The Nutcracker - Ballet BC

Ballet BC presents Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Nutcracker Galina Yordanova & Nina Menon Choreography

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Composer

December 7 7:30pm

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A Message from Ballet BC presentation of Nutcracker performed by Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet! We are excited for the return of this charming Canadian retelling of this beloved holiday classic.

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Set in 1913 and danced to Tchaikovsky’s glorious music, this heart-warming ballet is full of surprises, including a snowy pond hockey game and a battle on Parliament Hill.

Enchanting costumes and set design promises to delight audiences with sparkle, beauty and endearing Canadiana. We are delighted to offer you the joy and unforgettable family adventure of Nutcracker this festive season!

As we celebrate 10 years of inspiring dance under the artistic direction of Emily Molnar, we hope you’ll join us as we continue our highly anticipated season in February with Jorma Elo’s critically acclaimed 1st Flash, the first North American commission by emerging choreographer Adi Salant, and the highly anticipated return of Schachmatt by Cayetano Soto. We conclude the season in May with the North American premiere of Bedroom Folk by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, a world premiere by Vancouver-based dance maker Serge Bennathan, and the return of Ohad Naharin’s renowned Minus 16.

Throughout our home season in Vancouver, we are honoured to serve as cultural ambassadors for British Columbia when we embark on national and international tours. We will be engaging audiences in Madrid, Luxembourg, Darmstadt, Tel-Aviv, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria, Ottawa, Halifax, Toronto, Des

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Bienvenue/Welcome to Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s unforgettable holiday classic, Nutcracker .

Allow the timeless choreography, brilliant Tchaikovsky score, and enchanting costumes transport you into a wondrous and magical world of Clara and the Nutcracker Prince.

Nutcracker features the stunningly beautiful and intricate costume designs by Paul Daigle, a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and former RWB Company dancer. Brian Perchaluk, Winnipeg’s renowned set designer, delights us with his scenic visions, while nationally and internationally recognized lighting designer, Michael J. Whitfield, illuminates the stage with magical winter wonderland effects.

This holiday classic—complete with reindeer, dancing mice, and polar bear cubs, is sure to delight the child in all of us!

Thank you for making us a part of your holiday tradition. Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a very happy New Year.

André Lewis Artistic Director & CEO Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet

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NUTCRACKER

SYNOPSIS SETTING Christmas 1913, in a large Canadian home. It’s a prosperous time in a prosperous city whose population has swollen with new arrivals.

The First World War is still half a year away.

OVERTURE ‘Tis the night before Christmas and all through Clara’s house, everything and everyone is stirring—even the mice! The people inside are getting ready for the big Christmas party—cooking and wrapping and dressing and fussing. Outside, neighborhood boys play hockey on the street while friends and family start to arrive, carrying armloads of presents and anticipating a marvelous event.

ACT I SCENE I CLARA’S BEDROOM Twelve-year-old Clara is oblivious to all the noise and confusion.

She’s dreaming in front of the mirror in her bedroom, practicing her ballet steps. She wants to be perfect when she dances for her glamourous Aunt Josephine, a singer who has traveled all the way from Montreal on the train. Mama interrupts.

“Where is the bow that I made for your hair?” she demands.

“And where is Dieter?” Clara’s younger brother leaps out of a large armoire, brandishing a toy sword. Grandmother Marguerite finds her way to the bedroom and manages to calm everyone down. Things aren’t turning out the way Mama has planned; not even the Christmas tree has been delivered. “But Mr. Drosselmeier promised to bring a tree!” She runs off to check on things downstairs while Grandmother shows the children some favourite photographs of Christmases past.

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SCENE II THE CHRISTMAS PARTY Mama, Papa and the butler are looking at the empty space in the big living room where the tree should be. What kind of a Christmas party is this going to be? Among the guests filling the room is Aunt Josephine.

Resplendent in furs, she makes a grand entrance with her fiance, Edouard, dashing in his military uniform.

At last! Mr. Drosselmeier carries in a tree. Clara suddenly feels shy when he introduces her to his grandnephew, Julien. In no time at all, the tree is decorated and Clara has the honour of putting the star on the very top.

Suddenly, the first-ever electric Christmas lights illuminate the tree! Mr. Drosselmeier hands out his presents, all enchanting. Dieter’s army of toy soldiers has now been augmented by Mounted Police.

