The National Ballet of Canada Summer 2015 Per forman ce

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Being and Nothingness Symphony #9 Piano Concerto #1

Greta Hodgkinson. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

#RatmanskyCote Conten ts 2 Stage Manager Ernie Abugov Retires After 42 Years 8 The National Ballet of Canada: Building Our Cultural Heritage by Caroline Dickie centre Today’s Performance 14 Dancer Biographies

First Soloist Keiichi Hirano. The National Ballet of Canada Summer 2015 Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Mr. Hirano retires this season after Per forman ce 16 years with the National Ballet.

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Stage Manager Ernie Abug ov Ernie Abugov Retires Ernie Abugov backstage backstage at ballet. The SM also assists the lighting designer in the on tour, 1980s. Alice’s Adventures After 42 Years placement of lighting changes (light cues) and compiles in Wonderland . Photo by Sian Richards. he National Ballet of Canada’s beloved Stage Manager a book of cues to be used during the performance and T Ernie Abugov retires at the end of the Summer Season produces cue sheets, i.e. paperwork used by crew members after 42 years. He has worked with every Artistic Director from to guide them during the ballet. Celia Franca to Karen Kain and has travelled with the company around the world touring to Israel, Asia, Europe, Mexico and What is happening backstage during a performance? throughout Canada and the US. Sheer chaos! Just a little joke. Unless something goes wrong Ernie took a break from rehearsals to answer a few (which is always a possibility), things are calm. The crew is questions about his long career. standing by, waiting to execute their next cue. The dancers hang out in the wings or the rehearsal hall, stretching and What is a Stage Manager: relaxing prior to their next entrance. ERNIE ABUGOV : The Stage Manager (SM) has been described as “the link between the idea and the actuality”. Ballet is a live art form and anything can happen. He or she gives commands (or cues) to members of the Do you have any particularly memorable mishaps that crew during the performance. The crew acts on these cues, have happened onstage? physically making the show happen i.e. lighting changes, Obviously, we have had to deal with the heartbreak of dance- scenery moves, etc. related injuries that occur on stage. Very occassionally, they Prior to the performance, the SM assists in and services are serious. Notwithstanding that, I’ll never forget when the rehearsals. This allows them to learn the workings of the 10+ metres high main column in The Sleeping Beauty

Page 2 national.ballet.ca Page 3 (along with the audience). Oh yes, and then there was the time that power died in NYC in 1977 right in the middle of La Fille mal gardée , also at the Met!

Do you have a favourite production and why? I adore Giselle . When the curtain rises on Desmond Heeley’s forest glade with two houses, it’s breathtaking. I also love Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland because it is so entertaining and theatrically sophisticated and I have a very soft spot for Chroma . It’s exquisite.

How has the art of ballet changed over the last 42 years? Without hesitation, I feel that I can state that the dancers are WAY better, stronger, finer and simply more capable than when I joined the company in 1973. The ideas coming out of choreographers are light years ahead of what was around four decades ago.

Stage Manager Ernie Abugov backstage. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Ernie Abugov backstage at La Bayadère . Photo by Bruce Zinger.

crashed to the stage floor of the O’Keefe Centre (now Sony Centre), breaking in two, seven minutes before the curtain went up. It narrowly missed about 10 people. The pieces were dragged offstage, the ballet began and our production staff rebuilt the column in a few days. I also remember the back wall of gates falling right over in the middle of Les Patineurs . They just stayed there – nothing we could do! The best was when the electric boat in The Sleeping Beauty died mid-stage at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in the 1970s with Rudolf Nureyev riding on it. He promptly got off, swore and continued the journey minus the boat. I sent two big stagehands out in the dry ice to rescue the boat. As they got there, the boat came to life and took off. The dry ice dissipated and there were two silly looking guys that could be seen running offstage, killing themselves laughing

Page 4 national.ballet.ca Page 5 What made you stay with the National Ballet for so many years? I love the company and, at least for the next few weeks, will still have the best stage management gig in the world. That is no exaggeration.

What will you miss most? Everything.

What do you plan to do in your retirement? I will hunt and fish, take up taxidermy and study to be a combat helicopter pilot. Another little joke… I do not hunt and fish and don’t care for “stuffed” animals except roast fowl but, if my girlfriend wouldn’t MURDER me, I might take ultra light flying lessons. I am leaving this amazing company in order to have some time to worry about what on earth I will do with the next chapter of my life. We shall see what comes next.

Dancers retiring this June:

First Soloist First Soloist Second Soloist Corps de Ballet Corps de Ballet Keiichi Hirano Patrick Lavoie Christopher member member retires after retires after Stalzer Juri Hiraoka James Leja 16 years with 18 years with retires after retires after retires after The National The National 8 years with 13 years with 13 years with Ballet of Canada. Ballet of Canada. The National The National The National Mr. Hirano will Mr. Lavoie will Ballet of Canada. Ballet of Canada. Ballet of Canada. be attending the be pursuing a Mr. Stalzer will Ms. Hiraoka is Mr. Leja will be Southern Alberta degree in Life be attending exploring various enrolling in the Institute of Science at the the University opportunities Computer Science Technology to University of Toronto to including ballet programme at study Electrical of Toronto. complete a education. the University Engineering. degree in of Toronto. Economics.

Page 6 national.ballet.ca Building Our “BALLET ON ICE MEETS ” Cultural CIRQUE DU SOLEIL. Heritage –The Sunday Telegraph

by Caroline Dickie ince its inception in 1951, The National Ballet of Canada S has participated actively in the artistic life of this country, helping to build a cultural heritage that all Canadians can share in. As an ambitious performing arts organization, we are always striving to advance our art form, develop new audiences and strengthen our reputation for excellence. Intrinsic to these objectives – and the source of our legacy – is a deeply held obligation to spread awareness and enjoyment of dance, and to give Canadians a sense of history, belonging and future excellence in the arts. We are incredibly thankful for the many donors who support us in PERFECT OUTING this mission with continued and often extraordinary acts of generosity and goodwill. FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! The National Ballet of Canada has performed for over 10 million people during its 64 years, bringing the immense NOVEMBER 20 – 21 joy and benefits of dance to audiences of all kinds. In addition to our annual Fall, Winter and Summer Seasons, the company | sonycentre.ca Guillaume Côté with has toured in Canada, the US, Great Britain, Germany, the Artists of the Ballet in Netherlands, Israel, Hong Kong, Japan, Italy, and Mexico. Group Discounts 8+: 647-438-5559 | 1-866-447-7849 | thegrouptixcompany.com rehearsal for Le Petit Prince . Within each performance year, the company offers education Photo by Aaron Vincent Elkaim. and outreach programmes for youth and families who might 1 FRONT STREET EAST, TORONTO

1.855.872.SONY (7669) sonycentre.ca Page 8 national.ballet.ca have limited access to live performances. For these families, the benefits of exposure to the arts can be particularly transformative, ranging from improved academic performance to heightened empathy, creativity, self-confidence and more. This year, the National Ballet was able to share these benefits with more young people than ever by live streaming our popular YOU dance programme to communities from coast to coast. YOU dance offers free performances and movement-based workshops for children in grades four to six, led by Education and Outreach Manager, and former National Ballet Soloist, Lisa Robinson. With the national live stream, students throughout Canada – from Paulatuk, Northwest Territories to New Ross, Nova Scotia – watched YOU dance performances in a real time broadcast from the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto. This initiative would not have been possible without the generous donors who stepped forward in support of our Spark A Movement Campaign. Their contributions gave thousands of children a chance to engage with the National Ballet in meaningful and memorable ways, and to see that dance is for everyone, including them. Karen Kain with One of the most powerful ways that we can instill a sense Guillaume Côté, Michael of collective pride and belonging in our art form is by creating Levine and Kevin Lau. Photo by Gary Beechey. new productions. Every ballet that enters our repertoire not

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Ratmansky & Côté May 30 – June 6, 2015 Being and Nothingness Yuan Yuan Tan and Maria Kochetkova Symphony #9 of San Francisco Ballet in Piano Concerto #1 . Piano Concerto #1 Photo ©Erik Tomasson. Orchestra Violin 1 Oboes Saturday, May 30 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm Thursday, June 4 at 7:30 pm Aaron Schwebel, Mark Rogers, Principal Sunday, May 31 at 2:00 pm Friday, June 5 at 7:30 pm Concertmaster Karen Rotenberg Wednesday, June 3 at 7:30 pm Saturday, June 6 at 7:30 pm Lynn Kuo, Assistant Lesley Young, English Horn Concertmaster Conductor: James Aylesworth Clarinets David Briskin , Music Director and Principal Conductor Bethany Bergman + Max Christie, Principal Jennie Baccante Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet Sheldon Grabke Emily Marlow Nancy Kershaw Being and Nothingness Celia Franca, C.C., Founder Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Bassoons Yakov Lerner Stephen Mosher, Principal George Crum, Music Director Emeritus Jayne Maddison Gerald Robinson Presented by: Karen Kain, C.C. Barry Hughson Wendy Rogers Elizabeth Gowen, Artistic Director Executive Director Paul Zevenhuizen Contra-Bassoon Violin 2 David Briskin Rex Harrington, O.C. Horns Dominique Laplante, Choreography: Guillaume Côté Music Director and Artist-in-Residence Gary Pattison, Principal Principal Second Violin Music: Philip Glass Principal Conductor Janet Anderson + Aya Miyagawa, Acting Vincent Barbee* Metamorphosis No. 4, Étude No. 14, Étude No. 12, Etude No. 19, Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer Assistant Principal 2nd Derek Conrod* Étude No. 6, Étude No. 10 and Étude No. 17 Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director, Violin Christine Passmore + YOU dance / Ballet Master Xiao Grabke © Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. Used by Permission. + Scott Wevers Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne Sarah Kim Pianist: Edward Connell Csaba Koczó* Senior Ballet Master Richardson Trumpets Set Design: Michael Levine Jaime Kruspe + Senior Ballet Mistress Richard Sandals, Principal Rene London + Costume Design: pretty, fancy by Krista Dowson Mark Dharmaratnam Ron Mah Lighting Design: David Finn Guillaume Côté, Greta Hodgkinson, Svetlana Lunkina, Robert Weymouth McGee Maddox, Evan McKie, Heather Ogden*, Filip Tomov Répétiteurs: Mandy-Jayne Richardson and Lindsay Fischer Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone, Rebekah Wolkstein + Trombones Xiao Nan Yu Joanna Zabrowarna* World Premiere: The National Ballet of Canada, Toronto, May 30, 2015. + David Archer, Principal World Premiere: Festival Ballet Providence, Providence Rhode Island, October 3, 2013 (Part 1). Lorna Geddes, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Urszula Zielinski Robert Ferguson The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Toronto, November 22, 2013 (Part 1). Rebekah Rimsay, Tomas Schramek, Dave Pell, Bass Trombone Hazaros Surmeyan Violas Lead philanthropic support for Being and Nothingness is provided by an anonymous friend of the Angela Rudden, Principal Tuba Naoya Ebe, Keiichi Hirano, Tanya Howard, Joshua Greenlaw, Assistant National Ballet, The Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada and The Producers’ Circle. Sasha Johnson, Principal Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie, Principal The Producers’ Circle: John & Claudine Bailey, David Binet, Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen, Elena Lobsanova, Tina Pereira, Jonathan Renna, Valerie Kuinka Harp Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan, Kevin & Roger Garland, Robert Stephen Johann Lotter Lucie Parent, Principal Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight, The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation, Rosamond Ivey, Skylar Campbell, Jordana Daumec, Rory McLeod + Alexandra MacDonald, Chelsy Meiss, Nicholaos Papadakis + Hal Jackman Foundation, Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C., Judy Korthals & Tympani Tiffany Mosher, Jenna Savella, Brendan Saye, Beverley Spotton Peter Irwin, Judith & Robert Lawrie, Mona & Harvey Levenstein, Joan & Jerry Lozinski, Michael Perry, Principal Christopher Stalzer, Dylan Tedaldi Larry Toman* The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C., Julie Medland, Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, Jack Bertinshaw, Trygve Cumpston, Shaila D’Onofrio, Percussion C.M., Lynda & Jonas Prince, Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C., Sandra L. Simpson Cellos Jackson Dwyer, Rhiannon Fairless, Hannah Fischer, Kristofer Maddigan, Acting and Noreen Taylor & David Staines, O.C. Maurizio Baccante, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Giorgio Galli, Christopher Gerty, Principal Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Emma Hawes, Juri Hiraoka, Kathryn Principal Tim Francom + Part 1 – The Light Part 4 – The Sink Hosier, Rui Huang, Harrison James, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Mary-Katherine Finch + Larissa Khotchenkova, Miyoko Koyasu, James Leja, Mark Mazur Greta Hodgkinson (May 30, June 3, 5, 6) Dylan Tedaldi Olga Laktionova Tanya Howard (May 31, June 4) Elizabeth Marrable, Shino Mori, Jaclyn Oakley, Andreea Olteanu, Elaine Thompson Orchestra Personnel Part 5 – The Living Room Félix Paquet, Brent Parolin, Meghan Pugh, Asiel Rivero, Marianne Pack Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Nan Wang, Manager and Music Part 2 – The Bedroom Svetlana Lunkina and Brent Parolin (May 30, Andrew McIntosh Ethan Watts, Sarah Elena Wolff Administrator Kathryn Hosier and Félix Paquet (May 30, June 3, 5, 6) Paul Widner RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Raymond Tizzard June 3, 5, 6) Hannah Fischer and Brent Parolin (May 31, Nicole Blain, Patrick Foster, Giorgio Garrett, Spencer Hack, Basses Emma Hawes and Harrison James (May 31, June 4) Soo Ah Kang, Elenora Morris, Clare Peterson, Andrew Tomlinson Librarian Hans. J.F. Preuss, Principal June 4) Lucie Parent Part 6 – The Street Robert Binet Lorna Geddes Paul Langley + Skylar Campbell or Jack Bertinshaw , Skylar Campbell or Jack Bertinshaw , Guillaume Côté Pointe Shoe Manager / Gregory Sheldon Robert Speer Jackson Dwyer , Francesco Gabriele Frola , Jackson Dwyer , Francesco Gabriele Frola , Choeographic Associates Assistant Ballet Mistress * On Leave of Absence Cary Takagaki* Keiichi Hirano , Harrison James or Keiichi Hirano , Harrison James or + Additional Musician Ernest Abugov Joysanne Sidimus Rob Wolanski + Giorgio Galli , Patrick Lavoie or Giorgio Galli , Patrick Lavoie or Jeff Morris Guest Balanchine Trygve Cumpston , Kota Sato , Trygve Cumpston , Kota Sato , Stage Managers Répétiteur Flutes Christopher Stalzer , Nan Wang , Ethan Watts Christopher Stalzer , Nan Wang , Ethan Watts Leslie J. Allt, Principal Peter Sherk Tiffany Fraser Shelley Brown, Piccolo * Part 3 – The Door Part 7 – The Call Stage Manager, YOU dance Assistant Stage Manager Christine Little-Ardagh + Chelsy Meiss and Jack Bertinshaw (May 30, Greta Hodgkinson and Ben Rudisin (May 30, Maria Pelletie r* June 3, 5, 6) June 3, 5, 6) * Maternity leave Kevin O’Donnell, Megan Pugh and Skylar Campbell (May 31, Tanya Howard and Patrick Lavoie (May 31, Flute/Piccolo + June 4) June 4) Page 2 national.ballet.ca Page 3 A Note on Being and Nothingness Piano Concerto #1

