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KAREN KAIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

PRESENTS

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The National Ballet of Canada Programme

Editors: Julia Drake and Belinda Bale | Design: Kyle Greenwood

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Choreography and Libretto: James Kudelka. O.C.Music: Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySet and Costume Designs: Santo LoquastoLighting Design: Jennifer TiptonCanada’s National Ballet School Rehearsal Director: Laurel Toto, assisted by Patrick Kastoff Répétiteurs: Peter Ottmann, Mandy-Jayne Richardson, Magdalena Popa, Rex Harrington, Lindsay Fischer and Lorna Geddes

Conductors:David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor (Dec 12 mat/eve, 13 mat, 16, 18, 19 mat, 20 mat/eve, 22 eve, 23 mat, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve)

Gordon Gerrard, Guest Conductor(Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve, 22 mat, 23 eve, 27 mat/eve, 29 mat/eve, Jan 2 mat, 3)

This production of The Nutcracker is dedicated to Celia Franca and Betty Oliphant.

With respect, admiration and gratitude. J.K.

Made possible by generous financial support from production underwritersSandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Lawrence & Ann Heisey and an anonymous friend of the National Ballet.

6 Cast8 Synopsis10 The Nutcracker: 20 Years of Magic12 The Nutcracker: By the Numbers14 Selected Biographies20 Dancers34 Nutcracker Activities

Jurg i ta Dron ina. Photo by A leksandar Anton i jev ic ,

December 12, 2015—January 3, 2016

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The National Ballet of Canada

Celia Franca, C.C., Founder

George Crum, Music Director Emeritus

Karen Kain, C.C. Barry HughsonArtistic Director Executive Director

David Briskin Rex Harrington, O.C.Music Director and Artist-in-ResidencePrincipal Conductor

Magdalena Popa Lindsay FischerPrincipal Artistic Artistic Director,Coach YOU dance / Principal Ballet Master

Peter Ottmann Mandy-Jayne RichardsonSenior Ballet Master Senior Ballet Mistress

Guillaume Côté, Jurgita Dronina, Naoya Ebe, Greta Hodgkinson, Elena Lobsanova, Svetlana Lunkina, McGee Maddox, 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, Harrison James, Chelsy Meiss, Tina Pereira, Jenna Savella, Robert Stephen, Dylan Tedaldi

Jack Bertinshaw, Hannah Fischer, Emma Hawes, Kathryn Hosier, Alexandra MacDonald, Tiffany Mosher*, Brent Parolin, Brendan Saye

Trygve Cumpston, Erika Delponte, Shaila D’Onofrio, Rhiannon Fairless, Giorgio Galli, Christopher Gerty, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Spencer Hack, Rui Huang, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Soo Ah Kang, Larissa Khotchenkova, Miyoko Koyasu, Elizabeth Marrable, Timoteo Mock, Shino Mori, Jaclyn Oakley, Andreea Olteanu, Félix Paquet, Meghan Pugh, Alec Roberts, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Calley Skalnik, Laurynas Vejalis, Nan Wang, Ethan Watts

RBC Apprentice Programme / YOU dance: Eric Beckham, Jimmy Coleman, Eric da Silva, Eleanor Frith, Jeannine Haller, Lauren Janeway, Clare Peterson, Charlotte Reid, Andrew Tomlinson, Isaac Wright

Robert BinetGuillaume CôtéChoreographic Associates

Jeff MorrisLiliane Stillwell Stage Managers

Lorna Geddes Pointe Shoe Manager / Assistant Ballet Mistress

Michael LewandowskiAssistant Stage Manager

Joysanne Sidimus Guest Balanchine Répétiteur

* Maternity/Parental Leave

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OrchestraDavid Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor

Violin 1Aaron Schwebel, Concertmaster Lynn Kuo, Assistant ConcertmasterAnne Armstrong + James AylesworthJennie BaccanteSheldon GrabkeNancy KershawSonia Klimasko-Leheniuk Yakov LernerJayne MaddisonWendy RogersPaul Zevenhuizen

Violin 2Dominique Laplante, Principal Second ViolinCsaba Koczó, Acting Assistant Principal 2nd ViolinAya MiyagawaBethany Bergman +Xiao Grabke *Shelia Jaffe +Hiroko Kagawa +Jamie Kruspe +Rene London +Ron MahFilip TomovAshley Vandiver +Sonia Vizante +Joanna Zabrowarna

ViolasAngela Rudden, PrincipalJoshua Greenlaw, Assistant PrincipalShannon Knights +Valerie KuinkaJohann LotterRory McLeod + Nicholaos Papadakis +Beverley SpottonLarry Toman * CellosMaurizio Baccante, PrincipalPeter Cosbey +Alastair Eng +Mary Katherine Finch +Olga Laktionova

Elaine Thompson Marianne PackAndrew McIntoshJill Vitols +Paul Widner

BassesHans. J.F. Preuss, PrincipalRobert Speer, Acting Assistant PrincipalBrian Baty +Tom HazlittPaul LangleyGreg Sheldon +

FlutesLeslie J. Allt, PrincipalShelley Brown *Maria PelletierKevin O’Donnell, Piccolo

OboesMark Rogers, PrincipalKaren RotenbergLesley Young, English Horn

ClarinetsMax Christie, PrincipalColleen Cook +Gary Kidd, Bass ClarinetEmily Marlow *

BassoonsStephen Mosher, PrincipalJerry RobinsonElizabeth Gowen, Contra-Bassoon

HornsGary Pattison, PrincipalVincent Barbee Derek Conrod Diane Doig +Christine Passmore +Scott Wevers

TrumpetsRichard Sandals, Principal Mark DharmaratnamRobert Weymouth

TrombonesDavid Archer, PrincipalRobert FergusonDave Pell, Bass Trombone

TubaSasha Johnson, Principal

HarpLucie Parent, Principal

TympaniMichael Perry, Principal

CelesteEdward ConnellAndrei Streliaev

PercussionKristofer Maddigan, Acting PrincipalMark Mazur

Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music AdministratorRaymond Tizzard

LibrarianLucie Parent

*On Leave of Absence

+Additional Musician

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ACT IScene 1, A Barn

Peter, a stable boySkylar Campbell (Dec 12 mat, 23 mat, 28, Jan 2 eve)

Guillaume Côté (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve)

