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2016 /17 Season

Genus & & Self and Soul &

March 29—April 2, 2017 Presented by

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Contents

6 Notes on the 8 Cast 10 Wayne McGregor on Genus 12 Selected Biographies 20 Dancers 26 Soaring Campaign

Principal Dancer The National Ballet of Canada Programme Greta Hodgkinson Editors: Julia Drake and Belinda Bale Design: Carmen Wagner Advertising & Printing: Mirvish Media This season Greta celebrates her 25th

Greta Hodgkinson is sponsored through Dancers First by Ira Gluskin anniversary with the & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin in celebration of her 25th Anniversary. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. company and her 20th

Cover: Selene Guerrero-Trujillo. Photo by Karolina Kuras. as a . The National Ballet of Canada

Celia Franca, C.C., Founder

George Crum, Music Director Emeritus

Karen Kain, C.C. Barry Hughson Artistic Director Executive Director

David Briskin Christopher Stowell Music Director and Principal Conductor Associate Artistic Director

Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director, YOU dance / Principal Rex Harrington, O.C. Ballet Master Artist-in-Residence Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne Richardson Senior Ballet Master Senior Ballet Mistress

Guillaume Côté, , Naoya Ebe, Greta Hodgkinson, Harrison James, Elena Lobsanova, , Evan McKie, Heather Ogden*, Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone, Xiao Nan Yu

Lorna Geddes, Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Alejandra Perez-Gomez*, Jonathan Renna, Rebekah Rimsay, Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan

Skylar Campbell, Jordana Daumec, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Tanya Howard, Alexandra MacDonald, Chelsy Meiss, Tina Pereira, Jenna Savella, Robert Stephen, Dylan Tedaldi

Jack Bertinshaw, Hannah Fischer, Emma Hawes, Kathryn Hosier, Rui Huang, Tiffany Mosher, Brent Parolin, Brendan Saye, Donald Thom

Trygve Cumpston, Erika Delponte, Shaila D’Onofrio, Rhiannon Fairless, Giorgio Galli, Christopher Gerty, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Spencer Hack, Jeannine Haller, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Soo Ah Kang, Larissa Khotchenkova, Miyoko Koyasu, Antonella Martinelli, Shino Mori, DaeHan Na, Jaclyn Oakley, Andreea Olteanu, Félix Paquet, Clare Peterson, Meghan Pugh, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Andrew Tomlinson, Laurynas Vejalis, Nan Wang, Ethan Watts

RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Eric Beckham, Heather Capen, Taylor Ciampi, Jimmy Coleman, Eric da Silva, Brenna Flaherty, Minkyung Lee, Larkin Miller, Lauren Ostrander, Isaac Wright

Robert Binet Joysanne Sidimus Jeff Morris Maureen Callaghan Lorna Geddes Guillaume Côté Guest Balanchine Liliane Stilwell Assistant Stage Pointe Shoe Manager / Répétiteur Choreographic Stage Managers Manager Assistant Ballet Mistress Associates

*Maternity/Parental leave

4 Orchestra

David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor

Violin 1 Peter Cosbey + Trumpets Aaron Schwebel, Concertmaster Olga Laktionova * Richard Sandals, Principal Lynn Kuo, Assistant Concertmaster Elaine Thompson Robert Weymouth James Aylesworth Andrew McIntosh Mark Dharmaratnam Jennie Baccante Paul Widner Sheldon Grabke Trombones Nancy Kershaw Basses David Archer, Principal Sonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Hans. J.F. Preuss, Principal Robert Ferguson * Yakov Lerner Jonathan Yeoh, Assistant Principal Dave Pell, Bass Trombone Jayne Maddison Paul Langley Wendy Rogers Robert Speer Tuba Paul Zevenhuizen Sasha Johnson, Principal Flutes Violin 2 Leslie J. Allt, Principal Harp Dominique Laplante, Principal Shelley Brown, * Piccolo Lucie Parent, Principal Second Violin Maria Pelletier, Piccolo Aya Miyagawa, Acting Assistant Tympani Principal Second Violin Oboes Michael Perry, Principal Corey Gemmell + Mark Rogers, Principal Xiao Grabke Karen Rotenberg Percussion Csaba Koczó Lesley Young, English Horn Kristofer Maddigan, Principal Jamie Kruspe + Mark Mazur Ron Mah Clarinets Filip Tomov Max Christie, Principal Orchestra Personnel Manager Joanna Zabrowarna Colleen Cook + and Music Administrator Gary Kidd, Bass Clarinet Raymond Tizzard Violas Emily Marlow * Angela Rudden, Principal Librarian Josh Greenlaw, Assistant Principal Bassoons Lucie Parent Emily Eng + Stephen Mosher, * Principal Keith Hamm + Jerry Robinson, Acting Principal * On Leave of Absence + Additional Musician Valerie Kuinka Elizabeth Gowen, Contra-Bassoon Johann Lotter Beverley Spotton Horns Larry Toman * Scott Wevers, Acting Principal Derek Conrod Cellos Gary Pattison Maurizio Baccante, Principal Marianne Pack, Assistant Principal

national.ballet.ca 5 Genus & Tarantella & Self and Soul & The Concert

Genus Concept, Direction & Choreography: Wayne McGregor Staged by: Antoine Vereecken Music: and Deru By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner. Set and Costume Design: Vicki Mortimer Lighting Design: Lucy Carter Recreated by: Simon Bennison Video Design: Ravi Deepres Répétiteurs: Rex Harrington and Peter Ottmann World Premiere: Opéra Ballet, Paris, , October 26, 2007 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: , March 29, 2017 Genus is made possible by a generous gift from Sandra Simpson and the support of The Producers’ Circle.

The Producers’ Circle: Gail & Mark Appel, John & Claudine Bailey, Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns, David W. Binet, Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen, Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Charitable Foundation, Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan, Kevin & Roger Garland, Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight, The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation, Rosamond Ivey, Hal Jackman Foundation, Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C., Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin, Judith & Robert Lawrie, Mona & Harvey Levenstein, Joan & Jerry Lozinski, The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C., Julie Medland, Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Lynda & Jonas Prince, Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C., Sandra Simpson and Noreen Taylor, C.M. & David Staines, C.M., O.Ont.

One of the most creative forces working in dance, Wayne McGregor is the Resident Choreographer of and one of the most in-demand dance artists in the world. His acclaimed work Genus, inspired by Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, was created for Paris Opéra Ballet in 2007. The National Ballet of Canada is honoured to present the North American premiere of this exhilarating work.

Tarantella Choreography: Staged by: Christopher Stowell Music: Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Grand Tarentelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866) Reconstructed and Orchestrated by: By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. Piano Soloist: Zhenya Yesmanovich Costume Design: Karinska World Premiere: Ballet, New York City, USA, January 7, 1964 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Toronto, March 29, 2017 George Balanchine admired this music composed by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and choreographed this pas de deux for Patricia McBride and in 1964. The nimble quickness of Tarantella provides a virtuosic showcase. The profusion of steps and quick changes of direction that this explosive pas de deux requires typifies the ways in which Balanchine expanded the traditional vocabulary of classical dance.

The performances of Tarantella, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine TrustSM and has been produced by arrangement with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

6 Self and Soul Choreography: Robert Binet Music: Winged Victory for the Sullen, We Played Some Open Chords and Requiem for the Static King Part 1 from the album Winged Victory for the Sullen © (2011) By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner. Lighting Design: Jeff Logue Répétiteur: Mandy-Jayne Richardson

World Premiere: The National Ballet of Canada, The Twelfth Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize, Toronto, November 15, 2016 The creation of Self and Soul began with an attempt to translate excerpts from Noa Sadka’s book Talking Parts into movement. Sadka’s book is made up of short phrases or sentence fragments excerpted from her diary that depict moments that are at once mundane but also call our attention to vast, universal, emotional ideas. In exploring these ideas between two dancers we found an undefined love; one that is not necessarily romantic, familial, platonic or passionate, but one that permeates their every action. – Robert Binet

The Concert (Or, The Perils of Everybody) A Charade in One Act

Choreography: * Staged by: Jean-Pierre Frohlich Music: Frédéric Chopin, Orchestrated by Clare Grundman Piano Soloist: Andrei Streliaev Set Design: Saul Steinberg Costume Design: Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Répétiteur: Mandy-Jayne Richardson World Premiere: , New York City, USA, March 6, 1956 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Toronto, June 14, 1984

The Concert is a gift from The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada. Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, subtitled The Perils of Everybody, portrays a cast of quirky characters, depicting their thoughts and fantasies while listening to a Chopin concert. A witty parody, Robbins’ choreography uncovers the individual eccentricities of the concert goers, while attending closely to the patterns and textures of the music.

* Performed by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust.

Running Time Genus 45m Intermission 25m Tarantella 7m Pause 2m Self and Soul 9m Pause 2m The Concert 30m

The performance will run approximately 2 hours.

national.ballet.ca 7 Cast

Genus Self and Soul

Jurgita Dronina, Kathryn Hosier, Tanya Howard, Calley Skalnik and Félix Paquet (Mar 29, 31, Apr 2) Harrison James, Svetlana Lunkina, Evan McKie, Chelsy Meiss, Félix Paquet, Robert Stephen, Jenna Savella and Spencer Hack (Mar 30 mat, Apr 1 mat) Donald Thom (Mar 29, 30 eve, 31 eve, Apr 1 mat) Emma Hawes and Brendan Saye Skylar Campbell, Jordana Daumec, Naoya Ebe, (March 30 eve, Apr 1 eve) Hannah Fischer, Giorgio Galli, Greta Hodgkinson, Elena Lobsanova, Tina Pereira, Brendan Saye, Pause Dylan Tedaldi (Mar 30 mat, Apr 1 eve, Apr 2) The Concert Rhiannon Fairless, Christopher Gerty, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Spencer Hack, Emma Hawes, Conductor: David Briskin, Music Director and Rui Huang, Tiffany Mosher, Jaclyn Oakley, Ben Rudisin, Principal Conductor Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Laurynas Vejalis, Nan Wang Piano Soloist: Andrei Streliaev

Intermission Hannah Fischer, Jonathan Renna, Greta Hodgkinson

Tarantella Skylar Campbell, Brent Parolin, Ben Rudisin, Ethan Watts or Spencer Hack Conductor: David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor Lise-Marie Jourdain, Tiffany Mosher, Jaclyn Oakley Piano Soloist: Zhenya Yesmanovich (Mar 29, 30 eve, 31, Apr 1 eve)

Jillian Vanstone and Skylar Campbell (Mar 29, 31, Apr 2) Emma Hawes, Piotr Stanczyk, Chelsy Meiss

Rui Huang and Dylan Tedaldi (Mar 30 mat, Apr 1 mat) Giorgio Galli, Brendan Saye, Robert Stephen, Jurgita Dronina and Francesco Gabriele Frola Ethan Watts or Spencer Hack (Mar 30 eve, Apr 1 eve) Jordana Daumec, Shaila D’Onofrio, Alexandra MacDonald Pause (Mar 30 mat, Apr 1 mat, Apr 2)

Jack Bertinshaw, Trygve Cumpston, Erika Delponte, Christopher Gerty, Jeannine Haller, Miyoko Koyasu, Antonella Martinelli, Clare Peterson, Kota Sato, Donald Thom, Nan Wang

All casting subject to change.

8 The National Ballet of Canada dedicates the 2016/17 Season to Sandra and Jim Pitblado in gratitude for their ongoing leadership, extraordinary generosity and enduring friendship.

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

We acknowledge the financial support of the Bringing the arts to life The Government of Ontario through the The Volunteer Committee, Government of Canada De l'art plein la vie Honourable Eleanor McMahon, Minister through the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The National Ballet of Canadian Heritage of Canada via the Endowment Incentives component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.

The National Ballet of Canada operates under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The National Ballet of Canada is a member of the Canadian Dance Assembly and Dance/USA.

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national.ballet.ca 9 Wayne McGregor on Genus By L. Guilbert, courtesy of Paris Opéra Ballet and Studio Wayne McGregor

What is amusing is that the grandson of Charles Darwin – who knew and appreciated my ballets – wanted to meet me at the same time to propose a similar project...It was a real coincidence!

What drew you to Darwin?

WM: It seems to me that his way of classifying, labeling and ordering species has led to a radically new understanding of the body and has laid a new foundation for science. It was this spirit of innovation that attracted me to his home, his ability to revolutionize the way things were looked at. His career is all the more striking because he developed his work at a time when belief in the divine origin of the world was an absolute truth. His writings on the evolution of Many of your pieces deal with the issue of the body species, based on three joint processes of selection – in its relationship to science and technology. Why natural, sexual and artificial – have represented a real mine for my choreographic work. does this interest you? Excerpt of an Interview by L. Guilbert. Wayne McGregor: To read full interview visit national.ballet.ca/Genus The notion of the “technological body” is something that has always fascinated me. The human body is in itself the most extraordinary of technological machines, a machine much more complex than a computer. But the alliance between the two represents a real field of exploration, because technology makes it possible to multiply our potentials. It is for this reason that the world of science interests me because it sharpens my gaze, it opens me up to modes of reflection that nourish my choreographic research. What I seek in dance is also experimental: making new, inventing other ways of thinking body and movement.

How did the Genus project germinate?

WM: A few years ago, I created Ataxia, a piece about the problems of loss of coordination, inspired by the neuromuscular disease of the same name. It was by addressing this question of the dysfunction of the body that I began to take an interest in the work of Charles Darwin. Shortly afterwards, I visited the Museum of Natural History in , where the very vast collections gathered by Darwin during his lifetime are located. At that time, several events were organized around his memory. The idea then came to me to create a work about man and his thought. I had never done that before. The title Genus came to me very quickly. I wanted to dig into this notion of “origin”.