A single, bare light bulb illuminates the Philip Glass, the ballet is broken up into small Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky darkened stage for the opening solo of narratives inspired by the theories in the Staged by: Felipe Diaz Guillaume Côté’s Being and Nothingness . book. These tiny vignettes speak to the Music: Dmitri Shostakovich , Piano Concerto #1 The solo serves as the backbone to a story struggles of everyday life and the underlying By arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. exploring loneliness, self-discovery and what angst of simply being alive. Côté explains, Piano Soloist: Zhenya Yesmanovich it means to be alive. “After the wars people were faced with all of Trumpet Soloist: Richard Sandals Côté was reading Jean-Paul Sartre’s these questions: How do I go on with normal Set Design: George Tsypin L’Être et le néant , ( Being and Nothingness ), life? What is a normal life? Why do we exist Costume Design: Keso Dekker when he was first approached by Greta when so many people have died? What’s the Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton , recreated by John Torres Répétiteur: Lindsay Fischer Hodgkinson to create a solo. “While I was point of it all?” Through multiple pas de deux working on the solo I was surprised by how and ensemble pieces, the characters in Symphony #9 and Piano Concerto #1 Scenery and Costumes courtesy of American Ballet Theatre many aspects of Sartre’s theory began to Côté’s world play out these struggles. and San Francisco Ballet. come up,” explains Côté. “There was this “I hope that people are able to identify World Premiere: American Ballet Theatre, New York City, New York, October 18, 2012 idea of creating an image of ourselves, an themselves within it,” says Côté. “In today’s The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: May 30, 2015 ideal of what we should be and no longer society we’re constantly trying to live up to living in the moment but rather somewhere an image and I think it’s important to question Svetlana Lunkina and Harrison James Jillian Vanstone and Dylan Tedaldi between what we’ve done in our past and our existence and our purpose.” (May 30, 31, June 3, 5) (May 30, 31, June 3, 5) what we’re striving for in our future.” Elena Lobsanova and Naoya Ebe (June 4, 6) Jenna Savella and Francesco Gabriele Frola Set to the mesmerizing soundtrack by – Simone Olivero (June 4, 6) Emma Hawes , Kathryn Hosier , Rui Huang , Jack Bertinshaw , Trygve Cumpston , Miyoko Koyasu , Jaclyn Oakley , Christopher Gerty , Patrick Lavoie , Symphony #9 Sarah Elena Wolff Brent Parolin , Ethan Watts

Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Staged by: Katita Waldo Music: Dmitri Shostakovich , Symphony #9 A Note on Symphony #9 and By arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. Set Design: George Tsypin Piano Concerto #1 Costume Design: Keso Dekker Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton , recreated by John Torres Recognized as one of the most versatile and Piano Concerto #1 will be included in this Répétiteur: Rex Harrington and artistically wide-ranging of contemporary programme), he turns to the towering musical choreographers, Alexei Ratmansky has figure of the ballet’s title and explores through World Premiere: American Ballet Theatre, New York City, New York, October 18, 2012 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: May 30, 2015 always maintained a deep and abiding three key works the conflicting dualities of connection to the cultural climate and art and politics, imaginative freedom and Jordana Daumec and Keiichi Hirano Elena Lobsanova and Félix Paquet traditions of his native Russia. In his responsibility, that shaped much of the (May 30 mat, 31, June 5) (May 30 mat, 31, June 5) Shostakovich Trilogy (of which Symphony #9 composer’s life. Chelsy Meiss and Piotr Stanczyk Xiao Nan Yu and McGee Maddox (May 30 eve, June 3, 4, 6) (May 30 eve, June 3, 4, 6)

Skylar Campbell (May 30 mat, 31, June 5) Naoya Ebe (May 30 eve, June 3, 4, 6)

Shaila D’Onofrio , Rhiannon Fairless , Jackson Dwyer , Giorgio Galli, James Leja or Hannah Fischer , Lise-Marie Jourdain , Félix Paquet , Ben Rudisin , Kota Sato , Alexandra MacDonald , Andreea Olteanu , Christopher Stalzer , Robert Stephen , Megan Pugh , Calley Skalnik Nan Wang

Page 4 national.ballet.ca Page 5 A Music Note by David Briskin, Selected Biographies Music Director and Principal Conductor Karen Kain, C.C. that was later expanded to Ballet, the fourth largest ballet Artistic Director that of Artistic Associate. In company in the USA. Under Long recognized as one of the 2004, she restaged Rudolf Mr. Hughson’s leadership, Symphony #9 Op. 70 (1945) Piano Concerto # 1 Op. 35 most gifted classical dancers Nureyev’s landmark version Boston Ballet achieved several (1933) of her era, noted for her of The Sleeping Beauty for the key milestones, including the The shadows of Beethoven, Schubert and compelling characterizations company and the following retirement of its long term debt, Mahler must have loomed large as Dmitri Shostakovich completed the first of his two and versatility as a performer, year was named Artistic completing a multi-million Shostakovich set out to write his own Ninth piano concertos in 1933. Accompanied by Artistic Director Karen Kain Director. Ms. Kain has dollar renovation of the Ballet’s is one of Canada’s most received many Canadian and headquarters and international Symphony in 1945. The war had ended and solo trumpet and string orchestra, this unusual renowned and committed international awards through - tours to Canada, Spain, Stalin himself expected from Shostakovich concerto deliberately blurs the lines between advocates for the arts. Born out her career, testifying to Finland, and the UK. Over a large-scale work with chorus, soloists the serious and the comic; the contemplative in Hamilton, Ontario, Ms. Kain her accomplishments both as his five year tenure, the and expanded orchestra to commemorate and the bawdy, creating a world, which can received her training at an artist and an advocate for organization raised more Canada’s National Ballet the arts. She is a Companion than $60 million dollars in Russia’s victory and the defeat of the Nazis. leave the listener pleasantly disoriented. An School in Toronto, joining of the Order of Canada, the contributed revenue through Shostakovich worked on such a piece for accomplished concert pianist, Shostakovich The National Ballet of Canada first Canadian recipient of the annual fund contributions and several months before abandoning it for a wrote this unique work to showcase his own in 1969. She was quickly Cartier Lifetime Achievement special funding initiatives. In much more modest work. Composed in a talents and characterized the concerto as promoted to Principal Dancer Award and was named an addition, total earned revenue, mere six weeks and less than 30 minutes in “heroic, spirited and joyful”. with the company after her Officer of the Order of Arts including ticket sales and sensational debut as the and Letters by the Government school tuition, increased by duration, the Ninth is the composer’s shortest Written in four movements, the first begins Swan Queen in Swan Lake. In of France. In 1997, Ms. Kain more than 20% over the same and at first glance, least serious of his 15 with a flourish in the piano leading immediately 1971, Ms. Kain was awarded was honoured with a Governor period. As an arts advocate, symphonies. Yet as in so much of to a more serious and introspective first the Silver Medal in the Women’s General’s National Arts Centre consultant and educator, Mr. Shostakovich’s music, there lurks just theme. The second theme, introduced by Category at the prestigious Award and received a Governor Hughson has had teaching International Ballet General’s Award for Lifetime and speaking engagements beneath the surface a sardonic point of view the piano, is more light-hearted, even playful Competition in Moscow and, Artistic Achievement in 2002. in the USA, Europe and tinged with irony and contradiction. in character and is soon taken up by the along with her frequent part - From 2004 to 2008, she was South America. He serves The opening movement is an homage to solo trumpet. The second movement is ner at the time, Frank Chair of the Canada Council on the Board of Trustees of Haydn, father of the classical symphony. The a melancholy waltz, which takes us into a Augustyn, received a special for the Arts. In 2007, she was Dance/USA as Vice Chair. second is a tender and tranquil movement more contemplative mood. The brief third prize for Best Pas presented with the Barbara He is a founding member de Deux. Subsequently, she Hamilton Memorial Award of Dance/USA’s National with echoes of uncertainty and trepidation. movement opens again with a bravura embarked on a remarkable for demonstrating excellence Leadership Council for Dance, A playful scherzo in the third movement flourish in the solo piano and leads without international career during and professionalism in the and serves as a mentor to unexpectedly gives way to an authoritarian pause into a circus-like atmosphere with which she performed many performing arts. In 2008, the emerging arts executives condemnation by the low brass answered many musical allusions, including of ballet’s greatest roles with Karen Kain School for the through the Institute for such companies as Paris Arts officially opened, a tribute Leadership Training. Mr. by the plaintive wail of a solo bassoon in the Beethoven’s Rondo a capriccio Op. 129 Opéra Ballet, Roland Petit’s to Ms. Kain’s ongoing Hughson began his career as fourth. A comical and light-hearted theme (“Rage Over a Lost Penny” ). Le Ballet de Marseilles, the contributions to the cultural a dancer with The Washington (also in the bassoon) opening the fifth Bolshoi Ballet, London Festival life of her country, and in (DC) Ballet, where he movement is transformed into a Soviet Ballet and Vienna State Opera 2011, Ms. Kain was honoured performed classical and military march. The emotions and character Ballet. Throughout her career by the International Society for contemporary repertoire at the Running Time she also developed a close the Performing Arts with the Kennedy Center and on tour expressed in this completely abstract work Being and Nothingness 40 minutes creative partnership with Rudolf Distinguished Artist Award. throughout the world. In 1990, are complex and ever shifting. Despite initial Intermission 20 minutes Nureyev and often performed he was the only American favourable reviews, within a year of its Symphony #9 26 minutes with him. A favourite of some Barry Hughson male dancer awarded a prize premiere, the Ninth was banned by the Intermission 20 minutes of the world’s most prominent Executive Director at the New York International choreographers, she premiered Barry Hughson has served Ballet Competition and has Soviet authorities for the remainder of Stalin’s Piano Concerto #1 24 minutes many new and important the performing arts field for held a decade-long affiliation life and not recorded until 1956. The performance will run approximately works during her time as a 22 years as a professional arts with the nationally recognized Symphony # 9 is in five movements, the 2 hours and 10 minutes. dancer. Ms. Kain retired from executive. In 2014, he joined Baltimore School for the Arts. final three played without pause. dancing following a farewell The National Ballet of Canada tour in 1997 and took up the as Executive Director. Mr. position of Artist-in-Residence Hughson was previously with the National Ballet, a role Executive Director of Boston

