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The health and safety of our community—including staff and students—is our first priority. 1994: Karen Kain celebrates her 25th anniversary with The National Ballet of Canada in a gala performance of Swan Lake at the O’Keefe Centre, where she dances the role of the Swan Queen/Black Swan for the final time. "ShowHighRes" : false, 1951: The National Ballet of Canada is founded by English dancer Celia Franca. Photo by Anthony Crickmay.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/MonuJKDR1.JPG?width=1316\u0026height=1055\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1975/76","DescNoHTML":"James Kudelka and David Roxander in Monument for a Dead Boy (1975/76). The company’s repertoire includes works by Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, John Cranko, Rudolf Nureyev, John Neumeier, William Forsythe, James Kudelka, Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky, Crystal Pite, Christopher Wheeldon, Aszure Barton, Guillaume Côté and Robert Binet. The company tours to New York City to critical acclaim presenting a programme of all Canadian choreography featuring works by James Kudelka, Dominique Dumais and John Alleyne. }; “Stamina, guts and passion are what define this company right now” Archival holdings document the history of the company from 1951 to the present, and include press clippings, programmes, posters, … Photo by Gene Draper.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/GisFA23-150.jpg?width=1411\u0026height=805\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1952/53","DescNoHTML":"David Adams and Celia Franca with Artists of the Ballet in Giselle (1952/53). 2006: The National Ballet of Canada moves to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts and a new era begins. Kevin Garland is appointed Executive Director. 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Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eMartine Lamy in \u003cem\u003eThe Contract (The Pied Pipe\u003c/em\u003er) (2001/02). 1997: Karen Kain retires as Principal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada after 28 years with the company. Accessibility Standards, Patrons' Council The Ballet met with rave reviews and this was a pivotal point in receiving recognition internationally. In 2009, she introduced Innovation, a mixed programme featuring three world premieres by Canadian choreographers Crystal Pite, Sabrina Matthews and Peter Quanz.[6]. This interactive, community outreach project includes costumes from memorable moments in the company's history, as well as original pieces created by artists, designers, community groups, audience members and staff. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eSonia Rodriguez with Artists of the Ballet in \u003cem\u003eCinderella\u003c/em\u003e (2003/04). Photo by Leslie E. Spatt.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eSergiu Stefanschi and Karen Kain with Artists of the Ballet in \u003cem\u003eThe Mirror Walkers\u003c/em\u003e (1971/72). Tutu Swan Lake Directed and Staged by: Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont. Canada’s National Ballet School’s annual auditions for the Professional Ballet and Teacher Training Programs will be in a special online format this year. Cheers and more cheers for Karen Kain and her company.” Established as a classical company by founder Celia Franca in 1951, The National Ballet of Canada is the only Canadian ballet company to present a full range of traditional full-length classics.The company's repertoire includes works by the world’s most celebrated 20th and 21st century masters, such as Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, John Cranko, William Forsythe, James Kudelka, Jirí Kylián, John … View Gallery The National Ballet tours in Canada and internationally, with appearances in London, Paris, Hamburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco. 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With the aim of creating a more widely based Canadian ballet troupe, following the example set by the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, a group of Canadian ballet enthusiasts set out to create the National Ballet of Canada. 2016-08-19 07:08:15 am System Service. Photo by Andrew Oxenham.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eGizella Witkowsky and Peter Ottmann with Artists of the Ballet in \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c/em\u003e (1982/83). The National Ballet of Canada tours to Paris for the first time in 45 years to perform John Neumeier’s Nijinsky at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. [2] Conductor George Crum acted as Musical Director. Photo by Andrew Oxenham.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/MewKKJM3-150.jpg?width=1398\u0026height=1104\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1986/87","DescNoHTML":"Karen Kain and John Meehan in The Merry Widow (1986/87). [1] He was responsible for bringing the Company to Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House in New York City where he showcased the company. Karen Kain named Artistic Director. Norman Campbell directs a televised version of Gala Performance and the pas de trois from Swan Lake. "Title" : "65th Anniversary", Photo by Ken Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/Gis2ART2.JPG?width=1436\u0026height=1093\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1969/70","DescNoHTML":"Artists of the Ballet in Giselle (1969/70). COVID-19 Updates and Protocols . Originally created for Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1966, Nureyev’s staging was redesigned for the National Ballet with opulent sets and costumes by Nicholas Georgiadis and lighting by David Hersey. Photo by Bruce Zinger.