Evan McKie & Tanya Howard in rehearsal for Genus. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

10 Kimberley Newport-Mimran President and Design Director of Pink Tartan

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Artistic Director Karen Kain has led The National Ballet of Canada with great success for the past eleven years. Her many accomplishments include returning the company to the international stage, commissioning exciting new work and forming partnerships with leading ballet companies such as The Royal Ballet. Long recognized as one of the most gifted classical dancers of her era, noted for her compelling characterizations and versatility as a performer, she is one of Canada’s most renowned and committed advocates for the arts. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Ms. Kain received her training at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto, joining the National Ballet in 1969. In 1973, Ms. Kain was awarded the Silver Medal in the Women’s Category at the prestigious International Ballet Competition in and, along with Frank Augustyn, received a special prize for Best Pas de Deux. Subsequently, she embarked on a remarkable international career performing with such companies as Paris Opéra Ballet, Roland Karen Kain Petit’s Le Ballet de Marseilles, the , London Festival Ballet and Vienna State C.C., LL.D., D. Litt., O.Ont. Opera Ballet. Throughout her career she developed a close creative partnership with Artistic Director and often performed with him. Ms. Kain retired from dancing following a farewell tour in 1997 and took up the position of Artist-in-Residence with the company (later expanded to that of Artistic Associate). She became Artistic Director in 2005.

Barry Hughson has served the performing arts field for 24 years as a professional arts executive. In 2014, he joined The National Ballet of Canada as Executive Director. Mr. Hughson was previously Executive Director of . Under Mr. Hughson’s leadership, Boston Ballet achieved several key milestones, including the retirement of its long term debt, completing a major renovation of the ballet’s headquarters, international tours to Canada, Spain, Finland and the UK, and significant increases in annual earned and contributed revenue. As an arts advocate, consultant and educator, Mr. Hughson has had teaching and speaking engagements in the USA, Europe and South America. He is the Vice Chair of Dance/USA, North America’s largest service organization for professional dance. In January 2015, in partnership with Dance/USA, Mr. Hughson spearheaded the first ever meeting of North American and European executive dance leadership, bringing together 22 administrators from nine countries for two days of Barry Hughson meetings at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. In Canada, Mr. Hughson Executive Director serves as Vice-Chair of the National Council for the Canadian Dance Assembly and serves on the Steering Committee for the Canadian Arts Summit. Mr. Hughson began his career as a dancer with The Washington (DC) Ballet, where he performed classical and contemporary repertoire at the Kennedy Center and on tour throughout the world.

Music Director and Principal Conductor of The National Ballet of Canada since 2006, David Briskin is widely recognized as one of contemporary ballet’s most accomplished conductors, noted both for the range of his repertoire and the insightfulness of his musical interpretations. Prior to moving to Canada, Mr. Briskin lived and worked for 23 years as a conductor in New York City. He served for seven years as Conductor with leading performances with the company at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York’s City Center and in major opera houses throughout the world. He worked for two years as a seasonal conductor with New York City Ballet conducting more than 35 different ballets over two years and as Conductor of The Juilliard School’s Dance Division for 12 years. As a guest conductor Mr. Briskin appears seasonally with The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in London. Mr. Briskin made his debut with The in 2016 and will make his first appearance with The David Briskin this season. Mr. Briskin has also appeared with nearly all of the major North American Music Director and ballet companies. Equally at home with orchestral and operatic repertoire, Mr. Briskin has Principal Conductor conducted the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, Cincinnati Pops, Indianapolis, Windsor and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, among others, as well as for Calgary Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opera Carolina, Lake George Opera and Sarasota Opera.

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Wayne McGregor was born in Stockport, UK in 1970 and studied dance at University College Bretton Hall and the José Limón Institute in New York City. He is the founder of Company Wayne McGregor (formerly Wayne McGregor | Random Dance), resident company of Sadler’s Wells, London. He is Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor, with studios at Here East in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, which forms the hub for all of his extensive creative collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. Recently, Mr. McGregor choreographed Multiverse for The Royal Ballet in a triple bill celebrating his 10th anniversary as Resident Choreographer. His repertoire also includes Tree of Codes for Company Wayne McGregor and Paris Opéra Ballet and Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet. He is regularly commissioned by and has works in the repertories of the most important Wayne McGregor ballet companies in the world, including New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet and San Concept, Direction Francisco Ballet. Mr. McGregor is in demand as a choreographer for theatre, opera, and Choreography, film Harry( Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them), Genus music videos (Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers), and fashion shows and television. In 2013, Mr. McGregor presented Thinking with the Body at the Wellcome Collection, an exhibition exploring his collaborative enquiry into choreographic thinking. Mr. McGregor is Professor of Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, has an Honorary Doctor of Science from Plymouth University and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from University of Leeds. Mr. McGregor’s awards include four Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards, three Olivier Awards, two South Bank Show Awards, a and two Golden Mask Awards. In 2011 Mr. McGregor was awarded a CBE for Services to Dance.

Antoine Vereecken was born in Ghent, Belgium and trained at the of Antwerp. He performed with Les Ballets C de la B, Malaika Kusumi’s Renaissance de la Danse in Frankfurt and Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Compan in Israel, and the Richard Alston Dance Company in London. Mr. Vereecken joined Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in 2000 until 2011. During his time with Random Dance, principal roles were created for him in many new works which he toured extensively both nationally and internationally. As an assistant, Mr. Vereecken has worked alongside Wayne McGregor on many works including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire for Warner Brothers, Dido and Aeneas for Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Gareth Pugh’s Lexus Design Disrupted at New York Fashion Week, as well as restaging several of Mr. McGregor’s works for , The National Ballet of Canada, Bolshoi Antoine Vereecken Ballet, The Royal Danish Ballet, Boston Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Staging, Genus Dance Theatre, and among others. In 2012, Mr. Vereecken won an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for his restaging of Chroma on the San Francisco Ballet. As a teacher, Mr. Vereecken has taught for The Royal Ballet School, London Contemporary Dance School, Canada’s National Ballet School, The Royal Danish Ballet Summer School, Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, , School, D.A.N.C.E, DAF Dance Arts Faculty in Rome and Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, among others.

Joby Talbot studied with Brian Elias and earned his Master of Music (Composition) under Simon Bainbridge at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His diverse catalogue includes a trumpet concerto for Alison Balsom and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Desolation Wilderness, 2006); a 60-minute a cappella choral work Path of Miracles for Nigel Short’s Tenebrae (2005); an eighth movement of Holst’s The Planets for the Philharmonia Orchestra (Worlds Stars Systems Infinity, 2012); arrangements of songs by Detroit rock duo The White Stripes alongside existing works for Wayne McGregor’s Chroma (The Royal Ballet, 2006); and the score for ’s full-length ballet Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2011), followed in 2014 by a second such collaboration, The Winter’s Tale, adapted from Shakespeare’s play. Further works created with Mr. Wheeldon include Fools Paradise (Morphoses, 2007) and Tide Harmonic (Pacific Joby Talbot Northwest Ballet, 2013); and with Mr. McGregor, Genus (, 2007) and , Genus Entity (Random Dance, 2008). He wrote his 2012 Chamber Symphony for Medhi Walerski’s Nederlands Dans Theater work Chamber and premiered his first opera, the one-act work Everest, with the Dallas Opera in January 2015 to critical acclaim.

14 Benjamin Wynn is an Emmy Award-winning American composer, sound designer and music producer. Mr. Wynn earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music from the California Institute of the Arts. He has released four albums under the name Deru, as well as scored television, film, and dance. In addition to his scoring work, Mr. Wynn is a founding member and Creative Director of The Echo Society, a Los Angeles based composer collective and non-profit organization that premieres new orchestral works in singular, one-night-only events.

Deru Music, Genus

Vicki Mortimer designs for theatre, opera and dance. Her work in dance includes Raven Girl (The Royal Ballet); Yantra (); Skindex (Nederlands Dans Theater); Millenarium, Sulphur 16 and Aeon (Random Dance Company, now Studio Wayne McGregor). Her theatre designs includes The Plough and the Stars, The Threepenny Opera, Here We Go, The Silver Tassie, Othello, Hamlet, Waves, Cat in the Hat, Three Sisters, The Seagull, Closer, Paul and Last of the Haussmans (National Theatre), Oil (Almeida Theatre) and The Little Match Girl (Globe Theatre). She has also designed for the Young Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Donmar Warehouse, the Almeida Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, Kneehigh Theatre Company as well as work in Japan, Sweden and on Broadway. In Opera, she has designed for The Royal Opera, Aix Festival, Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne, English National Opera, Lyric Opera. Ms. Mortimer was Vicki Mortimer the Winner of the International Opera Award for Design 2016. Set and Costume Designer, Genus

Lucy Carter is a frequent collaborator of choreographer Wayne McGregor. Their work includes Chroma, Infra, Carbon Life, Multiverse, Woolf Works, The Art of Fugue, Raven Girl, Live Fire Exercise, Limen, Qualia (The Royal Ballet), Borderlands (San Francisco Ballet), FAR, Entity, Dyad 1929, Amu, Digito1, AtaXia and Nemesis (Random Dance, now Studio Wayne McGregor), Dido and Aeneas and Acis and Galatea (The Royal Opera), Outlier (New York City Ballet), Dyad 1909 (Australian Ballet), Kirikou and Karaba (Maison de la Danse de Lyon), L’Anatomie de la Sensation and Genus (Paris Opéra Ballet) and Skindex and Renature (Nederlands Dans Theater). Ms. Carter has also designed extensively for theatre and opera including work for Almeida Theatre, Playhouse Theatre, National Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester, Grange Park Opera, Glyndebourne, Aldeburgh Productions, Welsh National Opera and Polish National Lucy Carter Opera. Ms. Carter was the recipient of the Knight of Illumination Award for Dance for Lighting Designer, Chroma in 2008 and for Woolf Works in 2015. Genus

Simon Bennison’s designs for The Royal Ballet include Caught Dance, Renard, The Lesson, Consolations and Liebestraum, Dear Norman, Les Lutins, Non-linear Interactions, Now, Recordato, Yes we did…, and Elizabeth. As associate to Lucy Carter he has designed lighting for Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 and Raven Girl. He has also created lighting designs for Royal Ballet of Flanders, English National Ballet, George Piper Dances, The Royal Danish Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Boston Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet and The Australian Ballet. In 2011, Mr. Bennison was nominated for Best Lighting at the Golden Mask Awards for his designs for In a Minor Key with Viacheslav Samodurov and the Mikhailovsky Ballet. Mr. Bennison has worked with The Royal Opera, La Monnaie, Teatro Real, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opera Lille, Liceo Opera, Valencia Opera, Opera North and English Simon Bennison Touring Opera, Gare St Lazare, Royal Court Theatre, National Theatre, Hampstead Lighting Design Theatre, Print Room, Bush Theatre, Hammersmith Lyric, Tricycle Theatre, Oxford Stage Recreation, Genus Company, Dundee Repertory Theatre, Chichester Festival and Arcola Theatre.

national.ballet.ca 15 Ravi Deepres is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker and artist. He has established an international reputation for work involving themes of identity that focuses on the intersection of the still and moving image. He incorporates the use of historical archives, psychology and the subconscious, expressed through conceptual documentary, choreographic and kinetically employed aesthetics. His work embraces the potential of collaboration and pushes the boundaries of new technology in the creation of new artistic languages. Mr. Deepres’ film and photographic collaborations include globally renowned institutions and choreographers such as Wayne McGregor, Saburo Teshigawara, Phyllida Lloyd and Michael Clark and have been seen at the Palais Garnier, Royal Opera House and Edinburgh Festival. His work has been commissioned and exhibited in group and solo shows across the UK, the US, Japan and Europe including the Hatton Gallery, Magnum Ravi Deepres Photos, Impressions Gallery, Ikon Gallery, Cornerhouse, The Lowry, Recontres Arles, Video Design, Genus Deloitte Ignite Festival, Guanzhou Photography Festival and Film and Video Umbrella.

George Balanchine was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He joined the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in St. Petersburg at the age of 17. In 1924, Mr. Balanchine was invited by Serge Diaghilev to join Les in Paris and was hired as Ballet Master in 1925, holding this position until the company was dissolved in 1929. Mr. Balanchine formed his own company, in Paris and shortly thereafter met the American dance connoisseur Lincoln Kirstein, which led him to move to the US. In collaboration with Mr. Kirstein, Mr. Balanchine formed the School of American Ballet and American Ballet, which later became the resident at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Mr. Balanchine was choreographer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1944 to 1946 and in 1946, he formed Ballet Society, which became New York City Ballet in 1948. He held the title of Ballet Master with New George Balanchine York City Ballet until his death in 1983. A major artistic figure of the 20th-century, Mr. Choreographer, Balanchine revolutionized the look of classical ballet. Taking classicism as his base, he Tarantella heightened, quickened, expanded, streamlined and even inverted the fundamentals of the 400-year-old language of classical ballet. This had an inestimable influence on the growth of ballet in the US. His ballets are performed by all the major classical ballet companies throughout the world.

Christopher Stowell was born in New York City and received his training at School and the School of American Ballet. In 1985, he joined San Francisco Ballet where he danced for 16 years, appearing in theatres throughout the world. As a Principal Dancer, Mr. Stowell performed leading roles in the full-length classics Romeo and Juliet, , The Sleeping Beauty and Othello, and had roles created for him by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and by contemporary choreographers. An established interpreter of the George Balanchine repertoire, Mr. Stowell appeared in almost every Balanchine ballet performed by San Francisco Ballet. In 2003, he became ’s second Artistic Director. He made significant additions to OBT’s repertoire, bringing to Portland works from some of the world’s most celebrated choreographers. Hel served as Ballet Master and Assistant to Christopher Stowell the Artistic Director at San Francisco Ballet for the 2014/15 season. Mr. Stowell joined Staging, Tarantella The National Ballet as Associate Artistic Director in 2017.