Mr. Drosselmeier’s masterpiece goes to Clara—a beautifully hand-crafted Nutcracker. During Christmas dinner, Clara slips

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away to admire her Nutcracker and imagines that he comes alive to dance with her. The doorbell rings and a bear scurries in, admires the tree and dances happily with the Christmas toys.

The party breaks up in a flurry of dancing and silliness and romance. “Good night everyone!

Merry Christmas!”

SCENE III BEDTIME Clara falls asleep but is soon awakened by the terrifying Mouse King who is about to steal her beloved Nutcracker. The clock strikes midnight.

SCENE IV THE LIVING ROOM Moonlight shimmers through the window and the room starts to change into something strange and new. Clara finds Mr. Drosselmeier who tries to convince her that she has nothing to fear. Suddenly, before her very eyes, the room and the Christmas tree begin to grow.

Clara is attacked by scurrying mice while trying to save her Nutcracker. The Nutcracker comes alive and chases the mice away. Dieter’s squadron of toy soldiers and Mounted Police are now a living regiment and battle

fiercely against the menacing mice with cannons, swords and every ounce of cleverness they can muster. The battle takes a turn for the worse when Fritz is wounded and the Nutcracker is shot by the Mouse King while attempting to help Dieter.

SCENE V A MAGICAL FOREST Finally, Clara defeats the Mouse King and begs Mr. Drosselmeier to help her wounded Nutcracker.

It’s only after Clara professes her love for the Nutcracker that Mr. Drosselmeier can bring him to life again. The Nutcracker was Julien all along and he is now a handsome prince. They walk hand in hand into a magical pine forest, dancing under a sky filled with stars and the Northern Lights. Snow begins to fall. As the snow falls, twelve polar bear cubs and one big bear playfully wander into the forest. The polar bears are happy to find Clara and the Nutcracker Prince there, and bid them farewell as the Nutcracker Prince and Clara depart to the Sugar Plum Fairy’s kingdom.

ACT II SCENE I THE KINGDOM The Nutcracker Prince and Clara travel to the Sugar Plum Fairy’s kingdom, where adorable little angels along with Mr. Drosselmeier help with the preparations for their arrival. The Sugar Plum Fairy gives Clara and Prince Julien a very warm welcome and an elaborate ceremony ensues to honour them.

Wonderful dances from many different lands and many more delights are performed, reminding Clara of all the people arriving every day to their country. In a beautiful pas de deux, the prince has the great honour of dancing with Clara.

She simply floats in time to the music. In a grand farewell gesture, all the inhabitants of the magical land gather to bid Clara a happy journey home.

SCENE II EARLY MORNING When Clara wakes up, she is happy to be in her own bedroom. The Nutcracker stands proudly next to her. Remembering her dream, she’s relived to see her big brother Fritz striding into the room, alive and well, and announcing, “It’s snowing!”

They bundle up, go outside and watch the snow fluttering down. It was the best Christmas ever!

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CHOREOGR APHY............................................................Galina Yordanova, Nina Menon & RWB Artistic Staff MUSIC....................................................................................................................... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky COSTUME DESIGN ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Paul Daigle SCENIC DESIGN ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Brian Perchaluk LIGHTING DESIGN ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Michael J. Whitfield LENGTH: 2 hours, 4 minutes

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CASTING

ACT I THE CHRISTMAS PARTY Clara

Bear

Katie Bonnell (7, 8m, 9m) / Katie Simpson (8e, 9e)

Chihiro Kobayashi and Chenxin Liu (7, 9m) / Sophia Lee (8m) / Yayoi Ban (9e) / Saeka Shirai (8e)

Butler

Clara’s parents

Maids

Sarah Davey (8) / Sophia Lee (7, 9m) / Elizabeth Lamont (9e) Stephan Azulay (8e) / Liam Caines (8m, 9e) / Josh Reynolds (7, 9m)

Michel Lavoie Amanda Solheim / Sarah Snider Fairy-Tale Characters

Clara, the prince, and an evil sorcerer

Her Grandmother

Ryan Vetter (9m) / Yue Shi (7, 8m, 9e) / Liam Saito (8e)

Dieter

Aoi Hatanaka Emilie Lewis Jenna Burns (8m, 9m) / Clare Flemming (7, 8e, 9e) Ryley Krauss

Yayoi Ban (7, 8, 9m) / Sophia Lee (9e) Aislynn Loptson (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) + Victoria Russo (Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e)

Fritz

Yue Shi (9m) / Ryan Vetter (7) / Dmitri Dovgoselets (8, 9e)

Josephine, Clara’s Aunt

Elizabeth Lamont (7, 8e) / Sarah Davey (9m) / Jaimi Deleau (8m, 9e)

Edouard–Josephine’s fiancé

Tyler Carver (7, 8e) / Stephan Azulay (9m) / Josh Reynolds (8m, 9e)

Drosselmeier, Clara’s Godfather Josh Reynolds (8e) / Liam Canes (7, 9m) / Stephan Azulay (8m, 9e)

Julien–his nephew Josh Philips

The Nutcracker Prince

Dmitri Dovgoselets (7, 9m) / Tyler Carver (8m) / Ryan Vetter (9e) / Yue Shi (8e)

Clara’s Friends

Elizabeth Lamont (8m, 9m) / Jenna Burns (7, 8e, 9e) Saeka Shirai (7, 8m, 9m) / Chenxin Liu (8e, 9e) Erika Delponte Liam Saito Yue Shi (7, 9e) / Ryan Vetter (8m, 9m) / Peter Lancksweerdt (8e)

Their Parents

Jaimi Deleau (7, 8e, 9m) / Aoi Hatanaka (8m, 9e) Erin Atkinson Katie Simpson (7, 8m, 9m) / Katie Bonnell (8e, 9e) Clare Flemming Peter-Nicholas Taylor Zhenxi Geng Peter Lancksweerdt (7, 8m, 9) / Ryan Vetter (8e) Bryce Taylor

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THE BATTLE Clara, Dieter, the Nutcracker Prince, and The Mouse King Ryan Vetter (8m) / Liam Saito (7, 9m) / Peter Lancksweerdt (8e, 9e)

His Army of Mice

Erin Atkinson Katie Simpson (7, 8e, 9e) / Aoi Hatanaka (8m, 9m) Sarah Snider, Emilie Lewis, Ryley Krauss Amanda Solheim, Jenna Burns, Clare Flemming

Soldiers & Mounted Police

Tyler Carver (7, 9e) / Stephan Azulay (8e, 9m) / Peter Lancksweerdt (8m) Liam Caines (8) / Josh Reynolds (7, 9) Michel Lavoie Zhenxi Geng Peter-Nicholas Taylor Liam Saito (8, 9e) / Bryce Taylor (7, 9m) Josh Phillips

THE MAGICAL FOREST Clara, the Prince, and the Snowflakes Saeka Shirai (8m) / Yayoi Ban (8e) / Elizabeth Lamont (7, 9) Sarah Davey (7, 8e, 9m) / Chenxin Liu (8m, 9e) Jaimi Deleau (7, 8e) / Katie Bonnell (8m, 9) Erika Delponte Erin Atkinson, Katie Simpson Amanda Solheim, Sarah Snider, Aoi Hatanaka Emilie Lewis, Jenna Burns, Ryiley Krauss Clare Fleming, Chihiro Kobayashi

Hazel

Peter-Nicholas Taylor

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ACT 2 THE KINGDOM

CHILDREN’S ROLES

Clara, the Prince, and Drosselmeier with Sugar Plum Fairy

Angels

Sophia Lee (7, 9m) / Sarah Davey (8e) / Jaimi Deleau (8m, 9e)

Waltz of Flowers and pas de quatre

Katie Simpson Tyler Carver (7, 8e, 9e) / Stephan Azulay (9m) / Josh Reynolds (8m) Elizabeth Lamont (7, 8e, 9m) / Chenxin Liu (9e) / Saeka Shirai (8m) Yue Shi (9) / Ryan Vetter (7, 8) Erika Delponte Liam Saito Erin Atkinson Peter Lancksweerdt Amanda Solheim, Sarah Snider Aoi Hatanaka, Emilie Lewis, Jenna Burns Riley Krauss, Clare Flemming, Chihiro Kobayashi

Spanish Drosselmeier with

Katie Bonnell (7, 8m, 9) / Jaimi Deleau (8e) Sophia Lee (9e) / Yayoi Ban (8) / Sarah Davey (7, 9m)