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eStacey Shiori Minagawa with Etienne Lavigne, Piotr Stanczyk and Dylan Tedaldi in \u003cem\u003eWatershed\u003c/em\u003e (2013/14). Today, the most frequently performed versions of Romeo and Juliet include John Cranko ’s 1962 staging for Stuttgart Ballet, which entered The National Ballet of Canada repertoire in 1964, and Kenneth MacMillan ’s 1965 adaptation for The Royal Ballet. Photo by Ken Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/Cop2HP-2.JPG?width=1423\u0026height=1162\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1974/75","DescNoHTML":"Vanessa Harwood and Constantin Patsalas in Coppélia (1974/75). The National Ballet of Canada named Best Company of the Year by France’s l'Association Professionnelle de la Critique de Théâtre, de Musique et de Danse for the company’s October 2017 Paris tour of Nijinsky. News and Updates. Artists of the Ballet in Swan Lake. All prices shown on this website are in Canadian dollars. Photo by Myra Armstrong.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/SgrAD1.JPG?width=1081\u0026height=1411\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1970/71","DescNoHTML":"Ann Ditchburn in Sagar (1970/71). The National Ballet of Canada: Top Rate Talent - See 83 traveler reviews, 18 candid photos, and great deals for Toronto, Canada, at Tripadvisor. World premiere of Swan Lake, directed and staged by Karen Kain postponed until 2021/22. Contact, The Walter Carsen The National Ballet of Canada premieres James Kudelka’s highly acclaimed Cinderella. Endowment M5V 3K4 They chose British dancer and choreographer Celia Franca, who had many connections within the dance community and had been to Canada only twice at that point, as artistic director.[2]. [4] The program included Les Sylphides and Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. Photo by Andrew Oxenham.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eKaren Kain and John Meehan in \u003cem\u003eThe Merry Widow\u003c/em\u003e (1986/87). Photo by Karolina Kuras.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eGreta Hodgkinson in \u003cem\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c/em\u003e (2014/15). 1986: Following the sudden death of Erik Bruhn, his associates Valerie Wilder and Lynn Wallis are named Associate Directors. 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Photo by Anthony Crickmay.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/DonMJSS1.JPG?width=1373\u0026height=1087\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1973/74","DescNoHTML":"Mary Jago and Sergiu Stefanschi in Don Juan (1973/74). Principal Conductor, Box Office & Theatre Info. The company has its first performance on November 12 at the Eaton Auditorium in Toronto. In operation since 1975, the National Ballet Archives was created for the collection and preservation of materials that best serve to illustrate the founding and development of The National Ballet of Canada, and to assist, whenever possible, research and scholarly work in dance. For the first performance in the company’s new home, Artistic Director Karen Kain restages Rudolf Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty. Photo by Andrew Oxenham.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eJennifer Fournier and Aleksandar Antonijevic in \u003cem\u003eEpisodes\u003c/em\u003e (1997/98). The National Ballet of Canada: This Hamlet is a dud - See 83 traveler reviews, 18 candid photos, and great deals for Toronto, Canada, at Tripadvisor. I love the National Ballet of Canada. Enjoy this selection of images from the National Ballet Archives representing every season in the company’s history. 2005: The National Ballet of Canada premieres James Kudelka’s An Italian Straw Hat. – The Washington Post on The Winter’s Tale, “A Shakespeare ballet commands top-notch dramatic actors. 2017: Pinocchio by Will Tuckett makes its world premiere. Photo by David Street.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eMartine Lamy and Gregory Osborne in \u003cem\u003eVoluntaries\u003c/em\u003e (1987/88). Initial ingest from EAC-CPF. Natalia Makarova, A Dance Autobiography (Knopf 1979), p. 152. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eAleksandar Antonijevic and Jillian Vanstone in \u003cem\u003eAlice\u0026#39;s Adventures in Wonderland\u003c/em\u003e (2010/11). Photo by Ken Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/BalJCCPLAHD1-150.jpg?width=1377\u0026height=1200\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1958/59","DescNoHTML":"Cecily Paige, Lawrence Adams, Harold da Silva and Judie Colpman in Ballad (1958/59). – The Montreal Gazette on Romeo and Juliet, “The National Ballet of Canada is a splendid enterprise: such rare adventurousness is the only way to ensure a future for a national company… New work. 1998: Karen Kain returns to the company as Artist-in-Residence. 2018: The National Ballet of Canada tours to San Francisco for the first time in 10 years with John Neumeier’s Nijinsky at the War Memorial Opera House. [4] By the end of the month, the ballet had chosen 29 dancers for the troupe and was rehearsing for their first performance in the St. Lawrence Hall.