Program 3 - Ballet BC

Program 3 Bedroom Folk

Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar

Poesía

Serge Bennathan

Minus 16

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A message from Ballet BC WELCOME TO PROGRAM 3, the final program of a memorable season! Thank you for joining and supporting us as we commemorate 10 years of inspiring dance under artistic director Emily Molnar. After touring across Canada, we return to Vancouver to present a celebratory evening of intriguing works. This season concludes with a riveting mix of dance, music, and design, featuring long-time collaborators Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s North American premiere of Bedroom Folk, followed by a world premiere by the poetic Serge Bennathan, and ending with the much-anticipated return of Ohad Naharin’s playful and interactive Minus 16.

From collaborators Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, we are eager to bring the North American premiere of Bedroom Folk to Vancouver.

Intensely cool, a house beat pulses through an intoxicating space as dancers move in hypnotic synchronicity. Bedroom Folk showcases the raw and absorbing choreographic vision of these talented international collaborators.

Serge Bennathan has made an indelible mark on Canadian dance with his commitment to making work that goes “back to a rougher artistry.” Set to an original score by Montréalbased composer and collaborator Bertrand Chénier, this world premiere of Poesía fuses music and movement into an intricate conversation of poetic depth. Ballet BC is thrilled to once again collaborate with this extraordinary creator.

Acclaimed choreographer and former Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company, Ohad Naharin, has been enthralling audiences around the globe since 1999. An instant sensation with Ballet BC audiences in 2017, Minus 16 features an eclectic score ranging from Dean Martin to mambo to techno to traditional Israeli music, bringing a surprising originality that makes each performance unique—an unforgettable work to close a remarkable season.

This year, we have had the opportunity to tour nationally and internationally during which we have been honoured to serve as cultural ambassadors for British Columbia. In the next few months, we will be showcasing our work to audiences in Des Moines, New York City, Beckett (MA), Barcelona, Stuttgart and other cities soon to be announced. Be sure to visit our website for more details!

Next season, we are excited to continue a dialogue about dance; its power to transform and connect us in ways that echo across time, place and culture. Reveling in the beauty of our humanity, the 2019/20 season opens with two works that stir the push and pull of the everyday: the Ballet BC premiere of BUSK by Canadian choreographer Aszure Barton and the return of B.R.I.S.A. by Johan Inger. In Program 2, we revisit the pleasure, pain and politics of young love with the timeless Romeo + Juliet by Medhi Walerski. And closing the season is a hypnotic experience of the sensory worlds of Hora by Ohad Naharin and Bill by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar. We hope you’ll join us for all the excitement next season will bring.

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Hello and welcome to Program 3, which is the culmination of Emily Molnar’s 10th anniversary season with the Company.

We hope you will join us on Saturday evening for the post-performance celebration of Emily and her many accomplishments during the past 10 years. Have you seen the commemorative publication marking this anniversary with a compilation of photographs of the Company from performances during last decade? It is a collector’s item to be sure!

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PROGRAM

Bedroom Folk

Poesía

World Premiere, April 2015, Nederlands Dans Theatre I

World Premiere, May 2019, Ballet BC

North American Premiere, May 2019, Ballet BC

Choreography, texts

Creator

Music

Sharon Eyal Co-Creator Gai Behar

Assistant to the Choreographer Tom Weinberger

Sound Artist and Music Ori Lichtik

Lighting Designer Thierry Dreyfus

Lighting Director Alon Cohen

Technical Director

Baruch Shpigelman Costume Design Rebecca Hytting Performers Brandon Alley, Anna Bekirova*, Emily Chessa, Parker Finley, Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens*, Patrick Kilbane, Justin Rapaport, Peter Smida, Dex van ter Meij*, Nicole Ward, Kirsten Wicklund, Sophie Whittome*, Zenon Zubyk *Emerging Artist

This company premiere is generously supported by the Charlotte and Sonya Wall Arts Fund.

INTERMISSION

Serge Bennathan

Composed by Bertrand Chénier Performed by Marie Soleil Bélanger (Violin), Amiel Lapalme (Cello) and Bertrand Chénier (Piano, Bass, Computer) Lighting Design

James Proudfoot Costume Design Kate Burrows Performers Brandon Alley, Emily Chessa, Parker Finley, Alexis Fletcher, Scott Fowler, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Peter Smida, Nicole Ward, Kirsten Wicklund What interests me behind physicality is the resilience that the artist must find. The presence that must be sustained moment after moment, otherwise the physicality devours you from the inside.

For the preparation of this work I read, wrote and painted;

I read the poetry of Rupi Kaur and François Cheng; I wrote poems and pages about being present, about pain, love and transfiguration; I painted whimsical possibilities, trust, desires.

Poesía is about all of this, a burning energy contained in the resilience of the artist.

A profound thank you to the dancers creating this work, you are simply Truth, Bertrand Chénier for all the years of complicity and beauty, Kate Burrows for her support and creativity, and everyone who tries to build a Cathedral.

There is nothing to understand but everything to feel.

Merci

Serge Bennathan

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Isle of Capri Composed by Wilhelm Grosz Performed by Pérez Prado and His Orchestra

World Premiere, November 1999, Nederlands Dans Theater I

It Must Be True Composed by Harry Barris Performed by The John Buzon Trio Courtesy of Capitol Records, under exclusive license from Universal Music Canada Inc

BC Premiere, May 2017, Ballet BC Choreography and Costumes Ohad Naharin

Assistant to the Choreographer Bret Easterling

Lighting Design

Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) Music C’est Magnifique Composed by Cole Porter Performed by Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra Courtesy of Capitol Records, under exclusive license from Universal Music Canada Inc Adios Mi Chaparrita (Goodbye My Little Angel) Composed by Ignacio Fernandez Esperon Performed by Pérez Prado and His Orchestra Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment US LATIN LLC By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Used by permission of Promotora Hispano Americana de Musica administered by Peer International Corporation c/o peermusic Canada Inc. You Belong to My Heart (Voglio Amarti Così) Composed by Agustín Lara Performed by Pérez Prado and His Orchestra Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment US LATIN LLC By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Used by permission of Promotora Hispano Americana de Musica administered by Peer International Corporation c/o peermusic Canada Inc. Quizás, Quizás, Quizás Composed by Osvaldo Farrés Performed by Pérez Prado and His Orchestra Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment US LATIN LLC By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Used by permission of Peer International Corporation c/o peermusic Canada Inc. Sortilegio (Always in My Heart) Composed by Ernesto Lecuona Performed by Pérez Prado and His Orchestra Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Mexico By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Tabu Composed by Margarita Lecuona Performed by Pérez Prado and His Orchestra Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment US LATIN LLC By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Used by permission of Peer International Corporation c/o peermusic Canada Inc.