Barbara Karinska was born in Russia. As a young woman, she ran a Moscow embroidery shop before leaving the country after the . Before settling in America in 1938, Ms. Karinska worked in Paris, making costumes from the sketches of artists such as Christian Berard, André Derain, Salvador Dali, and . After arriving in New York City, Ms. Karinska designed many of the tutus and conventional romantic ballet dresses for New York City Ballet. As the company’s most respected costume designer, she created the costumes for many of George Balanchine’s works, including Divertimento No. 15, , La Bourée Fantasque, , , Stars and Stripes, , A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Liebeslieder Walzer, and . Ms. Karinska designed and executed costumes for the theatre, opera and cinema and in 1962 was given the Capezio Award in recognition of Karinska her contribution to dance. Ms. Karinska died in New York City in 1983. Costume Designer, Tarantella

16 Robert Binet was born in Toronto and is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School. He was appointed Choreographic Associate of The National Ballet of Canada in 2013. His works for the company include Unearth, set to an original score by Owen Pallett, These Worlds In Us, The Wild Space Between Two Hearts, Becomes Eurydice, a co-production with The Banff Centre, and The Dreamers Ever Leave You, a co-production with the Art Gallery of Ontario. In 2015, Mr. Binet presented at TEDxToronto and created The Blue of Distance for New York City Ballet. Mr. Binet was the first-ever Choreographic Apprentice for The Royal Ballet from 2012 to 2013 and received mentorship from Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor. In 2016, Mr. Binet returned to create Void and Fire for The Royal Ballet for Mr. McGregor’s 10th anniversary celebrations. Mr. Binet has created works for the ’s junior company, Estonian National Ballet, German National Youth Ballet, The Genée Robert Binet International Ballet Competition and Ballet Black. He also choreographed the music Choreographer, video for Owen Pallett’s Song for Five & Six and Belle and Sebastian’s The Party Line. Self and Soul

A Winged Victory for the Sullen is comprised of Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie. They became known for a unique combination of Mr. Bryanbaum Wiltzie’s ambient guitar drone and Mr. O’Halloran’s sparse piano with their self-titled debut album in 2011. During the summer of 2013 they recorded over 60 minutes of music while working on the score for a new oeuvre Atomos by The Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor. While recording they were inspired by Mr. McGregor to expand their sound into more electronic territory, resulting in their second full length album, Atomos, a unique record that stays true to their signature chamber sound while adding flurries of electronics, harp and modular synthesizers, released on Erased Tapes in October 2014. They’ve since played some of the world’s most celebrated venues, including a sold out Boiler Room performance at London’s Barbican Theatre and a 2015 BBC Proms show curated by Mary Anne Hobbes at the A Winged Victory Royal Albert Hall. The duo are currently working on a score for director Jalil Laspert’s for the Sullen new thriller Iris. Music, Self and Soul

Toronto native Jeff Logue studied theatre production at York University. In 2009, Mr. Logue joined The National Ballet of Canada as Lighting Coordinator. Before joining the company, Mr. Logue worked at the Shaw Festival for over fourteen seasons including six productions as Lighting Designer and more than thirty productions as Associate Lighting Designer. In addition, he worked on I, Claudia, for which he was nominated for both Dora and Betty Mitchell Awards, the Eastern Canadian tour of Pelagie and most recently The Drowsy Chaperone at Sudbury Theatre Centre. Mr. Logue was the Associate Lighting Designer for Urinetown (The Canadian Stage Company) and Assistant Lighting Designer for The Producers (Mirvish Productions). Mr. Logue has worked at most of Canada’s larger regional theatres.

Jeff Logue Lighting Designer, Self and Soul

Jerome Robbins is world-renowned for his work as a director and choreographer for ballet, theatre, film and television. His Broadway musicals includeWest Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, and Fiddler on the Roof. Among the more than 60 ballets he created are , Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, , , , , , Ives, Songs, A and which are in the repertoires of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies around the world. In addition to two Academy Awards for the filmWest Side Story, Mr. Robbins received four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, one Emmy Award, the Screen Directors’ Guild Award and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. He was a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur. Mr. Robbins died in 1998. Jerome Robbins Choreographer, The Concert

national.ballet.ca 17 Jean-Pierre Frohlich was born in New York and trained at the School of American Ballet. In 1972 he joined the New York City Ballet and in 1979 was promoted to Soloist. His Balanchine repertory included Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Symphony in Three Movements and . He danced leading roles in Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, Fancy Free and Afternoon of a Faun. Mr. Frohlich appeared in the Live From broadcast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Great Performances: Dance in America broadcast of Choreography by Jerome Robbins with New York City Ballet. Mr. Frohlich became a Ballet Master in 1990, assisting Mr. Robbins in staging many of his ballets and now maintains and oversees his repertory at New York City Ballet. Upon his death, Mr. Robbins appointed Mr. Frohlich as a committee member for the Robbins Rights Trust. He has staged works for numerous companies including The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet and the Paris Opéra Ballet and is the recipient of two Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (1998, 2006). Jean-Pierre Frohlich In 2010, he was appointed Artistic Administrator of New York City Ballet’s touring Staging, The Concert company. His work Varied Trio (in four) had its New York premiere at Lincoln Center by New York City Ballet in 2014. He also choreographed and directed HOME (revisited), a short dance narrative film. In 2015, he was awarded Officier des Arts et Lettres from the French Government’s Ministry of Culture. Saul Steinberg had one of the most remarkable careers in American art. While renowned for the covers and drawings that appeared in The New Yorker for nearly six decades, he was equally acclaimed for the drawings, paintings, prints, collages and sculptures he exhibited internationally in galleries and museums. Mr. Steinberg crafted a rich and ever- evolving idiom that found full expression through these parallel yet integrated careers. He was a modernist without portfolio, constantly crossing boundaries into uncharted visual territory. In subject matter and styles, he made no distinction between high and low art, which he freely conflated in an oeuvre that is stylistically diverse yet consistent in depth and visual imagination. Mr. Steinberg died in 1999.

Saul Steinberg Set Designer, The Concert Irene Sharaff’s debut as a Scenic and Costume Designer was Alice in Wonderland at New York City’s Civic Repertory Theater in 1932, for which she received a Donaldson Award. Following this, Ms. Sharaff designed costumes and scenery for more than 60 Broadway productions, including The King and I (1951) and (1956). She received the Antoinette Perry and Donaldson Awards for The King and I in 1951. Ms. Sharaff designed for many major ballet choreographers including Leonide Massine, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Her long association with New York City Ballet began in 1937 when she designed Balanchine’s Jeux de Cartes. Her many designs for the company include Afternoon of a Faun and The Concert and PAMTGG. Ms. Sharaff won five Oscars for the filmsAn American in Paris, The King and I, West Side Story, Cleopatra and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Irene Sharaff died in 1993.

Irene Sharaff Costume Designer, The Concert

Jennifer Tipton is well known for her work in theatre, dance and opera. In theatre her recent work includes Richard Nelson’s The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family at The Public Theater in New York. Her recent work in opera includes Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette directed by Bart Sher at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and for dance, her recent work includes ’s Shostokovich Trilogy for American Ballet Theater. Ms. Tipton teaches lighting at the Yale School of Drama. She received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, the Jerome Robbins Prize in 2003 and in 2004 the Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture in New York City. In 2008 she was made a Artists “Gracie” Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow.

Jennifer Tipton Lighting Designer, The Concert

18 Born in Toronto, Jeff Morris studied technical theatre production and administration at Ryerson’s Theatre School. After leaving Ryerson, he became Production Stage Manager for Toronto Dance Theatre (1990 – 1995), stage managing the company’s debuts in , Warsaw, Beijing, Tokyo and at the Joyce Theater, New York. He was Production Stage Manager for Dancers For Life (AIDS Committee of Toronto, 1991 – 1997), Stage Manager for Theatre Passe-Muraille (Never Swim Alone, Metamorphosis of a Shadow) and for the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists. Mr. Morris joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1995 and has since stage-managed a wide range of the company’s unique classical and contemporary repertoire, including the world premieres of James Kudelka’s The Four Seasons, Cinderella and An Italian Straw Hat, company premieres of ’s The Seagull and Nijinsky and Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale. He is an adjunct faculty member at Jeff Morris the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and Festival Co-director for the biannual festival Stage Manager dance: made in Canada/fait au Canada.

Liliane Stilwell served as Stage Manager for the Canadian Opera Company for 22 years. Highlights included Don Quichotte, Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Cenerentola, Otello, Marriage of Figaro, Götterdämmerung (complete Ring Cycle), Macbeth, La Bohème, Eugene , Madama Butterflyand was part of the team that took Oedipus Rex to the Edinburgh International Festival. She was Production Stage Manager for Grease and Stage Manager for Robin Hood and Cinderella at the Elgin, Dirty Dancing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and Hairspray at the Princess of Wales. Other credits include Tom Jones, Speed-The-Plow, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Big River, Shear Madness, Carousel, Me and My Girl and Roar of the Greasepaint-Smell of the Crowd. She was Head Stage Co-ordinator for the Papal visit World Youth Day’s Way of the Cross and has stage managed several industrial shows in Canada and the US. Ms. Stilwell joined the National Ballet in 2015. Liliane Stilwell Stage Manager

Maureen Callaghan is a freelance stage manager/educator based in Toronto, having trained in stage management at the Banff Centre. Previous work with The National Ballet of Canada includes stage managing YOU dance and Dance About education productions, in addition to several years as child minder for student dancers of Canada’s National Ballet School. Recent production work elsewhere includes: The Music Man (Talk is Free Theatre); The Ladies Foursome (Hudson Village Theatre); Paul Bunyan and Postcard from Morocco (University of Toronto, Opera Division); Pyramus and Thisbe and Semele (Canadian Opera Company) and La Calisto (Centre for Opera Studies in Italy). Ms. Callaghan is one of the resident concert managers for Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, which has involved touring with Opera Atelier’s production of Armide to the Palace of Versailles in 2015. Prior to her current career, Maureen was a full time academic teacher at Canada’s National Ballet School. Maureen Callaghan Assistant Stage Manager

The National Ballet Orchestra The National Ballet of Canada is privileged to have its own full Orchestra with over 60 members. The Orchestra has performed in each of the National Ballet’s seasons and is led by Music Director and Principal Conductor David Briskin. The company’s first Music Director was George Crum who, along with Founder Celia Franca, was a pioneer of the company. Mr. Crum held the position from the company’s inception in 1951 to 1984, when he was appointed Music Director Emeritus. The Orchestra was led by Ermanno Florio from 1985 to 1990. Ormsby Wilkins was Music Director and Principal Conductor from 1990 to 2006. The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra has toured extensively with the company through Canada, the US and Europe. Over the years, the Orchestra has received much acclaim from audiences and critics alike and has recorded two CDs of Michael Torke’s compositions for The Contract (The Pied Piper) and An Italian Straw Hat. The Orchestra made their concert debut at Koerner Hall on April 3, 2012, in celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary.

For more information, visit: national.ballet.ca

national.ballet.ca 19 Dancer Biographies

Guillaume Côté Jurgita Dronina Principal Dancer Principal Dancer

Born: Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec Born: Saratov, Russia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: National M. K. Ciulionis School of Art Joined National Ballet: 1998 and Munich International Ballet Academy Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2004 Royal Swedish Ballet: 2005—2010 Sponsored by Emmanuelle Gattuso Dutch National Ballet: 2010—2015 and Allan Slaight Resident Guest Artist : 2015 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2015

Naoya Ebe Greta Hodgkinson Principal Dancer Principal Dancer

Born: Tokyo, Japan Born: Providence, Rhode Island Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: Festival Ballet of Rhode Island and Joined National Ballet: 2006 Canada’s National Ballet School Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 1990 Sponsored by Gretchen Ross Promoted to Principal Dancer: 1996 Sponsored by Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin in celebration of her 25th anniversary Harrison James Elena Lobsanova Principal Dancer Principal Dancer

Born: Paraparaumu, New Zealand Born: Moscow, Russia Trained: San Francisco Ballet School’s Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trainee Program and the New Joined National Ballet: 2004 Zealand School of Dance Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2013 Sponsored by Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2016 Sponsored by Lucy White

Svetlana Lunkina Evan McKie Principal Dancer Principal Dancer

Born: Moscow, Russia Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: Moscow Choreographic Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School, Academy The Kirov Academy of Ballet and the John Bolshoi Ballet: 1997—2013 Cranko School Joined as Principal Dancer: 2014 Stuttgart Ballet: 2001—2014 Sponsored by Anna McCowan-Johnson Principal Guest Artist with National Ballet: and Donald K. Johnson, O.C. 2012—2014 Joined as Principal Dancer: 2014 Heather Ogden Sonia Rodriguez Principal Dancer Principal Dancer

Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Toronto, Ontario Trained: Richmond Academy of Dance Trained: with Pedro de la Cruz at the Joined National Ballet: 1998 Princess Grace Academy Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2005 Joined National Ballet: 1990 Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2000

20 Piotr Stanczyk Jillian Vanstone Principal Dancer Principal Dancer

Born: Poznan, Poland Born: Nanaimo, British Columbia Trained: State Ballet School of Poznan and Trained: Kirkwood Academy of the Canada’s National Ballet School Performing Arts and Canada’s National Joined National Ballet: 1998 Ballet School Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2008 Joined National Ballet: 1999 Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2011 Sponsored by George & Kathy Dembroski

Xiao Nan Yu Lorna Geddes Principal Dancer Principal Character Artist

Born: Dalian, China Born: Waterloo, Ontario Trained: Shen Yang School of Dance, Trained: with Betty Oliphant Beijing Dance Academy and Canada’s Joined National Ballet: 1959 National Ballet School Principal Character Artist since: 2005 Joined National Ballet: 1996 Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2001