Page 6 national.ballet.ca Page 7 David Briskin York, a tenure highlighted by third prize at Ballet Society Opera, Vienna State Opera, pretty, fancy by Kudelka. Dance work includes Music Director and annual performances at Hanover’s 25th International English National Opera, Tokyo Krista Dowson The Nutcracker and Cinderella Principal Conductor Carnegie Hall. Equally at home Competition in 2011 and Opera Nomori, Dutch National Costume Design, Being (Birmingham Royal Ballet), Music Director and Principal with orchestral and operatic entered the National Ballet’s Opera, Flanders Opera, Welsh and Nothingness Romeo & Juliette for Sasha Conductor of The National repertoire, Mr. Briskin has repertoire in 2013. In 2012, National Opera, Scottish Opera , Krista Dowson launched Waltz (Paris Opéra Ballet, Ballet of Canada since 2006, appeared with orchestras and his work Enkeli won the Santa Fe Opera, Zurich Opera , herself into the world of costume Teatro alla Scala and Deutches David Briskin is widely opera companies throughout Audience Choice Award for Genève Opera, San Fransisco design during her 14-year Oper Berlin), Swan Lake recognized as one of Europe, Asia and North Best Choreography at The Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, tenure with The National Ballet (Bayerisches Staatsballett) contemporary ballet’s most America. He has conducted Tenth International Houston Grand Opera, of Canada. Beginning by and works for renowned accomplished conductors, the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Competition for The Erik Bruhn Canadian Opera Company, designing rehearsal wear for choreographers such as Paul noted both for the range Baltimore, Cincinnati Pops, Prize and Venom was The Royal National Theatre, herself and her colleagues, she Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Merce of his repertoire and the Indianapolis, Windsor and performed at the company’s The Royal Shakespeare founded her own dancewear Cunningham, José Limón, insightfulness of his musical Shanghai Symphony Diamond Anniversary Gala. Company, Citizen’s Theatre line, pretty, fancy , in 2008. Helgi Tomasson, Liam Scarlett , interpretations. Prior to Orchestras, among others, as That same year, his work for and for London’s West End Today, her creations are worn Ashley Page and Dana Reitz, moving to Canada, Mr. Briskin well as such opera companies ProArteDanza, Fractals: a and Broadway. In Canada by amateur and professional as well as for leading lived and worked for 23 years as Calgary Opera, Manitoba pattern of chaos , was he has worked for The Shaw dancers throughout Canada international companies. as a conductor in New York Opera, Opera Carolina, Lake nominated for a Dora Mavor Festival, Canadian Stage, and in growing numbers Mr. Finn was the Resident City. He served as Conductor George Opera and Sarasota Moore Award for Outstanding Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper internationally. Ms. Dowson Lighting Designer for Mikhail with American Ballet Theatre Opera. Choreography. More recently, Theatre, The National Ballet of has designed and built Baryshnikov’s White Oak for seven years, leading Mr. Côté created Dance Me Canada and Dancemakers. costumes for Guillaume Côté’s Dance Project from 1993 to performances with the Guillaume Côté to the End of Love on music Mr. Levine’s recent work Body of Work and Dance Me 2000. Mr. Finn’s opera work company at the Metropolitan Choreographer, Being and by Leonard Cohen as part of includes Between Worlds To The End of Love which includes projects for the Opera House, New York’s Nothingness an all Guillaume Côté evening (English National Opera/ were performed at The National Metropolitan Opera, The City Center and in major Best known to audiences of in the summer of 2014. Barbican Centre), The Queen Ballet of Canada’s Gala in Royal Opera, Paris Opéra, opera houses throughout the The National Ballet of Canada Mr. Côté will debut his first of Spades (Zurich Opera), The 2014 and at the Festival des Teatro alla Scala, Salzburg world. He worked regularly as one of the company’s most full-length ballet, Le Petit Magic Flute (Dutch National Arts de Saint-Sauveur. Other Festival, Lyric Opera of with New York City Ballet, gifted and dynamic performers, Prince , during the National Opera), The Magic Flute costume creations include a Chicago, New York City Opera , conducting at the State Theater Guillaume Côté is also a Ballet’s 2015/16 season. In (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden), commission for Robert Berlin Staatsoper, La Monnaie at Lincoln Center, and on tour choreographer of unique vision 2012, Mr. Côté choreographed The Rape of Lucretia Binet’s choreography for YOU (Brussels), Opéra de Lyon, in Europe and the U.S. In and talent. In 2013, in addition and starred in the short film (Glyndebourne), Parsifal (Lyon dance, as well as independen t Opera Communale (Florence), demand as a guest conductor, to his position as a Principal Lost in Motion , which was Opera/Metroplitan Opera and performance pieces such Het Muziektheater (Amsterdam) , Mr. Briskin appears seasonally Dancer, Mr. Côté assumed presented at the Toronto Canadian Opera Company), as Robert Stephen’s In the Oper Stuttgart, Opera at the Royal Opera House, the role of Choreographic International Film Festival. The Don Giovanni (Teatro alla Cantina , presented as part Australia, Santa Fe Opera, Covent Garden with The Associate with the company. film’s sequel, Lost in Motion II Scala), Tales of Hoffmann of Ontario Dance Weekend, Canadian Opera Company Royal Ballet, most recently As a dancer, Mr. Côté’s which was released in late (Teatro alla Scala), Rigoletto and Jacob Niedzwiecki’s and San Francisco Opera. conducting Alice’s Adventures versatility, accomplished 2013, was also choreographed (Canadian Opera Company/ Bravo!FACT Chorus and the For film, Mr. Finn’s work in Wonderlan d as well as the technique and strong sense by Mr. Côté and made its film English National Opera), Ring . Her creation for The includes stage lighting for world premiere of The Winter’s of the theatrical moment have festival debut at the Dance on Tannhauser (The Royal Tutu Project fundraiser was Martin Scorsese’s The Age Tale by Christopher Wheeldon made for a large number of Camera Festival in New York Opera) and A Dog’s Heart featured at Toronto’s Design of Innocence and was the and Joby Talbot. His powerfully etched performances City in February 2014. Both (Dutch National Opera). Exchange. producer/director of the PBS performance of The Winter’s in his time onstage. He brings films received rave reviews Mr. Levine’s upcoming work Originally from Simcoe, documentary The Green Tale is available on DVD those same virtues to bear and have been viewed more includes Wozzeck by Alban Ontario, Ms. Dowson trained Monster. Mr. Finn has designed (Opus Arte). Mr. Briskin also on his choreography, which than 2 million times online. Berg (Zurich Opera), The at Canada’s National Ballet two shows for Cirque du Soleil: appears regularly with San is characterized by a rich Encounter (Complicite Theatre), School and, after completing Zed in Tokyo and Michael Francisco Ballet and has physicality and a complex Michael Levine Hansel and Gretel (Dutch a two year apprenticeship at Jackson ONE in Las Vegas. conducted The Joffrey Ballet, and often suddenly shifting Set Design, Being and National Opera), Benjamin The National Ballet of Canada , Future plans include Hansel Houston Ballet and Les Grands emotional tenor. As a composer , Nothingness Dernier Nuit (Lyon Opera) and was a member of the Corps and Gretel for Het Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Mr. Côté understands both Michael Levine is Canadian Le Petit Prince (The National de Ballet from 2002 to 2014. Muziektheater, Waiting for among others. He previously the technical and dramatic and has worked internationally Ballet of Canada). Mr. Levine’s Godot for the Théâtre du served as Music Director of centrality of music in the as a set and costume designer work has been honoured with David Finn Nouveau Monde in Montréal Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, and condition of the dance work for the past 30 years. Mr. a Gemini Award, Paris Critics Lighting Designer, Being and The Marriage of Figaro as Conductor of The Juilliard and as a consequence, his Levine studied stage design Prize, The Edinburgh Festival and Nothingness for Opera Australia. School’s Dance Division for ballets are forged with a care - at The Central School of Art Drama and Music Award, two Lighting Designer David Finn’s 12 years. For seven years ful attention to the symbiosis and Design in London. His Dora Mavor Moore Awards previous work for The National he served as Music Director of musical and physical effect. designs have been seen on and a Toronto Arts Award. Ballet of Canada includes of the 150-voice Masterwork Mr. Côté’s work No. 24 , set the stages of Teatro alla Scala, Mr. Levine is a Chevalier des The Four Seasons, Firebird Chorus and Orchestra in New to music by Paganini, won Paris Opéra, Metropolitan Arts et Lettres. and Terra Firma , all by James

Page 8 national.ballet.ca Page 9 Alexei Ratmansky premiered a new The Sleeping Tuning Game and The Fifth spanning 22 years, Mr. Diaz de Bastille in Paris, Covent designed Mr. van Manen’s Choreographer, Symphony Beauty for American Ballet Season and Christopher has danced as a soloist with Garden in London, La Scala entire body of work since #9 and Piano Concerto #1 Theatre. Wheeldon’s Quaternary and San Francisco Ballet, English in Milan, Mariinsky Theater 1978, totaling 70 creations. Born in St. Petersburg, The Critics’ Circle in London Within the Golden Hour , National Ballet and Dutch in St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Mr. Dekker first collaborated Russia, Alexei Ratmansky is named the Bolshoi Ballet Best among others. Ms. Waldo’s National Ballet. He has Theater in Moscow and with Alexei Ratmansky on a choreographer and former Foreign Company under Mr. repertoire also includes performed numerous lead Metropolitan Opera in New Souvenir d’un lieu cher in ballet dancer. He is Artist-in- Ratmansky’s direction in 2005 George Balanchine’s Prodigal roles including the Prince in York City. Tsypin has worked 2012 for Dutch National Residence at American Ballet and 2007 and he received Son , Concerto Barocco , Apollo , Sir Frederick Ashton’s in all major theaters in the U.S., Ballet, later followed by the Theatre and former Artistic their National Dance Award Bugaku and Theme and Cinderella , Basilio in Alexei as well as in film and television . Shostakovich Trilogy for Director of the Bolshoi Ballet, for The Bright Stream . He Variations ; William Forsythe’s Ratmansky’s Don Quixote , Mr. Tsypin’s Broadway credits American Ballet Theatre and having trained under Pyotr was awarded the 2005 Prix Artifact Suite , The Vertiginous the Cavalier in Helgi Tomasson’s as a set designer for musical San Francisco Ballet. Pestov and Alexandra Benois de la Danse for his Thrill of Exactitude and in the Nutcracker , James in include Disney Theatrical’s Markeyeva at the Bolshoi choreography of Anna Karenina middle, somewhat elevated ; La Sylphide , Lensky in John production of The Little Jennifer Tipton Ballet Academy. Prior to his for The Royal Danish Ballet. In Mark Morris’ Maelstrom , Cranko’s Onegin , the title Mermaid and Spider-Man: Lighting Design, appointment as Artistic 2011, Mr. Ratmansky received Sandpaper Ballet and role in Petruschka , Mercutio Turn Off the Dark for which he Symphony #9 and Piano Director, Mr. Ratmansky was the New York Dance and Pacific ; Yuri Possokhov’s in Romeo and Juliet and won an Outer Critics Award Concerto #1 a Principal Dancer with the Performance Award for Magrittomania , Damned , leading roles in works by and received a Tony Award Jennifer Tipton is well known Kiev Ballet, Canada’s Royal Outstanding Production for Study in Motion and renowned choreographers nomination. He conceived, for her work in theater, dance Winnipeg Ballet and The The Bright Stream . He was Reflections ; Jerome Robbins’ such as George Balanchine, wrote the script, co-directed and opera. Her recent work Royal Danish Ballet. Mr. named a MacArthur Fellow The Cage , The Concert , West Jerome Robbins, Harald and designed the Opening in opera includes Il Trovatore Ratmansky has created ballets and was selected as a Rolex Side Story Suite and Dances Lander, Helgi Tomasson, Ceremony of the 2014 Winter at Lyric Opera of Chicago , for the Mariinsky Ballet, Paris Mentor by the Rolex Mentor at a Gathering ; Stanton Christopher Wheeldon, Hans Olympic Games in Sochi, for Don Giovanni directed by Opéra Ballet, The Royal and Protégé Arts Initiative in Welch’s Tu Tu, Falling and van Manen, Alexei Ratmansky which he was nominated for Daniel Witzke at Opera San Danish Ballet, Royal Swedish 2013. Naked and Wheeldon’s and William Forsythe, among an Emmy Award. Mr. Tsypin Jose, L’Elisir D’Amore directed Ballet, New York City Ballet, His ballets for New York Continuum , Polyphonia and others. After retiring from the has won many awards, by Bartlett Sher and Maria San Francisco Ballet, The City Ballet include Russian Rush . Ms. Waldo received stage, Mr. Diaz began working including the International Stuarda directed by Sir David National Ballet of Canada, Seasons , Concerto DSCH and Isadora Duncan Dance as ballet master for the Dutch Competition of “New and McVicar at the Metropolitan Australian Ballet, Dutch National Namouna and for American Awards for Outstanding National Ballet and has been Spontaneous Ideas for the Opera. Her recent work in Ballet, Teatro alla Scala, Kiev Ballet Theatre, On the Dnieper , Achievement in Performance – a guest teacher for several Theater for Future Generations ” theater includes The Testament Ballet and the State Ballet of Seven Sonatas, Dumbarton Ensemble in 2001 and 2002. ballet companies in Europe, at Centre Georges Pompidou of Mary at London’s Barbican Georgia, as well as for Mikhail and The Nutcracker . A frequent guest teacher and the U.S. and Asia. Mr. Diaz in Paris. Theater, Rasheeda Speaking Baryshnikov , Nina Ananiashvili, guest artist, she served as assumed the title of Ballet at The New Group, Cry, Wendy Wheelan and Diana Katita Waldo Yuri Possokhov’s ballet Master at San Francisco Ballet Keso Dekker Trojans for the Wooster Vishneva. His 2003 work, Stager, Symphony #9 mistress/assistant in staging in 2013. Costume Design, Group and Richard Nelson’s The Bright Stream , created Born in Madrid, Spain, Katita Magrittomania at the Bolshoi Symphony #9 and Piano The Apple Family Plays at for the Bolshoi Ballet, led to Waldo trained at Escuela de Ballet in 2004 and as George Tsypin Concerto #1 New York’s Public Theater. his appointment as Artistic Danza Classica, University of choreographer’s assistant for Set Design, Symphony #9 Dutch-born visual artist Keso In dance M s. Tipton’s work Director of the company the North Carolina School of the Wheeldon’s Misericors , which and Piano Concerto #1 Dekker has designed sets and includes Liam Scarlett’s The following year. For the Bolshoi , Arts, The Washington Ballet he created for the Bolshoi George Tsypin is a sculptor, costumes for over 500 theatre Age of Anxiety for The Royal he choreographed full-length and San Francisco Ballet Ballet in 2007. In 2010, Ms. architect and designer for productions, with over 70 Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky’s productions of The Bolt School. After joining San Waldo was appointed Ballet opera, musicals and large directors and choreographers Shostakovich Trilogy for San (2005) and Lost Illusions Francisco Ballet in 1988, Master at San Francisco Ballet . spectacles and installations. across Europe and the U.S. Francisco Ballet and American (2011) and re-staged Le Ms. Waldo was promoted She came out of retirement Mr. Tsypin has worked for Initially a painter and designer Ballet Theat re as well as Paul Corsaire (2007) and Flames to Soloist in 1990 and to in 2013 to perform as the many years with renowned of private and public spaces Taylor’s American Dreamer . of Paris (2008). His works Principal Dancer in 1994. Ms. Stepmother in the U.S. directors and composers, and museum exhibitions, Mr. Ms. Tipton teaches lighting for Mariinsky Ballet include Waldo’s lead roles include premiere of Wheeldon’s such as Peter Sellars, Julie Dekker also taught, published at the Yale School of Drama. Cinderella (2002) and Little Odette/Odile in Swan Lake , Cinderella . Taymor, Zhang Yimou, and wrote for television and She received the Dorothy and Humpbacked Horse (2009). Myrtha in Giselle , Aurora Francesca Zambello, Pierre organized exhibitions on the Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, the In 2011, he created Psyche in The Sleeping Beauty and Felipe Diaz Audi, Jurgen Flimm, Philip subjects of design, fashion, Jerome Robbins Prize in 2003 for Paris Opéra Ballet, Romeo Grand Pas de Deux Ballerina Stager, Piano Concerto #1 Glass, John Adams, Kaija dance and the visual arts. and the Mayor’s Award for and Juliet for the National in Nutcracker (all by Helgi Felipe Diaz was born in Bogota , Saariaho, Zhang Yimou and Foremost are his stage designs Arts and Culture in April 2004 Ballet. In 2013, he created Tomasson); Sylph in August Colombia where he began his Andrey Konchalovsky. He for modern dance and ballet, in New York City. Opera for Teatro alla Scala and Bournonville’s La Sylphide training with his parents Ana has a longstanding creative for which he has received a In 2008, Ms. Tipton was The Tempest , a co-production and Desdemona in Lar Consuelo Gomez and Jaime association with the conductor Dutch Design Award. made a United States Artists between the National Ballet Lubovitch’s Othello . Ms. Waldo Diaz. Mr. Diaz continued his Valery Gergiev. His designs Pivotal throughout Mr. Gracie Fellow and a MacArthur and American Ballet Theatre. created roles in Lubovitch’s training at the San Francisco for opera have been produced Dekker’s career has been his Fellow. In 2015, Mr. Ratmansky Elemental Brubeck , Tomasson’s Ballet School. Over a career all over the world, including close bond with choreographer the Salzburg Festival, Opera Hans van Manen. Mr. Dekker

