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Ballet Notes the Seagull March 21 – 25, 2012 Ballet Notes The SeagUll March 21 – 25, 2012 Aleksandar Antonijevic and Sonia Rodriguez as Trigorin and Nina. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. Orchestra Violins Trumpets Benjamin Bowman Richard Sandals, Principal Concertmaster Mark Dharmaratnam Lynn KUo, Robert WeymoUth Assistant Concertmaster Trombones DominiqUe Laplante, David Archer, Principal Principal Second Violin Robert FergUson James Aylesworth David Pell, Bass Trombone Jennie Baccante Csaba Ko czó Tuba Sheldon Grabke Sasha Johnson, Principal Xiao Grabke • Nancy Kershaw Harp Sonia Klimasko-LeheniUk LUcie Parent, Principal Celia Franca, C.C., FoUnder Yakov Lerner Timpany George Crum, MUsic Director EmeritUs Jayne Maddison Michael Perry, Principal Ron Mah Karen Kain, C.C. Kevin Garland Aya Miyagawa Percussion Mark MazUr, Acting Artistic Director ExecUtive Director Wendy Rogers Filip Tomov Principal David Briskin Rex Harrington, O.C. Joanna Zabrowarna Kristofer Maddigan MUsic Director and Artist-in-Residence PaUl ZevenhUizen Orchestra Personnel Principal CondUctor Violas Manager and Music Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer Angela RUdden, Principal Administrator Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director, • Theresa RUdolph Koczó, Jean Verch YOU dance / Ballet Master Assistant Principal Assistant Orchestra Valerie KUinka Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne Personnel Manager Johann Lotter Raymond Tizzard Senior Ballet Master Richardson Beverley Spotton Senior Ballet Mistress • Larry Toman Librarian LUcie Parent Aleksandar Antonijevic, GUillaUme Côté, Cellos Greta Hodgkinson, Jiˇrí Jelinek, Zdenek Konvalina*, MaUrizio Baccante, Extra Players Heather Ogden, Sonia RodrigUez, Piotr Stanczyk, Principal Anne Armstrong, Violin Jillian Vanstone, Xiao Nan YU +, Bridgett Zehr* Olga Laktionova Renee London, Violin Andrew McIntosh Hiroko Kagawa, Violin Kevin D. Bowles, Lorna Geddes, Tomas Schramek, Marianne Pack Sonia Vizante, Violin Hazaros SUrmeyan Elaine Thompson Bethany Bergman, Violin PaUl Widner Carolyn Blackwell, Acting Keiichi Hirano, Tanya Howard +, Stephanie HUtchison, Assistant Principal Viola Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie, Elena Lobsanova, Basses Nicholaos Papadakis, McGee Maddox, Stacey Shiori Minagawa, Hans J.F. PreUss, Principal Viola Tina Pereira, Jonathan Renna, Rebekah Rimsay, PaUl Langley Keith Hamm, Viola Robert Stephen, Brett van Sickle Robert Speer Tom Hazlitt, Bass • Cary Takagaki Kevin O’Donnell, Piccolo Jordana DaUmec, Naoya Ebe, Chelsy Meiss, Flutes Colleen Cook, Clarinet Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Jenna Savella Leslie J. Allt, Principal Rob Carli, Saxophone Diane Doig, Horn Danyla Bezerra, Ryan Booth, Skylar Campbell, Adji Cissoko, Maria Pelletier Shaila D’Onofrio, Krista Dowson, Nadine DroUin, Jackson Dwyer, • Shelley Brown, Piccolo Beverley Johnston, Giorgio Galli, Selene GUerrero-TrUjillo, Emma Hawes, Percussion JUri Hiraoka, Kathryn Hosier, RUi HUang, Lise-Marie JoUrdain, Oboes Richard Moore, James Leja, Alexandra MacDonald, Elizabeth Marrable, Mark Rogers, Principal Percussion Ji Min Hong, Shino Mori, Tiffany Mosher, Andreea OlteanU +, Karen Rotenberg John Thompson, Brendan Saye, Christopher Stalzer, Joseph SteinaUer, Lesley YoUng, Percussion Dylan Tedaldi, Nan Wang, Aarik Wells, Sarah Elena Wolff English Horn SamUel Morgenstein, RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: James Applewhite, Clarinets Percussion Jack Bertinshaw, Esabelle Chen, Daniel Cooke, Max Christie, Principal Andrei Streliaev, Piano Francesco Gabriele Frola, Larissa Khotchenkova, • Emily Marlow Miyoko KoyasU, Lisa Lanteri, Nayara Lopes, Asiel Rivero. Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet • On Leave of Absence Lorna Geddes Joysanne Sidimus Bassoons Pointe Shoe Manager / GUest Balanchine Stephen Mosher, Principal Assistant Ballet Mistress RépétiteUr Jerry Robinson Ernest Abugov Shelby-Jai Flick Elizabeth Gowen, Jeff Morris Assistant Stage Manager/ Contra Bassoon Stage Managers Stage Manager, YOU dance Horns Gary Pattison, Principal Vincent Barbee *GUest Artist Derek Conrod +Maternity Leave Scott Wevers Page 2 national.ballet.ca The 2011/12 season is presented by Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm SatUrday, March 24, 2012 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm ThUrsday, March 22, 2012 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm SUnday, March 25, 2012 at 2:00 pm Friday, March 23, 2012 at 7:30 pm The Seagull A ballet by John Neumeier after Anton Chekhov Choreography: John Neumeier After the play by: Anton Chekhov MUsic: Dmitri Shostakovich +, Evelyn Glenni e++, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Alexander Scriabin Set, CostUme and Lighting Design: John Neumeier RépétiteUrs: Magdalena Popa , Rex Harrington , Peter Ottmann , Mandy-Jayne Richardson , and Lindsay Fischer CondUctor: David Briskin , MUsic Director and Principal CondUctor + By arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc. pUblisher and copyright owner ++ Used by arrangement with EUropean American MUsic LLC, sole Canadian and U.S. Agent for Faber MUsic Ltd pUblisher and copyright owner Premiere: The HambUrg Ballet, JUne 16, 2002, HambUrg, Germany National Ballet premiere: November 14, 2008, FoUr Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The Seagull is generoUsly sUpported in part by an anonymoUs friend of the National Ballet. “Chekhov, like Shakespeare, is an author who creates characters so complete, so true, that they live in the imagination outside and independent of the text. It is the emotional life behind Chekhov’s words that I transform into dance. For me, the central theme and conflict of The Seagull is the relationship between love and art – art and love.” – John NeUmeier Zdenek Konvalina and Greta Hodgkinson in The Seagull . Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. Page 3 Aleksandar Antonijevic, Greta Hodgkinson and Sonia Rodriguez in The Seagull . Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. The Cast Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina, Prima Ballerina Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko, Greta Hodgkinson (Mar 21, 22 eve, 24 mat, 25) Schoolteacher Heather Ogden (Mar 22 mat, 23, 24 eve) Noah Long + (Mar 21, 22 mat, 23, 24 eve, 25) James Leja * (Mar 22 eve, 24 mat) Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triplev, her Son Ilya Afanasevich Shamrayev, Manager of Guillaume Côté * (Mar 21, 22 eve, 25) Sorin’s Estate Patrick Lavoie * (Mar 22 mat, 24 eve) Kevin D. Bowles Keiichi Hirano (Mar 23, 24 mat) Polina Andreyevna, his Wife Piotr Nikolayevich Sorin, her Brother Stephanie Hutchison (Mar 21, 22 eve, 