Stephanie Hutchison Etienne Lavigne Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist

Born: Kitchener, Ontario Born: Montréal, Québec Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du Joined National Ballet: 1997 Québec, San Francisco Ballet School and Principal Character Artist since: 2015 National Ballet of Cuba Joined National Ballet: 1997 Principal Character Artist since: 2015

Alejandra Perez-Gomez Jonathan Renna Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist

Born: Toronto, Ontario Born: Ottawa, Ontario Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Québec, Princess Grace Academy and San Joined National Ballet: 1997—2000 Francisco Ballet School Rejoined: 2007 Joined National Ballet: 1998 Principal Character Artist since: 2015 Principal Character Artist since: 2013

Rebekah Rimsay Tomas Schramek Principal Character Artist Principal Character Artist

Born: Fort Collins, Colorado Born: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: Slovak Folk Dance Ensemble Joined National Ballet: 1990 SLUK Principal Character Artist since: 2012 Joined National Ballet: 1969 Principal Dancer: 1973—1990 Principal Character Artist since: 1990

national.ballet.ca 21 Hazaros Surmeyan Skylar Campbell Principal Character Artist First Soloist

Born: Skopje, Yugoslavia Born: Laguna Beach, California Trained: National Ballet School of Macedonia Trained: with Victor and Tatiana Kasatsky Joined as Principal Dancer: 1966 Joined National Ballet: 2009 Principal Character Artist since: 1986 First Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by Tricia Younger

Jordana Daumec Francesco Gabriele Frola First Soloist First Soloist

Born: New York City, New York Born: Aosta, Italy Trained: Studio Maestro and Canada’s Trained: Professione Danza Parma, National Ballet School The School of The and Joined National Ballet: 2003 Fomento Artistico Cordobés First Soloist since: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2010 First Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by Sherry and Edward Drew Tanya Howard Alexandra MacDonald First Soloist First Soloist

Born: Uitenhage, South Africa Born: Calgary, Alberta Trained: The National School of Arts and Trained: International School of Ballet and Canada’s National Ballet School Boston Ballet School’s Trainee Program Joined National Ballet: 1998 Joined National Ballet: 2007 First Soloist since: 2007 First Soloist since: 2016 Sponsored by Nancy Pencer Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Chelsy Meiss Tina Pereira First Soloist First Soloist

Born: Melbourne, Australia Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad Trained: Karen Curlis School of Dance, Thelma Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Williams School of Dance, The Victorian College Joined National Ballet: 2001 of The Arts and The First Soloist since: 2009 Joined National Ballet: 2008 Sponsored by The Honourable Margaret First Soloist since: 2015 Norrie McCain, C.C. Sponsored by Diana St. B. Weatherall

Jenna Savella Robert Stephen First Soloist First Soloist

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Born: Burlington, Ontario Trained: DanceWest, Lavrova Classical Ballet Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Academy and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2004 Joined National Ballet: 2004 First Soloist since: 2011 First Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Dylan Tedaldi Jack Bertinshaw First Soloist Second Soloist

Born: Boston, Massachusetts Born: Sydney, Australia Trained: Boston Ballet School and The School Trained: Tanya Pearson Classical of The Hamburg Ballet Coaching Academy and the Tanz Joined National Ballet: 2009 Akademie Zürich First Soloist since: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2011 Second Soloist since: 2015

22 Hannah Fischer Emma Hawes Second Soloist Second Soloist

Born: New York City, New York Born: Delaware, Ohio Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: BalletMet’s Dance Academy Joined National Ballet: 2012 and Canada’s National Ballet School Second Soloist since: 2015 Joined National Ballet: 2011 Sponsored by Judy & Bella Matthews Second Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by JJ Dayot & Rick Schiralli

Kathryn Hosier Rui Huang Second Soloist Second Soloist

Born: Champaign, Illinois Born: Shenzhen, China Trained: Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy Trained: Shenzhen Arts School in China and Canada’s National Ballet School Joined National Ballet: 2011 Joined National Ballet: 2009 Second Soloist since: 2016 Second Soloist since: 2015 Sponsored by Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond

Tiffany Mosher Brent Parolin Second Soloist Second Soloist

Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia Born: Prince George, British Columbia Trained: Scotia Dance Studios and Canada’s Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School National Ballet School and School Joined National Ballet: 1999 Joined National Ballet: 2014 Second Soloist since: 2013 Second Soloist since: 2015

Brendan Saye Donald Thom Second Soloist Second Soloist

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia Born: Kanata, Ontario Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School Trained: Linda Jamison School of Dance Joined National Ballet: 2008 and The Royal Ballet Upper School Second Soloist since: 2013 Joined National Ballet: 2015 Sponsored by Robin Robinson Second Soloist since: 2016

For more information on all dancers visit: national.ballet.ca/meet/dancers

national.ballet.ca 23 Genus & Tarantella & Self and Soul & The Concert

Presented by

KPMG is proud to be a part of The National Ballet of Canada’s 2016/17 Season as the Presenting Sponsor of Genus & The Concert & Tarantella & Self and Soul.

Svetlana Lunkina is sponsored through Dancers First by Anna McCowan-Johnson and Donald K. Johnson, O.C.

Svetlana Lunkina in rehearsal for Genus. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Prima Circle

The National Ballet of Canada expresses its deep gratitude to dedicated and passionate supporters whose significant lifetime giving to The National Ballet of Canada and The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation helps achieve our vision. (As of January 31, 2017)

Prima Diamond Circle Judith & Robert Lawrie Lynly & Trevor Bailie ($10,000,000 and above) Julie & Ted Medland Karen & Bill Barnett Walter Carsen, O.C. Linda & Kevin O’Leary Daphne Bell Lynda & Jonas Prince Fiona Berry Prima Ruby Circle Sandra Simpson Dr. Ann E. Camps ($5,000,000 - $9,999,999) James D. Stewart Anne Marie Canning Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Diana St. B. Weatherall Susan Chant One Anonymous Donor Five Anonymous Donors Dr. John H.C. Chiu, Mona Campbell, O.C. The Frank Gerstein Charitable in memory of Yvonne Chiu, C.M. The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation on behalf of Marvin Missy & Allan Crosbie Foundation Gerstein Elizabeth A. Currie & Laidlaw Foundation Richard J. Currie, O.C. Prima Emerald Circle The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation George A. Fierheller ($2,500,000 - $4,999,999) Lucinda Flemer, C.M. Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Impresario Circle Ms. Helen Gardiner Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight ($250,000 - $499,999) Mary & Graham Hallward Joan & Jerry Lozinski Gail & Mark Appel Pat & Bill Harris The Honourable Margaret Norrie David & Kim Beatty Hon. & Mrs. Paul T. Hellyer McCain, C.C. Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen Mr. & Mrs. William R. Herridge Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Judith & Marshall Cohen Mrs. Renata Humphries The Volunteer Committee, The National Catherine & Ian Delaney Joan F. Ivory, C.M. Ballet of Canada George & Kathy Dembroski Annie Emily Kains BMO Financial Group Sherry and Edward Drew Marjorie Kains RBC Foundation Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney Ms. Krista Kerr TD Bank Group Celia Franca Dr. Gurney M. Kranz Lynda Hamilton Arthur Labatt, O.C. & Sonia Labatt Prima Circle Jerry & Geraldine Heffernan Anne & David LeGresley ($1,000,000 - $2,499,999) Ann Henderson & Philip & Sherri Lieberman John & Margaret Bahen Lyman Henderson, C.M. Mr. & Mrs. Allen C. Marple John & Claudine Bailey Richard & Martha Hogarth Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond Torunn & David Banks Vanessa Morgan & Steve Wolf Clive & Fran Minto Horst Dantz & Don Quick Sanford & Patti McFarlane Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pankratz Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, C.C. Jim & Sylvia McGovern Aaron & Heather Regent Kevin & Roger Garland Ned & Georgina McLennan Barrie D. Rose and Family Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Robin Robinson Sir Neil & Lady Elizabeth Shaw Gail Hutchison J.M. Doc Savage Eileen Smith Beryl Ivey, C.M. & Richard M. Ivey, C.C. Tony Scott-Fisher Helen Allen Stacey Sarah & David Macdonald Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Maureen & Wayne Squibb Anna McCowan-Johnson & C. Anderson Silber Irving Steinberg Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Mr. George R. Sutherland Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan Nancy Pencer Heather Thomson & Dr. Robert Summers-Gill Frances & Tim Price Richard Thomson, O.C. Anne Tanenbaum Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C. Lucy White Mr. James M. Tory, Q.C. Ada Slaight Four Anonymous Donors Leonore Valborg Hetherington CIBC J.P. Bickell Foundation Lenore Walters Hal Jackman Foundation The Delaney Family Foundation Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden The McLean Foundation Deloitte Foundation Canada Dr. & Mrs. R. J. Wheler The Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Sarah White Visionary Circle Foundation Judith R. Wilder ($500,000 - $999,999) J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Gregory Williams & Warren Sorensen Judi & Lionel Conacher Carolyn Sifton Foundation Inc. Mr. John H. Williams Ralph & Jeanie Davis The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation Beth Wilson Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance Five Anonymous Donors The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Investor Circle Adelle and Paul Deacon Nanton Fund Charitable Foundation ($100,000 - $249,999) at the Toronto Foundation Margaret Fountain, C.M. & Elaine J. Adair The Hope Charitable Foundation David Fountain Karen & Ray Arbesman Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund Nona Heaslip Alison Arbuckle Fisher Tanenbaum Charitable Foundation Lawrence Heisey, O.C. & Ann Heisey Tony & Anne Arrell R. Howard Webster Foundation Rosamond Ivey Mary Eileen Ash Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C. Gregory & Irene Aziz

national.ballet.ca 25 Heather Ogden. Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic. Prepare. 26 “We have a company to be very proud of in The National Ballet of Canada, one that is bursting with talent and can stand up on any stage internationally. With your help, we have the opportunity to build on an extraordinary heritage of dance excellence and soar to even greater heights.”

— Karen Kain, C.C.

In November 2016, I was proud to announce the public launch of the Soaring Campaign, an endeavour to raise $100 million for The National Ballet of Canada as it continues on a remarkable trajectory of creative growth. Through Soaring, donors are helping Karen Kain to raise the company’s stature on the world stage with support for artistic excellence, new productions, touring, community engagement and the Endowment Foundation.

To date, Soaring has raised close to $80 million, with $28 million directed toward the $40 million goal for new productions. These funds have allowed Karen to commission the glorious new productions that define our recent history – high calibre ballets like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale and Pinocchio that attract new audiences, challenge our artists and open doors to international touring.

As we move into another winter season shaped by exciting new work, I want to express our appreciation for the passionate individuals and groups who make it possible for the National Ballet to remain vital and innovative. To them and to all our generous partners in the Soaring Campaign, thank you for helping the National Ballet to soar.

— David Macdonald Chair, Soaring Campaign

Photo by Sian Richards.

Soaring: The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada national.ballet.ca/soaring 27 Soaring Champions

The National Ballet of Canada thanks the donors who, inspired by Karen Kain’s bold vision, have given generously to the Soaring Campaign so far. Their leadership has sparked tremendous momentum and transformed the company immeasurably.

“The more I learn about dance and see how a ballet comes together, the more inspired I am. It means a lot to me to encourage the extraordinary creativity and vision that exist in The National Ballet of Canada right now, when we have such a remarkable opportunity to impact artistic growth. This is a company with the leadership, talent and reputation required to take creative risks. And if you don’t risk, you never get anywhere.”

Emmanuelle Gattuso Gifts to Artistic Excellence, Le Petit Prince by Guillaume Côté and The Producers’ Circle

Photo by Jonathan Hooper.

Soaring Campaign Cabinet

Sandra & Jim Pitblado Gail Appel Geneviève McKillop Honourary Co-Chairs David W. Binet Julie Medland Judi Conacher Jessica Ray David Macdonald The Hon. Nicole Eaton, Senator Gretchen Ross Campaign Chair Sandra Faire Liam Sobey Krista Kerr Michele Symons

Commit. 28 “Less than five years ago, Karen Kain’s vision for new productions gave birth to The Producers’ Circle. Since that time, a group of dedicated, passionate and creative supporters have, so far, committed over $8.5 million dollars, underwriting six full-length ballets as well as nine short works. With this exciting venture, The National Ballet of Canada has become the co-producer of choice world- wide and acclaimed as one of the world’s leading ballet companies. We are thrilled to work with so many generous donors to bring new productions to the stage.”

Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Gifts to Artistic Excellence, New Productions, The Producers’ Circle and Touring

Soaring Leadership Donors $1,000,000 and above (as of January 31, 2017)

Mona Campbell, O.C. Joan & Jerry Lozinski Walter Carsen, O.C. Sarah & David Macdonald Horst Dantz & Don Quick The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Kevin & Roger Garland Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Tim & Frances Price Beryl M. Ivey, C.M. & Richard Ivey, C.C. Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Hal Jackman Foundation The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada Anna McCowan-Johnson & One Anonymous Donor Donald K. Johnson, O.C.

Soaring: The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada national.ballet.ca/soaring 29 Harrison James & Jack Bertinshaw in rehearsal for Frame by Frame. Photo by David Leclerc.

Soaring Supports New Productions

With the world premiere of Will Tuckett’s Pinocchio part of our cultural fabric. With a dedication to and the North American premiere of Wayne creating and presenting ballets the world wants to McGregor’s Genus, The National Ballet of Canada see, the National Ballet is invited to tour and inspires continues to engage audiences at home and additional creative partnerships, a virtuous circle of strengthen our reputation for excellence on the artistic development and growth. world stage. Support the Soaring Campaign, and the potential of Through the generosity of donors, Artistic Director the National Ballet to move and inspire artists and Karen Kain has the confidence and resources to audiences for generations to come. pursue the creation of exciting new works. In the 2017/18 Season, for example, Robert Lepage and “Now, The National Ballet of Canada is at Guillaume Côté will unveil Frame by Frame, a new a pivotal moment. The degree to which co-production with The National Ballet of Canada, we seize it and use it to propel us to new Ex Machina and The National Film Board of Canada. heights on the international stage will define

By investing in such innovative and exciting new our future as a company.” work, the National Ballet ensures that dance - Sandra and Jim Pitblado remains on the forefront of creativity and a vital Honourary Co-Chairs, Soaring Campaign

Leap. 30 Artists of the Ballet in Cacti. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

Soaring The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada Revenue Goal: $100 million

Strategic Priorities Artistic Excellence Community Engagement To attract, nurture and retain the most talented dancers To introduce young Canadians to the magic of and to sustain the brilliant National Ballet of Canada live performance and encourage them to explore Orchestra and our core value of live music movement, music and imagination as a means of self-expression New Productions To commission thrilling new works that push the Endowment boundaries of the art form and engage audiences To build a strong foundation now so generations to come can continue to experience the Touring transformative power and beauty of ballet To showcase Canadian culture in the most prestigious dance centres of the world

Soaring: The Campaign for The National Ballet of Canada national.ballet.ca/soaring 31 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 Karen Kain’s vision. (February 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017)

Production Builders The following individuals and foundations have made extraordinary contributions to expand our repertoire with new visions of dance for 2016/17 and future seasons.

Walter Carsen New Creations Fund Sandra Simpson Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Warren Sorensen in memory of Gregory Williams The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada Tim & Frances Price One Anonymous Donor

The Producers’ Circle The members of The Producers’ Circle collaborate to fulfill Karen Kain’s vision by supporting the creation of new repertoire.

Gail & Mark Appel The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation Julie Medland John & Claudine Bailey Rosamond Ivey Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns Hal Jackman Foundation Lynda & Jonas Prince David W. Binet Anna McCowan-Johnson & Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., Q.C. Susanne Boyce & Brendan Mullen Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin Sandra Simpson The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Judith & Robert Lawrie Noreen Taylor, C.M., & Charitable Foundation Mona & Harvey Levenstein David Staines, C.M., O.Ont. Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Jerry & Joan Lozinski Kevin & Roger Garland The Honourable Margaret Norrie Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight McCain, C.C.

Dancers First Sponsorship Programme Donors to Dancers First are dedicated to supporting the National Ballet’s exceptional dancers.

George & Kathy Dembroski Sherry and Edward Drew JJ Dayot & Rick Schiralli Stephen Delaney Principal Dancer Jillian Vanstone First Soloist Second Soloist Emma Hawes & Robyn McCallum Francesco Gabriele Frola Corps de Ballet member Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Judy & Bella Matthews Félix Paquet Principal Dancer Elena Lobsanova The Honourable Margaret Second Soloist Hannah Fischer Norrie McCain, C.C. Renata M. Humphries Corps de Ballet member Emmanuelle Gattuso and First Soloist Tina Pereira Donna Meyers & Jaclyn Oakley Allan Slaight Doug Richmond Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté Nancy Pencer Second Soloist Kathryn Hosier First Soloist Tanya Howard Robbie Pryde Corps de Ballet member Ira Gluskin & Maxine Robin Robinson Ethan Watts Granovsky Gluskin Diana St. B. Weatherall Second Soloist Brendan Saye Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson First Soloist Chelsy Meiss Ms. Nancy Viner & Tony & Anne Arrell Dr. Raymond Stein Anna McCowan-Johnson Tricia Younger Corps de Ballet member Corps de Ballet member & Donald K. Johnson, O.C. First Soloist Skylar Campbell Kota Sato Christopher Gerty Principal Dancer Svetlana Lunkina Anonymous Anne-Marie Canning Rolex Canada Ltd. Gretchen Ross First Soloist Corps de Ballet member Rolex Dancers First Award Principal Dancer Naoya Ebe Alexandra MacDonald Giorgio Galli

Anonymous Lucy White First Soloist Jenna Savella Principal Dancer Harrison James

32 YOU dance The generosity of YOU dance donors supports the free workshops and performances that introduce young students to ballet, helping to encourage imagination, movement and an appreciation for the arts. Ballet Club Relevé The McLean Foundation J.P. Bickell Foundation Beth & Brent Wilson Maxine Goldberg The Woodbridge Company Judy & Wil Matthews One Anonymous Lady

Music Circle and Orchestra We gratefully acknowledge the following donors for their support towards the only dedicated ballet orchestra in Canada. John & Claudine Bailey John B. Lawson, C.M., Q.C. Nani & Austin Beutel The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. David W. Binet The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation Peter & Eleanor Daniels Anne & Charles Morison Jeanie Davis Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M. The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Maxine Granovsky Gluskin & Ira Gluskin Noreen Taylor, C.M., & David Staines, C.M., O.Ont. Mary & Graham Hallward TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation Estate of James D. Stewart William & Ruth Herridge The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation (Rehearsal Pianists)

The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation We acknowledge the generosity of the following donors who are graciously supporting the future of the National Ballet. BMO Financial Group Elspeth Johnson The Estate of Walter Carsen, O.C. Mr. John B. Lawson, C.M., Q.C. The Estate of Anne Margaret Delicaet Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Ms. Laura Dinner & Mr. Richard Rooney Estate of James D. Stewart Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Ms. Vivien M. Wu

Dancer Health and Wellness Joe Brennan & Daniel Greenglass Lynda Prince Lynda Hamilton Janis Rotman The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. Mr. George R. Sutherland Tim & Frances Price The Horst Dantz & Don Quick Dancer Wellness Fund

Special Gifts

John & Claudine Bailey Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. The Eleventh International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize Paris Tour Sponsor

The Frank Gerstein Charitable Foundation Ada Slaight Underwriter, Guest Artist Fund Share the Magic Underwriter

The John & Margaret Bahen Fund Diane Blake & Stephen Smith Canadian Touring The Nutcracker Complete Documentation Package Underwriters

Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C. The Delaney Family Foundation Choreographic Workshop

Esprit de Corps

Fiona Berry Geneviève McKillop & Chris Bennett Jeanie A. Davis Linda & Kevin O’Leary Rags & Indra Davloor Eric Tripp & Maria Smith Victoria Jackman The Sabourin Family Ms. Krista Kerr Michele & Ryerson Symons Anne & David LeGresley Sarah White Philip & Sherri Lieberman Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit Two Anonymous Donors Meghan Pugh. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

national.ballet.ca 33 Our Community of Support

The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the following donors and sponsors for their generosity and commitment to sustain the excellence, energy and impact of great dance. (February 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017)

Director’s Circle Robbie Pryde The Sabourin Family ($25,000 and above) Aaron & Heather Regent◊ Tony Scott-Fisher◊◊ ◊◊ Gail & Mark Appel◊◊ Robin & Ross Robinson Steve & Sally Stavro Foundation ◊◊ Tony Arrell, C.M. & Anne Arrell Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C. Michele & Ryerson Symons John & Claudine Bailey◊◊ Ms. Janis Rotman Eric Tripp & Maria Smith Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns◊ Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Sarah White ◊ ◊ Nani & Austin Beutel◊◊ Sandra Simpson Judith R. Wilder ◊◊ David W. Binet◊ Ada Slaight Ms. Beth Wilson ◊ Ms. Susanne Boyce & Dr. Brendan Mullen Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan One Anonymous Donor ◊ Dr. Ann E. Camps◊◊ Mr. George R. Sutherland Anne Marie Canning◊ Heather Thomson & Benefactor ◊◊ Judi & Lionel Conacher◊◊ Richard Thomson, O.C. ($5,000 - $9,999) Elizabeth A. & Richard J. Currie, O.C.◊◊ Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein Mr. Barry Allan ◊◊ Jeanie A. Davis◊◊ Diana St. B. Weatherall Alison Arbuckle Fisher◊◊ ◊ Rags & Indra Davloor Lucy White* Pamela & Paul Austin◊◊ ◊◊ Mr. JJ Dayot & Mr. Rick Schiralli Gregory Williams & Warren Sorensen Torunn & David Banks◊ Mr. Stephen Delaney & Seven Anonymous Donors Karen & Bill Barnett◊◊ Ms. Robyn McCallum Ms. Lindy Barrow George & Kathy Dembroski◊◊ Artistic Circle Professor Marion G. Bassett◊◊ Ms. Laura Dinner & Mr. Richard Rooney ($15,000 - $24,999) Mr. John Coke & Ms. Cathy Cranston◊ Sherry Taylor Drew◊◊ Elaine J. Adair◊◊ Jane Darville & Dr. Skip Bassford Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance◊ Diane Blake & Stephen Smith Maureen & James Dunn◊ The Thor E. & Nicole Eaton Family George A. Fierheller◊◊ Mrs. Anne W. Dupre & Charitable Foundation◊◊ Margaret Fountain, C.M. & Mr. Fredrick J. Marker◊ Estate of James D. Stewart David Fountain◊◊ Pure + Simple Natural Skin Care Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan◊ The Celia Franca Memorial Fund Mrs. Lucinda Flemer◊ Margaret Fleck & Jim Fleck, C.C.◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. G.R. Heffernan Ms Susan Garvie◊ Kevin Garland & Roger Garland◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. William R. Herridge◊◊ Ms. Susan Gerhard Emmanuelle Gattuso and Allan Slaight Richard & Martha Hogarth◊◊ The Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin◊ Ms. Krista Kerr◊ Gluskin Fund Lynda Hamilton◊ Anne & David LeGresley◊ Ms. Taanta Gupta◊ Nona Heaslip◊◊ Ned & Georgina McLennan◊◊ Mr. T.M. Hall◊◊ Mrs. Renata M. Humphries◊◊ Ms. Vanessa L. Morgan & Mr. Steve Wolf◊ Ginette Hamel & Cliff Trollope* The Gail Hutchison Fund Victor & Bernice Royce Hon. & Mrs. Paul T. Hellyer◊◊ Richard M. Ivey, C.C.◊◊ Mr. Geoffrey Wayne Squibb◊◊ Brian Hodges & Robert Paul Rosamond Ivey◊◊ Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy Joan F. Ivory, C.M.◊◊ Anna McCowan-Johnson & Jennifer Kaplan Donald K. Johnson, O.C.◊◊ Partner Margaret Kawaja◊◊ Mrs. Elspeth Johnson◊◊ ($10,000 - $14,999) Arthur Labatt, O.C. & Sonia Labatt◊◊ ◊ ◊◊ Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C. Gregory & Irene Aziz◊ Paul A. Lee, Q.C. & Jill Maynard ◊ ◊ The Henry White Kinnear Foundation Ms. Fiona Berry Mr. Andrew Lengyel ◊◊ Mrs. Judy Korthals & Mr. Peter Irwin Robert Brews & Kenneth Brown◊ Vincent Mercier & Kirsten Halpin ◊◊ Judith & Robert Lawrie Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Laurissa Canavan Gary L. Miles International Consulting ◊◊ Mona & Harvey Levenstein Judith & Marshall Cohen◊◊ Nancy Miller & Glen Ireland ◊◊ Joan & Jerry Lozinski Mrs. Earlaine Collins◊ L.J. Nagel & Stan Solomon ◊◊ ◊◊ Sarah & David Macdonald Joan Dea & Lionel Conacher◊ Dr. Bo Y. Ngan Judy & Bella Matthews Maxine Goldberg◊◊ Ms. Marianne Oundjian The Honourable Margaret Norrie Mr. & Mrs. John Grant◊ Mr. Don Quach ◊◊ ◊ McCain, C.C. Victoria Jackman◊ Mr. & Mrs. Rick Reininger ◊◊ Julie & Ted Medland Philip & Sherri Lieberman◊ Rachel Sabourin ◊ Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit◊ Esther Sarick ◊ ◊ Linda & Kevin O’Leary Mr. & Mrs. A. Maggiacomo◊◊ Dr. Hugh Siddall ◊◊ ◊◊ Nancy Pencer Ms. Geneviève McKillop & Chris Bennett◊ Dennis & Denny Starritt ◊◊ Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M Anne & Charles Morison◊ Brenda Stinson & Carlo De Angelis ◊◊ ◊◊ Tim & Frances Price Barrie Rose, Karen Solomon & Family◊◊ Mr. and Mrs. Mark & Kim Surchin ◊◊ Mrs. Lynda Prince Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Royer and Family Tesari Charitable Foundation

Elena Lobsanova. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

34 Catherine Thiessen◊ Norman Jewison, C.C.◊ Nancy Holland Lenore Walters◊◊ Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., Jane Humphreys Mr. Brian B. Wilks◊◊ D.Litt., O.Ont. & Ross Petty◊◊ Nancy Jain Miss E. Joan Williams◊◊ Patrick & Barbara Keenan Foundation◊◊ Trodi Linders Mr. John H. Williams◊◊ Prof. & Mrs. James King◊ Margaret MacLellan Shelagh and David Wilson Fund Ms. Tammy Klein Dianne Maziarz at the Toronto Foundation◊◊ Ms. Valerie Lockerbie Gisèle McIsaac Ms. Helen Ziegler Dr. Vance Logan◊ Kathleen Metcalfe One Anonymous Donor Douglas L. Ludwig & Karen J. Rice◊ Kornelia Milborne Judy Manji◊ Mary-Ann Metrick Major Patron Sue & Biff Matthews◊◊ Kristi Stangeland ($3,000 - $4,999) Ms. Eleanor McCain◊◊ Susanna Stuart ◊ Ms. Yeti Agnew & Mr. Christopher Birt◊◊ Marcia McClung Eli Taylor ◊◊ The Appel Family Fund in Honour of Ms. I. McDorman Kate Thornley-Hall ◊◊ Bram & Bluma Appel Patti McFarlane Nancy Viner ◊◊ Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong◊◊ Hélène & Ray McLenaghan ◊◊ Dr. & Mrs. G.R. Rastegar Clive & Fran Minto Patron Ms. Yveline Audemars & Mr. Noel Mowat ($2,000 - $2,999) Mr. Humberto Rivero◊ Mr. David Murray Mrs. June Abel◊◊ ◊◊ James Austin & Hans Eppenberger◊ Mr. Douglas L. Parker Elana Metter & Stephen A. Adler ◊◊ Hugh & Colleen Balders◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Paterson Jordan Applebaum & Andrea Burridge◊ Mona Bandeen, C.M.◊◊ Mr. Mark Pupo Dr. Talitha Arndt & Mr. Ed Esposto◊◊ Gillian & Ken Bartlett◊◊ Dr. Linda Rabeneck & Lynly & Trevor Bailie◊◊ ◊ Florence Sharpe Barwell◊◊ Dr. Catherine Campbell Annette Balgord◊ Dr. Thomas H. Beechy◊◊ Mr. Robert Raizenne Ms. Katherine Barber◊◊ Ms. Josée Bouchard & Juta Reed Winifred Barclay◊◊ Mr. Paul Belanger◊ Mrs. Shirley Reid The David & Kim Beatty Fund ◊ Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen◊◊ Diana Reitberger* N. Beilstein & A. Lee◊ Ms. Judy Klarman◊◊ Mrs. Jennifer Revelle Dr. Ewa Bernadska & Dr. Neil Gordon ◊ Ms. Deborah Cameron Lisa Richter Davey & Michael Davey Ms. Diana Billes ◊ Jane Campbell & John McLeish William & Lesley Rogan Mr. John R. Birkett◊◊ ◊◊ Margaret & John Casey◊◊ Mr. Gary Rogers Gayle Boxer Duncanson Dr. John H.C. Chiu, in memory John & Susan Rose Mr. Jonathan Briggs ◊ of Yvonne Chiu, C.M.◊◊ Robert Rubinoff Julia & David Briskin* ◊◊ John Church Mr. Geoffrey Rytell Margaret Brock◊◊ ◊◊ Mary & John Crocker◊ Mr. Go Sato Colleen Carmichael◊ Missy & Allan Crosbie◊ Mr. Lawrence Schafer Mr. John Carter Ms. Marilyn Crowley Mr. & Mrs. David Scott Professor Alfred L. Chan & Mr. & Mrs. Mark Davis◊ Mr. Greg Sharp Mr. Michael Farewell◊ Mary-Kathleen Delicaet & Malcolm & Katrine Siverns Diana Chant & Bill Mitchell◊◊ ◊◊ John Young Stephen & Jane Smith Dr. & Mrs. Albert Cheskes ◊ Ms. Melanie Dowhaniuk Marion Soloway Peng Chiang◊◊ ◊◊ Judy Dunn◊ Ms. Karen Sparks Mr. Philip A. Clappison◊◊ ◊◊ M.G. Eaton & David S. Kertland◊◊ Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton Helene Clarkson◊ ◊◊ Ms. Melanie Edwards & Mr. John Brown Dr. Robert Summers-Gill Christine Connelly & Michael Heiber ◊◊ Bronwen Evans John Theo Mrs. Louise Cornblum◊ ◊ Mr. Joseph Fantl & Ms. Moira Bartram◊ Gillian Thomas & Michael Easterbrook Dr. Lesley S. Corrin◊◊ Robert & Julia Foster◊ Mr. Alex Tosheff Mr. Chris Cummings Ken & Linda Foxcroft◊◊ Denise Ireland & Harry Underwood Dr. Gaylord Curry, in memoriam◊◊ ◊◊ Mr. Blaise Gaetz◊ Ms. Ruth Watts-Gransden Carole Curtis◊◊ Mr. Peter Garstang◊◊ Francoise & Edward White Jack Darville ◊◊ Bronwen Gates◊◊ Nan & Jack Wiseman Professor K.G. Davey◊◊ ◊ Marilyn & David Gluskin Ms. Vivien M. Wu Amanda Demers & Brian Collins◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Mary Gore Two Anonymous Donors Trina DeSa◊ Carol Gray◊◊ Mrs. Nadia Di Donato Mrs. Lorna Greenbaum◊◊ Ballet Club Relevé Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Diamond Ms. Naomi Harris◊ ($3,000) Wilf & Brenda Dinnick◊◊ Pat & Bill Harris◊◊ Robin Anthony Mrs. Susan Dore Ronald M. Haynes◊◊ Colette Barber Lee Anne Downey & Family Ms. Susan Hayward Payne◊ Diane Blake Dr. Alicia A. Dunlop◊ Ann Hogarth◊◊ Caroline Booth Ms. Catherine Dunn Stadtegger & Mr. C.R. Hunter◊◊ Martha Burns Mr. Glenn Stadtegger Mr. Frank & Dr. Margaret Ionson◊◊ Joanne Eidinger Ms. Sharon J. Evans◊ Ms. Nancy Jain Eileen Farrow Heather & Michael Faralla Mrs. Amala Jayatilleke M. Patricia Fischer Joan Farano◊◊ Jaye Jenkins◊ Patricia Hanrahan Catherine Fauquier◊

Artist of the Ballet. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

national.ballet.ca 35 Ms. Cecil Fennell◊ Ms. Eileen Newell◊ Leslie Buskard◊ Ms. Catriona Ferguson Michael & Nina Overbury◊◊ Ms. Linda Campbell◊◊ Rupert Field-Marsham & Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pankratz◊◊ Ms. M.C. Clancy◊ Lindsay Dale-Harris◊ Graham & Janet Parkinson◊ Ms. Yvette & Mr. Mike DeBiasi◊ Ms. & Mr. Frances & Ronald Filegan◊◊ Dr. Michael Partridge & Mrs. M. J. Dundas & Mr. Paul Fleming Dr. Sudha Rajagopal◊ Mr. John Petrosoniak◊◊ Mr. Lorne Fox◊◊ Sarah & G. Scott Paterson Mrs. Lois J. Field◊◊ Mr. Gerald Frauwirth Mr. D. Ross Peebles & Ms. Judith Cole◊◊ Ms. Tamara Glied◊ Dr. George & Mrs. Olga Gale◊ Dorothy & Roland Pfeiffer◊ Katherine Halpenny* & Sean Smith André J. Galipeault, C.M. & Mr. Benjamin Prinsen◊ Ms. Malle Harris◊◊ Suzanne Galipeault◊◊ Carol & Morton Rapp Mr. Peter Heisey◊ Mrs. Hilda Gan◊ Ms. Jessica Ray Ms. Pennie R. Jevnikar◊◊ Judith Gelber◊ Dr. Penelope Reed Doob◊◊ Mr. Charles Josey Heather V. Gibson Ms. Barbara Reid Ms. Susan Keen◊ Andrew & Aviva Goldenberg◊ The Robertson Reid Family Ms. Linda Kurdydyk◊ Mark & Louise Golding◊◊ Mrs. Gloria Robins◊◊ Mr. Richard LaPrairie◊ Ms. Deanna Gontard Mr. & Mrs. Eric Robitaille Ms. Diana Massiah◊ Judy & David Goodings◊◊ Linda G. Rodeck Dr. Charles Minett & Mrs. Nina Minett Mr. Donald D. Grant◊◊ Elaine M. Roper◊◊ Ms. Jennifer Rook Ms. Vanessa Grant & Mr. Philip Street Judith & Jack Rose◊ Gerard Roxburgh* & Susie Burpee Ms. Susan Greenbloom Andrea Rosen & Stephen MacDonald◊◊ Mrs. Heather Sheehan◊◊ Dr. & Mrs. Voldemars Gulens◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Rainer & Sharyn Rothfuss◊◊ Mrs. Stanislawa Skrok◊◊ Mr. Malcolm Hamilton & William & Meredith Saunderson◊◊ Mr. Timothy Spain Mrs. Alayne Kato◊◊ Paul J. Savard◊◊ Ms. Harriet H. Stairs◊ Mrs. Beverly Hargraft◊ Alison & Alan Schwartz Tony and Caley Taylor Family Fund Mr. Jason Heayn & Ms. Andrea Venneri Harold Sclodnick & Lynda Gilroy at Toronto Foundation Mary & Arthus Heinmaa Dr. Hugh Scully & Howard and Diane Taylor Family Fund Catherine & Clarke Herring Vanessa Harwood, O.C.◊◊ at the Toronto Foundation Avril Higgins & Robert Page◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Seymour Ms. Anita Thompson Mr. & Mrs. David Hodgkinson Mrs. & Mr. E.J. Shatilla◊◊ Roger & Ulli Watkiss◊ Mr. Philip & Dr. Claire Holloway◊ Mr. John B. Simcoe Two Anonymous Donors Mr. Richard Howes Mrs. Joan Sohn◊◊ Barry Hughson* & Ashley Hughson Dr. Myra Sourkes◊ Arabesque Mr. Fred Hurlbut & Ms. Catherine Barlow Dr. John Stanley & Dr. Helmut ($850- $1,249) ◊◊ Jarvis & Associates Reichenbächer Miss Margaret Agar◊◊ ◊ ◊◊ Ms. Gail Julie Ms. Stephanie Stavro John & Leanna Bayliss Mrs. Lorraine Kaake Ms. Astrid Stec Ms. Vivian Berman ◊ Ms. Miriam Kagan Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Stern Dr. & Mrs. Ian Blumer◊◊ ◊◊ ◊ Michael Koerner, C.M. & Sonja Koerner Karyn Tessmer & Dr. George Konn Mr. & Ms. Peter and Judith Bowie ◊◊ ◊ Dr. A. Kong & J. Wilkie Ms. Catherine Thomson Ms. Margot Boyd ◊ Ms. Catherine Lace Cynthia & Craig Thorburn Hilda Clark◊◊ Kathryn E. Langley Hope Bonita & Walter Thornton Mr. Douglas Clemence ◊◊ Ms. Annick Lapotre Maureen & Philip Tingley Mr. Hugh Crosthwait ◊ ◊◊ Mr. John B. Lawson, C.M., Q.C. Mrs. Elizabeth Tory Thérèse Culnan ◊ Linda K. Lee Mrs. Nicola Tory Ms. Deborah Cumming◊ ◊ ◊ Dr. Calvin Lei Ann Vanderheyden Maija Dale◊ ◊ ◊ Joy Levine Ed & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke Ms. Anne Davidson◊ ◊◊ Ms. Liza Mauer & Mr. Andrew Sheiner Mr. Stefan Varga & Dr. Marica Varga Ms. E.L. Ellins◊◊ ◊◊ Janice May Ms. Marje Virro Russell C. Finch Ms. Nicola Mayer Jon & Olga Voigt Mrs. Justine Giuliani ◊ ◊◊ Ken McCarter & Dianna Symonds Dr. & Mrs. R. J. Wheler In memory of Mrs. Marilyn Goody Bruce & Alison McDonald Dr. Margaret White & Patrick Foody Genwave Technologies ◊◊ Ms Jennifer McDonald Ms. Barbara Williams Mr. Ronald Holgerson ◊ ◊ Jim & Sylvia McGovern Durhane Wong-Rieger Mr. Peter Irwin ◊ Mrs. Yvonne McGregor Maria T. Zakos Dr. & Mrs. Ian Johnston Mr. Evan Mckie* Ms. Denise Zarn & Mr. Carl Knipfel◊ ◊◊ ◊◊ Mrs. June McLean Mr. James Shenkman Katerina Kuprijanov ◊◊ ◊◊ Anne S. McLeod Mrs. Maria-Luisa Zoppas Janet Lamb◊ ◊◊ ◊◊ Ms. Margaret C. McNee Veronica Zufelt Ms. Josee Ledoux Mr. Timothy McNicholas 10 Anonymous Donors Richard Lefebvre* & Steve Murray ◊◊ Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee Mr. Yakov Lerner* Elaine Kierans & Shawn McReynolds Grand Jeté Miss Nancy E.A. Main Ms. Bernadette Morra ($1,250 - $1,999) Connie & Peter Mak◊◊ Neil & Prue Morrison Ms. Margaret Atwood Ms. & Mr. Michele Myrah◊◊ ◊ Pauline Couture & Ian Morrison Tim Badgley◊ Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Nesker◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Benoit Mulsant Ms. Janet Bulger Dr. Steven Nitzkin

36 Ms. Judith O’Callaghan Mrs. A. Blom◊◊ Mrs. Rosario Flores◊ Dr. Jean O’Grady◊ Mrs. Jana Bogner Alice Fox◊◊ Miss Joan C. Pape◊◊ John C Bonnycastle Ms. D.J. Fraser◊ Mr. Alan Pearson◊ Susan M. Borden◊◊ Ms. Nancy Fung Mr. H R Martin Phills Ms. Elspeth Bowler Mr. Douglas G. Gardner◊◊ Powis Family Foundation Dorothy Novotny Brandenburg Ms. Ann J. Gibson◊◊ Ms. Rani Rahman Jamieson Mrs. Barbara Brandt Mr. & Mrs. William Gibson Mrs. Elinor Ratcliffe C.M. O.N.L(hc) Christopher Bredt & Jamie Cameron◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. James & Anne Ginns◊◊ Mr. Eddy Reitberger Ms. M.J. Breithaupt◊◊ Ms. Wendy Glover◊ Ms. Maggie Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Freda Brender◊◊ Mr. Richard Goodman◊◊ Mr. Juan M Rodriguez Dr. Ian & Mrs. Brindle◊ Dr. & Mrs. R.M. Gorcynski◊ Mari & Jim Rutka◊◊ Mr. Tristan Brookes Ms. Heather Gordon◊ Sanderling Developments Limited Dr. Sylvia & Mr. Klaus Brose Mr. Laurent Goulet◊ Mrs. Mary E. Sarjeant◊◊ Mr. Charles Brown◊◊ Ms. Rosemary Grant Ms. Sylvia Schmid◊◊ Mrs. Donna Brownlee Mr. Charles Greiner◊ Mr. & Mrs. Danilo Simonelli Mr. Ian Burns◊◊ Colin Gruchy◊◊ Kathleen Skerrett Kathleen Butterfield Michael & Rita Hafeman◊◊ Ms. Ibolya Smith◊ Katherine Bytzek Elisabeth Handler◊ Ms. Anne Soh Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Eleanor Carpen◊◊ Mrs. Joan E. Hart◊ Ms. Solway & Mr. Moore◊◊ Mr. Jack A. Carr◊ Mr. & Mrs. William Heaslip◊◊ Mr. Kevin Spencer & Mrs. Mary Cranston Ms. Janet Casey D. G. Henrikson◊ Mr. Paul Straatman Carly Chalmers Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Heyland◊◊ Carol Swallow◊ Ms. Hsing-Yi Chang Carol & Neil Hicks◊ Ms. Elizabeth Terry◊ Mr. Alexander Chapman Ms. Maria E. Hill Dr. Natalya Timoshkina Ms. Karen Charpentier◊ Ms. Susan Hill◊ Ms. Wendy Trainor Mr. Juan Chica Mr. Wayne Hill Mr. Robert Truman Siobhan Hyland & Ivan Chittenden Mr. Daniel Hoffman Ms. Nadya Tymochenko◊ Harold Chmara & Danny Hoy◊◊ Mel Hogg Mr. John Walter◊ Dr. Tulin Cil Ms. Ruth Hood◊ Mr. Peter Webb◊◊ Zane & Joan Cohen◊◊ Mr. & Ms. Lee Horigan Mr. Jacques Wensvoort◊ Dr. Dana Colson The Horn Section of the Lyn M. Westwood◊◊ Mrs. Sydne Conover-Taggart◊ National Ballet Orchestra*◊◊ Karen Wierucki◊ Ms. Rosemary Cooke Richard & Susan Horner◊◊ Mr. & Mrs. Peter Willis Ms. Jill Cooter◊◊ Connie Hosier Hastings & Irene Withers◊ Joanne Coutts◊ Sherry Houser◊ Ms. Ethel M. Woods◊◊ Sheila Croft Howard Cil Medicine Professional Corp. Kevin Coombs & Ms. Joanne Crookshank◊ Ms. Elizabeth Howson◊ Teri Worthington Coombs◊ Mr. Derrick Croswell Mr. Donald Hughes◊ Carole & Bernie Zucker◊◊ Robert Crouch◊ Ms. Jill Humphries◊◊ Mr. David M. Cullen◊◊ Dr. Thora Hunter Brisé Mr. & Ms. David Currie◊◊ Mrs. Fiona Hurwitz-Cohen ($500 - $849) Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson◊ Denise Ireland◊ ◊ ◊◊ David & Phyllis Agg Fund at the Private Ms. Anne Day Mr. & Mrs. Alan T. Jackson ◊ Giving Foundation Mrs. Saira Deen-Zammit Miss Corinne Jaggi Ms. Mary Ann Alexander◊◊ Shanti DeFehr & Dan Nussbaum Tracey Jardine ◊◊ Vanessa Alexander Mr. Colin R.C. Dobell Mrs. Pat Jeffreys ◊◊ Dr. Vina Alexopoulou Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Dobell Mr. Greg Johns Ms. Adriana Arevalo Rob Dolan Dr. David Johnston ◊ ◊ Miss Claudia Arévalo Mrs. Lilliana Dominguez Mr. Hugh Jones ◊◊ ◊◊ S.E. Arliss Mr. Steven D. Donohue Robert & Dixie Jones ◊ Ms. Karen Atkin◊◊ Ms. June Dueck Dr. Joshua Josephson ◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Balmer◊ Dougal & Mortiz Dunning Mr. Saleem Kassum ◊ ◊◊ Ms. Jo Bamford Louise & Jeffrey Eason Ms. Marilyn Kay Richards ◊ ◊ Mrs. Barbara Bank Ms. Leilah Edroos Ms. Claire Keeley Mrs. Ursula Bargenda◊◊ Ms. Kim Edwards Sheryl Kennedy & Bill Fleury Michael Barkley & Gary Burrows◊ Mr. Michael Elliott Mr. Kagan Kerman Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley◊◊ Ms. & Mr. Annette Ellis Mrs. Deborah King ◊ Ms. Deborah Barrett & Mr. Jim Leech Susan English Mr. Aubrey A. Kissoon & Family ◊ ◊◊ Ms. Elaine Barrett Mr. Hugh Evans Ms. Patricia Knight ◊ Ms. Laurie Barrett Margaret Fairman Chris Koabel ◊◊ ◊◊ Ms. Carol Beaven◊ Joan A. Farlinger Mr. Elmer Rob Koppel ◊◊ ◊◊ Christopher & Christina Begy◊ Mrs. Laura Farquhar Olga Kopti ◊ Mr. Kim Birchard & Mrs. Carol Dorman◊◊ Darcy & Sheila Farrell Ms. Henrietta Kostman Ms. Katherine Bischoping◊◊ Miss Nicole Feric Catherine Kourkounakis ◊◊ Ms. Melynda Bitzos◊ Jaymar Jimenez Figueroa Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg ◊ Ms. Sandra Black◊◊ Ms. Karen Fisher John & Ann Lang

national.ballet.ca 37 Ms. Anita Lapidus◊ Mrs. Anna Pataky◊ Dr. Doris Sutherland Ms. & Mr. Wendy Lawson Mr. Peter M. Partridge◊ Mrs. Judy Tanenbaum◊◊ Clare & Susan Lewis Ms. Lesley Paterson◊ Ms. Lillian Tanizaki◊◊ Mr. Eric Lipka◊ Ms. Caroline Y. Patterson◊ Ms. Terry Tator & Ms. Diana D. Wolfsen Kaz Lippert Estate of M.E Patterson◊◊ Ms. Agatha Tawaststjerna◊◊ Sarina Livrizzi Mr. Barry Peacock Ms. Diane Taylor◊ Mrs. Gay Loveland◊ Dr. Roger Pearce Ms. Kristin Taylor◊ Maya, Mary and Michael Susan Pepper & William Harper◊◊ Doretta Thompson & Caroline Law Mr. Gordon Lowe Nicola & Alexandra Perpick Mrs. H. Tregenza◊ Hubert Lum & Eve Leyerle◊ Mrs. Margaret Perschy◊◊ Barbara & Marlow Tucker◊ Ms. Sharon Lymer◊◊ Elyssa Phillips Mr. Berton Ung Ms. Flora Macdonald◊◊ Nina & Terry Picton◊◊ Ms. Carina Van Heyst◊◊ Ms. Nancy MacDonald◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Pildner◊◊ Mr. Robert Vanderloo Mr. John MacIver◊◊ Mr. Archie Platt Gail Vanstone◊ Pamela & William MacKenzie◊◊ Stephanie Porter Ms. Gail Verge Ms. Sandra MacNaughton Ms. Jane Pound◊ Mr. Martin Wade Ms. Bosko Madic◊ Mr. & Mrs. William & Dorothy Prosser◊◊ The Very Reverend Peter Wall & Ms. Emily H. Malnerich Mr. David Purcell◊ Anne Harvey◊ Miss Laurie Markus◊◊ Mr. Chris Purdye Mr. Gordon Warme◊◊ Marcia S. Martin◊ Mrs. Jane Rajantie Ms. Donna Watts◊ Patricia L. Martin◊ Alexa & Jane Rakochevich Edye Rome Webster◊ G. Massey Dr. Gina S. Rakoff◊◊ Ms. Bev Wellman◊◊ Fred Mattocks Ms. Katharyn Rayner Dr. Eleanor Westney Ms. Barbara McCreath◊ Mr. Gordon A. Richardson◊◊ Ms. Isabel Wheelwright◊ Audrey McDonald Miss Jo Anne Richardson Mr. Alan Wilson Ms. Donalda McGeachy Derick Robinson Lynda Wilson Ms. Catherine McMillan◊ Mrs. Alexandra Rozier-Flynn Mrs. Claudette Wingell Robin Melnick◊ Mrs. Leeann Russell Ms. P. M. Wong◊◊ Mrs. Susan Mertens◊◊ Miss Diane Ryley◊◊ Barbara & Martin Worndl◊ Ingrid & Dan Mida Ms. Harriet Sakuma◊ Mr. William Wray & Family Colin & Meta Mills◊◊ Dr. Michael Sayer◊ Mr. Mitchell Wywiorski◊◊ Mrs. Irene Mills Ms. Marlies Schlichting Ms. Judy Yamamoto◊ Mrs. & Mr. Patti Milne◊ Ms. Deborah Scott◊ Christine Yankou Lynne & Paul Milnes◊ Mr. Charles Seminerio* Ms. Valerie Yearwood Casa Muzeu Remo John & Susan Shaw Mr. Morden Yolles John & Christine Moran Mrs. Christine Simpson◊ Mr. David Young Leslie J. Moran Donald A. Smith◊◊ Kathryn, Jeffrey, Karen & George Young Ms Heather Mundell R. Smith◊◊ John Zigur◊◊ Laurie Nemetz*◊◊ Mr. Gary Smith Mrs. Sharon Zuckerman Mr. & Mrs. James & Lynn Neufeld◊◊ Ms. Louise Smith 18 Anonymous Donors Mr. Devlan Nicholson Mr. Robert Smith◊ *Artists and Staff Mrs. Margaret Nightingale Ms. Elsie Sparks◊◊ ◊ Donor for 10 or more years Mrs. & Mr. Dawn Northwood Ms. Jane Spicer ◊◊ Donor for 20 or more years Ms. June Ntazinda Mr. Kenneth Stephen◊◊ Ms. Kathy O’Brien Cheryl E. Stephenson◊◊ The National Ballet of Canada thanks all Ms. Lia Overs◊ Mr. David Stephenson◊ Fouetté, Pirouette and Plié level donors Alfred Page & Ann Donaldson-Page Mr. & Ms. Alan Stewart for their generous support. Jeannie T. Parker Ms. Sharon Stibbard

Three course menu designed by our PRE-BALLET Chef de Cuisine Jon Pong each week. Includes appetizer, main course and CHEF’S MENU dessert, all for $40* EVERY SATURDAY Joining us post-ballet? Show your ticket stub + we’ll sweeten your order with dessert on us. *In by 6:30PM, please notify the host at time of reservation.

Artists of the Ballet. Photo by Sian Richards.

38 Turnout Young Professionals’ Programme (February 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017)

Classic Plus ($600) Mr. Bryan McLeese Romina S. Cortellucci Ms. Rania Ahmed Kristina Milbourn Alicia DeBoer Miss Natalie Aziz Marisa Ortega Trina DeSa◊ Marie-Pierre Bélanger Ms. Shanley Rainsberry Ms. Katherine Ferreira Mr. Michael Bushara D. Richardson Allison Freeman Mr. Tim Dafoe Ms. Carolyn Slon Mr. Brian Gan Flora Do Ms. Anastasia Solovieva Ms. Heather Gillesby Melanie Dowhaniuk Ms. Maria Solovieva Ms. Amelia Guertin Mr. Geoffrey Fulton Mr. Jonathan Voigt Ms. Joegina Philip Ms. Katherine Hannemann Scott Wu Maggie Rei Ms. Lorna Harris One Anonymous Donor Sultan Sandur Marie Christine Joly Mrs. Olga Voigt Tanner Kidd Two Anonymous Donors Linda K. Lee Classic ($360) Mr. Leo Lontok Miss Elena Aseeva Carmen I. Marron Ms. Alice Barnett Roy Ms. Karin McCaig Laura Blenkinsop

Foundation Donations (February 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017)

$2,000 - $4,999 $15,000 - $29,999 The K. M. Hunter Charitable Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation Foundation Hal Jackman Foundation The Young Family Foundation

$5,000 - $14,999 $500 - $1,999 S.M. Blair Family Foundation Jackman Foundation Hope Charitable Foundation One Anonymous Donor The Geoffrey H. Wood Foundation

Named Funds The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation provides financial strength and stability, helping to ensure the vitality and excellence of the National Ballet today and for generations to come. The National Ballet is grateful for the commitment and dedication of those who have established a Named Fund within the Endowment Foundation.

The American Friends of Canada Dancer Fund The Sonia & Arthur Labatt Fund The Appel Family Fund in Honour of Bram & Bluma Appel The Joyce Lee Memorial Fund The John & Margaret Bahen Fund supports the company’s The Joan & Jerry Lozinski Fund Canadian tours. The Sarah & David Macdonald Fund The John & Claudine Bailey Fund The Anna McCowan-Johnson Dance Accessibility Fund The David & Kim Beatty Fund The Sylvia M. McPhee Dancer Fund The BMO Financial Group Fund The Sylvia M. McPhee Orchestra Fund The Mona Campbell Fund The TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund The Julie & Ted Medland Fund The Judith & Marshall Cohen Fund The Nancy Pencer Fund The Horst Dantz & Don Quick Dancer Wellness Fund The Sandra & Jim Pitblado Fund The Paul & Adelle Deacon Fund The Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner Fund The Celia Franca Memorial Fund The J.M. Doc Savage Fund for the RBC Apprentice The Kevin & Roger Garland Fund Programme The Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Fund The Ada Slaight Fund The Gail Hutchison Fund The TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund The Beryl & Richard Ivey Fund The Fran Taubkin Dancer Fund The Hal Jackman Foundation Fund The David Tory Memorial Fund The Anna & Don Johnson Fund The Volunteer Committee Build-a-Ballet Fund The Lucille & Urban Joseph Fund The James Kudelka Fund

national.ballet.ca 39 Celia Franca Society

The National Ballet is grateful to donors whose foresight in arranging a legacy gift, such as a bequest in a will or gift of life insurance, will help guarantee future artistic excellence. In appreciation of their deep belief in the power of dance, the National Ballet invites donors to enjoy special events and recognition through the Celia Franca Society, named in honour of the National Ballet’s illustrious founder to pay tribute to her vision, tenacity and passion. Celia Franca, 1960.

As of January 31, 2017 W.R. Herridge* Laurie Nemetz* Elaine J. Adair Lewis Hertzman Ms. Kiem Lan Njoo Margaret Agar Mr. James Hewson Tony Sylvestre & Lisa North Vanessa Alexander Christopher E. Horne, Esq. Marisa Ortega Isobel Allen Margo Howard Miss Dorothy M. Parr Reid Anderson* & Dieter Graefe Gail Hutchison Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado*, C.M. John Bailey* & Claudine Bailey Richard M. Ivey*, C.C. Dr. Linda Rabeneck Lynly & Trevor Bailie Joan F. Ivory*, C.M. Kenneth F. Read Ms. Katherine Barber Elsa Jackson Dr. John Reeve-Newson Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Barnsley Ishrani Jaikaran Peter Reeve-Newson Gillian & Kenneth Bartlett Ms. Agnes Jenkinson Diana Reitberger* Florence Sharpe Barwell Greg W. Johns Mr. Eddy Reitberger Professor Marion G. Bassett Stephen Johnson Margaret Riggin* Avie Bennett* Robert D. Johnston* Marie Angela Sampson David W. Binet* Ron & Nancy Johnston Mrs. Mary E. Sarjeant John R. Birkett Karen Kain*, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont. Paul J. Savard Ms. Katherine Bischoping & Ross Petty Richard Ira Saxe Mrs. Gail Boire James Kerr & J. Linden Best Christine Scott Marnie Bracht Ms. Krista Kerr Kerry Skinner & David Wistow Mr. Douglas Bradley Mr. Elmer Rob Koppel Robert Smith Freda & Allan Brender Kathryn Kossow Larry S. Snyder Jennifer Burton* Andrea C. Kovats Karen Sparks* Patricia Campbell Gurney M. Kranz Mrs. Doreen L. Stanton Dr. Ann E. Camps Lindsay & Bud Kronenberg Carolyn & Gordon Ste. Croix Ms. Olga Cerge Elizabeth Kun Astrid M. Stec Professor Alfred L. Chan & Jessica Lindenfelser* & Cheryl E. Stephenson Mr. Michael Farewell Paul Lindenfelser Mrs. Frances M. Stretton Peng Chiang Mr. Eric Lipka Ann Sutton Marilyn Creighton Ms. Chung-Yee Loo Ronald Taber & Rowland Galbraith Jane Darville & Dr. Skip Bassford Janice Waud Loper & Judith Tait Elizabeth and Ted Davidson Dr. Warren McKinnon Veronica Tennant*, C.C., LL.D, D.Litt Jeanie A. Davis* Mr. Doug Lowry John Theo* Amanda Demers & Brian Collins Joan Lozinski & Jerry Lozinski* Mr. Nicholas Tomiuk Marilyn J. Doekes Sarah Macdonald & David Macdonald* Lennox Toppin* Art & Mary Douloff Tim MacDonald* & Michelle Morin Ms. Diane Torney Sherry Taylor Drew* Polly K. A. MacFarlane Robin Robinson* Maureen & James Dunn Nancy E. A Main Marje Koidu Virro Ardith Ekdahl Mrs. Sue Matthews* Dr. Sir Francis Baron Von Ross Dena Feng Janice May Lenore Walters* Beverley Flint Marcia McClung* Diana St. B. Weatherall Lorne Fox Mrs. Barbara McKenney Jill & Geoffrey Williams Mr. Douglas G. Gardner Miss Jean McPhee Mr. John H. Williams Kevin J. Garland* Ms. Sylvia M. McPhee Ms. Ainslie Wood Ann (Kadrnka) Garnet Julie Medland* & Ted Medland Ms. Ethel M. Woods Stanley Gavlick Stephanie Meredith Ms. Vivien M. Wu Susan Gerhard Ms. Elizabeth Metcalfe Mr. Denny Young* Maxine Goldberg Sigmund & Elaine Mintz Veronica Zufelt* Mr. Donald D. Grant Mrs. Joan Moes 37 Anonymous Donors Carol Guppy L.J. Nagel & Stan Solomon G. Michael Hale & C.N. Jacobsen Marina Nawrocki* *Current and Former Artists, Dr. Ronald M. Haynes Ms. Janis Neilson* Staff and Board Members

40 Corporate Sponsors

The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our corporate sponsors and partners who help foster excellence and enrich our communities.

BMO Financial Group presents TD Bank Group presents RBC Apprentice Programme A Streetcar Named Desire The Nutcracker and Nutcracker Story Time

Onegin is presented MAD HOT BALLET Thomson Reuters presents by Chloé Gala Lead Sponsor Cinderella

Genus and The Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. Concert is presented Presents Swan Lake by KPMG

Special Projects

Presenting Sponsor Dance About Title Sponsor Dancers First Award Sponsor Series Sponsor Share The Magic Programme

YOU dance Sponsor Performance Co-Sponsors Official Suppliers

Official Event Official Dry Cleaner Supplier Official Hospitality Official Media Partner Partner

Official Health and Wellness Official Beer Official Floral Official Cosmetic Provider Sponsor Sponsor Sponsor

Corporate Council February 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017 Corporate Executive Corporate Associate Corporate Donor ($5,000 - $14,999) ($2,000 - $4,999) ($500 - $1,999) Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund Four Seasons Hotels Fabulous Printing Power Corporation of Canada and Resorts Fidelitas Holding Company Ltd. Reitmans Incorporated Uniglobe Plus Travel Group

national.ballet.ca 41 The National Ballet of Canada

Board of Directors The National Ballet of Executive Assistant to Resident Pilates Teacher Director of Technology As of October 26, 2016 Canada, Endowment the Artistic Director/ Je-an Salas Christopher Sonnemann Foundation Board of Administrative Manager Chair Directors Jennifer Bennett Darbyshire Urgent Care Payroll and Benefits Manager David W. Binet As of October 13, 2016 Dr. Janice Weiss Jenny Mah Scheduling Coordinator Vice Chair Chair Sophie Letendre Naturopathic Doctor Manager, Human Resources Cornell C.V. Wright David Macdonald Dr. Melissa Piercell Kathleen Matatya (Maternity Company Management Leave) Gail Appel President Assistant Consulting Physician John Bailey Barry Hughson Sarita Dotan Dr. Julia Alleyne Chief of Staff/Executive Susanne Boyce Assistant to the Executive Jane Darville Vice-President Guest Répétiteurs Consulting Chiropractor Director Stephen Delaney Karen Kain, C.C. Dr. Cameron Borody Stephen Word Marlene DelZotto The Winter’s Tale The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Treasurer Jacquelin Barrett Consulting Foot Specialist/ Board Secretary Senator Barry Shour, CPA, CA Chiropodist Pamela Ouzounian Bronwen Evans Onegin Dr. Nicholas Durand, Sandra Faire Secretary Reid Anderson D.Pod.M. General Accountants Greta Hodgkinson, ex officio Pamela Ouzounian Sandra Gandola, CB Nancy Holland Genus Consulting Ophthalmologist Daisy Lee Barry Hughson, ex officio Director of Development Antoine Vereecken Dr. Michael Easterbrook Demitrios Prevenas Karen Kain, C.C., ex officio Diana Reitberger, CFRE Li Ye, CPA, CGA Krista Kerr The Concert Consulting Dental Surgeon Shu Zhang, CPA, CGA Judith Lawrie David Banks Jean-Pierre Frohlich Dr. Lancelot Brown Janet Lewell David Binet Manager, Software and The National Ballet of Canada is Philip Lieberman Ed Esposto A Streetcar Named Desire Applications grateful to the Sports Medicine Lucille Joseph Laura Cazzaniga Mohiuddin Faruqe Jerry Lozinski Specialists (150 Eglinton Avenue David Macdonald Krista Kerr Tamas Detrich East, Toronto); the University Ryan McNally Jerry Lozinski Health Network, Department Senior Business Analyst Donna Meyers Sue Matthews Guest Teachers and Coaches of Orthopaedics and Sports Fernando Margueirat Medicine; and the Medcan Clinic Linda O’Leary Vanessa Morgan Aleksandar Antonijevic (150 York Street, Toronto) for their James Pitblado, C.M. Filip Barankiewicz Solutions Developer David Pell, ex officio continued support of the Dancer Nancy Pencer Mercedes Bernardez Health and Wellness Programme; Kruti Shah Jack Petch, ex officio Artistic Herve Courtain and to those physicians who have Lynda Prince Michel Faigaux generously donated their time to Junior Developer The National Ballet of Canada. Robbie J. Pryde Artistic Director Curtis Foley Keerthirajan Srinivasan Jessica Ray Karen Kain, C.C. Matjash Mrozewski Gretchen Ross Tatiana Tchernova Music Systems Administrator Victor R. Royce Associate Artistic Director Andrew Anderson Music Director and John B. Simcoe Christopher Stowell Dancer Wellness Principal Conductor Mavis Staines, C.M., ex officio Programme Systems Coordinator David Briskin Robert Stephen, ex officio Artistic Administrator Kartik Narielwala Daniel F. Sullivan Gerard Roxburgh Director of Dancer Wellness Principal Pianist Noreen Taylor Marla Pichler Senior Building Operator Principal Artistic Coach Janis Neilson Emil Mishriky Honourary Board Magdalena Popa Company Sports Medicine As of October 26, 2016 Physician Pianists Building Maintenance Artistic Director, YOU dance/ Dr. Michael Clarfield Edward Connell Supervisor Andrei Streliaev Avie Bennett, C.C., O.Ont. Principal Ballet Master Henry Martins Zhenya Yesmanovich Judith Cohen Lindsay Fischer Company Orthopaedic Judi Conacher Surgeon Receptionist Orchestra Personnel Missy Crosbie Artist-in-Residence Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris Seta Nigoghossian Manager and Music Jeanie Davis Rex Harrington, O.C. Administrator Sherry Taylor Drew Company Physician Communications Raymond Tizzard James Fleck, C.C. Senior Ballet Master (Family & Sports Medicine) Kevin Garland Peter Ottmann Dr. Julia Hamilton Director of Communications Librarian William Harris Julia Drake Lucie Parent William Herridge, Q.C. Senior Ballet Mistress Performance Psychologist Donald K. Johnson, O.C. Mandy-Jayne Richardson Dr. Doug Misener Senior Associate Director, Paul O’Donoghue Administration Communications Rose Patten Choreographic Associates Company Athletic Therapist Belinda Bale Executive Director Aaron Regent Robert Binet Paul Papoutsakis Barry Hughson Robin Robinson Guillaume Côté Associate Director, Susan Scace Company Physiotherapist Audience and Donor Director of Finance Noreen Taylor, Pointe Shoe Manager/ Ginette Hamel Services and Administration The National Ballet of Assistant Ballet Mistress Veronica McLellan Barry Shour, CPA, CA Canada / Honourary Board Lorna Geddes Company Massage Liaison Therapists Senior Manager, Brian Bastedo Director of Human Audience and Donor Ron Mulesa Resources Services Leigh Ann Layno Bethany Bleile

42 Senior Manager, Corey MacEachern Executive Assistant to the Scenery constructed at the Communications Anne Meighan Director of Development National Ballet Workshop by Catherine Chang Rhiann Moore Margie Pacini members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 58. Patty Pedersen Property Supervisor Senior Manager, Rafael Renderos Coordinator, Individual John Miracle Interactive & Marketing Ksenia Sabouloua Giving Operations Hannah Saunders Marc Cormier Resident Scenic Artist Stephen Cunningham Devin Upham Kelly Palmer Coordinators, Special Events Director, In Studio Administrative Assistant, Arielle Di Leo Assistant Scenic Artist Kate Kernaghan Telesales Nazia Habiba Mark Reid William Bruce Senior Manager of Telesales Coordinator, Properties constructed at the James Pereira Telesales Representatives Communications National Ballet Workshop by Stephan Carmichael Denais Peluch members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 828. Archives Manager Aleksandra Maslennikova Caitlin Dyer Joyce McKerrow Coordinator, Administration Wardrobe Brian Ravok Lucy White Manager, Audience and Sara Jane Strickland Wardrobe Supervisor Donor Services Angela Thompson Production Marjory Fielding Susan Eissler Ruth Wallace Asna Wise Production Director Wardrobe Coordinator Manager of Telesales James Thornley Barbara de Kat Alison Moss Development Associate Director of Assistant to the Wardrobe Education and Outreach Director of Development Production Supervisor Manager Diana Reitberger, CFRE Yvette Drumgold Stacy Dimitropoulos Lisa Robinson Associate Director of Technical Director Resident Cutters Publicity Manager Development, Major Gifts Barney Bayliss Ruth Bartel (on leave) Victoria Schwarzl Kate Halpenny Christine Audet Stage Managers Christopher Read Marketing Operations Senior Manager, Jeff Morris Manager Development Liliane Stilwell Assistant to Cutters Madeline Wong, CPA, CMA Communications Susan Howse John Hart Assistant Stage Manager, Graphic Designer YOU dance Assistant Wardrobe Carmen Wagner Senior Manager, Development Maureen Callaghan Coordinator Operations Grant Heaps (on leave) Media Officer Leah Heidenheim (Maternity Lighting Coordinator Kiyomi Hidaka Ashley Haraburda Leave) Jeff Logue Robert Gazzoli

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