Page 10 national.ballet.ca Page 11 KPMG is proud to be a part of John Torres John Neumeier, William Ratmansky’s Romeo and Lighting Design Forsythe and Glen Tetley. Mr. Juliet . Company premieres The National Ballet of Canada’s Recreation, Symphony #9 Abugov was born in Montréal, include John Neumeier’s and Piano Concerto #1 Québec. Before beginning Nijinsky and Christopher 2014/15 Season as the Presenting Sponsor John Torres is currently his long association with the Wheeldon’s Alice’s of Ratmansky & Côté. designing lighting for dance, National Ballet, he worked Adventures in Wonderland . theatre, opera and print. with Les Feux Follets, The Recent projects include Charlottetown Festival, The National Ballet of several productions with La Poudriere Theatre and Canada Orchestra director Robert Wilson including The Studio Lab Theatre . The National Ballet of Canada the world tour of Philip Glass’ He worked at Expo ’67 in is privileged to have its own Einstein on the Beach and Montréal, stage managing full Orchestra with over 60 Cheek to Cheek Live! with over 4,000 puppet shows. members. The Orchestra has Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Mr. Abugov also toured with performed in each of the as part of the PBS’s Great Harry Belafonte. In what little National Ballet’s seasons and Performances series. Designs spare time that he has, is led by Music Director and for opera include Idomeneo , Mr. Abugov guest-lectures Principal Conductor David La Traviata and Gluck’s to theatre students. Briskin. The company’s first Orfeo for Opera Orchestre Music Director was George de Montpellier in France Jeff Morris Crum who, along with and Cavalli’s Veremonda, Stage Manager Founder Celia Franca, was L’Amazzone Di Aragona at Born in Toronto, Jeff Morris a pioneer of the company. Spoleto Festival USA. Work in studied technical theatre Mr. Crum held the position dance has included designs production and administration from the company’s inception for the Trisha Brown Company , at Ryerson’s Theatre School. in 1951 to 1984, when he Jonah Boaker, Martha Graham After leaving Ryerson, he was appointed Music Director Company and most recently became Production Stage Emeritus. The Orchestra was the revival of Available Light Manager for Toronto Dance led by Ermanno Florio from choreographed by Lucinda Theatre (1990 – 1995). With 1985 to 1990. Ormsby Childs with scenic design Toronto Dance Theatre he Wilkins was Music Director by Frank Gehry and music toured extensively, stage and Principal Conductor from by John Adams. In print, Mr. managing the company’s 1990 to 2006. The National Torres is a frequent collaborator debuts in Berlin, Warsaw, Ballet of Canada Orchestra with fashion photographer Beijing, Tokyo, and at the has toured extensively with Steven Klein. Joyce Theater, New York. the company through Canada , He was Production Stage the US and Europe. Over Ernest Abugov Manager for Dancers For Life the years, the Orchestra has Stage Manager (AIDS Committee of Toronto, received much acclaim from Ernest (Ernie) Abugov will 1991 – 1997), Stage Manager audiences and critics alike retire at the end of this coming for Theatre Passe-Muraille and has recorded two CDs of June, having served as Stage (Never Swim Alone, Michael Torke’s compositions Manager of The National Metamorphosis of a Shadow ) for The Contract (The Pied Ballet of Canada since 1973. and for the Fringe Festival of Piper) and An Italian Straw He has worked with every Independent Dance Artists. Hat . The Orchestra made Artistic Director in the Mr. Morris joined The National their concert debut at Koerner company’s history from Celia Ballet of Canada in 1995 and Hall on April 3, 2012, in Franca to Karen Kain and has has since stage-managed a celebration of the company’s traveled with the company wide range of the company’s 60th anniversary. around the world touring to unique classical and Israel, Asia, Europe, Mexico contemporary repertoire, For more information, visit and throughout North America. including the world premieres national.ballet.ca Mr. Abugov has worked with of James Kudelka’s The Four many of the world’s most Seasons , Cinderella , and renowned choreographers An Italian Straw Hat , Jean- who have created original Pierre Perreault’s The Comforts works for the National Ballet of Solitude , Crystal Pite’s including Alexei Ratmansky, Emergence , and Alexei Greta Hodgkinson in Being and Nothingness . Photo by Bruce Zinger. Page 12 national.ballet.ca s audience members and ballet lovers, (Left) Dylan Tedaldi in Double A we can all appreciate that dance has a Alice’s Adventures unique power to move and inspire us, to tell in Wonderland . stories and convey ideas about the human Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. experience. There are few things more truthful or compelling than the body in motion, (Below) Harrison James YOUR and the impressions it creates often stay with and Jillian us long after a performance has ended. Vanstone in Manon . This impact – to engage you in the IM PACT Photo by Aleksandar moment and remain with you indefinitely – is Antonijevic. important for The National Ballet of Canada Jillian Vanstone is sponsored through and its artists. The 2014/15 season has Dancers First by been no exception. In addition to our George & Kathy Dembroski. performances in Toronto and on tour, the Harrison James is National Ballet has reached out to thousands sponsored through of children and youth to introduce the joy and Dancers First by Lucy White. expressive possibilities of dance. This year, we achieved a dramatic increase in the numbers of young people we normally reach by offering Our ability to make an impact has always a national live stream of our popular YOU depended on the generosity of donors. Each dance initiative, which allowed us to connect year, our donors contribute generously to with students across Canada, right in their support our performances and community own communities. projects. This year, on an operating budget of $31.1 million, we are close to raising just over $10 million in donations to balance our budget. As we approach our fiscal year end on June 30th, we are calling on all our valued audience members to come together to support great dance. As an audience member , you are essential to the performing arts, and your gift matters. Together, we can reach this goal.

GIVE TODAY and Your Donation will be Matched! An anonymous donor to the National Ballet is inspiring others to give generously in the interest of great dance. This devoted and longstanding supporter has offered to match all new donations made by June 30th (Above) Svetlana Lunkina and Evan McKie up to a total of $50,000. in Chroma . Photo by Karolina Kuras. Make your donation today and double your impact!

(Right) Guillaume Côté in Nijinsky . Donate online at national.ballet.ca/impact or call 416 (1 866) 345 9595 . Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Guillaume Côté is sponsored through Dancers First The National Ballet of Canada is a registered charity. Charitable Registration Number: 11905 1449 RR0001 by Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight.

Page 14 national.ballet.ca Page 15 Leadership Giving The National Ballet of Canada is extremely grateful to the following donors for their generous gifts that provide leadership and capital funding to support the company’s priorities. (May 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015)

Production Builders The following individuals and foundations have made extraordinary contributions towards our productions during the 2014/15 and future seasons. John and Claudine Bailey with Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight The Volunteer Committee, Karen Kain and Richard M. Ivey, C.C. The National Ballet of Canada prize winners: The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation One Anonymous Donor Choreographer Yury Yanowsky, Boston Ballet; The Producers’ Circle Hannah Fischer, The members of The Producers’ Circle collaborate to fulfill Karen Kain’s vision by supporting The National Ballet the creation of new repertoire. The Eleventh International of Canada; and Carlo Di Lanno, John & Claudine Bailey Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize San Francisco Ballet. David Binet Judith & Robert Lawrie Photo by Gary Beechey Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen Mona & Harvey Levenstein – March 24, 2015 at Hilton Hotel. Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance Jerry & Joan Lozinski Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. Kevin & Roger Garland Julie Medland Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. YOU dance The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation Lynda & Jonas Prince The generosity of YOU dance donors supports the free workshops and performances that Rosamond Ivey Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C. introduce young students to ballet, helping to encourage imagination, movement and an Hal Jackman Foundation Sandra L. Simpson appreciation for the arts. Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Noreen Taylor & David Staines, O.C. Ballet Club Relevé The McLean Foundation One Anonymous Lady Dancers First Sponsorship Programme J.P. Bickell Foundation Ms. Beth Wilson Donors to Dancers First are dedicated to supporting the National Ballet’s exceptional dancers. Orchestra George & Kathy Dembroski Anonymous We gratefully acknowledge the following donors for their support towards the only dedicated Principal Dancer Jillian Vanstone Second Soloist Jenna Savella ballet orchestra in Canada. Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Tony & Anne Arrell Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté Corps de Ballet sponsor Nani & Austin Beutel The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Anne-Marie Canning Mary & Graham Hallward Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Principal Dancer Sonia Rodriguez in celebration Corps de Ballet member Giorgio Galli The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation (Rehearsal Pianists ) of her 25th Anniversary year JJ Dayot & Rick Schiralli Mr. Thor Eaton & The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator Corps de Ballet member Emma Hawes The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation First Soloist Robert Stephen Mr. Stephen Delaney We acknowledge the generosity of the following donors who have graciously given to support Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Corps de Ballet member Félix Paquet the future of the National Ballet. First Soloist Elena Lobsanova Sherry & Edward Drew BMO Financial Group The Estate of Mr. J.M. Doc Savage The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. Corps de Ballet member Francesco Gabriele Frola The Estate of Walter Carsen, O.C. Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy First Soloist Tina Pereira Renata M. Humphries Ms. Laura Dinner & Mr. Richard Rooney Ms. Vivien M. Wu Nancy Pencer Corps de Ballet member Jaclyn Oakley Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin First Soloist Tanya Howard Judy & Bella Matthews Gretchen Ross Corps de Ballet member Hannah Fischer Special Gifts First Soloist Naoya Ebe Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond John & Claudine Bailey Ned & Georgina McLennan Patricia Younger Corps de Ballet member Kathryn Hosier The Eleventh International Competition Guest Artist Sponsor, Marcelo Gomes First Soloist Keiichi Hirano Robbie Pryde for The Erik Bruhn Prize Robin & Ross Robinson Corps de Ballet member Ethan Watts The Slaight Family Foundation Second Soloist Brendan Saye The Frank Gerstein Charitable Foundation Share the Magic Underwriter Lucy White* Underwriter, Guest Artist Fund Diana St. B. Weatherall Corps de Ballet member Harrison James The Phyliss & Irving Snider Foundation Second Soloist Chelsy Meiss Rolex Canada Ltd. Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C. The Four Seasons Complete Documentation Rolex Dancers First Award Choreographic Workshop Package Underwriter

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rima Circle acknowledges the extraordinary generosity of those donors whose cumulative P giving to The National Ballet of Canada and The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation has reached $1 million or more. Friends’ John & Margaret Bahen Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. John & Claudine Bailey Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Torunn & David Banks Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C. Corps Mona Campbell, O.C. One Anonymous Donor Walter Carsen, O.C. Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet Welcomes Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, C.C. of Canada Kevin & Roger Garland Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Hal Jackman Foundation Gail Hutchison The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Families Beryl Ivey, C.M. & Richard M. Ivey, C.C. Joan & Jerry Lozinski BMO Financial Group Sarah & David Macdonald CIBC embership in the Friends’ Corps The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. RBC Foundation is a wonderful way for families to TD Bank Group M spend time together while supporting the art of ballet. In fact, several new Friends’ Our Community of Support Corps events have been designed with children and young people in mind. he National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the following donors and sponsors In April, the Friends’ Corps hosted T for their generosity and commitment to sustain the excellence, energy and innovation “The Sleeping Beauty Meet and Move of great dance. (May 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015) Workshop” for children. The hour-long tt Director’s Circle Gail Hutchison Mr. George R. Sutherland session introduced the concepts of ($25,000 and above) Richard M. Ivey, C.C. tt Heather Thomson & Tony & Anne Arrell Rosamond Ivey tt Richard Thomson, O.C. tt “warming up” and “cooling down” while tt tt John & Claudine Bailey Anna McCowan-Johnson & Diana St. B. Weatherall sharing small segments of choreography John & Margaret Bahen Donald K. Johnson, O.C. tt Lucy White* t David W. Binet t Lucille Joseph & Five Anonymous Donors from our production of The Sleeping t Ms. Susanne Boyce & Urban Joseph, O.C. Beauty . The event was so successful Dr. Brendan Mullen The Henry White Kinnear For more information, please Ms. Debbie Brodsky Foundation tt contact Kate Halpenny at that it will be offered again this July. t Anne-Marie Canning Mrs. Judy Korthals & [email protected] or Our Friends’ Corps families also enjoyed Judi & Lionel Conacher tt Mr. Peter Irwin tt 416 345 9686 x378 . Jeanie A. Davis tt Judith & Robert Lawrie tt an exclusive YOU dance performance tt Mr. JJ Dayot & Mr. Rick Schiralli Mona & Harvey Levenstein Patrons’ Council presented by the Apprentices of The Mr. Stephen Delaney & Joan & Jerry Lozinski tt Ms. Robyn McCallum Sarah & David Macdonald tt Artistic Circle Elena Lobsanova. National Ballet of Canada. Following the tt George & Kathy Dembroski Judy & Bella Matthews ($15,000 – $24,999) Photo by Bruce Zinger. guided performance , participants were Ms. Laura Dinner & The Honourable Margaret Norrie Mr. & Mrs. David & Kim Beatty tt Mr. Richard Rooney McCain, C.C. tt Nani & Austin Beutel tt encouraged to meet with the dancers , tt tt tt Sherry Taylor Drew Ned & Georgina McLennan Dr. Ann E. Camps receive autographs, take pictures and Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance t Julie & Ted Medland tt Mr. Richard J. Currie, O.C. & Mr. Thor Eaton & The Honourable Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond Mrs. Elizabeth Currie tt ask questions. This popular event will tt tt Nicole Eaton, Senator Nancy Pencer Rags & Indra Davloor be offered again in the 2015/16 season. Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan t Sandra Pitblado & George A. Fierheller tt Kevin Garland & Roger Garland tt Jim Pitblado, C.M tt Lynda Hamilton t Join the Friends’ Corps Friends’ Corps members are invited tt tt Ms. Emmanuelle Gattuso and Mrs. Lynda Prince Mr. & Mrs. William R. Herridge For as little as $75 or $7/month to deepen their appreciation for dance in Mr. Allan Slaight Robbie Pryde Anne & David LeGresley t Ira Gluskin & Aaron & Heather Regent t Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan t national.ballet.ca partnership with our company and other t tt Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Robin & Ross Robinson Ms. Vanessa L. Morgan & 416 (1 866) 345 9595 donors, through special events like these Mary & Graham Hallward Gretchen Ross & Mr. Steven Wolf t Nona Heaslip tt Donald Ross, O.C. tt Victor & Bernice Royce [email protected] as well as a Backstage Tour or Friends’ tt t Mrs. Renata M. Humphries Sandra L. Simpson One Anonymous Donor Corps Night.

