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Founders Gweneth Lloyd & Betty Farrally
Artistic Director Emeritus Arnold Spohr, C.C., O.M. Founding Director, School Recreational Division Jean Mackenzie
Founding Director, School Professional Division David Moroni, C.M., O.M., D.Litt, (h.c.)
Artistic Director & CEO André Lewis
Artists
Sophia Lee, Jo-Ann Sundermeier Dmitri Dovgoselets
Yayoi Ban, Chenxin Liu, Alanna McAdie Yosuke Mino, Josh Reynolds
Sarah Davey, Elizabeth Lamont, Saeka Shirai Liam Caines, Yue Shi, Ryan Vetter
Katie Bonnell, Jaimi Deleau, Erika Delponte Stephan Azulay, Tyler Carver, Peter Lancksweerdt, Liam Saito
Erin Atkinson, Katie Simpson Kolbie Edwards, Peter-Nicholas Taylor
Associate Artistic Director Tara Birtwhistle
Director, School Arlene Minkhorst
Senior Ballet Master Johnny W. Chang
Ballet Masters Caroline Gruber, Vanessa Lawson, Jaime Vargas
Principal, Recreational Division Nicole Kepp
Principal, Professional Division Suzanne André
Director, Aspirant Program Stéphane Léonard
Director, Teacher Training Program Johanne Gingras
Stage Manager Candace Maxwell
ISSUE NO. 209 | ISSN: 1495-9291
Cover: RWB Company at Ballet in the Park 2017, Photo by Daniel Crump Design: Bryce Creasy | Editor: Barbara Axworthy
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Company Dancers Liam Saito and Liam Caines, Photo by Bonnie Holmes
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Ballet in the Park Credits & Casting
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company Presents:
The Wizard of Oz Excerpts
CHOREOGRAPHY Septime Webre MUSIC Matthew Pierce
COSTUME DESIGN Liz Vandal SCENIC DESIGN Michael Raiford LIGHTING DESIGN Trad A. Burns PUPPET DESIGN Nicholas Mahon LENGTH 5 minutes
Story lines and visual elements from the classic motion picture provided by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
OFFICER AND A BALLERINA Yayoi Ban Josh Reynolds
CIGARETTE GIRLS AND BELLHOPS
Ryan Vetter Yue Shi Alanna McAdie Chenxin Liu
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Recreational Division Presents:
Royalty OG
CHOREOGRAPHY Eugene Baffoe MUSIC How U Do That, B.O.B LENGTH 4 minutes
Danika Burdeniuk, Aliyah Cole, Capri Derenchuk-Ganaden, Bryn Dubberley, Megan Gareau, Delaney Giesbrecht, Carlos Gonzales, Sadie Paquette, Maia Saunders, Lynea Turner, Tayman Turner
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division Presents:
Romeo & Juliet Excerpts
CHOREOGRAPHY Rudi van Dantzig MUSIC Sergey Prokofiev COSTUMES Toer van Schayk LENGTH 8 minutes
Tybalt’s Dance
TYBALT Bryce Taylor COMPANIONS Zhenxi Geng, Takaya Kako, Joshua Phillips, Liam Reid
Young Girls at the Ball
JULIET Hannah Smith
Amber Gibson, Henriette Hartl, Miranda Lazarenko, Bridget Lee, Ana Mekvabishvili, Megan Sangster, Brooke Thomas
Mandolin Dance
Jenna Burns, Letizia Dotto, Clare Fleming, Takaaki Maki, Ethan Ribeiro, Sarah Snider
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company Presents:
Clown Behind the Stage
CHOREOGRAPHER Aiming Cui MUSIC Yingao Cao LENGTH 4 minutes
Yue Shi
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Ballet in the Park Credits & Casting
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company Presents:
Carmina Burana
CHOREOGRAPHY Mauricio Wainrot MUSIC Carl Orff
COSTUME & SET DESIGN Carlos Gallardo LIGHTING DESIGN David Morrison LENGTH 57 minutes
Carl Orff CARMINA BURANA Used by arrangement with European American Distributors Company, sole Canadian and U.S. agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz, Germany, publisher and copyright owner.
Fortuna I
Sophia Lee Dmitri Dovgoselets
Chenxin Liu Yue Shi
Katie Bonnell, Sarah Davey, Yayoi Ban Liam Caines, Stephan Azulay, Josh Reynolds
Alanna McAdie Yosuke Mino
Saeka Shirai, Katie Simpson, Jami Deleau, Erin Atkinson Liam Saito, Ryan Vetter, Tyler Carver, Peter Lancksweerdt
Primo Vere (Spring)
Katie Bonnell, Sarah Davey, Yayoi Ban Liam Caines, Stephan Azulay, Josh Reynolds
Alanna McAdie Yosuke Mino
Saeka Shirai, Erika Delponte, Jami Deleau, Erin Atkinson Liam Saito, Ryan Vetter, Peter-Nicholas Taylor, Peter Lancksweerdt
In Taberna
Sophia Lee Dmitri Dovgoselets
Peter Lancksweerdt, Stephan Azulay, Liam Caines
Alanna McAdie Yosuke Mino
Saeka Shirai, Erika Delponte, Jami Deleau, Erin Atkinson Liam Saito, Ryan Vetter, Tyler Carver, Peter Lancksweerdt
Katie Bonnell, Sarah Davey Liam Caines, Stephan Azulay
Cour D’amours
Chenxin Liu Yue Shi
Yayoi Ban (25, 27) / Sarah Davey (26) Josh Reynolds, Liam Caines
Saeka Shirai, Katie Simpson, Jami Deleau, Erin Atkinson
Liam Saito, Ryan Vetter, Tyler Carver, Peter Lancksweerdt
Fortuna II
The Company
CASTING AS OF JULY 19, 2018 | SUBJECT TO CHANGE
ALL AGES, ALL DISCIPLINES CREATIVE MOVEMENT / BALLET /
POINTE / JAZZ / LYRICAL / TAP / MUSICAL THEATRE / HIP HOP / MODERN
IT’S NOT TOO LATE, REGISTER TODAY! rwb.org /register Classes begin SEPT 9 / 2018 Registration closes OCT 1 / 2018
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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $155 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 157 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiennes de tout le pays.
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor
Thank you to our Funders
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Alanna McAdie, Photo by: David Cooper
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