BalletVictoriaNewsletterOct.24-30,2017

OpeningnightinVictoriawasasuccess!TherearestillticketsavailablefortheNovember10performanceonSaltSpringIslandDon’tmissit!

Onemorechancetosee“Dracula”.JoinusonSaltSpringIsland!http://artspring.ca/event/ballet-victoria-dracula/

BalletVictoriadancerspicturedwithLieutenantGovernorofBritishColumbiaTheHonourableJudithGuichon,BVPresidentRosemarieLiscum,andBVstagemanagerJasonKing.

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ThisweekonInstagram:

JuliaperforminginPeterQuanz’s“Luminous”.

Photocredit:W.DonaldsonLaird

JuliaJones-Whitehead:AnativeofToronto,ON,JuliagraduatedfromCanada'sRoyalWinnipegBalletSchool’sProfessionalDivision.ShewastheinauguralrecipientoftheEvelynHartScholarshipin2010,andreceiveditagainthefollowingyear.SheperformedattheJacob'sPillowDanceFestivalbeforebecominganAspirantwiththeRoyalWinnipegBallet.SheperformedandtouredwiththecompanyinproductionssuchasTheNutcracker,SwanLake,andGiselle.Inhersparetime,Juliaenjoysreading,listeningtomusic,andturningheroldpointeshoesintoworksofartbypaintingthem.SheisthrilledtobedancinginhersecondseasonwithBalletVictoria.

Davideperformingin“Dracula”.Photocredit:GordonGriffiths

DavideLampis:DavidewasborninCopertino,Italy.HestartedhistrainingattheAcademiaVenetadiDanzaeBalletto.DavidehasstudiedonscholarshipatTeatroallaScala,EnglishNational,RoyalBalletandtheBolshoiBalletSchools.In2011,DavidewasadmittedtotheRoyalTheatreofSanCarloinNaples,graduatinginJuneof2016.HejoinedtheAlbertaBalletIICompanythefollowingyearandheislookingforwardtodancewithBalletVictoriathisseason.