Hava Nagila (Traditional) Composed and performed by Dick Dale Special thanks for Lana Dale, individually and on behalf of the Dick Dale estate.

Echad Mi Yodea (Traditional) Performed by The Tractor’s Revenge Arranged and published by The Tractor’s Revenge Cum Dederit Composed by Antonio Vivaldi Performed by James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood Courtesy of Decca Music Group, under exclusive license from Universal Music Canada Inc Over the Rainbow Composed by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen Performed by Marusha Hooray for Hollywood (Cha Cha) Composed by Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting Performed by Don Swan & His Orchestra Courtesy of Capitol Records, under exclusive license from Universal Music Canada Inc © 1937 WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Sway Composed by Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Luis Demetrio, Norman Gimbel Performed by Dean Martin Courtesy of Capitol Records, under exclusive license from Universal Music Canada Inc Used by permission of Editorial Mexicana de música Int. S.A administered by Peer International Corp. c/o peermusic Canada Inc. No. 2 in E-Flat Composed by Frédéric Chopin Performed by Artur Rubinstein By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment (Canada)

Performers Brandon Alley, Anna Bekirova*, Emily Chessa, Parker Finley, Alexis Fletcher, Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens*, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Peter Smida, Dex van ter Meij*, Nicole Ward, Kirsten Wicklund, Sophie Whittome*, Zenon Zubyk* *Emerging Artist

This work is based on excerpts from Ohad Naharin’s Zachacha (1998), Anaphaza (1993) and Mabul (1992).

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It’s wonderful to have you collaborate with Ballet BC again.

I have been blessed to have a long relationship with the company that goes back to when Reid Anderson was the artistic director. Each time I have witnessed the emergence of extraordinary artists, and right now the company is spectacular. I had quite a profound experience working with all of them for this creation.

How did this creation begin?

When Emily Molnar approached me to work with the company, the question in my mind was: how do I leave my poetry in a society that is so codified, so structured. In some ways I admire people who have the courage to extract oneself from society. Writer Joseph Campbell describes this in his quote: “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” This is not the story of this creation, but it is simply the essence that I had in me.

For this piece, I also had this sense of approaching something and embracing it, knowing that the journey is going to be full of difficulty, and that you need to find a source of resilience. You can’t really think consciously about it; you have to find the source of that feeling and embrace it.

What is your creative process?

Before going into the studio with the dancers, I spend a certain amount of time alone finding that essence and exploring those feelings as if it were another layer of myself. When I come into the studio to start working with the dancers, I trust that my body, my flesh and muscles are expressing those feelings, and I can just let my body talk. I don’t think about specific movements.

Choreographing is just the beginning. The majority of the work is created with the dancers because what interests me is the artist. In whatever work that I do, I want people to see it for the artist who is performing it.

Explain more about how the dancer is central to your creative process.

I want to find the poetry within these dancers —the essence and the unsaid of the physical being—and then marry this poetry with the

physicality of the work. I don’t want their minds to consciously think about the process of interpretation. Rather, I want the dancers to go within themselves to embody that energy and then let their bodies speak. I may begin with a certain structure to the choreography, but I don’t mind if that transforms as we work. What needs to remain is the essence of why we are doing the movement.

For the dancer, my work is physically very difficult because you have to be in the present moment all the time. You cannot anticipate what is coming because when you start to act on anticipation, your movements will appear fake. You have to find the strength to keep pushing, to keep the presence alive.

How do you guide the dancers to achieve this?

I speak a lot through images, and I try to convey feelings and physical sensations through them. For example, I may ask them to feel monstrous. We would explore how to go into the body to move in a monstrous way. There may be a sense of power, largeness, but also fragility, and then we’d explore how to use this energy to move.

In group phrases, it’s less important for me that everyone’s arms are in the exact same place. It’s more important that when they are together, they are tapping into the same essence and energy and, although each of them may be, physically, a little different, together they would make total sense. That gives a profound sense of witnessing a collective feeling, but because they are different individuals, the real clarity is that of their collective energy.

What is interesting too is that after we spend all this time exploring and peeling back the layers, what remains is so simple.

Did you take a similar process with the composer, Bertrand Chénier?

Bertrand and I have worked together for many pieces and yes, we spoke a lot about energy and the general sense of the piece, and images as well. From that, he would send me some musical sketches, and suddenly, a paysage would start to take shape, even if we didn’t yet know where the final piece would go. I always begin creating my choreography in silence, and then we would marry this with Bertrand’s music.

As an artist who works primarily with the body, what part of the body most fascinates you and why?

When physical movement is initiated by one’s energy, rather than a conscious decision, it means that one is present and aligned within one’s body, and that presence is most interesting to me.

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BIOGRAPHIES

18/19 SEASON DANCERS BRANDON ALLEY A North Carolina native, Brandon Lee Alley began his dance training at the Eastern Randolph High School when he was 14 under the direction of Britt Allen.

He later attended the Greensboro Ballet’s year-long program on a full scholarship and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts specializing in contemporary dance in 2012.

Brandon has had the pleasure of attending many summer intensives including Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and LINES Ballet. He has also worked with choreographers such as Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Victor Quijada, Cayetano Soto and Stijn Celis among many others.

Brandon began his professional career with Hubbard Street 2 and has been a member of BODYTRAFFIC. This year will be Brandon’s 4th season with Ballet BC. He would also like to thank his wonderful teacher, Britt Allen, for supporting him every step of the way and his family and friends for their guidance and love.