Page 18 national.ballet.ca Page 19 Esprit de Corps Graham Fell Mary & John Crocker t ($12,500+) Ms. Taanta Gupta t Missy & Allan Crosbie t David & Fiona Berry Hon. & Mrs. Paul T. Hellyer tt Ms. Marilyn Crowley Jeanie A. Davis Joan F. Ivory, C.M. tt John E. Davies t Rags & Indra Davloor Margaret Kawaja tt Mr. & Mrs. Mark Davis t Ms. Krista Kerr Dr. Gurney M. Kranz tt Mr. Allan Dines t Anne & David LeGresley Arthur Labatt, O.C. & Judy Dunn Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit Sonia Labatt tt Mrs. Anne W. Dupre t Geneviève McKillop & Rahim Ladha* M.G. Eaton & David S. Kertland tt Chris Bennett Paul A. Lee, Q.C. & Jill Maynard tt Mr. Joseph Fantl & Linda & Kevin O'Leary Mr. & Mrs. A. Maggiacomo tt Ms. Moira Bartram t Eric Tripp & Maria Smith Mr. Timothy McNicholas Mrs. Isabel & Mr. Wayne Fox t Sarah White Vincent Mercier & Kirsten Halpin Judith Gelber Ms. Beth Wilson Nancy Miller & Glen Ireland Maxine Goldberg tt Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy L.J. Nagel & Stan Solomon Carol Gray tt One Anonymous Donor Ms. Marianne Oundjian Mrs. Lorna Greenbaum tt Mr. & Mrs. Derek Pannell Pat & Bill Harris tt To join Esprit de Corps, please Mr. D. Ross Peebles & Ann Hogarth tt contact Joanna Ivey at Ms. Judith Cole tt Mr. C.R. Hunter tt [email protected] or Rosemary Phelan & Sam Blyth t Mr. Frank & Dr. Margaret Ionson tt 416 345 9686 x347 . Frances & Tim Price tt Mrs. Amala Jayatilleke Mr. Don Quach Jaye Jenkins t Partner Mr. & Mrs. Rick Reininger t Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., ($10,000 – $14,999) Esther Sarick t O.Ont. & Ross Petty tt t Gregory & Irene Aziz Mr. Ken Snider & Patrick & Barbara Keenan tt Mrs. Fiona Berry Dr. Deborah Leibow t Joy Levine t Robert Brews & Kenneth Brown tt June 17,2015 Mr. Geoffrey Wayne Squibb Patricia Linders t Mrs. Earlaine Collins Dennis & Denny Starritt tt Mr. Anthony Lisanti A gala evening of dance in support of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Creed t Michele Leighton Symons Donald & Lorraine Loeb t The National Ballet of Canada Averil Farlow & Blain Caverly Dr. Jake & Dr. Ruth Tedaldi Douglas L. Ludwig & tt Margaret & David Fountain Catherine Thiessen t Karen J. Rice t Adelle and Paul Deacon Nanton Mrs. Nicola Tory t Mrs. Kari MacKay Fund at the Toronto Community Presented by Lenore Walters tt Judy Manji t Foundation tt Mr. John H. Williams tt Sue & Biff Matthews tt Mr. & Mrs. John Grant t Karin & Michael Woodroffe Patti McFarlane tt Mr. & Mrs. G.R. Heffernan tt Ms. Helen Ziegler t Mr. Ryan McNally Richard & Martha Hogarth tt Three Anonymous Donors Mr. Timothy McNicholas Victoria Jackman t Clive & Fran Minto tt Ms. Krista Kerr t Major Patron Anne & Charles Morison t Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit t ($3,000 – $4,999) Mr. Noel Mowat Ms. Geneviève McKillop & Ms. Yeti Agnew & Mr. David Murray Chris Bennett t Mr. Christopher Birt tt Dr. Bo Y. Ngan tt Peter & Melanie Munk t Mark & Gail Appel tt Michael & Nina Overbury tt Linda & Kevin O'Leary t tt Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Royer and Ms. Yveline Audemars & Mr. Douglas L. Parker t Family Mr. Humberto Rivero Mr. Raymond Pladsen t Tony Scott-Fisher tt James Austin & Mrs. Rosemary Rathgeb t Stephanie Stavro Hans Eppenberger Mrs. Shirley Reid t t Mr. Eric Tripp & Ms. Maria Smith Hugh & Colleen Balders Diana Reitberger* Sarah White Ms. Lindy Barrow Mrs. Jennifer Revelle tt Judith R. Wilder Gillian & Ken Bartlett Ms. Stephanie Roberts & Gala Performance, Beth Wilson Florence Sharpe Barwell tt Mr. Kevin Hamilton Gala VIP Tickets and Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Professor Marion G. Bassett tt William & Lesley Rogan t Dr. Thomas H. Beechy tt Judith & Jack Rose Gala Lottery Tickets Now Available Benefactor Ms. Josée Bouchard & John & Susan Rose ($5,000 – $9,999) Mr. Paul Belanger t Maxwell L. Rotstein & tt tt Elaine J. Adair tt Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen Nancy-Gay Rotstein t t Alison Arbuckle Fisher tt Mr. David Broadhurst Robert Rubinoff tt Mona Bandeen, C.M. tt Sheila Brown & Doug Guzman Mr. Go Sato tt Karen & Bill Barnett tt Ms. Martha Burns Paul J. Savard Judith & Marshall Cohen tt Jane Campbell & John McLeish Mr. Lawrence Schafer madhotballet.ca Mr. John Coke & Margaret & John Casey tt Ms. Diane Schmidt t Ms. Cathy Cranston t Dr. John H.C. Chiu, in memory Mr. & Mrs. David Scott Jane Darville & Dr. Skip Bassford of Yvonne Chiu, C.M. tt Barbara & William Shaw 416 (1 866) 345 9595 Julie Di Lorenzo Mrs. Louise Cornblum t Dr. Hugh Siddall Maureen & James Dunn t Guillaume Côté* & Heather Ogden* Malcolm & Katrine Siverns t tt Pauline Couture & Ian Morrison Stephen & Jane Smith Sonia Rodriguez. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Art Direction by Lisa Mann. Make-up by Melissa Gilbson, MAC Cosmetics.

Page 20 national.ballet.ca Ms. Karen Sparks tt Ms. Lee Anne Downey Mr. Andrew Sheiner Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton tt Ms. Melanie Edwards & Janice May tt Brenda Stinson & Carlo De Angelis Mr. John Brown Ken McCarter & Dianna Symonds t Mr. Charles Strachan Ms. Sharon J. Evans t Marcia McClung Dr. Robert Summers-Gill tt Heather & Michael Faralla Ms Jennifer K McDonald Patricia John Theo tt Joan Farano tt Ms. I. McDorman tt Gillian Thomas & Catherine Fauquier t Jim & Sylvia McGovern t Michael Easterbrook t Ms. Cecil Fennell t Mrs. June McLean tt Younger Ed & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke t Rupert Field-Marsham & Hélène & Ray McLenaghan tt Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden tt Lindsay Dale-Harris t Ms. Margaret C. McNee t Mr. Brian B. Wilks tt Ms. & Mr. Frances & Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee tt Dancers First Nan & Jack Wiseman tt Ronald Filegan tt Elaine Kierans & Mrs. Timothy Wright t Trent Flack & Violeta Petrov Shawn McReynolds Ms. Vivien M. Wu t Mr. & Mrs. John Flemer t Mr. Anthony Meade Mrs. Maria-Luisa Zoppas tt Robert & Julia Foster t Susan Melton tt Patricia Younger Two Anonymous Donors Mr. Lorne Fox & Mr. Ken Marple tt Mrs. Susan Mertens tt and Keiichi Hirano. Mr. Blaise Gaetz t Gary L. Miles International Photo by Gary Beechey. Patron Dr. George & Mrs. Olga Gale t Consulting ($2,000 - $2,999) André J. Galipeault, C.M. & Ms. Bernadette Morra tt Ms. Karin Apold Suzanne Galipeault Mr. & Mrs. Benoit Mulsant Dancers First gives donors the opportunity to make a personal connection with the Jordan Applebaum & Mrs. Hilda Gan Ms. Eileen Newell t Andrea Burridge t Mr. Peter Garstang tt Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pankratz tt dancers of The National Ballet of Canada while providing vital resources for their Dr. Talitha Arndt & Ms Susan Garvie t Rene Pantalone tt physical training, artistic development and personal wellbeing. Patricia Younger Mr. Ed Esposto tt Bronwen Gates tt Graham & Janet Parkinson t was one of the first to join Dancers First as the sponsor of First Soloist Keiichi Lynly & Trevor Bailie tt Heather V. Gibson Dr. Michael Partridge & Hirano. He retires this spring after 16 years with the National Ballet. Richard Baird tt Mark & Louise Golding t Dr. Sudha Rajagopal t tt tt Ms. Katherine Barber Ms. Deanna Gontard Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Paterson How did you come to support Keiichi through Dancers First? Winifred Barclay tt Judy & David Goodings tt Sarah & G. Scott Paterson Justin Barr Mr. & Mrs. Rupert & Mary Gore Mr. Robin B. Pitcher tt A friend of mine, Gretchen Ross, was already a member of Dancers First and she asked Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns t Mr. Donald D. Grant tt Mrs. Wanda Plachta t if I might be interested in joining. The programme struck me as a nice way to enhance Peter Beck & Sondra Platt Ms. Susan Greenbloom Mrs. Claudine Pope my love for ballet, and the more I learned about Keiichi, the more it seemed like a Mr. John R. Birkett tt Sara Griffiths t Dr. Linda Rabeneck & great fit. Ms. Ann Bowman t Dr. & Mrs. Voldemars Gulens tt Dr. Catherine Campbell t tt Gayle Boxer Duncanson Alayne & Malcolm Hamilton Mr. Robert Raizenne How has your sponsorship of Keiichi affected your experience of ballet? Ann & Paul Brehl Ms. Naomi Harris t Dr. & Mrs. G.R. Rastegar Mr. Jonathan Briggs Ronald M. Haynes tt Ms. Jessica Ray I didn’t start going to the ballet until I was a teenager and only seriously after 1990. But Julia & David Briskin* Ms. Susan Hayward Payne t Dr. Penelope Reed Doob tt I always found the combination of music and movement incredibly beautiful. Even though Margaret Brock tt Mr. Jason Heayn & Juta Reed I didn’t know a lot about ballet, I was enraptured by it. Once my sponsorship of Keiichi Della H. Campbell tt Ms. Andrea Venneri Ms. Barbara Reid began and I got to know him, I gained a better understanding of the choreography and Colleen Carmichael t Catherine & Clarke Herring Lisa Richter Davey & the way each production comes together. When I attend rehearsals I see how dancers tt t Denise Cargill Avril Higgins & Robert Page Michael Davey of different ranks work together to bring these fabulous ballets to the stage. They’re Mr. John Carter Mr. Brian Hodges Mr. Justice Sydney Robins & Diana Chant & Bill Mitchell tt Mr. & Mrs. David Hodgkinson Mrs. Robins tt very close, like family, and I think Keiichi has been instrumental for that. He has the Dr. & Mrs. Albert Cheskes Mr. Philip & Dr. Claire Holloway t Mr. & Mrs. Eric Robitaille ability to bring people together. That’s one of the reasons why the National Ballet is so Peng Chiang tt Mr. Richard Howes Mr. Peter Ronn highly esteemed – when you support one another, you become like one. Ms. Linda Chu & Mr. John Donald t Mr. Fred Hurlbut & Andrea Rosen & John Church Ms. Catherine Barlow Stephen MacDonald t You’ve been privy to many wonderful moments from Keiichi’s career. tt tt tt Mr. Philip A. Clappison Dr. Melvyn Iscove Rainer & Sharyn Rothfuss Do one or two stand out for you? Helene Clarkson Jarvis & Associates tt Mr. Geoffrey Rytell tt Mr. Hugh M. Clarkson tt Ms. Gail Julie t Ms. Elodie Sandford One of his performances as Peter/The Nutcracker in The Nutcracker was quite Christine Connelly & Mrs. Lorraine Kaake Dr. Hugh Scully & meaningful for me because my daughter-in-law was also onstage as a Cannon Doll Michael Heiber Ms. Miriam Kagan Vanessa Harwood, O.C. tt and I had my granddaughter with me in the audience. I also thought he was Dr. Pamela Craigie & Mr. Saleem Kassum t Mr. Greg Sharp outstanding as The Knave in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and in Nijinsky . He’s Dr. Verne Glavin Prof. & Mrs. James King t Mrs. Joan D. Shaw tt just grown so much as an artist. I think he’s as good as he’s ever been right now and t tt Mr. Chris Cummings Margaret D. King Mrs. Heather Sheehan I’m looking forward to seeing more of him before he retires. Mr. Philip Cummings Dr. A. Kong & J. Wilkie tt Mrs. Joan Sohn tt Carole Curtis tt Ms. Catherine Lace Marion Soloway t Jack Darville Kathryn E. Langley Hope Dr. Myra Sourkes t What would you say has been the greatest benefit of joining Dancers First? Professor K.G. Davey tt Mr. John B. Lawson, Q.C. t Mr. Timothy Spain My exposure to the company has been much more consistent because I’m able to Mary-Kathleen Delicaet & Linda K. Lee Ms. Anna Stahmer-Jarmain & watch rehearsals between the different performance seasons. I’m also more familiar John Young Dr. Calvin Lei & Mark Oliver t Mr. W. Edwin Jarmain t with the creative process and, of course, with the dancers themselves. That’s been Amanda Demers & Brian Collins Mr. Andrew Lengyel t Ms. Astrid Stec the best thing – a level of personal involvement that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. Trina DeSa t Dr. Vance Logan t Gaye & Andy Stein tt Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Diamond Mr. Allain Lupien Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Stern t It’s as though I’m watching my friends onstage. I’m so proud of everything Keiichi Wilf & Brenda Dinnick tt Dr. Brenda Martin Karyn Tessmer & Dr. George Konn t has achieved and I know I’m going to miss him. But he’s such a happy, wonderful Mrs. Susan Dore Ms. Liza Mauer & Cynthia & Craig Thorburn individual that he’s bound to excel at whatever he chooses. I wish him the best!