Arabian

Makena Orskovic, Mya Siverston, Sarah Isaac, Ava Prasad, Lucia Morris, Joslyn Weiss Kaitlyn Akhurst (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Zinna Enns (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Sarah Schwartz (Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e) Joanna Ellithorpe (Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e)

Party Children Cast A

(Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Lauren Fung, Mei Kuusela, Cole Silverston, Rowan Wick, Sophia Colpitts, Lily Friesen, Isabel Deroy

Party Children Cast B

(Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e) Anni Wu, Mya Morrison, Luka Popovic, Sienna Allen, Phoebe Stelting, Charlene Leung, Rebecca Craw

Mice

Hannah Schultz, Lincoln Russo, Malin Handford, Tong Ivory Wu (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m), Stella Kassimatis (Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e)

Mounties Cast A

(Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Emily Craw, William Jones, Monrow McWilliams

Sarah Davey (8m, 9e) / Yayoi Ban (7, 9m) / Katie Bonnell (8e) Liam Caines (8m, 9e) / Josh Reynolds (7, 9m) / Stephan Azulay (8e)

Mounties Cast B

Chinese Drosselmeier with

Polar Bears

Chenxin Liu (8) / Saeka Shirai (7, 9)

Russian

Elizabeth Lamont (8m, 9e) / Sophia Lee (8e) / Jaimi Deleau (7, 9m) Yue Shi (7, 8m) / Ryan Vetter (9m) / Bryce Taylor (8e, 9e) Joshua Phillips (8m, 9m) / Zhenxi Geng (7, 8e, 9e)

Gigue

Drosselmeier with Sugar Plum Fairy

Grand Pas Finale

(Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e) Jeremy Ellithorpe, Otis Hanford, Storm Wennerstrand-Padmos Raigan Moola, Alison Chung, Lucy Oishi, Isabel Oliver, Thea Harmse, Chaira Go, Madelyn Ng, Sophie Won, Julia Jacobson, Isla Braid, Jocelyn Hoshizaki (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Neeki Miyahara-Salehi (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Anoule Fenger (Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e)

Reindeer

Jordan Fulde, Nora Stokes, Charlotte Jones, Mackenzie Brodie, Gabrielle Letkeman, Elena Eslampour (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Emma Popovic (Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e) Deiter Aislynn Loptson (Dec 7 e, Dec 8 e, Dec 9 m) Victoria Russo (Dec 8 m, Dec 9 e)

Children’s Rehearsal Director Hannah Julian

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DANCERS

SOPHIA LEE PRINCIPAL DANCER

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Born: Seoul, Korea Joined the Company: 2011

Born: Chenzhou, Hunan, China Joined the Company: 2012

JO-ANN SUNDERMEIER

ALANNA MCADIE

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SOLOIST

Born: Pompano Beach, Florida Joined the Company: 2003-2013; 2015-current

Born: Edmonton, Alberta Joined the Company: 2011

DMITRI DOVGOSELETS PRINCIPAL DANCER Born: Kyiv, Ukraine Joined the Company: 1998

YAYOI BAN SOLOIST Born: Chiba, Japan Joined the Company: 2005

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CHENXIN LIU

YOSUKE MINO SOLOIST Born: Kanazawa, Japan Joined the Company: 2002

JOSH REYNOLDS SOLOIST Born: Atlanta, Georgia Joined the Company: 2015

SARAH DAVEY SECOND SOLOIST Born in: Waterdown, Ontario Joined the Company: 2009

ELIZABETH LAMONT SECOND SOLOIST Born in: Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario Joined the Company: 2010

SAEKA SHIRAI SECOND SOLOIST Born in: Osaka, Japan Joined the Company: 2015

LIAM CAINES SECOND SOLOIST Born in: Kingston, New Brunswick Joined the Company: 2007

YUE SHI SECOND SOLOIST Born in: Hebin, China Joined the Company: 2015

RYAN VETTER SECOND SOLOIST Born in: Sioux Falls, South Dakota Joined the Company: 2013

KATIE BONNELL CORPS DE BALLET Born in: Oakville, Ontario Joined the Company: 2013

JAIMI DELEAU CORPS DE BALLET Born in: Winnipeg, Manitoba Joined the Company: 2014