23, Jonathan Renna * 24 mat, 25) Rebekah Rimsay * (Mar 22 mat, 24 eve) Boris Alexeyivich Trigorin, Choreographer Aleksandar Antonijevic (Mar 21, 22 eve, 25) Masha, their Daughter Jiˇrí Jelinek * (Mar 22 mat, 24 eve) Chelsy Meiss * (Mar 21, 23, 25) Piotr Stanczyk (Mar 23, 24 mat) Stephanie Hutchison * (Mar 22 mat, 24 eve) Alejandra Perez-Gomez * (Mar 22 eve, 22 mat) Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya, Young Girl Sonia Rodriguez (Mar 21, 22 eve, 25) Yakov and Dima, Labourers Elena Lobsanova (Mar 22 mat, 24 eve) Nan Wang and Aarik Wells Jillian Vanstone (Mar 23, 24 mat) Arkadina’s Admirers Yevgeny Sergeyivich Dorn, Doctor Shaila D’Onofrio , Brett van Sickle or Skylar McGee Maddox * Campbell , James Leja or Jackson Dwyer Page 4 national.ballet.ca Kostya’s Dream Dancers Giorgio Galli or Naoya Ebe , Aarik Wells or Elena Lobsanova or Tiffany Mosher , Nan Wang , James Leja or Jack Bertinshaw , Tina Pereira or Jenna Savella , Ryan Booth , Brendan Saye Juri Hiraoka or Chelsy Meiss Keiichi Hirano or Brett van Sickle or Corps de Ballet of the Imperial Theatre Patrick Lavoie , Naoya Ebe or Giorgio Galli , Ji Min Hong , Shaila D’Onofrio , Christopher Stalzer , Robert Stephen Sarah Elena Wolff , Danyla Bezerra , Nadine Drouin , Alexandra MacDonald , Les Etoiles de la Revue Kathryn Hosier , Adji Cissoko Krista Dowson and Nan Wang (Mar 21, 25) Krista Dowson and Aarik Wells (Mar 22 mat, Skylar Campbell , James Leja or 23, 24 eve) Joseph Steinauer , Jackson Dwyer , Juri Hiraoka and Nan Wang (Mar 22 eve, Giorgio Galli or Naoya Ebe , Brendan Saye , 24 mat) Ryan Booth , Nan Wang , Aarik Wells Revue Dancers * DebUt Jordana Daumec , Tiffany Mosher or Chelsy + GUest Artist Meiss , Emma Hawes , Selene Guerrero- Trujillo , Alexandra MacDonald , Jenna What does it mean to be in love? Savella or Nadine Drouin , Lise-Marie What does it mean to be an artist? Jourdain , Sarah Elena Wolff , Rui Huang , Shino Mori What does it mean to be an artist, who is in love? Christopher Stalzer or Francesco Gabriele What does it mean to be someone Frola , Skylar Campbell , Dylan Tedaldi , who loves to be an artist? Joseph Steinauer , Jackson Dwyer , – John NeUmeier Greta Hodgkinson and Artists of the Ballet in The Seagull . Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. Page 5 The Seagull A ballet by John Neumeier after Anton Chekhov Cast of Characters sister and brother passionately involved Trigorin Arkadina SUccessfUl Prima Choreographer Ballerina infatuated with Trigorin her son in love with each other Nina Kostya Aspiring RevolUtionary Dancer Choreographer Page 6 national.ballet.ca Sorin Estate Owner married in love with Dorn Shamrayev Polina Dorn Manager of Doctor Sorin’s Estate their daUghter in love with in love Kostya but with Masha marries Medvedenko Masha Medvedenko Schoolteacher Page 7 Synopsis Please see the surtitles above the stage for information By John NeUmeier Act I The countryside by a lake Card games and amusement Kostya has bUilt a stage in the garden of his Arkadina, Trigorin, Masha, Medvedenko, Uncle Piotr Sorin’s estate. Nina, a girl from the Polina, Dorn, Shamrayev, Sorin, Yakow, neighboUring farm, arrives to dance the title role Dima in his creation “SoUl of the SeagUll”. Kostya 3rd Movement loves Nina. Nina loves Kostya. Jealousy and decisions Dmitri Shostakovich Nina, Kostya, Trigorin, Arkadina Piano
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