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 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 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: 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 Grand Pas de Trois and Gulnara Female Variation

Presented by: National Ballet School of Cuba

Choreography: after 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 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 Theatre Policy (DOT).