WELCOME TO FRAME BY FRAME

Frame by Frame immerses us in the life and art of Canadian animator Norman McLaren, whose influential hand-drawn techniques helped to establish the field of animation in Canada. The production is a tribute to McLaren and an expression of artistic curiosity in its own right, the result of a unique partnership between two respected Canadian artists – director Robert Lepage and Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate Guillaume Côté.

Frame by Frame embodies many of the National Ballet’s greatest strengths as a site of creative collaboration and Canadian talent. The production marked a ground-breaking first partnership between The National Ballet of Canada, Ex Machina (Robert Lepage’s multimedia production company in Québec City) and the National Film Board of Canada. This is our first restaging of Frame by Frame since its premiere in 2018 and I have so enjoyed the process of introducing new dancers to the imaginative world that Robert and Guillaume have created.

Whether you are revisiting Frame by Frame or experiencing it for the first time, I hope you are similarly inspired by McLaren’s legacy and the vision of the creative team.

Thank you so much for joining us,

Hope Muir

Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director