Ballet Notes Mozartiana & Other Dances & In The Upper Room June 15 - 19, 2011 Aleksandar Antonijevic in In The Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger. Orchestra Violins Bassoons Benjamin BoWman Stephen Mosher, Principal Concertmaster JerrY Robinson LYnn KUo, EliZabeth GoWen, Assistant Concertmaster Contra Bassoon DominiqUe Laplante, Horns Principal Second Violin Celia Franca, C.C., Founder GarY Pattison, Principal James AYlesWorth Vincent Barbee Jennie Baccante George Crum, Music Director Emeritus Derek Conrod Csaba KocZó Scott WeVers Karen Kain, C.C. Kevin Garland Sheldon Grabke Artistic Director Executive Director Xiao Grabke Trumpets David Briskin Rex Harrington, O.C. NancY KershaW Richard Sandals, Principal Music Director and Artist-in-Residence Sonia Klimasko-LeheniUk Mark Dharmaratnam Principal Conductor YakoV Lerner Rob WeYmoUth Magdalena Popa Lindsay Fischer JaYne Maddison Trombones Principal Artistic Coach Artistic Director, Ron Mah DaVid Archer, Principal YOU dance / Ballet Master AYa MiYagaWa Robert FergUson WendY Rogers Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne DaVid Pell, Bass Trombone Filip TomoV Senior Ballet Master Richardson Tuba Senior Ballet Mistress Joanna ZabroWarna PaUl ZeVenhUiZen Sasha Johnson Aleksandar AntonijeVic, GUillaUme Côté*, Violas Harp Greta Hodgkinson, Jiˇrí Jelinek, LUcie Parent, Principal Zdenek KonValina, Heather Ogden, Angela RUdden, Principal Sonia RodrigUeZ, Piotr StancZYk, Xiao Nan YU, Theresa RUdolph KocZó, Timpany Bridgett Zehr Assistant Principal Michael PerrY, Principal Valerie KUinka Kevin D. Bowles, Lorna Geddes, Johann Lotter Percussion Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan BeVerleY Spotton • Robert Comber, Principal LarrY Toman Mark MaZUr, Acting Keiichi Hirano, Tanya Howard, Stephanie Hutchison, Principal Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie, Cellos Kristofer Maddigan Stacey Shiori Minagawa, Tina Pereira, MaUriZio Baccante, Jonathan Renna, Rebekah Rimsay, Jillian Vanstone Principal Orchestra Personnel Olga LaktionoVa Manager and Music Jordana Daumec, Elena Lobsanova, McGee Maddox, Administrator Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Jenna Savella, Robert Stephen, AndreW McIntosh Jean Verch Brett van Sickle Marianne Pack Elaine Thompson Assistant Orchestra DanYla BeZerra, RYan Booth, Adji Cissoko, Chen CUi, PaUl Widner Krista DoWson, Nadine DroUin, NaoYa Ebe, Giorgio Galli, Personnel Manager Selene GUerrero-TrUjillo, Grace HanleY, JUri Hiraoka, Basses RaYmond TiZZard KathrYn Hosier, Lise-Marie JoUrdain, James Leja, AleXandra MacDonald, EliZabeth Marrable, ChelsY Meiss, Hans J.F. PreUss, Principal Librarian Ji Min Hong, Shino Mori, TiffanY Mosher, Andreea OlteanU, • PaUl LangleY LUcie Parent Marissa ParZei, Brendan SaYe, Christopher StalZer, Robert Speer Joseph SteinaUer, DYlan Tedaldi, Nan Wang, Aarik Wells, CarY Takagaki Extra Players Sarah Elena Wolff Anne Armstrong, Violin RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: James AppleWhite, Flutes Sonia Vizante, Violin EUgenia BreZZi, SkYlar Campbell, Esabelle Chen, Leslie J. Allt, Principal Nicholaos Papadakis, Shaila D'Onofrio, Jackson DWYer, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Maria Pelletier AleXandra IncUlet, Natalie Ogonek, Asiel RiVero Viola • ShelleY BroWn, Piccolo Jill Vitols, Cello Lorna Geddes Joysanne Sidimus Oboes Tom Hazlitt, Bass Pointe Shoe Manager / Guest Repetiteur Colleen Cook, Clarinet Assistant Ballet Mistress Mark Rogers, Principal Karen Rotenberg • On Leave of Absence Ernest Abugov Shelby-Jai Flick LesleY YoUng Jeff Morris Assistant Stage Manager/ Stage Managers Stage Manager, Clarinets YOU dance MaX Christie, Principal • EmilY MarloW Melissa Novecosky GarY Kidd, Bass Clarinet Assistant Stage Manager *GUest Artist-in-Residence Page 2 national.ballet.ca The 2010/11 season is presented by Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30 pm Saturday, June 18 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Thursday, June 16 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Sunday, June 19 at 2:00 pm Friday, June 17 at 7:30 pm CondUctor: David Briskin, MUsic Director and Principal CondUctor (JUne 15, 16 eVe, 18, 19) Daniel Capps, GUest CondUctor (JUne 16 mat, 17) Mozartiana ChoreographY: George Balanchine Staged bY: Suzanne Farrell and Joysanne Sidimus MUsic: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Suite No. 4, Mozartiana Op. 61 CostUme Design: Rouben Ter-Arutunian Lighting Design: Robert Thomson Premiere: NeW York CitY Ballet and stUdents from the School of American Ballet, TchaikoVskY FestiVal, NeW York CitY, JUne 4, 1981 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: HUmmingbird Centre, FebrUarY 18, 1998 The performance of Mozartiana, 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. Mozartiana is a gift from THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA. Preghiera Sonia Rodriguez (JUne 15, 16, 18 mat) Heather Ogden (JUne 16 mat, 17, 18 eVe, 19) and Students of Canada’s National Ballet School Gigue Keiichi Hirano (JUne 15, 18 eVe) Naoya Ebe (JUne 16 mat, 17) Robert Stephen (JUne 16 eVe, 19) Dylan Tedaldi (JUne 18 mat) Menuet Alejandra Perez-Gomez or Krista Dowson or Elizabeth Marrable, Stephanie Hutchison or Juri Hiraoka, Nadine Drouin, Alexandra MacDonald or Sarah Elena Wolff Suzanne Farrell. Theme and Variations Photo by Sian Richards. Sonia Rodriguez and Aleksandar Antonijevic (JUne 15, 16 eVe, 18 mat) Heather Ogden and Brett van Sickle (JUne 16 mat, 17) Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté (JUne 18 eVe, 19) Finale Artists of the Ballet and StUdents of Canada’s National Ballet School StUdents of Canada’s National Ballet School appear bY kind permission of Artistic Director MaVis Staines, CM Intermission Page 3 Other Dances ChoreographY: Jerome Robbins Staged bY: Isabelle Guerin MUsic: Frédéric Chopin, Mazurka in A minor, Op.17, #4, Mazurka in B Major, Op.41, #3, Waltz in A flat, Op.64, #3, Mazurka in F minor, Op.63, #2, Mazurka in D Major, Op.33, #2 CostUme Design: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Recreated bY: Nicole Pearce RépétiteUr: Lindsay Fischer Performed With permission of The Robbins Rights TrUst Premiere: Gala EVening for the LibrarY of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, NeW York CitY, MaY 9, 1976. The National Ballet of Canada premiere: FoUr Seasons Centre, JUne 15, 2011 Greta Hodgkinson and Zdenek Konvalina Natalia Makarova in Other Dances (1976). Photo by Max Waldman. Intermission In The Upper Room ChoreographY: Twyla Tharp Staged bY: Keith Roberts MUsic: Philip Glass CostUme Design: Norma Kamali Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton RépétiteUrs: Peter Ottmann and Rex Harrington Premiere: TWYla Tharp Dance, RaVinia FestiVal, Highland Park, Illinois, AUgUst 28, 1986 The National Ballet of Canada Premiere: Artists of the Ballet in In The Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger. FoUr Seasons Centre, NoVember 5, 2008 The performance of In The Upper Room a Tharpsm Ballet, is presented Under license With W.A.T. Limited, and has been prodUced in accordance With Tharpsm SerVice Standards; In The Upper Room ChoreographY bY TWYla Tharp, © 1992 TWYla Tharp. In The Upper Room is a gift from Walter Carsen, O.C. Page 4 national.ballet.ca I. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (JUne 15, 16 eVe, 18 mat,19) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei and, Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna (JUne 16 mat, 17, 18 eVe) II. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (JUne 15) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Chelsy Meiss and Tina Pereira, Etienne Lavigne, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells (JUne 16 mat, 17, 18 eVe) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (JUne 16 eVe) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (JUne 18 mat) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez, Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (JUne 19) III. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (JUne 15, 19) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Robert Stephen Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna (JUne 16 mat, 17, 18 eVe) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (JUne 16 eVe, 18 mat) IV. Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Jiří Jelinek, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (JUne 15,18 mat) Tina Pereira, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella, Etienne Lavigne, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells (JUne 16 mat, 17, 18 eVe) Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Jiří Jelinek, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye (JUne 16 eVe, 19) V. Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (JUne 15, 19) Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez and Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna (JUne 16 mat, 17, 18 eVe) Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (JUne 16 eVe, 18 mat) VI. Rebekah Rimsay, Jiří Jelinek and Stephanie Hutchison, Patrick Lavoie (JUne 15, 16 eVe, 18 mat,19) Marissa Parzei, Etienne Lavigne and Jordana Daumec, Ryan Booth (JUne 16 mat, 17, 18 eVe) VII. Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja (JUne 15, 16 eVe, 18 mat, 19) Robert Stephen, Christopher