EMILY CHESSA Originally from Richmond, BC, Emily began her professional dance training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 2006 where she received the Arnold Spohr Scholarship and the Paddy Stone Scholarship for choreography. After graduating the school in 2010, she trained at Arts Umbrella in the graduate program under the guidance of Artemis Gordon. She participated in summer programs such as the Movement Invention Project in New York and Springboard Danse Montreal. Since joining Ballet BC in 2012 as an apprentice, she has performed works by Emily Molnar, Company 605, Johan Inger, Lesley Telford,

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Medhi Walerski, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal. This is Emily’s 7th season with the company.

PARKER FINLEY Parker Finley was born in Louisiana in 1997. In 2014, she began her professional training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the instruction of Sabrina Lenzi and Sally Rojas where she performed works by Stanton Welch, John Neumeier, Kenneth MacMillan, and Ben Stevenson. After graduating in 2016, she was an apprentice for Hubbard Street 2 during their 2016/2017 season. As their apprentice, she had the opportunity to learn works from Alice Klock, Terence Marling, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, and Bryan Arias. She has participated in summer programs such as Houston Ballet Summer Intensive and Springboard Danse Montreal. Parker is thrilled to be joining Ballet BC as a full time company member this season.

ALEXIS FLETCHER Alexis Fletcher was raised on Vancouver Island where she received her early training before attending Arts Umbrella’s Graduate Program. Alexis was a member of Arts Umbrella’s Student Company and attended Springboard Danse Montreal.

After graduating in 2005, she joined Ballet BC, where she has been fortunate to work with creative visionaries such as Crystal Pite, Emily Molnar, John Alleyne, Johan Inger, Stijn Celis, Jacopo Godani, Walter Matteini, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Serge Bennathan, Gioconda Barbuto, and Jorma Elo among many others. Independently she has worked collaboratively with creators such as Sidra Bell, James Gnam, Simone Orlando, Rob Kitsos and

Wen Wei Wang. As well as beginning to choreograph, she has co-created a multidisciplinary performance space with her husband at their home in Vancouver. They also run a successful Bed and Breakfast business together.

Alexis is fascinated by how exploring the movement potential of the human body becomes a way of accessing the inner landscapes of our spirits and psyches, and this is the primary motivation behind her own physical practice and choreographic interests. She believes that dance is a unique vehicle with which to share, research and discuss our collective humanity. Alexis is in her 14th season with Ballet BC.

SCOTT FOWLER Born in Vancouver, Scott Fowler trained at Arts Umbrella under the direction of Artemis Gordon and attended summer intensive programs at American Ballet Theatre, the National Ballet School and Jacob’s Pillow. He performed in Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Ballet BC’s Peter Pan and in the Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

Scott received a scholarship grant from the BC Arts Council in 2010. In 2011, he toured the Netherlands, performing at Codarts and worked with Noord Nederlandse Dans. Scott was invited in 2013

by James Kudelka to perform See#3 as a guest artist for Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie. Scott has been privileged to work with choreographers Aszure Barton, Gioconda Barbuto, James Kudelka, Emily Molnar, Jacopo Godani, Wen Wei Wang, Medhi Walerski, Cayetano Soto and Lesley Telford. This is Scott’s 7th season with the company.

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KIERA HILL Born in Vancouver, Kiera completed her professional training at Arts Umbrella under the direction of Artemis Gordon.

She was a proud recipient of the BC Arts Council Scholarship Award for excellence in dance in 2011. After graduating in 2012 she apprenticed with Ballet BC for one season. In,= 2013, she joined Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal where she performed leading roles in pieces by Andonis Foniadakis, Itzik Galili, Rodrigo Pederneiras, Cayetano Soto, Barak Marshall and Wen Wei Wang. For four years she toured extensively with BJM performing in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, China, Israel, Mexico, USA and across Canada. Kiera returned to Ballet BC in 2017 and is thrilled to be back for another season.

PATRICK KILBANE Patrick is from Bainbridge Island, Washington. He discovered dance at the age of 14 and studied on full scholarship at San Francisco Ballet School. He continued his training at the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and with Suzanne Farrell at The Kennedy Center.

Patrick worked with Oregon Ballet Theater where he danced ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. He spent five seasons with Sarah Slipper’s NW Dance Project in Portland, Oregon as a performer, teacher, and choreographer. There he danced original roles in new works by Ihsan Rustem, Wen Wei Wang, Danielle Agami, Maurice Causey, Noam Gagnon, Lucas Crandall, Didy Veldman, Olivier Wevers, Patrick Delcroix, and many others. Before moving to Vancouver he danced with Whim W’Him and worked as a freelance artist in Seattle and internationally. During his time

with Ballet BC he has had the privilege of performing works by Emily Molnar, Medhi Walerski, Cayetano Soto, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, and Crystal Pite. This is Patrick’s 2nd season with the company.

RACHEAL PRINCE Racheal Prince was raised in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, and received her early training at the Quinte Ballet School under the direction of Brian Scott. She attended the School of Alberta Ballet’s Pre Professional Program with Murray and Nancy Kilgour and received the prestigious Ali Pourfarrokh Scholarship. Racheal began her professional career with the Alberta Ballet Company where she danced for four years. She has performed works by William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Itzik Galili, and Lar Lubovitch among many others.

Her performance highlights include Jorma Elo’s 1st Flash, Emily Molnar’s between disappearing and becoming, and William Forsythe’s Herman Schmerman. In her spare time, Racheal enjoys working on handmade items for her online store as well as teaching and choreographing. She is excited to be in her 12th season with Ballet BC.

JUSTIN RAPAPORT Justin Rapaport is from Miami, Florida, where he began dancing at the age of 8. He went on to formally train at New World School of the Arts and The Juilliard School.

During his training, Justin had the opportunity to learn works by Jiří Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Kyle Abraham, Brian Brooks and many more amazing artists. Justin has also studied at various summer intensives such as Nederlands Dans Theater, Springboard Dance Montreal and Jacob’s Pillow

Contemporary Program. While at Ballet BC, Justin has had the privilege to work with choreographers such as Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Johan Inger, Emily Molnar, Medhi Walerski and Cayetano Soto. This is Justin’s 3rd season with Ballet BC.