Evan McKie (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat)

Piotr Stanczyk (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve)

Naoya Ebe* (Dec 19 mat, 20 eve, 30)

Harrison James* (Dec 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

McGee Maddox (Dec 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Marie Maya Fazzari (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve)

Jacqueline Sugianto (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Emily Piotrowski (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 22 eve, 29 eve)

Pravda Tranfield (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Misha, Marie’s brother Max Raszewski (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve)

Adam Hone (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Ethan Clarisey (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 22 eve, 29 eve)

Andrew Larose (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Baba, Marie and Misha’s nurseAlejandra Perez-Gomez (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Rebekah Rimsay (Dec 12 eve, 16, 19 eve, 22 eve, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve)

Stephanie Hutchison* (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 23 eve, 27 eve)

Andreea Olteanu (Dec 13 eve, 17, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Marie and Misha’s parentsTanya Howard or Stephanie Hutchison or Alejandra Perez-Gomez or Alexandra MacDonald

Etienne Lavigne or Brent Parolin or Brendan Saye

Uncle NikolaiJonathan Renna (Dec 12 mat, 13 mat, 18, 19 mat, 20 mat)

Robert Stephen (Dec 12 eve, 16, 20 eve, 22 eve, 28, 30)

Dylan Tedaldi (Dec 13 eve, 17, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Jack Bertinshaw* (Dec 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Piotr Stanczyk (Dec 23 mat, Jan 2 eve)

Parents, Children, Aunts, Uncles, Servants, Bears and a HorseArtists of The National Ballet of Canada+^ and Students of Canada’s National Ballet School

Scene 2, The Battle of the Tsar of the Mice

The Nutcracker Skylar Campbell (Dec 12 mat, 23 mat, 28, Jan 2 eve)

Guillaume Côté (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve)

Evan McKie (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat)

Piotr Stanczyk (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve)

Naoya Ebe* (Dec 19 mat, 20 eve, 30)

Harrison James* (Dec 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

McGee Maddox (Dec 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat)

The Tsar of the MiceKota Sato or Dylan Tedaldi or Jack Bertinshaw or Ethan Watts

Baby Mice Students of Canada’s National Ballet School (Associates Programme)

Dogs, Cats and Mice Students of Canada’s National Ballet and participating schools listed on page 7.

Goat and Rooster Students of Canada’s National Ballet School

Scene 3, The Land of Snow

Snow Queen and her IciclesAlexandra MacDonald, Brent Parolin, Nan Wang (Dec 12 mat, 19 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 eve)

Xiao Nan Yu, Ben Rudisin*, Brendan Saye (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve)

Elena Lobsanova, Brent Parolin, Nan Wang (Dec 13 mat, 18, 22 mat)

Tanya Howard, Giorgio Galli, Jack Bertinshaw (Dec 13 eve, 17, 23 mat)

Emma Hawes*, Ben Rudisin*, Brendan Saye (Dec 19 mat, 23 eve, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Hannah Fischer*, Harrison James, Félix Paquet(Dec 20 mat, 28, Jan 2 mat)

Jenna Savella, Giorgio Galli, Jack Bertinshaw(Dec 20 eve, 27 mat, 30)

Snow Maidens Artists of The National Ballet of Canada^

Unicorns Students of Canada’s National Ballet School

Cast

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INTERMISSION

ACT IIThe Palace of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Courtiers, Guards, Ladies-in-Waiting Students of Canada’s National Ballet School

The Sugar Plum Fairy Jillian Vanstone (Dec 12 mat, 23 mat, 28, Jan 2 eve)

Heather Ogden (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve)

Svetlana Lunkina (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat)

Sonia Rodriguez (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve)

Jurgita Dronina* (Dec 19 mat, 20 eve, 30)

Tina Pereira (Dec 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Elena Lobsanova (Dec 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Empress Dowager BabaAlejandra Perez-Gomez(Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Rebekah Rimsay(Dec 12 eve, 16, 19 eve, 22 eve, 28, 30, Jan 2 eve)

Stephanie Hutchison* (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 23 eve, 27 eve)

Andreea Olteanu (Dec 13 eve, 17, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Grand Duke Nikolai Jonathan Renna (Dec 12 mat, 13 mat, 18, 19 mat, 20 mat)

Robert Stephen (Dec 12 eve, 16, 20 eve, 22 eve, 28, 30)

Dylan Tedaldi (Dec 13 eve, 17, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Jack Bertinshaw* (Dec 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat)

Piotr Stanczyk (Dec 23 mat, Jan 2 eve)

Spanish ChocolateAndreea Olteanu or Tina Pereira or Calley Skalnik,Meghan Pugh or Shaila D’Onofrio or Jordana Daumec,Jack Bertinshaw or Francesco Gabriele Frola or Kota Sato

Miyoko Koyasu or Rui Huang or Erika Delponte,Soo Ah Kang or Selene Guerrero-Trujillo or Chelsy Meiss, Giorgio Galli or Laurynas Vejalis or Spencer Hack

Arabian Coffee Jenna Savella or Stephanie Hutchison or Chelsy Meiss or Kathryn Hosier, Ben Rudisin or Nan Wang

Tanya Howard or Alejandra Perez-Gomez or Alexandra MacDonald, Brent Parolin or Brendan Saye A Sheep Shaila D’Onofrio (Dec 12 mat, 17, 19 mat, 23 mat, 30, Jan 2 mat)

Chelsy Meiss (Dec 12 eve, 18, 22 eve, 28, 29 eve, Jan 2 eve)

Meghan Pugh* (Dec 13 mat, 16, 20 mat, 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat)

Miyoko Koyasu* (Dec 13 eve, 19 eve, 20 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve, Jan 3)

A Flock of Lambs Students of Canada’s National Ballet School (Associates Programme)

A Fox Dylan Tedaldi (Dec 12 mat, 19 mat, 20 eve, 23 mat, 30)

Giorgio Galli (Dec 12 eve, 16, 18, 22 eve, 28, Jan 2 eve)

Skylar Campbell (Dec 13 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat)

Robert Stephen (Dec 13 eve, 19 eve, 23 eve, 27 eve)

Francesco Gabriele Frola*(Dec 17, 20 mat, 22 mat, 29 eve, Jan 2 mat, Jan 3)

