Giselle June 15—19, 2016 Presented by National.Ballet.Ca Jurgita Dronina
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Celebrating 10 Years as Artistic10 Director 2015 /16 Season Giselle June 15—19, 2016 Presented by national.ballet.ca Jurgita Dronina. Photo by Alejandro Alvarez Cadilla. ESCAPE TO A WORLD OF WONDER Giselle June 15—19, 2016 Presented by Principal Dancer Jillian Vanstone Contents 9 Cast 10 A Note on the Ballet 12 Synopsis 14 Selected Biographies NOW PLAYING UNTIL OCTOBER • BUY NOW FOR BEST SEATS 18 Dancers stratfordfestival.ca The National Ballet of Canada Programme Editors: Julia Drake and Belinda Bale 1 • 844 • 835 • 9512 Design: Kyle Greenwood Advertising and Printing: Mirvish Media THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE By C.S. Lewis | Dramatized by Adrian Mitchell Directed by Tim Carroll With Sara Farb, Ruby Joy, André Morin, Gareth Potter, Tom McCamus, Yanna McIntosh Jillian Vanstone is sponsored through Dancers First by George & Kathy Dembroski. Photo: Don Dixon Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Date: May 05, 2016 Filename_ Version# SSF151837_LionWitchWardrobe_NBOC_JUNE2016_FNL Client: Stratford Artist: Josh Desc: 2016 Season Acct. Mgr: Melissa Pub: NBOC Insertion Date: June 2016 559 College Street, Suite 401 Trim: 6.5" x 9.25" Ship Date: 05 May 2016 Toronto, ON M6G 1A9 # Colours: 4C 416-323-3282 Bleed: 0.125" Safety/Live: 5.5" x 8.5" File Built at: 100% (1:1) PMS PMS INK DENSITY FOR NEWSPAPER: 240 INK DENSITY FOR MAGAZINE: 300 The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra Celia Franca, C.C., Founder David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor George Crum, Music Director Emeritus Violin 1 Andrew McIntosh Trumpets Aaron Schwebel, Concertmaster Elaine Thompson Richard Sandals, Principal Karen Kain, C.C. Barry Hughson Lynn Kuo, Assistant Concertmaster Jill Vitols + Mark Dharmaratnam Artistic Director Executive Director James Aylesworth Paul Widner Robert Weymouth * Jennie Baccante * David Briskin Magdalena Popa Sheldon Grabke Basses Trombones Music Director and Principal Conductor Principal Artistic Coach Nancy Kershaw Hans. J.F. Preuss, Principal David Archer, Principal Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Jonathan Yeoh, Assistant Principal Robert Ferguson Rex Harrington, O.C. Lindsay Fischer Yakov Lerner Robert Speer Dave Pell, Bass Trombone Artist-in-Residence Artistic Director, YOU dance / Jayne Maddison Paul Langley Principal Ballet Master Aya Miyagawa Tuba Wendy Rogers Flutes Sasha Johnson, Principal Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne Richardson Paul Zevenhuizen Leslie J. Allt, Principal Senior Ballet Master Senior Ballet Mistress Shelley Brown, Flute/Piccolo * Harp Violin 2 Maria Pelletier Lucie Parent, Principal Dominique Laplante, Principal Second Kevin O’Donnell, Flute/Piccolo + Guillaume Côté, Jurgita Dronina, Naoya Ebe, Greta Hodgkinson*, Elena Lobsanova, Svetlana Lunkina, Violin Tympani McGee Maddox, Evan McKie, Heather Ogden, Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone, Csaba Koczó, Acting Assistant Principal Oboes Michael Perry, Principal Xiao Nan Yu 2nd Violin Mark Rogers, Principal Bethany Bergman + Karen Rotenberg Percussion Lorna Geddes, Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Jonathan Renna, Xiao Grabke Lesley Young, English Horn Mark Mazur, Acting Principal Rebekah Rimsay, Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan Sheila Jaffé + Beverley Johnston + Ron Mah Clarinets Kristofer Maddigan * Skylar Campbell, Jordana Daumec, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Tanya Howard, Harrison James, Filip Tomov Max Christie, Principal Chelsy Meiss, Tina Pereira, Jenna Savella, Robert Stephen, Dylan Tedaldi Sonia Vizante + Colleen Cook + Orchestra Personnel Manager Joanna Zabrowarna Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet and Music Administrator Jack Bertinshaw, Hannah Fischer, Emma Hawes, Kathryn Hosier, Alexandra MacDonald, Tiffany Mosher, Emily Marlow * Raymond Tizzard Brent Parolin, Brendan Saye Violas Angela Rudden, Principal Bassoons Librarian Trygve Cumpston, Erika Delponte, Shaila D’Onofrio, Rhiannon Fairless, Giorgio Galli, Christopher Gerty, Joshua Greenlaw, Assistant Principal * Stephen Mosher, Principal Lucie Parent Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Spencer Hack, Rui Huang, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Soo Ah Kang, Larissa Khotchenkova, Valerie Kuinka, Acting Assistant Principal Gerald Robinson *On Leave of Absence Miyoko Koyasu, Elizabeth Marrable, Timoteo Mock, Shino Mori, Jaclyn Oakley, Andreea Olteanu, Félix Paquet, Carolyn Blackwell + Elizabeth Gowen, Contra-Bassoon +Additional Musician Meghan Pugh, Alec Roberts, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Donald Thom, Laurynas Vejalis, Nan Wang, Emily Eng + Ethan Watts Johann Lotter Horns Yosef Tamir + Gary Pattison, Principal RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Eric Beckham, Jimmy Coleman, Eric da Silva, Eleanor Frith, Larry Toman * Vincent Barbee Jeannine Haller, Lauren Janeway, Clare Peterson, Charlotte Reid, Andrew Tomlinson, Isaac Wright Derek Conrod * Cellos Christine Passmore + Robert Binet Joysanne Sidimus Jeff Morris Lorna Geddes Maurizio Baccante, Principal * Scott Wevers Guillaume Côté Guest Balanchine Liliane Stilwell Pointe Shoe Manager / Marianne Pack, Acting Principal Choreographic Associates Répétiteur Stage Managers Assistant Ballet Mistress Mary Katherine Finch + Olga Laktionova *maternity/parental leave 4 national.ballet.ca 5 Giselle Cast Act I Bathilde, Albrecht’s fiancée Conductor: David Briskin Stephanie Hutchison (June 15, 16 eve, 17, 18 eve) Choreography and Production: Sir Peter Wright after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa Albrecht, Count of Silesia, Alejandra Perez-Gomez (June 16 mat, 18 mat, 19) Based on the book by Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Gautier and Coralli disguised as Loys, a Villager Music: Adolphe Adam, revised by: Joseph Horovitz Harrison James† (June 15, 17, 19) Albrecht’s father, Duke of Silesia Set and Costume Design: Desmond Heeley Francesco Gabriele Frola* (June 16 mat) Jonathan Renna (June 15, 17, 18 mat) Lighting Design: Gil Wechsler McGee Maddox* (June 16 eve, 18 eve) Peter Ottmann (June 16, 18 eve, 19) Naoya Ebe (June 18 mat) Premiere: Paris Opéra Ballet, Paris, France, June 28, 1841 A Nobleman The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: April 16, 1970 Wilfred, his squire Brent Parolin Giorgio Galli (June 15, 17, 18 eve) Giselle was produced as a memorial to the late William P. Walker Jack Bertinshaw (June 16 mat, 18 mat, 19) Villagers, Pages and Courtiers and was made possible through the courtesy of many Ben Rudisin (June 16 eve) Artists of the Ballet + ^ generous friends of the National Ballet. Berthe, Giselle’s mother Intermission Lorna Geddes (June 15, 16 eve, 17, 18 eve) Rebekah Rimsay (June 16 mat, 18 mat, 19) Act II Hilarion, a forester Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis Running Time Piotr Stanczyk (June 15, 17, 18 eve) Heather Ogden (June 15, 17, 18 eve) Act I 50m Skylar Campbell* (June 16 mat, 18 mat) Hannah Fischer* (June 16 mat, 18 mat) Intermission 20m Jonathan Renna (June 16 eve, 19) Alexandra MacDonald* (June 16 eve, 19) Act II 50m Total (approx) 2h Giselle, a peasant girl Lead Wilis, Moyna and Zulme Svetlana Lunkina† (June 15, 18 eve) Jenna Savella, Tina Pereira (June 15, 18 eve) Jillian Vanstone (June 16 mat) Alexandra MacDonald, Emma Hawes (June 16 mat, 17) Xiao Nan Yu (June 16 eve) Jordana Daumec, Chelsy Meiss (June 16 eve, 18 mat, 19) Sonia Rodriguez (June 17) Elena Lobsanova* (June 18 mat) Wilis † ^ Heather Ogden is sponsored through Dancers First by Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin. Jurgita Dronina (June 19) Artists of the Ballet Heather Ogden. Photo by Bruce Zinger. Giselle’s friends * Debut Jenna Savella, Tina Pereira, Laurynas Vejalis, † Company Debut The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the support of the following: Donald Thom (June 15, 17, 18 eve) + Students of Canada’s National Ballet School appear by Jordana Daumec, Chelsy Meiss, Ethan Watts, kind permission of Artistic Director, Mavis Staines, C.M. Giorgio Galli (June 16 mat, 18 mat) ^ Includes additional dancer Antonella Martinelli by kind Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Rui Huang, permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association 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 Michael Coteau, Minister of Christopher Gerty, Ethan Watts (June 16 eve, 19) through the Department Tourism, Culture and Sport. The National Ballet of Canadian Heritage of Canada All casting is subject to change. 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. 6 national.ballet.ca 7 A Note on the Ballet: The Roles of Giselle and Albrecht an idealized peasant life or the fantastic, Giselle There is no right or wrong way to portray incorporated both. The ballet is set in two locales, Albrecht. Because Albrecht is a nobleman in which are set off in sharp contrast. Act I takes disguise, it might be assumed that he wishes to place in the peasant village, which is contrasted be freed from his elevated social position. It is with the moonlit forest glade of Act II. As well, also possible that he has grown alienated from the realism of Act I is contrasted with the fantasy his wealth and is seeking a more spiritual, simple elements of Act II. The first act incorporates bright and authentic existence. Or maybe he is a restless and lively mime and musical leitmotifs that develop dreamer who seeks a quaint diversion among the the drama. Before the end of Act I, Giselle’s mad peasants. scene begins the transition to Act II, in which