GILBERT SMALL Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gilbert Small started his professional ballet training at the age of 10 at the Baltimore School for the Arts. He has studied at various summer programs, including Dance Theater of Harlem, Nutmeg Conservatory, Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Springboard Danse Montreal. After graduating from the Baltimore School for the Arts, he continued his studies at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College. While at Purchase, Gilbert was given the opportunity to study abroad at the Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He has also performed with Toronto-based ProArteDanza. Prior to joining Ballet BC, Gilbert performed for New York-based Sidra Bell Dance New York. This is his 10th season with Ballet BC.

PETER SMIDA Peter Smida was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. A former tennis player, Peter studied on scholarship at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and graduated in 2007. He also attended summer programs and festivals in Banff and Prague. After working with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Ballet Victoria, Peter joined Ballet BC in 2008 and has since had the pleasure of performing works

by Emily Molnar, Jorma Elo, Crystal Pite,

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18/19 SEASON DANCERS Johan Inger and Medhi Walerski, as well as many others. In addition to his work at Ballet BC, Peter has also worked on independent projects with Donald Sales and has begun choreographing, showing his work at Dances for a Small Stage and the Shadbolt Centre for the Performing Arts. This is his 11th season with Ballet BC.

NICOLE WARD Nicole Ward was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia but raised in Vancouver, Canada. She began her professional training at Arts Umbrella, under the direction of Artemis Gordon and Lynn Sheppard. During her time there, she had the opportunity of working with Lesley

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Telford, James Kudelka, Crystal Pite, Stephen Shropshire, Francesca Caroti, Fernando Hernando Magadan and Azure Barton among others. After completing the Graduate Program in 2015 Nicole was offered an apprenticeship with Ballet BC and joined as a full time member after one season. Nicole is elated to be entering her 4th season with Ballet BC.

KIRSTEN WICKLUND Vancouver-born Kirsten Wicklund studied at Goh Ballet Academy and toured with Canada’s Youth Ballet Company.

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Ballet, as well as a Vancouver Foundation Arts Study Award and the Vancouver Ballet Society’s Memorial Scholarship. Kirsten received contemporary training through Tiffany Tregarthen & David Raymond of M.O. In 2007, she won an artistry award at the Youth America Grand Prix Finals in NYC and earned the only Canadian placement in the Top 12 Women. She has danced with The Washington Ballet, Alonzo King’s choreographic workshop, LUNGE Dance Collective and toured extensively with Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet. She has created works for Dances for a Small Stage, the Dance Deck Series and Arts Umbrella. Kirsten has been privileged to dance works by Lesley Telford, Medhi Walerski, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jacopo Godani, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Walter Matteini, Wen Wei Wang, Company 605, Cayetano Soto, Emily Molnar, Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Ohad Naharin, and others. This is Kirsten’s 5th season with Ballet BC.

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18/19 EMERGING ARTISTS ANNA BEKIROVA Born in Amsterdam, Anna Bekirova started dancing at the Dutch National Ballet Academy at age 10 and graduated in 2016. After her graduation she moved to Vancouver to study at Arts Umbrella under the guidance of Artemis Gordon.

Here she had the opportunity to work with world-renowned artists such as Crystal Pite, Wen Wei Wang, Lesley Telford, Tom Weinberger and Cayetano Soto. She is excited and grateful to be one of Ballet BC’s emerging artists for the 2018/2019 season.

MIRIAM GITTENS Miriam was born and raised in Fresno, California. She grew up training at The Dance Studio of Fresno where she received a diverse dance education. In May of 2017, Miriam graduated from The Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance. During her time at Juilliard, Miriam performed in works by Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Richard Alston, Mathew Neenan, Zvi Gotheiner, Loni Landon, and Takehiro Ueyama. She furthered her training during summer intensives at chuthis., Bodytraffic, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Nederlands Dans Theater.

Miriam has been involved in many outreach programs and fellowships which have allowed her to share her love for dance with audiences and students across New York City and California. She has most recently performed with chuthis. under the direction of Peter Chu. Miriam is thrilled to be joining as an emerging artist with Ballet BC for this upcoming season.

DEX VAN TER MEIJ Dex van ter Meij is originally from Amsterdam and started his professional dance training at the age of 10 with the Dutch National Ballet Academy for 8 years.

Continuing his training in 2016 at Arts Umbrella under the directorship of Artemis Gordon, he had the opportunity to work with several brilliant artists such as Crystal Pite, Lesley Telford, Emanuel Gat, Doug Letheren, Eric Beauchesne, Rafael Sady, Lukas Timulak, Tom Weinberger, Wen Wei Wang and Cayetano Soto. Dex joined Ballet BC’s Program 2 for the amazing Romeo + Juliet by Medhi Walerski and feels very excited about joining as an Emerging Artist for the 2018/19 season.

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ZENON ZUBYK Zenon Zubyk is from Toronto, Ontario, where he began his dance training at the age of 11. In 2016, he joined the Arts Umbrella Graduate Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. During his time there, Zenon had the opportunity of performing works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Mats Ek, Aszure Barton, Lesley Telford, Fernando Hernando Magadan, James Kudelka, Emanuel Gat and more. In 2017, Zenon toured the Netherlands, performing in the ITS Festival and Netherlands Dans Theater’s Shortcuts XL’17. He also performed in Medhi Walerski’s Romeo + Juliet in Ballet BC’s Program 2. Zenon is so thrilled to work with Ballet BC as an Emerging Artist this season.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Sophie Whittome attended Victoria School of the Arts for 12 years. In 2015, she began her professional training at Arts Umbrella in Vancouver, BC, under the direction of Artemis Gordon. During her time there she had the privilege to perform works by choreographers such as Sharon Eyal, Crystal Pite, and Mats Ek and was able to work with artists such as, among others, Lesley Telford, Tom Weinberger, and Wen Wei Wang. Sophie performed in Nederlands Dans Theatre’s/Korzo’s Shortcuts XL with Arts Umbrella Dance Company in 2017 and performed with Ballet BC in Medhi Walerski’s Romeo + Juliet in 2018. Sophie is hugely grateful for the opportunity to join Ballet BC this year as an apprentice.

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COLLABORATORS EMILY MOLNAR, C.M. Artistic Director, Ballet BC

As Artistic Director of Ballet BC, Molnar’s vision has steered the unique company of 18 dancers into a celebrated era of innovation and collaboration. Since the start of her tenure in 2009, the Company has developed a diverse repertoire that includes more than 45 new works by celebrated Canadian and international choreographers.