Waiters Spencer Hack or Eric Beckham or Andrew Tomlinson, Christopher Gerty or Alec Roberts or Jimmy Coleman, Kota Sato or Isaac Wright or Timoteo Mock, Laurynas Vejalis or Eric da Silva or Ethan Watts

ChefsStudents of Canada’s National Ballet School

A BeeTina Pereira (Dec 12 mat, 23 mat, 28, Jan 2 eve)

Tanya Howard (Dec 12 eve, 16, 22 eve, 23 eve)

Jordana Daumec (Dec 13 mat, 18, 20 mat, 29 eve)

Jenna Savella (Dec 13 eve, 17, 19 eve, 27 eve)

Rui Huang (Dec 19 mat, 20 eve, 30, Jan 2 mat)

Selene Guerrero-Trujillo (Dec 22 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat, Jan 3)

Flowers and Branches Artists of The National Ballet of Canada+^

* Debut

+ Includes additional dancer Donald Thom, by kind permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association

^ Includes additional dancers Nicole Blain, Thaila Crymble, Megan Storm Hill and Allison Lang by kind permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

All casting subject to change.

Associated Hebrew Schools of TorontoBill Crothers Secondary SchoolBranksome HallCardinal Carter Academy for the ArtsCardinal Leger Catholic SchoolCawthra Park Secondary SchoolClarington Central Secondary School Courtice Intermediate & Secondary SchoolCourtice Secondary SchoolDe La Salle CollegeDon Mills Collegiate InstituteEarl Haig Secondary SchoolEastdale Collegiate & Vocational InstituteEdenwood Middle SchoolEtobicoke School of the ArtsForest Hill Collegiate InstituteGeorge Harvey Collegiate InstituteGlenview Senior Public SchoolGreenwood College SchoolHavergal CollegeJulie Payette Public SchoolKingsway College School Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteMalvern Collegiate Institute

Markville Secondary SchoolMichael Power High SchoolNativity Of Our Lord SchoolNorthern Secondary SchoolO’Neill Collegiate & Vocational InstitutePringle Creek Public SchoolRiverdale Collegiate InstituteRosedale Heights School of the ArtsSt. Clement’s SchoolSt. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary SchoolSt. John Bosco Secondary SchoolSt. Martha & Mary Catholic SchoolSt. Robert Catholic High SchoolSt. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary

SchoolTrillium Waldorf SchoolUnionville High SchoolUniversity of Toronto SchoolsUrsula Franklin AcademyVictoria Park Collegiate InstituteWexford Collegiate School for the ArtsYork Mills Collegiate InstituteYork University

The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges its collaboration, in the production of The Nutcracker, with Canada’s National Ballet School and students of:

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It’s the night before Christmas in 19th-century Russia and Marie, Misha, their parents and their beloved nursemaid Baba are busy preparing for the annual Christmas Eve party at their country estate. As the curtain rises, Peter, the stable boy (and Marie’s and Misha’s best friend), is sweeping the barn one last time before the guests arrive.

Marie and Misha burst into the barn, squabbling furiously despite the patient efforts of Baba and Peter to calm them down. Suddenly a rat scuttles across the floor, disrupting everything until Peter outsmarts it. Four neighbouring families arrive and the dancing begins.

All of a sudden, a mysterious man dressed in red appears in a sleigh. It’s Nikolai, the unpredictable uncle who lives down the road, whose alarming spins and flamboyant gestures both terrifies and delights the company. Magically he tweaks bright fresh oranges from the guests’ ears, hats and clothes as well as producing a pair of dancing bears, one of them on skates. To crown everything, Nikolai unhitches his old mare and, to everyone’s amazement, they energetically dance together.

Nikolai has brought special gifts for all the children, but after all the presents have been handed out, there is nothing left for Marie. Quickly Nikolai gives Marie a Nutcracker in the shape of a handsome soldier which he’d intended for her parents. The continuing hostilities between Marie and Misha erupt once more as they fight over the Nutcracker until their father confiscates it.

Baba takes Marie and Misha back to the house to put them to bed but inevitably their skirmishes begin again – this time, it’s a

competition to see who can stay awake the longest. Eventually they fall asleep and their magnificent dream begins.

Just as the clock strikes twelve, six pesky little mice scurry in but Nikolai, stranger and wilder than ever, dashes out and scares them away. Taking pity on poor Marie, he returns her Nutcracker, tucks it beneath the nursery Christmas tree and vanishes from sight.

Ominously, the children’s beds begin to rock and shake waking Marie and Misha. Their Christmas tree has come to life and the Nutcracker has grown, his features have somehow been transformed to look exactly like their friend Peter.

Other toys, too, have magically come to life and a regiment of wolfhounds rides in, only to be vanquished by demonic cats. Then an evil brigade of mice invades the room to attack the cats. Meanwhile, the cruel Tsar of the Mice challenges the Nutcracker to mortal combat and all seems lost.

With the ingenuity of despair Marie and Misha save the Nutcracker by combining forces to banish the frenzied cats and dogs and they conquer the Tsar of the Mice with their feather pillows. In relief and sheer exhaustion, Marie, Misha and the Nutcracker collapse on the bed.

The bed begins to move again but this time it carries them on a magical journey. Through ice-laced trees and feathery snowflakes they see the Snow Queen, supported by two Icicles. Marie, Misha, and the Nutcracker dance joyfully with the snowflakes and the Snow Queen bestows upon them a magnificent gift: a beautiful ice-boat attended by unicorns.

Synopsis

ACT I

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The ice-boat carries the children and the Nutcracker to the secret Kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy, who lives in a beautiful Fabergé egg at the centre of a golden palace, carefully guarded by her loyal courtiers. Nikolai and Baba, transformed into the Grand Duke and Duchess, are there to greet them.

Naturally, the courtiers are eager to discover how their unexpected guests happened to find the palace and beg the Nutcracker, Marie and Misha to recount their marvellous adventures. As a reward for the children’s courage and compassion, the courtiers order a splendid banquet that mingles grown-up food with childhood favourites.

The first course, much to the children’s delight, is Chocolate, with a delicate Spanish flavouring. The second, Coffee, heralds the pleasures of adulthood – and oddly enough, quite the opposite of anyone’s expectations, its sinuous fumes put the child-courtiers to sleep! Embarrassed by the courtiers’ inattentiveness, Misha and Marie wake everyone up just in time to enjoy the spectacle of four inept royal chefs trying to catch the poultry course.