Page 22 national.ballet.ca Page 23 Bonita & Walter Thornton Mr. Gerard Roxburgh* Sandra Rye t Maureen & Philip Tingley tt Harold Sclodnick & Lynda Gilroy Mr. Guerino Sanvido YOU dance Ann-Marie Toccacelli tt Lilia M. Sham t Mrs. Mary E. Sarjeant tt Mrs. Elizabeth Tory tt Mrs. and Mr. E.J. Shatilla tt Ms. Ibolya Smith t Mr. Jeffrey Verman & Mrs. Heather Sheehan tt Ms. Solway and Mr. Moore tt Streams Ms. Sandra Vettese Mrs. Stanislawa Skrok t Mr. Hamish Stewart t Ms. Marje Virro Mr. Timothy Spain Mr. & Mrs. Brian Sullivan Live Across Jon & Olga Voigt Carol Swallow Tony and Caley Taylor Family Fund Mr. Peter Webb tt Muriel Tait at Toronto Foundation Canada Judy & Graham Weeks tt Ms. Beth Wilson Ms. Elizabeth Terry t Dr. & Mrs. R. J. Wheler tt Deborah Wulffhart Ms. Wendy Trainor Dr. Margaret White & Patrick Foody Three Anonymous Donors Ms. Ruth Vernon Lisa Robinson and students Mr. Greg Wiebe Lyn M. Westwood tt at a YOU dance performance. tt t Ms. Barbara Williams Arabesque Ms. Michele Wiederkehr Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. Miss E. Joan Williams ($850 - $1,249) Karen Wierucki t Gregory Williams & Mrs. June Abel tt Miss E. Joan Williams tt Warren Sorensen tt Ms. Joan Addison Mr. Luke Windisch ollowing the success of our first national live streaming event last winter, two additional Shelagh and David Wilson Fund Miss Margaret Agar tt Hastings & Irene Withers performances of our popular education and outreach programme, YOU dance, streamed tt tt tt F at the Toronto Foundation Isobel Allen Ms. Ethel M. Woods Durhane Wong-Rieger t Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong tt Kevin Coombs & live on May 5 and 6 to communities right across Canada. With the live stream, YOU dance was Maria T. Zakos t Dr. and Mrs. Ian Blumer tt Teri Worthington Coombs t made available to all students in grades four, five, and six from school boards nationwide. Ms. Denise Zarn & Sera Bryce Carole & Bernie Zucker Mr. James Shenkman tt The Chepesiuk Family t Three Anonymous Donors Together, the three live streams reached over 8,000 students from coast to coast. Veronica Zufelt tt Harold Chmara & Danny Hoy tt We thank all donors who contributed so generously to this initiative. You have given the gift Eight Anonymous Donors Hilda Clark tt Brisé Mr. Stephen R. Cole ($500 – $849) of live performance to these students and the opportunity to engage with an art form that For more information about the Mr. & Mrs. Philip Coleman Scott and Sonja Addison encourages self-expression, creativity and confidence. Patrons’ Council, please contact Thérèse Culnan Ms. Phyllis Agg Leah Heidenheim at Maija Dale t Miss Andrea Albert [email protected] Ms. Anne Davidson Vanessa Alexander YOU dance is supported by Ballet Club Relevé, The McLean Foundation, J.P. Bickell or 416 345 9686 x327 . Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Dobell tt Dr. Vina Alexopoulou Ms. E.L. Ellins tt Mr. & Mrs. Peter Anastasiades t Foundation, The Woodbridge Company, Ms. Beth Wilson and One Anonymous Lady. Friends’ Corps Mr. Larry Enkin t Mr. & Mrs. Frederick & Mr. J.H. Galloway tt Janet Appleton Grand Jeté Elinor Gill Ratclifee C.M., O.N.L., S.E. Arliss Mrs. Johanna Brett Mr. Hugh Crosthwait Ms. Nancy Fung ($1,250 - $1,999) LLD (hc) Ms. Karen & Ms. Donna Atkin tt Teresa Briggs Robert Crouch t Ms. Kristina Getz Tim Badgley t Frances Greenwood Ms. Margaret Atwood Dr. Ian and Mrs. Brindle Mr. David M. Cullen tt Ms. Patricia Gilbert t Cathy Barber Mr. T.M. Hall tt Lisa Bajor Mr. Tristan Brookes Mr. & Ms. David Currie tt Mrs. Justine Giuliani Mrs. Lori Bianchini Mr. Lewis Hertzman t Mrs. Margot A. Baker Dr. Sylvia & Mr. Klaus Brose Ms. Anne Day t The Gliddon Family Ms. Janet Bulger Mr. Ronald Holgerson Peter & Marilyn Balan Mr. Charles Brown tt Ms. Linda G. Day t Ms. Wendy Glover Leslie Buskard t Mr. Lee Horigan Mr. & Mrs. John Balmer t Ms. Shirley Brown t Mr. Antonio de Lozada Andrew & Aviva Goldenberg t Mr. & Mrs. Peter Buttle Ms. Alanna & Wade Jack Mrs. Ursula Bargenda tt Mr. Ian Burns Mrs. Saira Deen-Zammit t Mrs. C. Warren Goldring tt Miss Linda Campbell tt Ms. Pennie R. Jevnikar tt Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley tt Mr. W.C. Buttimer tt Mr. Sergei Dmitrevsky tt Mr. Richard Goodman t Ms. M.C. Clancy t Mrs. Frances E. Johnson tt Ms. Deborah Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Mr. Colin R.C. Dobell tt Dr. and Mrs. R.M. Gorcynski t Ms. Yvette & Mr. Mike DeBiasi t Dr. Caroline Newman & Ms. Elaine A. Bartolini Eleanor Carpen tt Mrs. Lilliana Dominguez Mr. Laurent Goulet t Mrs. M. J. Dundas & Mitchell Kamiel t Ms. Jennifer Beer Dr. Alfred L. Chan Mr. Steven D. Donohue tt Dr. Noelle Grace Mr. John Petrosoniak tt Ms. Patricia Knight Christopher & Christina Begy t Ms. Hsing-Yi Chang Mrs. Louise Eason t Dr. Tara Graham Mrs. Lois J. Field tt Mr. Carl Knipfel N. Beilstein & A. Lee Mr. Alexander Chapman Mrs. Judith Edmondson tt Ms. Rosemary Grant Ms. Tamara Glied Katerina Kuprijanov Tsur Ben Haim Ms. Alice Charach Ms. Leilah Edroos Ms. Sandra L. Green & Katherine Halpenny* & Sean Smith Janet Lamb t Mr. Nicholas Birch t Linda Charbonneau Ms. Kim Edwards Ms. Mary Stephenson t Mr. Peter Heisey t Ms. Mary Susanne Lamont Mr. Kim Birchard & Mr. Jack A. Carr t Nancy Embry tt Ms. Eleanor Greer Mr. Istvan Hlinyanszky Anne S. McLeod tt Mrs. Carol Dorman tt Mr. Juan Chica Mrs. Susan English Mr. Charles Greiner Ms. Susan Keen t Mrs. Stephanie Meredith t Ms. Katherine Bischoping tt Mr. and Ms. Donald Chu Mr. Hugh Evans t Colin Gruchy tt Katerina Kuprijanov Mrs. Ingrid Mida Melynda M Bitzos & Mr. Douglas Clemence Ms. Janice Everett Sabourin Ms. Carolyn Haddock Ms. Linda Kurdydyk t Miss Joan C. Pape tt Paul Mesbouris t AJ Cohen Family Margaret Fairman t Mr. Michael Hafeman tt Mr. Richard LaPrairie Mr. Alan Pearson t Drs. Blackstock & Valntine Zane and Joan Cohen tt Joan A. Farlinger tt Mrs. and Mr. Mary Hall James Lindala Family Foundation Renee & David Perlmutter H.J. & Pina Blake Ms. Nancy Conn Mrs. Laura Farquhar tt Sharon Lymer & Joan Ham t at the Toronto Foundation The Perston Family t Mrs. A. Blom tt Mr. John E. Connolley t Mr. Kevin Farrell Elisabeth Handler t Ms. Diana Massiah t Mr. H R Martin Phills Mr. John C Bonnycastle Mrs. Sydne Conover-Taggart Darcy & Sheila Farrell t Mr. Jack Harris t Ms. Delia M Moog tt Mr. Brayton Polka Susan M. Borden t Ms. Jill Cooter tt Mrs. Maureen Farrow Mrs. Joan E. Hart t Neil & Prue Morrison Ms. Nancy Posluns t Ms. S. Braithwaite tt Mrs. Anne Corbett Mr. Trent Flack Ms. Sherry Hatton Margaret Nicholson Powis Family Foundation Dorothy Novotny Brandenburg Mrs. Carole Cordner Phyllis and Ab Flatt Mr. & Mrs. William Heaslip tt Dr. Steven Nitzkin Janet Redhead Christopher Bredt & Richard Cornwall & Janice Cornwall Ms. Rosario Flores Ms. Karen Heese t Kathleen & Chris Renner Mr. Eddy Reitberger Jamie Cameron tt Joanne Coutts t Alice Fox tt Mrs. Betty J. Hellwig tt Ms. Jennifer Rook Mr. Juan M Rodriguez Ms. M.J. Breithaupt Sheila Croft Ms. D.J. Fraser t Mr. Peter Hendrick Elaine M. Roper t Mari & Jim Rutka tt Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Freda Brender tt Ms. Joanne Crookshank t Mr. Robert Fraser D. G. Henrikson t

Page 24 national.ballet.ca Page 25 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Heyland tt Colin & Meta Mills tt Dr. John Stanley & Ballet Club Relevé Leah Wright The National Ballet of Neil and Carol Hicks Mrs. Catherine L. Miller tt Dr. Helmut Reichenbächer t Scott Wu Canada, Endowment Ms. Susan Hill t Lynne & Paul Milnes t Mr. Kenneth Stephen tt Robin Anthony Ms. Michelle Yeap Foundation Named Mel Hogg Mr. Frank Mongillo Cheryl E. Stephenson tt Colette Barber Mr. Chris Zownir Funds Ms. Margaret Holton Miss Christina Moorshead Mr. David Stephenson Diane Blake Christopher Hopgood t John & Christine Moran Mr. & Ms. Alan Stewart Caroline Booth Corporate Members The National Ballet of Canada, The Horn Section of the National Leslie J. Moran Mr. Anthony Stewart Martha Burns Torys LLP Endowment Foundation provides Ballet Orchestra tt Ms. Heather Mundell Penelope Stewart & Carol Stewart Joanne Eidinger financial strength and stability, Mrs. Jillian Horne Mr. & Mrs. John Nagel Ms. Sharon Stibbard Eileen Farrow For more information, please helping to ensure the vitality and Richard & Susan Horner tt Mr. & Mrs. James & Lynn Neufeld tt Dr. Doris Sutherland Cathy Fauquier contact Taylor LaFontaine at excellence of the National Ballet Connie Hosier Ms. Carol Newall tt Mrs. Judy Tanenbaum M. Patricia Fischer [email protected] or today and for generations to come. Sherry Houser t Mr. and Mrs. Edward Northwood Mr. and Mrs. Herb Tanzer Nancy Holland 416 345 9686 x387 . The National Ballet is grateful for Ms. Elizabeth Howson t Ms. Judith O'Callaghan Ms. Agatha Tawaststjerna Jane Humphreys the commitment and dedication Ling Hu & Dr. Virgil Huang Dr. Jean O'Grady t Ms. Diane Taylor t Nancy Jain Corporate Council of those who have established a Ms. Jill Humphries tt Ms. Lia Overs t Ms. Erin Taylor Trodi Linders (May 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015) Named Fund within the Mrs. Fiona Hurwitz-Cohen Alfred Page & Ann Donaldson-Page Mrs. Joan Taylor tt Margaret MacLellan Endowment Foundation. Andrew Iacobucci & Shirley Page tt Mrs. Helen Tazzman Dianne Maziarz Corporate Executive Kristin Andersons Ms. Laurie Pallett Doretta Thompson & Caroline Law Gisèle McIsaac ($5,000 – $14,999) The American Friends of Canada Denise Ireland t Mrs. Anna Pataky Ms. Catherine Thomson t Kathleen Metcalfe Egon Zehnder International Inc Dancer Fund Kristi Stangeland Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund The Appel Family Fund in Honour Dr. Eric Ireland Ms. Lesley Paterson t Dr. Lynne Thurling t Susanna Stuart Power Corporation of Canada of Bram & Bluma Appel Mr. and Mrs. Alan T. Jackson Ms. Elizabeth Patterson tt Mrs. H. Tregenza t Ms. Tracey Jardine David Peachy & Wai-Yee Tsai Eli Taylor The John & Margaret Bahen Fund Mrs. Elspeth Johnson Georgia Henderson Barbara & Marlow Tucker Kate Thornley-Hall Corporate Associate supports the company’s ($1,500 – $4,999) Dr. David Johnston Dr. Roger Pearce Ms. Nadya Tymochenko Nancy Viner Canadian tours. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts The John & Claudine Bailey Fund Elizabeth Johnston t Nicola and Alexandra Perpick Mr. Berton Ung Turnout Mercedes-Benz Canada The David & Kim Beatty Fund Dr. and Mrs. Ian Johnston Mrs. Margaret Perschy tt Paul & Alison Uys t Incorporated The Mona Campbell Fund Dr. Niki Kanaroglou Dorothy & Roland Pfeiffer Miss Patsie Vallon Members The Walter Carsen New Creations Ms. Marilyn Kay Richards tt Elyssa Phillips Mr. Robert Vanderloo Ms. Farhana Ahmed Corporate Donor Fund Mrs. Jessie Kazi Nina & Terry Picton tt Gail Vanstone Vanessa Antinucci ($500 – $1,499) The Judith & Marshall Cohen Fund Sheryl Kennedy & Bill Fleury Ms. Lois Pineau Lisa & Keith Verity t Ms. Alice Barnett Fabulous Printing The Horst Dantz & Don Quick P. Kertland tt Stephanie Porter Mrs. Deborah Vernon tt Catherine Barry Fidelitas Holding Company Ltd. Dancer Wellness Fund Joyce King Ms. Jane Pound t Mrs. Gillian Von Teichman tt Marie-Pierre Bélanger J Crew The Paul & Adelle Deacon Fund Mr. Aubrey A. Kissoon & Family t Mr. Harold Povilaitis tt The Very Reverend Peter Wall & Laura Blenkinsop Reitmans Incorporated The Celia Franca Memorial Fund Olga Kopti tt Dr. Sydney Price-Sparling Anne Harvey t Mr. Michael Bushara The Kevin & Roger Garland Fund Catherine Kourkounakis Ms. Mary Purbhoo Mr. Gordon Warme tt Mr. Aaron Campbell For more information, please The Ira Gluskin & Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg tt Mr. David Purcell Roger and Ulli Watkiss t Trina DeSa contact Susan Rutledge at Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Fund John and Ann Lang t Mr. Chris Purdye Ms. Barbara Weider Ms. Stephanie DiGiuseppe [email protected] or The Gail Hutchison Fund Mrs. Carolyn Lawson Alexa & Jane Rakochevich Mr. Jacques Wensvoort Ms. Victoria Diplacido 416 345 9686 x380 . The Beryl & Richard Ivey Fund Gail & David Lea Dr. Oswaldo & Belen Ramirez Dr. Eleanor Westney Ms. Flora Do The Hal Jackman Foundation Fund Mr. Yakov Lerner* Malcolm & Pam Rawlingson Lynda Wilson Miss Melanie Dowhaniuk Foundation Donations The Anna & Don Johnson Fund Clare & Susan Lewis The Redwood Mrs. and Ms. Brenda Wivell Ms. Pamela Draper (May 1, 2014 - April 30, 2015) The Lucille & Urban Joseph Fund Mr. Eric Lipka t Ms. Tanya Rehaluk MJ and Rosemary Wood Ms. Michelle Eaton The James Kudelka Fund Dr. Julian Loke Evan and Hazel Roberts Barbara & Martin Worndl t Mr. Gabriel Fain ($15,000 – $29,999) The Sonia & Arthur Labatt Fund Hubert Lum & Eve Leyerle Meghan Robertson Mr. William Wray Ms. Allison Freeman Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable The Joyce Lee Memorial Fund The Queens Shoppe Mr. Ralph Robinson Ms. Judy Yamamoto t Mr. Geoffrey Fulton Foundation The Joan & Jerry Lozinski Fund Ms. Sharon Lymer tt Mrs. Elizabeth Ross tt Mr. Alan Young Mr. Brian Gan Hal Jackman Foundation The Sarah & David Macdonald Fund Ms. Flora Macdonald tt Heather Joy Ross Mr. David Young Ms. Heather Gillesby The Sylvia M. McPhee Dancer Fund Ms. Nancy MacDonald t Mr. Kenneth Rotenberg Dr. Paul & Debbie Zeni Miss Jia Gu ($5,000 – $14,999) The Julie & Ted Medland Fund Mr. John MacIver t Mrs. Leeann Russell Mrs. Sharon Zuckerman Mr. Michael Hochberg The Geoffrey H. Wood Foundation The Nancy Pencer Fund Pamela & William MacKenzie tt Susan Rutledge* Ms. Carolina Zuniga Mr. Justin Ingraldi Steve & Sally Stavro Family The Sandra & Jim Pitblado Fund Mrs. M. Joan Mackie William & Meredith Saunderson tt Miriam & Bernard Zylberberg Jessica Kelly Design Foundation The Richard Rooney & Laura Ms. Bosko Madic t Dr. Michael Sayer 16 Anonymous Donors Marie Christine Joly Dinner Fund Ms. Susan Magee Ms. Ruth Scolnik tt Dr. Hannah Kashyap ($2,000 – $4,999) The J.M. Doc Savage Fund for the Connie & Peter Mak tt Mrs. June Scott tt The National Ballet of Canada Mezan Khaja Hope Charitable Foundation RBC Apprentice Programme Deirdre Malone Vincenza Sera thanks all Fouetté, Pirouette and Hannah Kohn The K. M. Hunter Charitable The Ada Slaight Fund Miss Laurie Markus tt The Serbinis Family Plié level donors for their generous Linda K. Lee Foundation The Fran Taubkin Dancer Fund Marcia S. Martin Shreya Shah support. Ms. Julia MacPherson Jackman Foundation The David Tory Memorial Fund Patricia L. Martin t Ms. Morli Shemesh Mr. & Mrs. Ian Marcus The Langar Foundation The Volunteer Committee Mr. Tony Matthews Mrs. Marjorie Sheridan For more information about Miss Natalie Mazzaferro Kenneth G. Mills Foundation Build-a-Ballet Fund Ms. Karin McCaig Mrs. Marcia McNabb Ms. Dorothy Shoichet t Friends’ Corps, please contact Ms. Jaime McConomy ($500 – $1,999) For more information about Robin Melnick t Mrs. Christine Simpson t Deanna Underwood at Ms. Roz McLean Judith Teller Foundation establishing a fund, please contact Mr. Ulrich Menzefricke tt Kathleen Skerrett [email protected] The Young Family Foundation Marion Meyers, Caitlin & Dr. Christian Smith or 416 345 9686 x370 . Mr. Bryan McLeese Diana Reitberger , CFRE at Kristina Milbourn One Anonymous Donor [email protected] Nicolette Henderson t Donald A. Smith tt Ms. Kyla Morgan or 416 345 9686 x306 . Anne & Brian Miatello Ms. Louise Smith *Artists and Staff Marisa Ortega For more information, please Ms. Annabel S. Mills R. Smith tt t Donor for 10 or more years Golbou Rad, Golbou Rad Design Inc. contact Kate Halpenny at Mrs. Myrna Stait-Gardner t tt Donor for 20 or more years Miss Emma Richan [email protected] Mr. Andrew Talpash or 416 345 9686 x378 . Mr. Jon Voigt Page 26 national.ballet.ca Page 27 Corporate Sponsors The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our Corporate Sponsors. Special Projects