Molnar is a graduate of the National Ballet School and a former member of the National Ballet of Canada, a soloist with the Ballett Frankfurt under director William Forsythe, and a principal dancer with

Ballet BC. An internationally respected and critically acclaimed dance artist and choreographer, Molnar worked and toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada and the U.S., where she created works for Alberta Ballet, Ballet Mannheim, Ballet Augsburg, Cedar Lake Dance, ProArteDanza and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, among others. Molnar’s works for Ballet BC include between disappearing and becoming, Aniel, 16 + a room, RITE, Keep Driving, I’m Dreaming, when you left, and most recently, To this day which premiered in November 2018.

Named The Globe and Mail’s 2013 Dance Artist of the Year, Molnar is the 2016 recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award, BC Community Achievement Award and the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Art, Culture & Design.

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As an active mentor, advocate, and coach, Molnar follows her passion to nurture artists and choreographers, to educate and support the research and development of dance and artistic leadership, and explore the role of the artist in society. For six years she served as a Director on the Board of the BC Arts Council.

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SHARON EYAL

Choreographer, Bedroom Folk

Sharon Eyal was born in Jerusalem. She danced with the Batsheva Dance Company from 1990 until 2008 and began choreographing within the framework of the company’s Batsheva Dancers Create project. Eyal served as Associate Artistic Director of Batsheva between 2003–2004, and House Choreographer of the company between 2005–2012.

During 2009, Eyal began creating pieces for other dance companies in the world: Killer Pig (2009) and Corps de Walk (2011) for Carte Blanche Dance of Norway; Too Beaucoup (2011) for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Plafona (2012) for Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg, Germany.

In 2013, Eyal launches L-E-V with her long-time collaborator Gai Behar.

In the past 4 years since L-E-V was founded, the company had more than 150 performances some in the most exclusive venues around the world such as: The Joyce Theatre – NYC; Jacob’s Pillow – Becket, Massachusetts; Sadler’s Wells – London, UK; The Montpellier Danse Festival – France; Julidans – Amsterdam Alongside their work with L-E-V, Eyal and Behar had also been commissioned to create for external companies: the Nederland Dance Theatre’s Sara (2013); Bedroom Folk (2015); Salt Womb (2016), Half-Life for the Royal Swedish Ballet, and more.

Eyal is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2004 Ministry of Culture Award for young dance creators and the 2009 Landau Prize for the Performing Arts in the dance category. In 2008, she was named a Chosen Artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation. Most recently, Eyal was awarded the prestigious Fedora Prize (2017), and was the recipient of the 12th Belgrade Dance Festival’s Jovan Ćirilov Award (2017).

Eyal is currently an Associate of Sadler’s Wells.

GAI BEHAR

Co-Creator, Bedroom Folk

Gai Behar (TelAviv, 1977) has been of wide influence of Tel Aviv’s live music, art and nightlife scenes from 1999 to 2005.

He produced live music, underground artistic events and techno raves.

Between 1999-2005 Behar also curated and produced the events Man Without a Shirt in Tel Aviv. The event was co-curated

by Uri Katzenstein, and among other included works by Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal.

Gai produced the second round of Ohad Naharin’s Playback In October 2012, Eyal and Behar premiered Untitled Black in collaboration with the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani in Gothenburg, Sweden. In May 2013, they created the ethereal piece Sara for NDT 2.

The same year they launched their dance company L-E-V. In the past 4 years since L-E-V was founded, the company had more than 150 performances some in the most exclusive venues around the world such as: The Joyce Theatre – NYC; Jacob’s Pillow – Becket, Massachusetts; Sadler’s Wells – London, UK; The Montpellier Danse Festival – France; Julidans – Amsterdam.

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COLLABORATORS SERGE BENNATHAN Choreographer, Poesía

Serge Bennathan was the artistic director of Toronto’s Dancemakers from 1990 to 2006, where twelve works he created received Dora Mavor Moore nominations, with both Sable/Sand and The Satie Project awarded for Outstanding New Choreography.

Bennathan lives in Vancouver where he created Les Productions Figlio. Since its founding in 2006 the company has produced nine full-length works: The Invisible Life of Joseph Finch (2007), a play with Jonathan Young premiered in Vancouver before touring to Singapore (2008) and across Canada (2009), Manga (2007), Slam for a Time Traveller (2008) commissioned by Dancing on the Edge Festival for its 20th anniversary,

The Strange Adventure of Myself (2009), and Conversations (2010) co-produced by The Dance Centre and the Chutzpah! Festival, Elles which won the 2012 Rio Tinto Alcan Award, M. Auburtin (2015), Just Words (2016), and Contes Cruels (2018).

Outside of his work with Les Productions Figlio, Bennathan has created work for dancers at SFU (2011), LADMMI (2011) in Montreal, Ballet BC (2011), DanseEncorps, Sarah Roche and Lise McMillan, The School of Contemporary Dance (2014), Mocean Dance with the creation of Sable Island (2015). Known for his extensive work with opera companies and director Robert Carsen, Bennathan directed his first mainstage opera, Rossini’s Tancredi, at the COC/Canadian Opera Company in 2005 and Renard for the COC ensemble in 2008.

September 2018, The Washington DC Opera house, February 2019, and a solo for Caroline Barriere in Montreal, summer 2019.

Bennathan is also a painter and a writer.

He has written and illustrated four books: Julius le piano voyageur, The Other Moon of Mr. Figlio, A Few Thousand Miles, and Not-a-fear/Peurderien.

Recently he created a web plat-form for his paintings: sergebennathan.com His paintings reflect the poetry of the human soul; its dreams, imagination and humour.

Currently in production for Les Productions Figlio, Le Conte des Mots et du Corps with Gilbert Small, Stéphanie Cyr and Serge Bennathan for spring 2019, works with the Canadian Opera Company Toronto,

OHAD NAHARIN

Choreographer, Minus 16

Ohad Naharin is the Artistic Director and Choreographer of the Batsheva Dance

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Company and has been hailed as one of the world’s preeminent contemporary choreographers.