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DANCERS

STEPHAN AZULAY CORPS DE BALLET

PETER LANCKSWEERDT CORPS DE BALLET

Born in: London, England Joined the Company: 2017

Born in: Gent, Belgium Joined the Company: 2017

TYLER CARVER

LIAM SAITO

CORPS DE BALLET

CORPS DE BALLET

Born in: Vancouver, British Columbia Joined the Company: 2014

Born in: Washington, DC Joined the Company: 2017

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ERIN ATKINSON APPRENTICE

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Born in: Vancouver, British Columbia Joined the Company: 2018

PETER-NICHOLAS TAYLOR

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CAROLINE GRUBER BALLET MASTER Born in: London, England Joined the Company: 1988

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ANDRÉ LEWIS Artistic Director & CEO

André Lewis has spent the majority of his career with Canada’s first professional dance company, accepting the position of Artistic Director in 1996. Since then, Lewis has been the driving force behind the new and innovative works that have dramatically rejuvenated the Company’s repertoire.

Lewis has commissioned numerous blockbuster ballets such as Mark Godden’s Dracula in 1998, Jorden Morris’ critically acclaimed Peter Pan in 2006 and Jorden Morris’ Moulin Rouge ®—The Ballet in 2009. He was instrumental in the 1999 creation of a new Nutcracker for the Company and in 2012, Lewis and Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director John McFall co-commissioned a new creation by celebrated choreographer Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin. In 2013, Lewis commissioned another outstanding new creation in conjunction with New York choreographer Lila York. The full-length ballet The Handmaid’s Tale was a bold adaptation of the novel of the same name by Governor General Award-winning Canadian author, Margaret Atwood.

In 2014 for the RWB’s 75th anniversary season, Lewis commissioned choreographer Mark Godden to create the groundbreaking work Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation representing the many stories, both told and untold, of Indian residential school survivors and their families. This commissioned piece, which coincided with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, received national critical acclaim and is based on a story by Canadian author Joseph Boyden.

Lewis has staged Rudi Van Dantzig’s production of Romeo & Juliet in Italy, Greece, France and in 2015 for the Hong Kong Ballet. He has been a judge for the Varna International Ballet Competition, USA International Ballet Competition, and the Youth American Grand Prix.

Further underscoring Lewis’ passion for dance are his multiple appearances at the Rural Retreat for International Dance Leaders, held in England. His work has been recognized through receiving both the Governor General’s Meritorious Award and the Jubilee Medal, as well as being featured in the television series: Chaucun Sa Route.

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GALINA YORDANOVA Choreographer

Madame Yordanova trained for nine years at Baku in the USSR and for five years with the Bolshoi Ballet where she received her teacher’s diploma in 1960. She held diplomas in Choreography and Teacher Training from the G.I.T.S. in Moscow. In 1960, Madame Yordanova was Ballet Mistress of the Varna Norodna Opera in Bulgaria where she staged a number of classics including Romeo and Juliet, Raymonda, Le Corsaire, Coppélia, Les Sylphides, Giselle and Nutcracker. She has also worked extensively with the Ballet der Deutschen Oper, Berlin and with companies in Madrid and Valencia, Spain and in Nagoya and Kyoto, Japan.

In 1980, Madame Yordanova began to spend a portion of each year in Winnipeg, teaching at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Professional Division Summer Session. Her expert teaching of the Russian style was an important component of the development of the teaching style of the school.

In 1995, she joined the artistic faculty as resident Guest Teacher. She worked extensively with the RWB dancers to prepare them for the Company’s 1987 premiere of Swan Lake, which she staged in the Russian style. In 1990, Madame Yordanova shared her expertise and talent in the staging of the RWB’s premiere of La Bayadère, Act II, featuring members of the Company together with young artists from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the RWB School in 1996, she staged Don Quixote, with the School’s entire student body performing alongside Company members who were school graduates in the lead roles.

For the RWB’s 1999/2000 season, Madame Yordanova, along with Nina Menon, choreographed a new version of Nutcracker for the Company which premiered in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre on December 2, 1999.

NINA MENON Choreographer

Nina Menon joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet after graduating from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Professional Division. As a member of the corps de ballet she danced numerous soloist roles and in 1990 she made her choreographic debut at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s choreographic workshop. The

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success of this ballet and others, plus the commissioning by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of her popular ballet La Soif, led Artistic Director André Lewis to appoint Nina Menon as Resident Choreographer.