There follow two dances that hint at the loving nature of parenthood: a bright, cheerful Trepak for the Nutcracker and a dance for Baba as a shepherdess with lambs and a Sheep-princess pursued by a Fox.

At last four zany Waiters bring in a magical table while the chefs attempt to put the finishing touches on the great repast. When the feast is finally prepared, Marie and Misha assume the places of honour and enjoy a food fight in what may be their last chance to misbehave as young children. Suddenly all traces of winter have gone and the palace

gates burst open to admit a single Bee and a host of Flowers to dance in the warm spring breeze.

In the midst of all this excitement, Marie and Misha have noticed that the Nutcracker has fallen deeply in love with the Sugar Plum Fairy. All at once the world of the Sugar Plum Fairy begins to vanish and the children find themselves in their own room being put to bed by Baba. As Marie and Misha fall back to sleep just before daybreak, the Nutcracker and the Sugar Plum Fairy bid them goodbye. Somehow during this night the children have passed together through the magical yet natural portal between childhood and adolescence, and somehow they know that their lives will never again be quite the same. Henceforth, like their friend the Nutcracker, they will set forth to find and follow their own dreams.

Running Time

Act I 49mIntermission 20mAct II 46mTotal (approx) 2h

ACT II

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The Nutcracker20 Years of Magic 1995–2015

This year marks the 20th Anniversary

of The National Ballet of Canada’s

acclaimed production of The

Nutcracker, choreographed by James

Kudelka. Hailed “the best Nutcracker

on the planet” by The Globe and Mail,

this celebrated holiday tradition has

delighted over a million adults and

children since its premiere in 1995.

Clockwise: James Kude lka (1995) . V ic tor ia Ber t ram wi th Students o f Canada’s Nat iona l Ba l le t Schoo l (1996) . Greta Hodgk inson, A leksandar Anton i jev ic and Rober t Tews ley as the Snow Queen and Ic ic les (1995) . James Kude lka and Santo Loquasto (1995) . Santo Loquasto, Chan Hon Goh, Ange la Arana and James Kude lka (1995) . Photos by Andrew Oxenham and Cy l la von T iedemann.

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The First Sugar Plum FairyMartine LamyPrincipal Dancer Martine Lamy created the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in 1995. She retired from the company in 2005 and is now a teacher at Canada’s National Ballet School.

Note: The courtier in the background is Principal Dancer Evan McKie at age 13 when he was

a student at Canada’s National Ballet School!

The First Peter/NutcrackerRex HarringtonPrincipal Dancer Rex Harrington created the role of Peter/The Nutcracker in 1995. He retired from the company in 2004 and is currently Artist-in-Residence.

The First Marie and MishaThe first Marie and Misha were Susan McElhinney and Warren Benns, then students of Canada’s National Ballet School.

Mart ine Lamy (1995) . V ic tor ia Ber t ram and Rex Harr ington (1995) . Susan McElh inney and Warren Benns (1995) . Photos by Jeff Goode and Dav id St reet .

Elena Lobsanova is sponsored through Dancers F i rs t by Sandra Fa i re & Ivan Fecan.

The Nutcracker By the Numbers

Number of people who have attended The Nutcracker since 1995: 1,004,880

Number of performances of The Nutcracker since its premiere: 469

Number of children and their families who have attended The Nutcracker for free through the Share the Magic programme: 42,044

Number of Celebrity Cannon Dolls including Chris Hadfield, Mats Sundin, Margaret Atwood, Kurt Browning, Rick Mercer, Mayor John Tory and many more: 938

Number of dancers who have performed the role of Marie and the Sugar Plum Fairy: 1 (Elena Lobsanova)

Number of students from Canada’s National Ballet School and schools in Toronto who perform in each show: 98

Number of animals in The Nutcracker: 59(1 rat, 1 horse, 2 bears, 1 ram, 1 rooster, 1 mouse Tsar, 8 Cossack mice, 8 baby mice, 8 dog soldiers, 10 cat soldiers, 6 unicorns, 1 fox, 1 sheep, 9 lambs and 1 bee)

Number of pointe shoes used in every performance of The Nutcracker: 43

Number of pounds of paper released in the snow scene in each performance: 10

Number of performances cancelled due to snow: 0

To see behind the scenes video of The Nutcracker visit national.ballet.ca

Share your memories @nationalballet #TheNutcrackerNBC #Nutcracker20

Art is ts o f the Ba l le t . Inset : Megan Storm Hi l l and Ar t is ts o f the Ba l le t . E lena Lobsanova. Et ienne Lav igne. Se lene Guerrero-Tru j i l lo .Photos by A leksandar Anton i jev ic , Lyd ia Pawelak and Bruce Z inger.

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Selected Biographies

Artistic Director Karen Kain has led The National Ballet of Canada with great success for the past 10 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 Moscow 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 Petit’s Le Ballet de Marseilles, the Bolshoi Ballet, London Festival Ballet and Vienna State Opera Ballet. Throughout her career she developed a close creative partnership with Rudolf Nureyev 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 23 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 Boston Ballet. Under Mr. Hughson’s leadership, Boston Ballet achieved several key milestones, including the retirement of its long term debt, completing a multi-million dollar renovation of the ballet’s headquarters and international tours to Canada, Spain, Finland and the UK, as well as raising more than $60 million dollars in contributed revenue. As an arts advocate, consultant and educator, Mr. Hughson has had teaching and speaking engagements in the US, Europe and South America. He is the Vice Chair of Dance/USA, North America’s largest service organization for professional dance. He is a founding member of Dance/USA’s National Leadership Council for Dance and has served as a mentor to emerging arts executives through the Institute for Leadership Training. In January 2015, in partnership with Dance/USA, Mr. Hughson spearheaded the first-ever meeting of North American and European dance leaders, bringing together 22 administrators from nine countries for two days of meetings at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. In Canada, Mr. Hughson is a member of the Board of Directors of 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.

Karen KainC.C., LL.D., D. Litt., O.Ont.