Since 1990, he has guided the company with an adventurous artistic vision and reinvigorated its repertory with his captivating choreography. Naharin is also the originator of an innovative movement language, Gaga, which has enriched his extraordinary movement invention, revolutionized the company’s training, and emerged as a growing force in the larger field of movement practices for both dancers and non-dancers.

Ohad Naharin began his dance training with the Batsheva Dance Company. He then trained in New York with the Martha Graham Company, School of American Ballet, and The Julliard School, before performing internationally with Israel’s Bat-Dor Dance Company and Mauriec B’jart’s Ballet du XXe Siecle in Brussels.

Naharin’s compelling choreographic craft and textured movement vocabulary have made him a favorite guest artist in

dance companies around the world. His works have been performed by prominent companies, including Nederlands Dans Theater, Compania Nacional de Danza (Spain), Cullberg Ballet (Sweden), the Finnish National Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (New York), and Les Grand Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, among many others.

Naharin’s rich contributions have garnered him many awards and honors.

He has received a Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa by the Weizmann Institute of Science (2004), the prestigious Israel Prize for dance (2005), a Jewish Culture Achievement Award (2008), a Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa by the Hebrew University (2008), and the EMET Prize in the category of Arts and Culture (2009).

Naharin has also been the recipient of the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government (1998), two New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Awards, the Samuel H. Scripps American

Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement (2009), Dance Magazine Award (2009), an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Juilliard School in New York (2013) and an Honorary Fellowship by the Tel Aviv Museum (2014).

THIERRY DREYFUS

Lighting Designer, Bedroom Folk

Thierry Dreyfus tells stories with lights. He sets up interactive playgrounds where this untouchable material becomes a media for a dialog between an architecture and a viewer. He creates fields of experience, visual landmarks, as guides to drive your eyes and enlighten vision.

As art director, producer and light designer since 1985, he has created unique and memorable atmospheres for the most prestigious fashion catwalks as YSL, Dior Homme, Off-White, Jil Sander, Comme des Garçons, and Acné Studios.

His lighting installations/design have gained a worldwide recognition and imprinted the identity of historical buildings

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He also designs & creates “Elements of Light”, presented at major international design events (Design Miami Basel, Wallpaper* Handmade at the Salone del Mobile in Milan). The Mural installation, Rupture (commission by FLOS) was presented at Euroluce in Milan. His illuminations and exclusive lamps today thrive through commissions for luxury boutiques as Versace, hotel groups (Starwood, W Hotel) and restaurants. His “Elements of Light” are exclusively exhibited at the Ateliers Courbet in NYC. As photographer, he records, through his images, the “characters of light”. His first photographs book was published at Editions du Regard. A new volume is being edited.

Thierry Dreyfus is currently working on 3 new lighting “Elements of Light”, and on a 5-star hotel project, in Paris, opening this year.

TOM WEINBERGER

Assistant to the Choreographer, Bedroom Folk

Born in Israel, Tom Weinberger graduated from the Amal School of Arts and Sciences. Upon graduation he joined the Batsheva Ensemble in 2005 and the Batsheva Dance Company in 2008, under artistic director Ohad Naharin. In 2012, he began freelancing and became a founding member of Sharon Eyal and Guy Behar’s company, L-E-V. He danced with the Gothenburg Ballet where he performed works by Peeping Tom, Marie Chouinard, and Alex Eckman. He was a guest artist with Michael Keegan Dolan’s Fabulous Beast Dance Theater (2013), the Batsheva Dance Company (2014) and with the Forsythe Company (2015).

Weinberger is a certified Gaga teacher and for the past 12 years has taught Gaga, Ohad Naharin’s repertoire, and Sharon Eyal’s repertoire, as well as, creating his own work in companies and schools such as NDT, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Arts Umbrella, Springboard Dans Montreal, and more. In 2016, he was a

guest artist at SUNY Purchase University through the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation residency program in collaboration with the Israel Institute.

In 2014, Weinberger won the International Solo Tanz Theater Festival (Stuttgart) with his first solo work, which toured to Brazil and Germany. Since then, he has choreographed works at Springboard Dans Montreal, Arts Umbrella, SUNY Purchase College, Ate9 Dance Company, Johannes Wieland Dance Company, YC2, and more.

KATE BURROWS

Costume Designer, Poesía

Originally from the U.K., Kate Burrows has made her home in Vancouver since the 1990s. She has worked with Ballet BC for more than ten seasons. Some of her most memorable highlights with Ballet BC include touring to Mexico, Newfoundland and the Yukon as well as being in residence at The Banff Centre.

Kate has also had the pleasure of working with many choreographers and dance companies in BC and across Canada.

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BERTRAND CHÉNIER Composer, Poesía

Montréal based composer, multiinstrumentalist and electroacoustician, he received his training at the Faculté de Musique de l’Université de Montréal from 1978 to 1986. A prolific artist, he has created strong and expressive works, often characterized by a fusion and dialogue between acoustic and virtual musical instruments, and a spectral exploration of timbre. Emphasizing spontaneity and the act of capturing the moment, his works take form in the exploration, improvisation and the physicality of the performer.

A major contributor to contemporary dance for over thirty years, he has created the music for over fifty choreographic works, including numerous collaborations with Jean Pierre Perreault (La Vita (1993) Eironos (1996), The comforts of Solitude (2001)), Sylvain Émard (Terrains Vagues (1993) Rumeurs (1996)) and Roger Sinha (Apricot Trees (2004), Question de souffle (2011)). He started a fruitful collaboration with Serge Bennathan in 2006 with the creation of Absences, with

the Dancemakers in Toronto. They have since created together more then ten full evening works. Among them Elles (2012) Sable Island (2015) Just Words (2016).

Bertrand Chénier has also composed extensively for film and documentaries.

The quality of his work in this domain has been recognized by a Gemini Award (2006) and numerous nominations (Jutras, Genie, Gemini).

JAMES PROUDFOOT Lighting Designer, Poesía

James Proudfoot has been in Vancouver since 1993. He is a much sought-after designer and has created lighting for many dance and theatre companies including Lola Dance, Co. Erasga, Wen Wei Dance, Joe Ink, EDAM, The Contingency Plan, battery opera, Kinesis Dance, Restless Productions, Holy Body Tattoo, Dumb Instrument, Anatomica, Tara Cheyenne Performance, Action At A Distance, Les Productions Figlio, Mutable Subject,Trial & Eros, Out Innerspace Dance, BJM, the Plastic Orchid Factory, Justine A. Chambers, as well as the Firehall Theatre Company.