During the 1997/1998 RWB season he redesigned the sets for Antony Tudor’s The Leaves Are Fading and the costumes for Paquita. He also collaborated with Mark Godden on two new works, The Rite of Spring and Anywhere But London.

Highlights of Ms. Menon’s residency include Drunken Butterflies, a ballet choreographed to Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki. This ballet explores the life of an immigrant family through dance and film. In 1999 she collaborated with Galina Yordanova on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s new version of Nutcracker which premiered in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre. In the same season, Nina Menon shared with the world her East Indian ancestral roots by creating a ballet to The Gitagovinda. Collaborating with composer Mychael Danna (Felicia’s Journey, Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair) Ms. Menon’s ballet, The Gitagovinda, told an ancient story from her personal connection with the poem.

During the 1998/1999 season, Mr. Daigle designed the scenery and costumes for Mark Godden’s first full-length ballet, Dracula. In 2003, he went on to win the Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association Blizzard Award for best costume design for Guy Maddin’s film adaptation of Godden’s Dracula.

The sacred poem was passed down to Nina by her grandmother.

During her residency, Nina Menon choreographed several ballets for the Professional Division students and taught dance at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Recreational Division. She now lives in Montreal with life partner Mark Godden and their two sons. She teaches ballet at Sheila Parkins Dance Academy and several Montessori schools. In her spare time, she loves to garden.

PAUL DAIGLE Costume Designer

Paul Daigle has a first-hand understanding of the intricacies of designing for dance.

A graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Mr. Daigle went on to perform for two seasons with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet before leaving in 1988 to pursue a career in design.

Paul Daigle has established a very creative and productive relationship with choreographer Mark Godden. Together they have collaborated on a variety of creations for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, including sets and costumes for Sequoia, Godden’s 1989 Clifford E. Lee Choreographic Award winning ballet, Godden’s two award-winning pas de deux, Myth and La Princesse et le Soldat, as well as Forms of Distinction, Rapsodie espagnole, and seven one-act Godden ballets: Symphony No. 1, Angels in the Architecture, Dame aux Fruits, La Folía, A Darkness Between Us, Shepherd’s Wake and Miroirs.

Paul Daigle designed the costumes for the RWB’s Nutcracker, which premiered at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre on December 2, 1999. In 2003 he was reunited with Mark Godden to create the scenery and costume design for Godden’s full-length creation The Magic Flute which premiered in Winnipeg.

Mr. Daigle has created set and costume designs for numerous ballet and theatre companies including Ballet British Columbia, Ballet Jörgen, Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, Alberta Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Kiev Ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza (Mexico City), Theatre New Brunswick (Fredericton), Neptune Theatre (Halifax) and Theatre Aquarius (Hamilton). Paul has had the honour to design new creations for world renowned choreographers Mark Morris, Kevin O’Day and Alexei Ratmansky.

Paul’s most recent work includes costume designs for Mark Godden’s Svengalli and costume designs for Michael Pink’s critically acclaimed full-length production of La Boheme for Milwaukee Ballet which premiered in October 2012.

BRIAN PERCHALUK Scenic Designer

Brian Perchaluk is a set and costume designer based in Winnipeg. Born and raised in rural Manitoba, Brian graduated from the University of Winnipeg and the National Theatre School of Canada and later went on to apprentice at the Banff Centre.

His designs have been featured on stages across the country including the Neptune Theatre, Atlantic Ballet Theatre, Canadian Stage, Theatre Passe Muraille, the Grand Theatre, the Blyth Festival, the National Arts Centre, Persephone Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, the Citadel Theatre, The Vancouver Playhouse, the Arts Club Theatre, the Belfry Theatre and two seasons each at the Stratford and Shaw Festivals.

In Winnipeg he has often worked for Prairie Theatre Exchange, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Rainbow

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Stage, Le Cercle Molière, Manitoba Opera and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, where he has designed more than forty productions.

Among his favourite credits are M. Butterfly for the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and the National Arts Centre, Les Misérables for the Neptune Theatre, Time and the Conways for the Shaw Festival, Nutcracker for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Hay Fever for Theatre Calgary.

In 1999 Brian received a Gemini Award for outstanding production design for his work on Journey and in 2003 a Jessie Richardson Award for outstanding set design for Mary’s Wedding.