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Official Dry Cleaner Official Event Supplier Official Hospitality Partner Feedback From Our Sponsors: CIBC Official Media Partner Ottawa Tour Official Health & Wellness Official Travel Supplier Transportation Sponsor Provider CIBC is committed to building strong, vibrant communities and by sponsoring The National Ballet of Canada, we are investing in the social and economic development of Canada. The National Ballet is an internationally acclaimed ballet company with many of the top dancers in the world. CIBC Official Beer Official Supplier, Official Floral Official Cosmetic Supplier has proudly provided support since 1955 and in recent years, Sponsor Office Systems Sponsor we have sponsored the MAD HOT BALLET Gala as it offers Heather Ogden. Photo by Christopher Wahl. a uniquely creative experience when hosting clients who have a passion for excellence in the arts. Jay Smith First Vice-President, To learn more about how your company can get involved and enjoy CIBC Wood Gundy branding and hospitality privileges, please contact Susan Rutledge at [email protected] or 416 345 9686 x380.

Page 28 national.ballet.ca Page 29 (As of April 30, 2015) Tony & Kitty Griffin Ms. Janis Neilson* Carol Guppy Laurie Nemetz* Celia Franca, founder Elaine J. Adair G. Michael Hale & Tony Sylvestre & Lisa North Margaret Agar C.N. Jacobsen Miss Dorothy M. Parr of The National Ballet Vanessa Alexander Dr. Ronald M. Haynes Sandra Pitblado & of Canada, ca. 1960. Isobel Allen W.R. Herridge* Jim Pitblado*, C.M. Photo by Janine. Reid Anderson* & Lewis Hertzman Dr. Linda Rabeneck Dieter Graefe Mr. James Hewson Kenneth F. Read John Bailey* & Claudine Bailey Mr. Christopher E. Horne Dr. John Reeve-Newson Lynly & Trevor Bailie Margo Howard Peter Reeve-Newson Torunn Banks & David Banks* Gail Hutchison Diana Reitberger* Katherine Barber Richard M. Ivey, C.C. Mr. Eddy Reitberger Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley Joan F. Ivory, C.M.* Margaret Riggin* Gillian & Kenneth Bartlett Elsa Jackson Robin Robinson* Florence Sharpe Barwell Ishrani Jaikaran Marie Angela Sampson Professor Marion G. Bassett Ms. Agnes Jenkinson Mrs. Mary E. Sarjeant Avie Bennett* Greg W. Johns Paul J. Savard David W. Binet* Robert D. Johnston* Richard Ira Saxe John R. Birkett Ron & Nancy Johnston Christine Scott Ms. Katherine Bischoping Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., Robert Smith Mrs. Gail Boire D.Litt, O.Ont. Larry S. Snyder Marnie Bracht James Kerr & J. Linden Best Karen Sparks* Mr. Douglas Bradley Mr. Elmer Rob Koppel Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton Jennifer Burton* Kathryn Kossow Carolyn & Gordon Ste. Croix Patricia Campbell Andrea C. Kovats Astrid M. Stec Dr. Ann E. Camps Gurney M. Kranz Cheryl E. Stephenson Professor Alfred L. Chan & Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg Mrs. Frances M. Stretton Mr. Michael Farewell Elizabeth Kun Ann Sutton Peng Chiang Jessica Lindenfelser* & Ronald Taber & Marilyn Creighton Paul Lindenfelser Rowland Galbraith Jane Darville & Mr. Eric Lipka Judith Tait Dr. Skip Bassford Ms. Chung-Yee Loo Veronica Tennant*, C.C., Planned Giving: Elizabeth and Ted Davidson Mr. Doug Lowry LL.D., D.Litt Jeanie A. Davis* Joan Lozinski & Jerry Lozinski* John Theo* Amanda Demers & Sarah Macdonald & Mr. Nicholas Tomiuk Brian Collins David Macdonald* Lennox Toppin* Marilyn J. Doekes Tim MacDonald* & Ms. Diane Torney The Celia Franca Society Art & Mary Douloff Michelle Morin Marje Koidu Virro Sherry Taylor Drew* Polly K. A. MacFarlane Lenore Walters* Maureen & James Dunn Nancy Main Mrs. Diana St. B. Weatherall amed in honour of The National Ballet in Canada, giving them the satisfaction Ardith Ekdahl Janice May Jill & Geoffrey Williams of Canada’s illustrious founder, of knowing that future generations of Dena Feng Marcia McClung* Mr. John H. Williams N Beverley Flint Mrs. Barbara McKenney Ms. Ainslie Wood The Celia Franca Society is a special group audiences and artists will benefit from their Lorne Fox Miss Jean McPhee Ms. Ethel M. Woods Mr. Douglas G. Gardner Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee Ms. Vivien M. Wu of donors whose commitment to planned generosity. Kevin J. Garland* Julie Medland* & Mr. Denny Young* giving will ensure the future excellence The Celia Franca Society includes donors Ann (Kadrnka) Garnet Ted Medland Veronica Zufelt* Stanley Gavlick Stephanie Meredith 39 Anonymous Donors of our company. With legacy gifts, such as of all ages and backgrounds. Their reasons Maxine Goldberg Ms. Elizabeth Metcalfe a bequest in a will or a gift of life insurance, for giving are similarly diverse, but always Freda Gottesman-Brender & Sigmund & Elaine Mintz *Current and Former Artists, Allan Brender Mrs. Joan Moes Staff and Board Members . donors may contribute to the National Ballet rooted in a deep affection for the company Ms. A. Graham-Calderisi L.J. Nagel & Stan Solomon in a substantial way without affecting their and a belief in the importance of art to Mr. Donald D. Grant Marina Nawrocki* current lifestyle. Planned giving has the Canadian life and culture. The National Ballet additional benefit of allowing donors to tie is pleased to offer public recognition and Bequests their legacies with one of the largest and access to special events for all Celia Franca The National Ballet of Canada recognizes with gratitude those individuals whose commitment to the company extends beyond their lifetimes. (May 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015) longest-serving performing arts organization members in honour of their contribution. The Estate of Walter Carsen, O.C. The Estate of Mary Jane Lois Sharp The Estate of Horst Dantz & Don Quick The Estate of C. Anderson Silber If you are considering making a legacy gift or have arranged one and would The Estate of Helene Joyce Kofman The Estate of Margaret Smolensky like to be recognized as a member of the Celia Franca Society, please The Estate of Henri Kolin The Estate of Helen Allen Stacey The Estate of Vida Peene The Estate of Jeanie Irwin Walker contact Joanna Ivey at [email protected] or 416 345 9686 x347 The Estate of Mr. J.M. Doc Savage The Estate of One Anonymous Donor

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only becomes part of our legacy as an organization, but also adds to our shared cultural heritage and identity as Canadi ans. This is certainly true of Rudolf Nureyev’s glorious production of The Sleeping Beauty , which seemed to galvanize the entire country when it was created in 1972. Many of our donors sensed, correctly, that this production would be definitive for both the history and future of dance in Canada, and went to great lengths to bring it to the stage. Paul and Adelle Deacon were so committed that they mortgaged their home to help provide the financial capital required to create The Sleeping Beauty . Today, this ballet is a treasured part of our repertoire, and a source of shared memories and enjoyment for generations of audiences. Emmanuelle Gattuso The National Ballet is poised to present another landmark and Guillaume Côté. Photo by Bruce Zinger. ballet with Le Petit Prince , which will have its world premiere in June 2016. This will be the first full-length story ballet from Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate Guillaume Côté, and the first new full-length Canadian ballet for the company in a decade. The creative team features the Canadian talent of Designer Michael Levine and Composer Kevin Lau. Le Petit Prince is an enormous contribution to Canadian arts and culture, an investment in our creative capital and an inspiring example of homegrown talent. As with The Sleeping Beauty , donors are leading the way with their enthusiasm and support for Le Petit Prince. We announced recently that our close friends Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight have given $2 million to Mr. Côté’s new ballet, a truly consequential gift that will benefit countless artists and audiences by ensuring that Le Petit Prince achieves its potential as an historic new work. Philanthropic leaders like Emmanuelle and Allan, along with all our donors and friends, are not mere spectators of dance, but participants in an ongoing process of creating a cultural heritage that holds meaning and pleasure for us all. n

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Guillaume Côté McGee Maddox Sonia Rodriguez Xiao Nan Yu Rebekah Rimsay Naoya Ebe Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Principal Character Artist First Soloist Born: Lac -Sain t- Jean, Québec Born: Spartanburg, South Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Dalian, China Born: Fort Collins, Colorado Born: Tokyo, Japan Trained : Canada’s National Carolina Trained : Princess Grace Trained : Shen Yang School Trained : Gail Innes Dance Trained : Canada’s National Ballet School Trained : Houston Ballet's Academy (Monaco) of Dance, Beijing Dance School (Newfoundland), Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1999 Ben Stevenson Academy Joined National Ballet: 1990 Academy, Canada’s National Canada’s National Ballet Joined National Ballet: 2007 Promoted to Principal Joined National Ballet: 2009 Promoted to Principal Ballet School School Promoted to First Soloist: Dancer: 2004 Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2000 Joined National Ballet: 1996 Joined National Ballet: 1990 2012 Sponsored by Emmanuelle Gattuso Dancer: 2014 Sponsored by Ira Gluskin & Maxine Promoted to Principal Promoted to Principal Sponsored by Gretchen Ross and Allan Slaight Granovsky Gluskin in celebration Dancer: 2001 Character Artist: 2012 of her 25th Anniversary year

Lorna Geddes Tomas Schramek Keiichi Hirano Greta Hodgkinson Evan McKie Piotr Stanczyk Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist First Soloist Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Born: Waterloo, Ontario Born: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Born: Osaka, Japan Born: Providence, Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Poznan, Poland Trained : With Betty Oliphant, Trained : Slovak National Trained : Setsuko Hirano Rhode Island Trained : Canada's National Trained : State Ballet School founder of Canada’s National Theatre School, SLUK Ballet School (Japan) Trained : Canada’s National Ballet School, Kirov Academy (Poland), Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1969 Joined National Ballet: 1999 Ballet School and John Cranko School Ballet Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 1959 Principal Dancer: 197 3-1990 Promoted to First Soloist: Joined National Ballet: 1990 Stuttgart Ballet: 2001 – 2014 Joined National Ballet: 1998 Assistant Ballet Mistress: Principal Character Artist: 2006 Promoted to Principal Joined as Principal Promoted to Principal Since 1984 Since 1990 Sponsored by Patricia Younger Dancer: 1996 Dancer: 2014 Dancer : 2008 Principal Character Artist: Since 2005

