco Gabriele Frola or Keiichi Hirano Tiffany Mosher (March 8, 15 eve) Kathryn Hosier (March 9) Tanya Howard (March 12, 14) Jenna Savella (March 13, 16) Alejandra Perez-Gomez (March 15 mat) Page 4 national.ballet.ca Spanish Ambassador ACT IV Tomas Schramek Four Swans Italian Princess Kathryn Hosier or Ji Min Hong, Hannah Jillian Vanstone (March 8, 12, 13, 15 eve) Fischer or Tiffany Mosher or Chelsy Meiss, Jordana Daumec (March 9, 15 mat) Alexandra MacDonald or Sarah Elena Wolff Shino Mori (March 14, 16) or Larissa Khotchenkova, Krista Dowson or Nadine Drouin Italian Ambassador Kevin D. Bowles Swans Artists of the Ballet Knights Artists of the Ballet * Debut Company Debut + Ladies Principal Guest Artist Artists of the Ballet All casting is subject to change. Synopsis Prologue An ominous mood blankets a desolate land- scape. 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. Guillaume Côté. Photo by David Cooper. Page 5 The Queen enters in a ceremonial procession ACT II: The Marsh and expresses to Siegfried her wish that he Pursuing the swans, Siegfried is separated from marry. Her insistence, however, only serves to Benno and finds himself alone in a mist-laden deepen the Prince’s melancholy and reinforce marsh. He encounters Rothbart, the menacing the sense of estrangement he feels from court figure from the prologue, now in an earthly society. His friend, Benno, attempts to raise guise. Rothbart initially threatens Siegfried, but his spirits in a series of lighthearted dances with suddenly changes his demeanour by tempting the fool and the wench, but they have little him with a beautiful swan, Odette. Siegfried is effect. Benno's efforts are followed by more captivated by the swan’s radiant and unearthly dances involving