Artistic Director

Barry HughsonExecutive Director


One of the most highly respected conductors at work today, an insightful interpreter of works from not just the ballet canon, but the operatic, symphonic and choral traditions as well, David Briskin is widely recognized as one of contemporary ballet’s most accomplished conductors. 2015-16 marks his 10th season as Music Director and Principal Conductor of The National Ballet of Canada. Previously Mr. Briskin served for seven years as Conductor with American Ballet Theatre 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 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 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, most recently conducting Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as well as the world premiere and DVD recording of The Winter’s Tale. Mr. Briskin has also appeared with nearly all of the major North American ballet companies. Equally at home with orchestral and operatic repertoire, Mr. Briskin has 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.

James Kudelka is among todays’ most versatile and innovative dance artists. He has choreographed for many of the world’s leading ballet companies as well as for smaller, contemporary troupes. His creative range as a choreographer reflects his eclectic musical interests, command of diverse movement idioms and commitment to working collaboratively with artists from other disciplines. Mr. Kudelka is renowned for distinctive versions of such classics as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Cinderella, all signature works of The National Ballet of Canada where he served as Artistic Director (1996–2005). Equally, Mr. Kudelka excels in making smaller-scaled dances that while outwardly abstract are rich in psychological implication and human drama. Mr. Kudelka was born in Newmarket, Ontario and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School. He began choreographing as a student and continued throughout his dancing years with the National Ballet (1972–1981) and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (1981–1990). Mr. Kudelka, nowadays also in demand as a teacher, made his debut in 2015 as a stage director with Heinrich von Kleist’s The Prince of Homburg. Mr. Kudelka considers his artistic sensibility to be distinctly Canadian. He remains strongly loyal to his native soil – an intellectual and spiritual territory he understands deeply. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005.

David BriskinMusic Director and Principal Conductor

James Kudelka, O.C. Choreographer

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Santo Loquasto is a designer for dance, theatre and film. He has collaborated with choreographers Jerome Robbins, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kenneth MacMillan, Agnes de Mille, James Kudelka and Mark Morris. Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove marked the beginning of a long-term relationship with American Ballet Theatre. As designer for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, he has designed a total of 50 pieces. Mr. Loquasto received his first Tony in 1977 for costume designs for The Cherry Orchard. In 1989, he won both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his set design of the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Café Crown and, in 1990, he again won both awards for his costume design for Grand Hotel. For his other work in theatre, he has received an Obie, the Joseph Maharam Award, both Outer Critics’ Circle and Drama Desks Awards and a total of 18 Tony nominations. For film, Mr. Loquasto has received Academy Award nominations for production design for Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway and Radio Days and for costume design for Allen’s Zelig. Other film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan, Big and, most recently, Irrational Man.

Jennifer Tipton is well known for her work in dance, theatre and opera. Her recent work in dance includes Liam Scarlett’s The Age of Anxiety for The Royal Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy for San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre as well as Paul Taylor’s American Dreamer. Her recent work in theatre includes The Testament of Mary at London’s Barbican Theater, Rasheeda Speaking at The New Group and Richard Nelson’s The Apple Family Plays at New York’s Public Theater. In opera, recent credits include Il Trovatore at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Don Giovanni directed by Daniel Witzke at Opera San Jose, L’Elisir D’Amore directed by Bartlett Sher and Maria Stuarda directed by Sir David McVicar at the Metropolitan Opera. 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 the Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture in April 2004 in New York City. In 2008, Ms. Tipton was made a United States Artists Gracie Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow.

Gordon Gerrard is a respected figure in the new generation of Canadian musicians. Trained first as a pianist and subsequently as a specialist in operatic repertoire, Mr. Gerrard brings a fresh perspective to the podium. His passion and his dedication to producing thrilling musical experiences have endeared him to his fellow musicians and the public alike. After two successful seasons as Assistant Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), Mr. Gerrard has been promoted to the newly created post of Associate Conductor. He was also appointed Music Director of the Regina Symphony Orchestra effective July 2016. This season, Mr. Gerrard will lead the VSO in concerts on the Masterworks, Tea & Trumpets and Kids’ Koncerts series and returns to Calgary Opera to lead their production of Lakmé in November. The Nutcracker marks his debut with The National Ballet of Canada. Guest appearances also include two Masterworks concerts for the Regina Symphony Orchestra as well as debuts with the Victoria Symphony and the Sudbury Symphony.

Jennifer TiptonLighting Design

Gordon GerrardGuest Conductor

Santo LoquastoSet and Costume Designer


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). With Toronto Dance Theatre he toured extensively, stage managing the company’s debuts in Berlin, Warsaw, Beijing, Tokyo and at the Joyce Theater, New York City. 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, An Italian Straw Hat, Jean-Pierre Perreault’s The Comforts of Solitude, Alexei Ratmansky’s Romeo and Juliet, and company premieres of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and John Neumeier’s Nijinsky and The Seagull. He is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and a co-director of the biannual festival dance:made in Canada/fait au Canada.

Liliane Stilwell served as Stage Manager for the Canadian Opera Company for the past 22 years. Some highlights include Don Quichotte, Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Cenerentola, Otello, Marriage of Figaro, Götterdämmerung (complete Ring Cycle), Macbeth, La Bohème, Eugene Onegin, Madama Butterfly and 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, Roar of the Greasepaint-Smell of the Crowd. Liliane 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.

Born in Włocławek, Poland, Michael Lewandowski studied technical theatre production at York University, Toronto. His work for The National Ballet of Canada includes The Nutcracker and the New York tour of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Theatre work includes the world premiere and UK tour of ‘da kink in my hair (Toronto Fringe Festival & Hackney Empire), The Pillowman (Canadian Stage Theatre) and Drystreak (Grand Theatre). Past opera credits include Love Songs (Queen of Puddings), War & Peace, Death in Venice, Carmen, La Bohème, Elektra, Il Trovatore, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Dialogues des Carmélites, Hansel & Gretel, Cinderella, La Serva Padrona & The Nightingale and Other Short Fables (Canadian Opera Company). For television, he has been the floor director of Indspire Awards since 2005 (formally National Aboriginal Achievement Awards). Select festival work includes Just for Laughs Festival (Toronto) & Westfest (Ottawa).

Liliane StillwellStage Manager

Jeff MorrisStage Manager

Michael LewandowskiAssistant Stage Manager

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The National Ballet OrchestraThe 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.

