Mavis Staines Artistic Director & CEO ASSEMBLÉE INTERNATIONALE 2017 FROM 21 SCHOOLS: TRADITIONALLY TIMELESS TO CUTTING EDGE – PROGRAM A
Principal Performance Partner
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 7.30pm, 2017
Betty Oliphant Theatre 404 Jarvis Street, Toronto SERENADE Presented by: Canada’s National Ballet School
Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Staged by: Joysanne Sidimus Répétiteur: Martine Lamy Music: Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra arranged for piano by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lighting Design: Bonnie Beecher after Ronald Bates Costume Design: Karinska Rehearsal Pianists: Valentina Gurovsky, Marina Surgan
The performance of Serenade, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
Hannah Galway, Bomin Kim, Alexandra Hall
Ryan Tomash, Simon McNally
Ashton Gordon, Heather Lehan, Arielle Miralles, Daina Zolty
Camilla Agraso, Lauren Beauparlant, Rebekah Bloomfield, Isabelle Glavin, Sarah Herring, Hannah Law, Maxine Lee-Ewaschuk, QingLin Liu, Michaela Marrable, Olivia McAlpine, Mika Omori, Hyunjung Song, Kiyana Tam Von Burg
Tristan Brosnan, Jason Chen, Daniel Robertson-Styles, Charlie Skuy ROTO ROTO Presented by: EESA/CPD de l’Institut del Teatre (Barcelona)
Choreography: Juan Carlos Lérida Music: Asturias by Issac Albéniz, Arranged by: Marcin Patrzalek
Maria Fernández A CHANCE ENCOUNTER Presented by: Palucca University of Dance Dresden
Choreography: Anke Glasow Music: Deutsche Tänze mit Coda 7 Trios D90 by Franz Schubert Lighting: Jan Seeger Costumes: Martina Drieschner
Jasmine Arndt, Carl Becker BELLA FIGURA, OBEO CONCERTO DUET Presented by: Codarts Rotterdam
Choreography: Jirí Kylián Set by & Répétiteur: Brigitte Martin Music: Adagio from Oboe concerto D Minor by Alessandro Marcello Played by: Heinz Hollinger/Oboe Conducted by: Vittorio Negri Lights: Gernen van der Weert after Original Design by Jirí Kylián & Tom Bevoort Costumes: Joke Visser Premiered: November 12, 1995/Netherlands Dance Theatre/AT&T Danstheater/ Den Haag, The Netherlands
Filipa Amorim, Lukas Karvelis PAS DE SIX FROM NAPOLI Presented by: The Royal Danish Ballet School
Choreography: August Bournonville Music: Holger Simon Paulli
Ludwig Af Rosenborg, Ditte Baltzer, Sarah Klitgaard Knudsen, Emilie Paslgaard-Jensen, Lucas Praetorius, Emma Riis-Kofoed, Vincent Vernal
— 25 MINUTE INTERMISSION — PANORAMA Presented by: San Francisco Ballet School
Choreography: Myles Thatcher Music: Douwe Eisenga Lighting Designer: Jim French Costume Designer: Sylvie V. Rood
Ethan Chudnow, Noam Durand, Carmela Mayo, Swane Messaoudi, David Preciado, Maya Wheeler CURIOUS ALCHEMY Presented by: New Zealand School of Dance
Choreography: Loughlan Prior Music: Ludwig Van Beethoven String Quartet No.13 in B Flat Major, Presto Camille Saint-Saëns String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, Molto Allegro Quasi Presto
Jaidyn Cumming, Tabitha Dombroski, Saul Newport, Song Teng EXCERPT from LE CORSAIRE Grand Pas de Trois and Gulnara Female Variation
Presented by: National Ballet School of Cuba
Choreography: after Marius Petipa Music: Adolphe Adam
Katherine Ochoa Lipiz, Alejandro Olivera Cepeda, Fabiana Pérez Méndez, César Josué Ramirez Castellano
EXCERPT from CHALKBOARD MEMORIES Choreography: Demis Volpi Répétiteur: Shaun Amyot Music: performed by Nina Simone, I Loves You Porgy, Music and Lyrics: George and Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward African Mailman, Music and Lyrics: Nina Simone Original Lighting Designer: Aisling Sampson Costume Design: Robyn Clarke
Siphe November, Ryan Tomash, Daina Zolty ZIGUEZON Presented by: L’École supérieure de ballet du Québec
Choreography: Gioconda Barbuto (in collaboration with the dancers of L’École supérieure de ballet du Québec Music: La Ziguezon (Le p’tit porte-clé), Artist: La Bottine souriante, Album: Chic & Swell, 2001., Production house: Les productions Mille-Pattes
Valeriya Sharypkina, Étienne Gagnon-Delorme, Sarah-Maude Laliberté, Pierre-Émile Lemieux-Venne, Ethan Ponton, Catherine Toupin EXCERPT from PETITE SYMPHONIE Presented by: Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes-Mougins Rosella Hightower
Choreography: David Bombana Music: Franck Martin
Hinako Maetani, Enzo Convert PAS DE DEUX FROM REPLAY Presented by: Dutch National Ballet School
Choreography: Ted Brandsen Music: The Hours by Philip Glass
Replay/Ted Brandsen Thomas Leprohon; Lania Atkins
EXCERPT from A DANCE IN THE GARDEN OF MIRTH Presented by: Houston Ballet Academy
Choreography: Stanton Welch Music: Duffay Collective
Sasha Chernjavsky, Jessica He, Keaton Leier, Naazir Muhammad, Shaakir Muhammad, Nayeli Paez, McKhayla Pettingill, Divya Rea PERFORMANCE STAFF
Bonnie Beecher & Arun Srinivasan Co-Lighting Designers
Principal Pianist Dressers Marina Surgan Emma Zulkoskey & Sim Zuzer
Production & Theatre Operations Manager Wardrobe Interns Susan Worthington Emma Johnson, Joanna Lupker
Stage Manager Audio/Visual Technicians Sarah O‘Brien* Raymond Chi, Martin Edralin
Assistant Stage Manager Artistic Operations Coordinator Jennifer Lee Sylvia Medeiros
Production Associate Schedule Coordinator Bonnie Thomson Evelyn Campbell
Technical Director Physiotherapists Amenjit Khaira Jennifer Denys, Cynthia Roberts
Assistant Technical Director Sports Medicine Consultant Logan Cracknell Dr. Tim Rindlisbacher, Cleveland Clinic Canada Stage Crew Alessia Accurso, John Cabenela, Gabriel Podiatrist Cropley, Andre Edmond, David Fisher, Dr. Nicholas Durand, Sunnybrook Tristan Goethel, Ellen MacKay, Holland Orthopaedic & Arthritic Centre James McQuay, James Williston Venue Rentals & Front of House Manager Wardrobe Supervisor Lauren Pietrowski Robyn Clarke Front of House Captain & Rental Liason Cutter/Wardrobe Lead Molison Farmer Raegan Moore Box Office Wardrobe Assistant Christopher Douglas, Nicola Place Stephanie Medeiros, Renee Vroom
Footwear Bianca Laudadio
* The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT).