Genus & Tarantella & Self and Soul & the Concert
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2016 /17 Season Genus & Tarantella & Self and Soul & The Concert March 29—April 2, 2017 Presented by #GenusNBC national.ballet.ca EIFMAN BALLET ST. PETERSBURG “Boris Eifman is RED GISELLE a phenomenon” TH 40 ANNIVERSARY TOUR – The Globe and Mail May 11 – 13 Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 1 Front Street East PRESENTING CO-PRESENTED MEDIA PARTNER WITH PARTNERS: sonycentre.ca 1.855.872.SONY (7669) Genus & Tarantella & Self and Soul & The Concert March 29—April 2 Presented by Contents 6 Notes on the Ballets 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 Principal Dancer. 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, Jurgita Dronina, Naoya Ebe, Greta Hodgkinson, Harrison James, Elena Lobsanova, Svetlana Lunkina, 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: Joby Talbot 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: Paris Opéra Ballet, Paris, France, October 26, 2007 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Toronto, 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 The Royal Ballet 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: George Balanchine Staged by: Christopher Stowell Music: Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Grand Tarentelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866) Reconstructed and Orchestrated by: Hershy Kay By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. Piano Soloist: Zhenya Yesmanovich Costume Design: Karinska World Premiere: New York City 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 Edward Villella 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: Jerome Robbins* Staged by: Jean-Pierre Frohlich Music: Frédéric Chopin, Orchestrated by Clare Grundman Piano Soloist: Andrei Streliaev Set Design: Saul Steinberg Costume Design: Irene Sharaff Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Répétiteur: Mandy-Jayne Richardson World Premiere: New York City Ballet, 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’