BRET EASTERLING

Assistant to the Choreographer, Minus 16

Bret Easterling is an international dance artist who received his BFA from The Juilliard School in 2010. He was a formative member of Gallim Dance in New York City before joining Ohad Naharin’s Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv where he worked for seven years. Now based in Los Angeles, Bret is the Artistic Director of BEMOVING, and on faculty at USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and Westside Dance Project. He is a certified Gaga teacher who directs the Gaga Intensives in Los Angeles and New York, and curated the first ever Gaga Program at The School at Jacob’s Pillow. He also stages Naharin’s repertory at collegiate BFA programs and professional dance companies around the world. Bret has created many works of his own, receiving the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreography in 2010, and recognized as a Choreographic Fellow at the inaugural Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship at Jacob’s Pillow in 2018.

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And to ALL of our wonderful volunteers, THANK YOU! Katherine Gerson Samantha Gill Margie Gillis Erik Graff Linda Graham Sarah Groves Karen Hamersley Patricia Harrold Karin Hartner Bill Hay Victoria Henderson & John Radosevic Sybil Henteleff Roger Hobden Brenda Hochachka Trish Hopkins Elizabeth Hunter Donald Ingledew Susan Irwin Karen James Laura James Kathleen Jarvis Jana Jordan Merle Kamin, in memory of Rose Kamin Lynn Katey Linda King Greg Kirkham Teresa Kirschner Madelaine Koenigsberg Rosario Kolstee Karen Konrad Beverly Kort Barbara & Robin Kuritzky Elisabeth Kwan David Lach Graeme Langager Lorey Lasley Trevor Lautens, in memory of Anna Jenson Harry Lew Allana Lindgren Elizabeth Lloyd Kevin Lorenz Troy Lundberg Geoffrey Lyster Nancy MacDonald Shawne MacIntyre D. McFadden & K. Berean Catherine McKeehan Jon McRae Tirza Madrigal Gaviria Patricia Manly Eileen Manning Laurel March Craig Markovic Erika Mayall Louise Merler Dr. Carolyn Montgomery David Moriarty Peggy Mutch Ardis Nelson Ingrid Ochodek Cindy & Gary Onstad Barbara Pennyway Tricia Pepper George Plawski Lisa Pullan Jo-Anne Ray Adele Ritch Stephanie J. Robb

Tamara Ross Kulwinder Sall Kristen Seer Eileen Sengara Diego Silva Ellen & Robert Silverman Rosamond Smith Patricia A. Starkie Daniel Steiner Nicole Stepanek Penny Stratas Jean Swenerton Wayne Tam Beverley Taylor Naomi Taylor Jan Tennant James Teshima Traction on Demand Samantha Turley Maria Angelica Valenzuela Eric van Iersel Michele Wang Sarah Watson David Webb Marina Weremchuk Sarah Wex Vincent Wheeler Jason Wright Cheryl Yaremko Tony & Jean Yaremko Francis S. W. Zih $1–$99 Anonymous (7) Rebecca Abblitt Gabrielle Abrahams Darren Ainsley Debra Akhurst Sylvia Andrews Sheridan Angerilli Wendy Atkinson Patricia Auron Mike Bagshawe Mirsada Banjac Jeffrey Bayntun Christine Beauchamp Heidi Benda Nawel Benrabah Theodore Benson Jan M. Bikic Ingrid Bjerkelund Constance E. Blundy Miles Boisselle Terry Bolton Doru George Botez Rudi Botha Liz Bowell Christiane Boyce Susan Brant Gabriel Brito Benitez Gordan Briggs A. Almond Brousson Donna Brown Sabrina Bruns Harriet Burgess Paulina Bustamante Jessica Butt Robert Byrd Lucian Caliman Dorothy Campbell Brooke Carere Jan Carr

Pauli-Ann Carriere Rey Carroll Sofia Chang Julia Cheng Colette Cheung Leonardo Chiu Lindsay Clague Joanna Clark Garry Clarke Paul Clarkson Georgia Clayton Brian Coleman Michael Collins Catherine Collver Amelie Cote David Cretelli Andree Dansereau Colleen Davidson Soosan Davis Vanessa de Jong Susan Dehnel, in memory of Ladene E. Dehnel Samantha Dickie Danica Djurkovic Gudrun Dreher Ben Duenas Marla Eist Melanie Ellery Kristine Elliott Sarah Eustace Katherine Fagerlund Grey Fairclough Liang Fang Nicola Fantin Valery Farquhar Ron Field Maureen Fitzgerald & Ervin Schaad Elaine Fleming Jennifer Fontaine Chad Ford Morgan Fowler Tina Friesen Patrick J. Gamble Michael Garvey Victoria Gauthier Juliette Geddes Paul Geddes Melodie Gerbier Bryan Gidinski Denise Gilbert Patricia Gilchrist Lorraine Gilman Mary Godolphin Ariel Goldenberg Tomasz Gradowski Warren Greatrex Valerie Gruson Gwen Guile Ozgun Gunduz Stephen Hallingham Gordon Handford T. Peter Handregan L. Hansen Thomas Hanus James Harmon Barney Harris David Harryman Judy Harvey Tera Hawes Sarah Heck Rebecca Hein

Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of what you see on stage and every dollar contributed helps to support our season. Many, many thanks to our Ballet BC Friends: Kathryn Helman Sarah Higgs Ellen Hill Tim Hofer Gary Hooley Monica Hortensia Mike Houston Kathleen Hunt Sydney Illerbrun Maureen Jack-LaCroix Stephen Jamieson Lindsay Jang Karim Jiwa Antony Johnston Robert F. Jolda Wendy Jones Carere Paul Kainth Katarzyna Kawczak Cheryl Kathler Lori Kay Christina Kembi Teri Jo Killoran Yoko Kinno-Lucyshyn Gustav K. Klann Lorraine Kleinschroth Victoria Koby Maksym Krolenko Rebecca A. Kruthaup Nicola Kuchta Tylor Kutny Jamie Kwaitkowski Danelle Laidlaw Donna Lang Danielle Lawson