Svetlana Lunkina Heather Ogden Jillian Vanstone Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Alejandra Perez-Gomez Hazaros Surmeyan Tanya Howard Born: Moscow, Russia Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Nanaimo, British Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist First Soloist Trained : Moscow Trained : The Richmond Columbia Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Skopje, Yugoslavia Born: Uitenhage, South Africa Choreographic Academy Academy of Dance Trained : Kirkwood Academy Trained : École supérieure Trained : National Ballet Trained : The National School Bolshoi Ballet: 1997 – 2013 Joined National Ballet: 1998 (Nanaimo), Canada’s National de ballet contemporain School of Macedonia of the Arts (South Africa), Joined as Principal Promoted to Principal Ballet School de Montréal, Princess Grace Joined National Ballet: 196 6 Canada’s National Ballet Dancer: 2014 Dancer: 2005 Joined National Ballet: 1999 Academy (Monaco), Principal Dancer: 196 6-1985 School Promoted to Principal San Francisco Ballet School Principal Character Artist: Joined National Ballet: 1998 Dancer: 2011 Joined National Ballet: 1998 Since 1986 Promoted to First Soloist: Sponsored by George & Promoted to Principal 2007 Kathy Dembroski Character Artist: 2013 Sponsored by Nancy Pencer

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Stephanie Hutchison Elena Lobsanova Robert Stephen Alexandra MacDonald Jenna Savella Dylan Tedaldi First Soloist First Soloist First Soloist Second Soloist Second Soloist Second Soloist Born: Kitchener, Ontario Born: Moscow, Russia Born: Burlington, Ontario Born: Calgary, Alberta Born: Vancouver, British Born: Boston, Massachusetts Trained : Canada’s National Trained : Canada’s National Trained : Canada’s National Trained : International School Columbia Trained : Boston Ballet School , Ballet School Ballet School Ballet School of Ballet, Boston Ballet’s Trained : DanceWest School of The Hamburg Ballet Joined National Ballet: 1997 Joined National Ballet: 2004 Joined National Ballet: 2004 Trainee Programme (Surrey), Canada’s National Joined National Ballet: 2010 Promoted to First Soloist: Promoted to First Soloist: Promoted to First Soloist: Joined National Ballet: 2007 Ballet School Promoted to Second 2003 2011 2011 Promoted to Second Joined National Ballet: 2005 Soloist: 2013 Sponsored by Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Sponsored by Mr. Thor Eaton & Soloist: 2012 Promoted to Second The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator Soloist: 2009 Sponsored by an Anonymous Donor Corps in Lead Roles

Etienne Lavigne Tina Pereira Skylar Campbell First Soloist First Soloist Second Soloist Chelsy Meiss Brendan Saye Born: Montr éal, Québec Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad Born: Laguna Beach, Second Soloist Second Soloist Francesco Gabriele Frola Trained : École supérieure Trained : Canada’s National California Born: Melborne, Australia Born: Vancouver, British Prince Florimund, de ballet contemporain Ballet School Trained : V & T Dance Trained : Karen Curlis School Columbia The Sleeping Beauty de Montréal, San Francisco Joined National Ballet: Academy in Orange County of Dance in Australia and Trained : Canada’s National Born: Aosta, Italy Ballet School 2002-2004 Joined National Ballet: 2011 The Australian Ballet School Ballet School Trained : Professione Danza Joined National Ballet: 1997 Re-joined: 2006 Promoted to Second Joined National Ballet: 2008 Joined National Ballet: 2009 Parma and The School of Promoted to First Soloist: Promoted to First Soloist: Soloist: 2013 Promoted to Second Promoted to Second The Hamburg Ballet t 2007 2009 Soloist: 2011 Soloist: 2013 Joined Corps de Ballet: 2012 Sponsored by The Honourable Sponsored by Diana St. B. Weatherall Sponsored by Robin Robinson Sponsored by Sherry and Edward Drew Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C.

Harrison James Prince Florimund, Tiffany Mosher Christopher Stalzer The Sleeping Beauty Patrick Lavoie Jonathan Renna Jordana Daumec Second Soloist Second Soloist Born: Paraparaumu, First Soloist First Soloist Second Soloist Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia Born: Atlanta, Georgia New Zealand Born: Montr éal, Québec Born: Ottawa, Ontario Born: New York City, New York Trained : Scotia Dance Trained : Rotaru International Trained : San Francisco Trained : École supérieure Trained : Canada’s National Trained : Canada’s National Studios and Canada's Ballet School Ballet’s School’s Trainee de ballet contemporain Ballet School Ballet School National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2007 Program and the New de Montréal, San Francisco Joined National Ballet: Joined National Ballet: 2004 Joined National Ballet: 2000 Promoted to Second Zealand School of Dance. Ballet School 1997 -2000 Promoted to Second Promoted to Second Soloist: 2012 Joined Corps de Ballet: 2013 Joined National Ballet: 1997 Re-joined: 2007 Soloist: 2010 Soloist: 2013 Sponsored by Lucy White Promoted to First Soloist: Promoted to First Soloist: 2003 2009

Page 16 national.ballet.ca Page 17 Board of Directors Staff As of October 14, 2014 Artistic Company Massage Therapists Business Analysts Artistic Director Brian Bastedo Fernando Margueirat Chair David Macdonald Karen Kain, C.C. Vlodek Kluczynski Mohiuddin Faruqe David Binet Ryan McNally Artistic Administrator Ron Mulesa Application Support Analyst Donna Meyers Gerard Roxburgh Resident Pilates Teacher Kruti Shah Artist-in-Residence Je-an Salas Systems Administrator John Bailey Linda O’Leary Rex Harrington, O.C. Naturopathic Doctor Andrew Anderson Susanne Boyce David Pell, ex officio Principal Artistic Coach Dr. Melissa Piercell Systems Coordinator Jane Darville Nancy Pencer Magdalena Popa Urgent Care Jay Patel Artistic Director, Dr. Janice Weiss Company Management Assistant Stephen Delaney Jack Petch, ex officio YOU dance /Ballet Master Consulting Physician Sarita Dotan Marlene DelZotto Lynda Prince Lindsay Fischer Dr. Julia Alleyne Facilities Manager The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Robbie J. Pryde Senior Ballet Master Consulting Chiropractor Stephen Chadwick Peter Ottmann Dr. Cameron Borody Receptionist Senator Jessica Ray Senior Ballet Mistress Consulting Foot Specialist / Seta Nigoghossian Bronwen Evans Gretchen Ross Mandy-Jayne Richardson Chiropodist Sandra Faire Victor R. Royce Choreographic Associates Dr. Nicholas Durand, D.Pod.M. Communications Robert Binet Consulting Opthamologist Director of Communications Greta Hodgkinson, ex officio John B. Simcoe Guillaume Côté Dr. Michael Easterbrook Julia Drake Barry Hughson, ex officio Mavis Staines C.M., Pointe Shoe Manager / Senior Associate Director, Victoria Jackman ex officio Assistant Ballet Mistress The National Ballet of Canada is Communications Karen Kain C.C., ex officio Christopher Stalzer, Lorna Geddes grateful to the Sports Medicine Belinda Bale Personal Assistant to the Artistic Specialists (150 Eglinton Avenue Associate Director, Audience Krista Kerr ex officio Director / Administrative East, Toronto); the University and Donor Services Robert Lawrie Daniel F. Sullivan Manager, Artistic Department Health Network, Department Veronica McLellan Janet Lewell Noreen Taylor Pamela Steele of Orthopaedics and Sports Senior Manager, Audience and Scheduling Coordinator Medicine; and the Medcan Clinic Donor Services Philip Lieberman Cornell C.V. Wright Jones Henry (150 York Street, Toronto) for their Bethany Bleile Jerry Lozinski Sophie Letendre (maternity leave) continued support of the Dancer Senior Communications Manager Guest Répétiteurs Health and Wellness Programme; Catherine Chang Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and to those physicians who have Senior Manager, Interactive Jacquelin Barrett generously donated their time to & Marketing Operations Manon The National Ballet of Canada. Stephen Cunningham Karl Burnett Director, In Studio Honorary Board Anthony Dowell Music Kate Kernaghan As of October 14, 2014 Patricia Ruanne Music Director and Principal Senior Manager of Telesales Chroma Conductor James Pereira Avie Bennett, C.C. O.Ont. William Harris Antoine Vereecken David Briskin Archives Manager Judith Cohen William Herridge, Q.C. Carousel (A Dance) Principal Pianist Caitlin Dyer Judi Conacher Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Jacquelin Barrett Janis Neilson Manager, Audience Jason Fowler Pianists and Donor Services Missy Crosbie Paul O’Donoghue Symphony #9 Edward Con nell Susan Eissler Jeanie Davis Rose Patten Katita Waldo Andrei Streliaev Education and Outreach Sherry Taylor Drew Aaron Regent Piano Concerto #1 Zhenya Yesmanovich Manager Felipe Diaz Orchestra Personnel Manager Lisa Robinson James Fleck, O.C. Robin Robinson The Sleeping Beauty and Music Administrator Senior Graphic Designer Kevin Garland Susan Scace Laurent Hilaire* Raymond Tizzard Joanna Todd (maternity leave) Guest Teachers and Coaches Librarian Graphic Designer Aleksandar Antonijevic Lucie Parent Kyle Greenwood Mercedes Bernardez Marketing Operations Associate Michel Faigaux Administration Madeline Wong Robert Glumbek Executive Director Danielle McCann (maternity leave) The National Ballet of Canada, Owen Montague Barry Hughson Assistant Manager of Audience Matjash Mrozewski Director of Finance and and Donor Services Endowment Foundation Tatiana Tchernova Administration Nicole Ascroft Barry Shour, CPA, CA Assistant Manager of Telesales *Made possible by a generous Director of Human Resources Alison Moss Board of Directors donation from The Frank Gerstein Leigh Ann Layno Publicity Coordinator As of October 15, 2014 Charitable Foundation. Director of Technology Christine Achampong Christopher Sonnemann Web and Digital Media Chair Secretary Dancer Wellness Programme Payroll and Benefits Manager Coordinator David Macdonald Pamela Ouzounian Director of Dancer Wellness Jenny Mah Sean Leonard Marla Pichler Human Resources Manager Assistant Publicity Coordinator President Company Sports Medicine Kathleen Matatya Nima Naik David Banks Physician Chief of Staff/Executive Assistant Coordinators, Audience Barry Hughson David Binet Dr. Michael Clarfield to the Executive Director and Donor Services Company Orthopaedic Surgeon Stephen Word Karen Brown Vice-President Ed Esposto Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris Board Secretary Anne Meighan Karen Kain Mary Hallward Company Physician Pamela Ouzounian Box Office Supervisor, Lucille Joseph (Family & Sports Medicine) General Accountants Audience and Donor Services Treasurer Dr. Julia Hamilton Sandra Gandola, CB Patty Pederson Krista Kerr Barry Shour, CPA, CA Performance Psychologist Daisy Lee Audience and Donor Jerry Lozinski Dr. Doug Misener Demitrios Prevenas Services Representatives Director of Development Sue Matthews Company Athletic Therapist Kate Kim Terry Bursey Paul Papoutsakis Li Ye, CPA, CGA (maternity leave) Marc Cormier Diana Reitberger, CFRE Vanessa Morgan Company Physiotherapist Shu Zhang, CPA, CGA (maternity Denis Couillard James Pitblado, C.M. Ginette Hamel leave) Michael Cursio

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Allison Everett Officer, Special Events and Assistant Carpenter Karla Kampars Turnout Sandy Middleton Maddy Palmer Taylor LaFontaine Scenery constructed at the Heidi Reimer Officer, Patrons’ Council Gretchen Ross Production Centre Rafael Renderos Rachel Nolan by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 58. Paulina Saliba Officer, Communications Maggie Thistle Tara Robinson Property Supervisor Devin Upham Executive Assistant to the Director John Miracle Beth Wolfe of Development Resident Scenic Artist Adminstrative Assistant, Margie Pacini Kelly Palmer Telesales Coordinator, Administration Assistant Scenic Artist William Bruce Lucy White Mark Reid Telesales Representatives Junior Coordinator, Special Events Daniel Ariaratnam Melanie Baird Properties constructed at the Zoya Boruchov Development Intern, Gretchen Ross Production Centre Stephan Carmichael Administration by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 828. Rahim Ladha Michael Bushara Joyce McKerrow Wardrobe Brian Ravok Production Wardrobe Supervisor Rachelle Zilber Production Director Marjory Fielding Archives Intern James Thornley Wardrobe Coordinator Paulina Kulacz Associate Director of Production Barbara de Kat Public Relations Intern Yvette Drumgold Assistant to the Wardrobe Nikola McNamara Assistant to the Production Supervisor Director Kathleen Johnston Development Alex Naylor Resident Cutters Director of Development Stage Managers Ruth Bartel Diana Reitberger, CFRE Ernest Abugov Christopher Read Associate Director of Jeff Morris Assistant to Cutters Development, Major Gifts Stage Manager, YOU dance Susan Howse Kate Halpenny Peter Sherk Assistant Wardrobe Coordinator Senior Development Manager, Assistant Stage Manager Grant Heaps Communications Tiffany Fraser Costume Rental Coordinator John Hart Lighting Coordinator Mary Hurley Senior Manager, Major Gifts Jeff Logue Wig and Make-up Supervisor Joanna Ivey Master Carpenter Charles Seminerio Senior Manager, Corporate John Alexander Footwear Coordinator Partnerships Head Electrician Lacey Hammond Harrington Susan Rutledge Stephen O’Connor (maternity leave) Manager, Development Property Master Bianca Laudadio Operations and Individual Giving Michael Ellenton Footwear Assistant Leah Heidenheim Assistant Carpenter Rose Marie Thomas Manager, Special Events Paul McNamara Stitchers Rebecca Hodge Assistant Carpenter /Flyman Lisa Di Quinzio Senior Officer, Friends’ Corps Geoff Kay Lisa Novielli Deanna Underwood Assistant Electricians Victoria Shillington Officer, Major Gifts Ron Gorveatt Additional Stitchers Marielle Bryck Chris Brooks Carolyn Kasperski Officer, Writer Lily Messerhuber Caroline Dickie Production Workshop Millinery Officer, Research Construction Supervisor Deborah Camken Laurie Nemetz Peter Newman Dying Sue Willis

The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following:

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through Bringing the arts to life The Government of Ontario through the Honourable the Department of Canadian Heritage via De l’art plein la vie Michael Coteau , Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport. the Endowment Incentives component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund. Nous reconnaissons l’appui financier du gouvernement du Canada par l’entremise du ministère du Patrimoine canadien grâce au volet Incitatifs aux fonds de dotation du Fonds du Canada pour l’investissement en culture.

THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA

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, Dancer Transition Resource Centre and Dance USA.

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