MICHAEL J. WHITFIELD Lighting Designer

Michael J. Whitfield has an extensive b a c k g ro u n d in lighting design for theatre, ballet and opera.

A native of Victoria, BC, Mr. Whitfield received his training in theatre at the University of Victoria, Villanova University and the University of Illinois. In 1974 he began

a long association with the Stratford Festival, where he was for many years the Resident Lighting Designer and was responsible for the lighting design of a great variety of plays and musicals, including The Mikado, Amadeus and King Lear. He has worked extensively in Canadian regional theatre and his work is often seen at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre.

Mr. Whitfield is also much in demand as a lighting designer for opera and his designs have been featured at the San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, the Minnesota Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Welsh National Opera and for Canadian companies in Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Hamilton, Edmonton, Calgary, Banff and Vancouver. His lighting has been featured at the Canadian Opera Company for over 30, years where designs included Wozzeck and Madama Butterfly.

In the world of ballet, Mr. Whitfield’s work has been represented by Alice and The Nutcracker at The National Ballet of Canada, The Merry Widow for the American Ballet Theatre and Romeo & Juliet at the Finnish National Ballet.

For Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet his lighting design has also been seen in The Sleeping Beauty and Anne of Green Gables.

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Emily Molnar 10 th Anniversary Season Donors

We extend our most sincere thanks to these individuals for their outstanding generosity:

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Thank you to our generous patrons who made an additional gift in honour of Emily Molnar’s 10th Anniversary Season. With your support, we will continue Emily’s vision of a creation based, world-class contemporary ballet company in Vancouver.

Anonymous Peter Allard Linda & Graham Brown Melina Buckley & J.J. Camp John Clark Melanie Ferrandi & Doug Leard Stephen Fitterman Arlene Gladstone & Hamish Cameron Liz Haan & Bill Holt Stan Hamilton Barbara Klebanoff Beverly Kort Fred Lee Robert Lemon Ingrid Leong Dr. Kevin B. Leslie Jane McLennan Donna Molby Michael and Inna O’Brian Jean Orr Robert J. Riecken Sabine Rouques George Sesliya Lynette & Fay Son Hing Cheryl Stevens David Scott & Katerina Tieman Chuck Willms & Thora Sigurdson

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Ballet BC Legacy Circle Our future looks bright, many thanks to the following for planned gifts to Ballet BC: Anonymous (3) The Estate of Donald Allen Ann Coombs The Estate of John Cabeldu Jillian Francis The Liz Haan & Bill Holt Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation The Estate of Jean Hyatt The Estate of Joanie King Madelaine Koenigsberg Irma & Marvin Lamoureux The Estate of Kenneth Long Don & Carol Lyster The Estate of Ronald D. Pearson The Estate of Lois Smith Jason Wrobleski

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18/19 BALLET BC STAFF AND TEAM ARTISTIC

PRODUCTION

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Emily Molnar

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS: Derek Mack

GUEST REHEARSAL DIRECTOR: Sandrine Cassini,

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Elliot Banner

Sylvain Senez, Makaila Wallace

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Jamie Sweeney

DANCERS: Brandon Alley, Anna Bekirova*, Emily Chessa,

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Kim Plough

Parker Finley, Alexis Fletcher, Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens*,

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Jake Lindsey

Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Gilbert Small, Peter Smida, Dex van ter Meij*, Nicole Ward,

RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER/LIGHTING DIRECTION: James Proudfoot

Kirsten Wicklund, Sophie Whittome*, Zenon Zubyk*

LIGHTING DESIGN ASSISTANT: Chengyan Boon

*EMERGING ARTISTS

PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN: Patrick Smith

RESIDENT TEACHERS: Beverley Bagg, Lara Barclay, Andrew Bartee, Justine Chambers, Dario Dinuzzi, Kate Franklin, Artemis Gordon, Heather Myers, Sabra Perry, Sylvain Senez, Gilbert Small, Lesley Telford, Makaila Wallace, Wen Wei Wang GUEST TEACHERS: Francisco Martinez, Adi Salant, Risa Steinberg, Francesca Caroti ACCOMPANISTS: Wendy Albrecht, Zabelita Fraser, Trevor McLain, Michael Park, Amanda Pi, Gregg Schiller, Catherine Tseng, Yawen Wang

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