Sharon LeBlanc Leslie G. Leader Catherine Lee Jacqueline Levitin Ke Li Lian Li Richard Lipsey Carolyn Liu Helen Liu Sharmeen Lovett Caroline Low Lucia Lundin James Luvisotto Donald & Carol Lyster Larry MacDonald E. MacIntosh Kenneth MacIntosh Fiona MacKay Francesca Maclean Scott McCloy Daniel McGinnis Raymond McNicol Olga Makarevskiy Steven Malynowsky Manjot Manhas Robert Markin Janet Martens Cecilia Martinez Karen Matthews Susan Mattice Paula Mattusch Ivar Mickelson Katherine Miller Raymond Monteith

Linda Moola Armando Moreno-Geraldes Glen Morgan Patrick Moore Kathleen Morris Stefan Mudler Nicole Murray Sarah Murray Adrienne Muscat Diane Nauss Tsvetanka Nedyalkova Joanne Neufeld Lily Ng Michelle Noiles Diana Norburn Nicolle Nordmann Jeff Nugent Charlotte Okkerse Catherine Okonta Sarbjot Jyoti Pannu Jean-Francois Paradis Laura Pasut Suzie Payne Michael Pearce Kirsten Pedersen Otto Pfister Mia Poblete Jennifer Pougnet Darrin Preece Heather Price Lorne Prupas Jacqueline Purcell Nada Purlo Sonia Puttonen

Gail Rawle David Rawlyk Melanie Ray Duncan & Kim Rice Katherine Richards Margaret Robinson Ethan Ror Susan Rousseau Julie Rudd Jim Rutley Volodymyr Sapsai Philip James Seth Kandice Sharren Tracy Shaw Ellen Shumiatcher Patricia Shuster David Simpson Joy Smith Albert Solheim Lynda Spratley Sarah L. Spratley Monika Staub Susan Stefanshyn Pat Stewart Mark Strouts Lisa Sundstrom Michael Talbot Kelly Patricia Thielmann Preeti Thindal Kylie Thirlwell Michelle Thompson Thamara Thompson Rachelle Todd Catherine Trueman

Vanessa Turke Natacha Urbina Elizabeth Varughese Cristina Viviani Daniela Von Den Driesch Lesley Walker Di Wang Matthew Wansink Karl Watson Wendy Watson Gillian Werner Elizabeth Wheaton Raven White Shelley Wiebe Donna Wiess Matthew Williams Siobhann Williamson Jacqueline Wilmott Eileen Wolff Bonnie Wong Julia Wong Melissa Bienvenue Woods Michael Woolnough Kristopher Yardley James Yeates Donna Yee-Sorensen Andrea Zimmerman CURRENT AS OF APRIL 26, 2019 For any errors or omissions, please email Helen Wong at developmentmanager@ balletbc.com.

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18/19 BALLET BC STAFF & TEAM ARTISTIC

ADMINISTRATION

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Emily Molnar

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: John Clark

GUEST REHEARSAL DIRECTORS : Lara Barclay,

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Debi Wong

Sandrine Cassini, Lisa Davies, Livona Ellis, Thomas McManus,

ARTISTIC ASSISTANT: Rebecca Karpus

Sylvain Senez, Christoph von Riedemann, Makaila Wallace

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE: Sabine Rouques

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

BOOKKEEPER: Petrov Sanchez

Parker Finley, Alexis Fletcher, Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens*, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Gilbert Small, Peter Smida, Dex van ter Meij*, Nicole Ward,

OFFICE & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Noni Raskin ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Elisabeth Kyle

Kirsten Wicklund, Sophie Whittome*, Zenon Zubyk*

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR: Laura Aliaga

*EMERGING ARTISTS

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING

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: Lisa Davies, Bret Easterling, Francisco Martinez, Thomas McManus, Adi Salant, Risa Steinberg, Francesca Caroti, Tom Weinberger ACCOMPANISTS: Wendy Albrecht, Zabelita Fraser, Trevor McLain, Michael Park, Amanda Pi, Gregg Schiller, Catherine Tseng, Yawen Wang

& EVENTS: Helen Wong AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER: Fran Hefferman MARKETING MANAGER: Adrienne Toye MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT: Clara Chow DIGITAL MARKETING ASSISTANT: Madelaine Dawson EDUCATION & OUTREACH ADMINISTRATOR: Nina Patel MEDIA RELATIONS: Shannon Heth, Milk Creative Communications GRAPHIC PRODUCTION: Derek von Essen PHOTOGRAPHER / VIDEOGRAPHER: Michael Slobodian

PRODUCTION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS: Derek Mack

PRESIDENT AND CHAIR: Linda Brown

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Elliot Banner

VICE-PRESIDENT: Cheryl Stevens

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: Kim Plough

TREASURER: Robert Riecken

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Emilee Shackleton

SECRETARY: Melina Buckley

COMPANY MANAGER: Kate McMillan

PAST-CHAIR: Dr. Kevin B. Leslie

RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER/

DIRECTORS: John Davis, Arlene Gladstone,

LIGHTING DIRECTION: James Proudfoot

Stanley Hamilton, Ingrid Leong, Pamela McDonald,

LIGHTING DESIGN ASSISTANT: Noah Feaver

Dario Meli, James Sullivan, Bruce Wright

PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN: Patrick Smith

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS: Jane McLennan,

HEAD OF PROPS & SCENIC CARPENTER: Randy Biro

Don & Jane Shumka

HEAD OF WARDROBE: Kate Burrows CUTTER: Victoria Klippenstein STITCHERS: Stephanie Kong, Jenalee Tsimara DYER: Malmor Dye Department

BALLET BC UP COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Michelle Blackwell, Samantha Cunliffe, Justin Davis, Samantha Gill, Julien Mainguy, Emily Statler, Nicole Ward, Juliet Zhu

Stage, Wardrobe and Hair Crew at the QET are members of IATSE Local 118

Pacific Ballet British Columbia Society (Ballet BC) is a non-profit society, charitable registration no. 11907 5364 RR0001.

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