Canada’s National Ballet SchoolCanada’s National Ballet School (NBS) is a world leader in the training of professional ballet dancers and teachers. NBS’ core program is the Professional Ballet Program which provides full-time classical ballet training integrated with a comprehensive academic education and residence for students in grades 6 to 12, and intensive dance training for post-secondary students. NBS also offers a full-time Teacher Training Program as well as part-time programs for practicing teachers, children ages 6 to 17 (the Associates Program) and recreational classes for adults. Close to 1,500 students ranging in age from 6 to 82 take classes at NBS’ award-winning facilities each week. Graduates can be found as dancers, teachers, choreographers and Artistic Directors in over 65 dance companies and even more schools around the globe. For more information on the School and its programs, please visit www.nbs-enb.ca.

VIVA! Youth Singers of TorontoVIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto is a vibrant, innovative choral organization for singers ages four through twenty-five, whose mandate is to offer the opportunity to achieve artistic excellence through innovative education in a singer-centered, inclusive community. VIVA! enjoys an enduring relationship with The National Ballet of Canada, performing in more than 20 performances of The Nutcracker each holiday season for the last 16 years. Founded by Carol Woodward Ratzlaff in 2000, VIVA! is comprised of 140 choristers who, in addition to performing high-level choral music, engage in various skill-building, music-making and dramatic activities. Recognized for its Canadian commissions and diverse programming, VIVA! has appeared onstage at many major Toronto concert venues with leading artists and ensembles; and toured to England, Wales and Greece where they were silver medalists in both the SSA and SATB divisions of the Preveza International Choral Competition. In June 2016, VIVA!’s five choirs will present four performances of The Sword and the Schoolyard, their newly-commissioned opera by Dean Burry, at Daniel’s Spectrum in Regent Park. www.vivayouthsingers.com

For more information, visit national.ballet.ca

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

Bringing the arts to lifeDe l'art plein la vie

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage via the Endowment Incentives component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.

The Government of Ontario through the Honourable Michael Coteau, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

The Volunteer Committee, The National Ballet of Canada

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.

We are proud to work together with The National Ballet of Canada to make lasting memories for families and a lasting difference in our communities.

Svet lana Lunk ina wi th Ar t is ts o f the Ba l le t in The Nutcracker . Photo by Bruce Z inger .

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Guillaume CôtéPrincipal Dancer

Born: Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec

Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School

Joined National Ballet: 1998

Promoted to Principal Dancer: 2004

Sponsored by Emmanuelle Gattuso

and Allan Slaight

Jurgita DroninaPrincipal Dancer

Born: Saratov, Russia

Trained: National M. K. Ciulionis School

of Art and Munich International Ballet

Academy

Royal Swedish Ballet: 2005—2010

Dutch National Ballet: 2010—2015

Joined as Principal Dancer: 2015

Naoya EbePrincipal Dancer

Born: Tokyo, Japan




Sponsored by Gretchen Ross

Greta HodgkinsonPrincipal Dancer

Born: Providence, Rhode Island

Trained: Festival Ballet of Rhode Island

and Canada’s National Ballet School



Elena LobsanovaPrincipal Dancer

Born: Moscow, Russia




Sponsored by Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan

Svetlana LunkinaPrincipal Dancer

Born: Moscow, Russia

Trained: Moscow Choreographic

Academy

Bolshoi Ballet: 1997—2013


McGee MaddoxPrincipal Dancer

Born: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Trained: Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson

Academy



Evan McKiePrincipal Dancer

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Trained: Canada’s National Ballet School,

The Kirov Academy of Ballet and the John

Cranko School

Stuttgart Ballet: 2001—2014


Heather OgdenPrincipal Dancer


Trained: Richmond Academy of Dance



Sponsored by Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky

Gluskin

Sonia RodriguezPrincipal Dancer


Trained: with Pedro de la Cruz at the

Princess Grace Academy




Piotr StanczykPrincipal Dancer

Born: Poznan, Poland

Trained: State Ballet School of Poznan and

Canada’s National Ballet School



Jillian VanstonePrincipal Dancer

Born: Nanaimo, British Columbia

Trained: Kirkwood Academy of the

Performing Arts and Canada’s National

Ballet School



Sponsored by George & Kathy Dembroski

Xiao Nan YuPrincipal Dancer

Born: Dalian, China

Trained: Shen Yang School of Dance,

Beijing Dance Academy and Canada’s

National Ballet School



Lorna GeddesPrincipal Character Artist

Born: Waterloo, Ontario

Trained: With company co-founder Betty

Oliphant


Principal Character Artist since: 2005

Stephanie HutchisonPrincipal Character Artist

Born: Kitchener, Ontario




Etienne LavignePrincipal Character Artist

Born: Montréal, Québec

Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du

Québec, San Francisco Ballet School and

National Ballet of Cuba



Alejandra Perez-GomezPrincipal Character Artist


Trained: L’École supérieure de danse du

Québec, Princess Grace Academy and San

Francisco Ballet School



Jonathan RennaPrincipal Character Artist

Born: Ottawa, Ontario


Joined National Ballet: 1997—2000

Rejoined: 2007


Rebekah RimsayPrincipal Character Artist

Born: Fort Collins, Colorado




Tomas SchramekPrincipal Character Artist

Born: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Trained: Slovak Folk Dance Ensemble

SLUK


Principal Dancer: 1973—1990


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Hazaros SurmeyanPrincipal Character Artist

Born: Skopje, Yugoslavia

Trained: National Ballet School of Macedonia



Skylar CampbellFirst Soloist

Born: Laguna Beach, California

Trained: with Victor and Tatiana Kasatsky


First Soloist since: 2015

Jordana DaumecFirst Soloist

Born: New York City, New York

Trained: Studio Maestro and Canada’s National

Ballet School



Francesco Gabriele FrolaFirst Soloist

Born: Aosta, Italy

Trained: Professione Danza Parma,

The School of The Hamburg Ballet and

Fomento Artistico Cordobés



Sponsored by Sherry and Edward Drew

Tanya HowardFirst Soloist

Born: Uitenhage, South Africa

Trained: The National School of Arts and Canada’s




Sponsored by Nancy Pencer

Harrison JamesFirst Soloist

Born: Paraparaumu, New Zealand

Trained: San Francisco Ballet School’s

Trainee Program and the New Zealand

School of Dance



Sponsored by Lucy White

Chelsy MeissFirst Soloist

Born: Melbourne, Australia

Trained: Karen Curlis School of Dance, Thelma

Williams School of Dance, The Victorian College

of The Arts and The Australian Ballet School



Sponsored by Diana St. B. Weatherall

Tina PereiraFirst Soloist

Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad




Sponsored by The Honourable Margaret

Norrie McCain, C.C.

Jenna SavellaFirst Soloist

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia

Trained: DanceWest and Lavrova Classical Ballet

Academy and Canada’s National Ballet School



Sponsored by an anonymous donor

Robert StephenFirst Soloist

Born: Burlington, Ontario




Sponsored by Mr. Thor Eaton &

The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator

Art is t headshots by A leksandar Anton i jev ic and S ian R ichards.


Dylan TedaldiFirst Soloist

Born: Boston, Massachusetts

Trained: Boston Ballet School and The School of

The Hamburg Ballet



Jack BertinshawSecond Soloist

Born: Sydney, Australia

Trained: Tanya Pearson Classical

Coaching Academy and the Tanz

Akademie Zürich


Second Soloist since: 2015

Hannah FischerSecond Soloist

Born: New York City, New York




Sponsored by Judy & Bella Matthews

Emma HawesSecond Soloist

Born: Delaware, Ohio

Trained: BalletMet’s Dance Academy




Sponsored by JJ Dayot & Rick Schiralli

Kathryn HosierSecond Soloist

Born: Champaign, Illinois

Trained: Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy




Sponsored by Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond

Alexandra MacDonaldSecond Soloist

Born: Calgary, Alberta

Trained: International School of Ballet

and Boston Ballet School’s Trainee

Program




Tiffany MosherSecond Soloist

Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Trained: Scotia Dance Studios and Canada’s




Brent ParolinSecond Soloist

Born: Prince George, British Columbia


and John Cranko School



Brendan SayeSecond Soloist

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia




Sponsored by Robin RobinsonFor more information on all dancers visit:national.ballet.ca/meet/dancers

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Spark a MovementInspiring Children and Students Through Dance

All children innately express themselves through movement and respond naturally to music. Through its outreach and educational programmes, The National Ballet of Canada is uniquely poised to affirm the spontaneity and joy of children while encouraging imagination, creativity, expression, collaboration and physicality.

Our programmes, aimed at children and students from local Toronto schools to classrooms nation-wide, use movement, music and storytelling to explore the artistry of dance. Even one spark of inspiration can connect a child to the arts, initiating a deeper exploration of its meanings and qualities and beginning a lifelong appreciation.

YOU danceAimed at students in grades four through six, the National Ballet offers a movement workshop in the school and a live performance by dancers in the RBC Apprentice Programme.

YOU dance is supported by Ballet Club Relevé, The McLean Foundation, Beth & Brent Wilson, J.P. Bickell Foundation, The Woodbridge Company and One Anonymous Lady.

YOU dance Live StreamThe National Ballet live streams a YOU dance performance into classrooms across Canada to introduce students to ballet and ensure accessibility for this great programme.

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Board of DirectorsAs of October 29, 2015

ChairDavid W. Binet

John BaileySusanne BoyceJane DarvilleStephen DelaneyMarlene DelZottoThe Honourable Nicole Eaton, SenatorBronwen EvansSandra FaireGreta Hodgkinson, ex officioBarry Hughson, ex officioKaren Kain,C.C., ex officioKrista KerrJudith LawrieJanet LewellPhilip LiebermanJerry LozinskiDavid MacdonaldRyan McNallyDonna MeyersLinda O’LearyDavid Pell, ex officioNancy PencerJack Petch, ex officioLynda PrinceRobbie J. PrydeJessica RaySonia Rodriguez, ex officioGretchen RossVictor R. RoyceJohn B. SimcoeMavis Staines, C.M., ex officioDaniel F. SullivanNoreen TaylorCornell C.V. Wright

Honourary BoardAs of October 29, 2015

Avie Bennett, C.C., O.Ont.Judith CohenJudi ConacherMissy CrosbieJeanie DavisSherry Taylor DrewJames Fleck, C.C.Kevin GarlandWilliam HarrisWilliam Herridge, Q.C.Donald K. Johnson, O.C.Paul O’DonoghueRose PattenAaron RegentRobin Robinson

The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation Board of DirectorsAs of September 22, 2015

ChairDavid Macdonald

PresidentBarry Hughson

Vice-PresidentKaren Kain, C.C.

TreasurerBarry Shour, CPA, CA

SecretaryPamela Ouzounian

Director of DevelopmentDiana Reitberger, CFRE

David BanksDavid BinetEd EspostoLucille JosephKrista KerrJerry LozinskiSue MatthewsVanessa MorganJames Pitblado, C.M.

Artistic

Artistic DirectorKaren Kain, C.C.

Artistic AdministratorGerard Roxburgh

Artist-in-ResidenceRex Harrington, O.C.

Principal Artistic CoachMagdalena Popa

Artistic Director, YOU dance/Principal Ballet MasterLindsay Fischer

Senior Ballet MasterPeter Ottmann

Senior Ballet MistressMandy-Jayne Richardson

Choreographic AssociatesRobert BinetGuillaume Côté

Pointe Shoe Manager/Assistant Ballet MistressLorna Geddes

Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/Administrative ManagerJennifer Bennett Darbyshire

Scheduling CoordinatorSophie Letendre

Company Management AssistantSarita Dotan

Guest RépétiteursNo. 24Aleksandar Antonijevic

the second detailShaun Amyot

The Winter’s TaleJacquelin BarrettAnne Délica Trévien

CactiNina Botkay*

The Four TemperamentsRubiesJoysanne Sidimus

GiselleLaurent Hilaire

Guest Teachers and CoachesAleksandar AntonijevicMercedes BernardezHerve CourtainFelipe DiazJean-Yves EsquerreMichel FaigauxCurtis FoleyRobert GlumbekNicholas KhanMatjash MrozewskiTatiana Tchernova

*Made possible by a generous donation from The Frank Gerstein Charitable Foundation

Dancer Wellness Programme

Director of Dancer WellnessMarla Pichler

Company Sports Medicine PhysicianDr. Michael Clarfield

Company Orthopaedic SurgeonDr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris

Company Physician(Family & Sports Medicine)Dr. Julia Hamilton

Performance PsychologistDr. Doug Misener

Company Athletic TherapistPaul Papoutsakis

Company PhysiotherapistGinette Hamel

Company Massage TherapistsBrian BastedoRon Mulesa

Resident Pilates TeacherJe-an SalasUrgent CareDr. Janice Weiss

Naturopathic DoctorDr. Melissa Piercell

Consulting PhysicianDr. Julia Alleyne

Consulting ChiropractorDr. Cameron Borody

Consulting Foot Specialist/ChiropodistDr. Nicholas Durand, D.Pod.M.

Consulting OpthamologistDr. Michael Easterbrook

Consulting Dental SurgeonDr. Lancelot Brown

The National Ballet of Canada is grateful to the Sports Medicine Specialists (150 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto); the University Health Network, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine; and the Medcan Clinic (150 York Street, Toronto) for their continued support of the Dancer Health and Wellness Programme; and to those physicians who have generously donated their time to The

National Ballet of Canada.

Music

Music Director andPrincipal ConductorDavid Briskin

Principal PianistJanis Neilson

PianistsEdward ConnellAndrei StreliaevZhenya Yesmanovich

Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music AdministratorRaymond Tizzard

LibrarianLucie Parent

Administration

Executive DirectorBarry Hughson

Director of Financeand AdministrationBarry Shour, CPA, CA

Director of Human ResourcesLeigh Ann Layno

Director of TechnologyChristopher Sonnemann

Payroll and Benefits ManagerJenny Mah

Manager, Human ResourcesKathleen Matatya

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Chief of Staff/Executive Assistant tothe Executive DirectorStephen Word

Board SecretaryPamela Ouzounian

General AccountantsSandra Gandola, CBDaisy LeeDemitrios PrevenasLi Ye, CPA, CGA (Maternity Leave)

Shu Zhang, CPA, CGA (Maternity

Leave)

Senior Solutions ArchitectMohiuddin Faruqe

Senior Business AnalystFernando Margueirat

Solutions DeveloperKruti Shah (Maternity Leave)

Systems AdministratorAndrew Anderson

Systems CoordinatorKartik Narielwala

ReceptionistSeta Nigoghossian

Communications

Director of CommunicationsJulia Drake

Senior Associate Director, CommunicationsBelinda Bale

Associate Director,Audience and Donor ServicesVeronica McLellan

Senior Manager,Audience and Donor ServicesBethany Bleile

Senior Manager, Communications Catherine Chang

Senior Manager, Interactive & Marketing OperationsStephen Cunningham

Director, In StudioKate Kernaghan

Senior Manager of Telesales James Pereira

Archives ManagerCaitlin Dyer

Manager, Audience and Donor ServicesSusan Eissler

Education and Outreach ManagerLisa Robinson

Senior Graphic DesignerJoanna Todd (Maternity Leave)

Graphic DesignerKyle Greenwood

Marketing Operations AssociateDanielle McCann (Maternity Leave)

Madeline Wong, CPA, CMA

PublicistNick Seliwoniuk

Assistant Manager of Audience and Donor ServicesNicole Ascroft

Assistant Manager of TelesalesAlison Moss

Web and Digital MediaCoordinatorSean Leonard

Communications CoordinatorNima Naik

Coordinators, Audience and Donor ServicesKaren BrownAnne Meighan

Supervisors, Audience and Donor ServicesMichael CursioHeidi Reimer

Audience and Donor Services RepresentativesAdam BernhardtMarc CormierDenis CouillardMaya GunnarssonChelsea La VecchiaRobert LaRondeJacqueline NguyenPatty PedersenRafael RenderosHannah SaundersMaggie ThistleDevin UphamBeth Wolfe

Administrative Assistant, Telesales William Bruce

Telesales RepresentativesZoya BoruchovStephan CarmichaelTaisa DackiwJoyce McKerrowBrian RavokAsna WiseRachelle Zilber

Development

Director of DevelopmentDiana Reitberger, CFRE

Associate Director of Development, Major GiftsKate Halpenny

Senior Development Manager, CommunicationsJohn Hart

Senior Manager, Development OperationsLeah Heidenheim

Senior Manager, Major GiftsJoanna Ivey

Senior Manager, Corporate PartnershipsSusan Rutledge

Manager, Special EventsRebecca Hodge

Manager, Individual GivingDeanna Underwood

Senior Officer, Special Events and TurnoutTaylor LaFontaine

Officer, Major GiftsMarielle Bryck

Officer, WriterCaroline Dickie

Officer, ResearchLaurie Nemetz

Officer, Individual GivingMegan Ritch

Officer, CommunicationsTara Robinson

Executive Assistant to the Director of DevelopmentMargie Pacini

Coordinator, Major GiftsAmy Dutton

Coordinator, AdministrationLucy White

Junior Coordinator, Special EventsMelanie Baird

Development InternNadine Haddad

Production

Production DirectorJames Thornley

Associate Director of ProductionYvette Drumgold

Stage ManagersJeff MorrisLiliane Stilwell

Assistant Stage ManagerMichael Lewandowski

Lighting CoordinatorJeff Logue

Master CarpenterJohn Alexander

Head ElectricianStephen O’Connor

Property MasterMichael Ellenton

Assistant CarpenterPaul McNamara

Assistant Carpenter/FlymanGeoff Kay

Assistant ElectriciansRon GorveattChris Brooks

Production Workshop

Construction SupervisorPeter Newman

Assistant CarpenterSandy Middleton

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Property SupervisorJohn Miracle

Resident Scenic ArtistKelly Palmer

Assistant Scenic ArtistMark Reid

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Wardrobe

Wardrobe SupervisorMarjory Fielding

Wardrobe CoordinatorBarbara de Kat

Assistant to the Wardrobe SupervisorStacy Dimitropoulos

Resident CuttersRuth BartelChristopher Read

Assistant to CuttersSusan Howse

Assistant Wardrobe CoordinatorGrant Heaps

Costume Rental CoordinatorMary Hurley

Wig and Make-up SupervisorCharles Seminerio

Footwear CoordinatorLacey Hammond Harrington (Maternity Leave)

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Footwear AssistantRose Marie Thomas

StitchersLisa DiQuinzo (Maternity Leave)

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KAREN KAIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PRESENTS · Students of Canada’s National Ballet School Snow Queen...

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