[5]. A news hub that allows you to delve deeper and learn about our productions and artists. The company moved in 2006 to new facilities at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Established as a classical company by founder Celia Franca in 1951, The National Ballet of Canada is the only Canadian ballet company to present a full range of traditional full-length classics. Photo by Ken Bell.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eArtists of the Ballet from the wings during the curtain call for \u003cem\u003eLe Carnaval \u003c/em\u003e(1957/58). The National Ballet of Canada tours to Hamburg, Germany for the first time since 1994 with The Dreamers Ever Leave You by Choreographic Associate Robert Binet, James Kudelka’s The Man in Black and Emergence by Crystal Pite, as part of the 44th Hamburg Ballet Days at Großes Haus. Photo by Andrew Oxenham.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eArtists of the Ballet in \u003cem\u003eBlue Snake\u003c/em\u003e (1984/85). The National Ballet of Canada became the first Canadian company to perform at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London in 1979. 2004: Rex Harrington celebrates his 20th anniversary with The National Ballet of Canada and retires as Principal Dancer at the end of the season. Photo by David Hou.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/CIN3-2004-59-72.jpg?width=720\u0026height=523\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"2003/04","DescNoHTML":"Sonia Rodriguez with Artists of the Ballet in Cinderella (2003/04). 2008: John Neuemier’s The Seagull makes its North American premiere. Turnout Photo by David Street.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Ottmann and Yseult Lendvai in \u003cem\u003eStrangeness of a Kiss\u003c/em\u003e (1992/93). Under his leadership, The National Ballet of Canada adds many works by Sir Frederick Ashton to its repertoire. Photo by Andrew Oxenham.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/Sw4GHAA1(150).jpg?width=1171\u0026height=1500\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1998/99","DescNoHTML":"Greta Hodgkinson and Aleksandar Antonijevic in Swan Lake (1998/99). The company becomes the first outside of New York City Ballet to perform Mr. Robbins’ West Side Story Suite. [1] Both Lloyd and Volkoff were interested in being the first artistic director of the company, but the organizers agreed that the only way to ensure an unbiased selection of dancers for the new ballet company was to hire an outsider. – The Independent, London, England, “A triumph for Kain and company… one of those moments that defined the company's history” [12] The following year, in 1974, while on a tour in Canada, Mikhail Baryshnikov defected and requested political asylum in Toronto and joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Photo by Karolina Kuras.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eHannah Fischer and Piotr Stanczyk in \u003cem\u003eThe Winter\u0026#39;s Tale\u003c/em\u003e (2015/16). Suzanne Farrell stages the company premiere of Balanchine’s Don Quixote. Photo by Ken Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/CinNPHS3-150.jpg?width=1155\u0026height=1299\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1967/68","DescNoHTML":"Nadia Potts and Hazaros Surmeyan in Cinderella (1967/68). Photo by Myra Armstrong.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eArtists of the Ballet in \u003cem\u003eGiselle\u003c/em\u003e (1969/70). James Kudelka steps down as Artistic Director and is named Resident Choreographer. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led by Artistic Director Karen Kain, one of the greatest ballerinas of her generation, since 2005. Franca immigrated to Canada in 1951 and founded the National Ballet of Canada that same year, [1] also hiring the English ballet teacher Betty Oliphant to work with the company. Photo by Karolina Kuras.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"}], Photo by Daniel Neuhaus. His work is credited to raising the standards of the company. Photo by Leslie E. Spatt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/SleKSV1-150.jpg?width=1401\u0026height=1097\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1972/73","DescNoHTML":"Kristine Soleri, Veronica Tennant and Rudolf Nureyev with Artists of the Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty (1972/73). Photo by Ken Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/LesLSEK1-150.jpg?width=1416\u0026height=929\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1955/56","DescNoHTML":"Lois Smith and Earl Kraul with Artists of the Ballet in Les Sylphides (1955/56). The performance we saw last year was rushed and over very, very fast. Photo by Karolina Kuras.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/WITT-2015-110-72.jpg?width=720\u0026height=480\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"2015/16","DescNoHTML":"Hannah Fischer and Piotr Stanczyk in The Winter\u0026#39;s Tale (2015/16). Photo by Andrew Oxenham.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/MONT-1995-11-150.JPG?width=1637\u0026height=1062\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1994/95","DescNoHTML":"Karen Kain and Robert Conn in A Month in the Country (1994/95). Photo by Ken Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/MiwKKSS2-150.jpg?width=1412\u0026height=1154\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"1971/72","DescNoHTML":"Sergiu Stefanschi and Karen Kain with Artists of the Ballet in The Mirror Walkers (1971/72). 1993: The company tours Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and for the first time, Israel. Photo by Ken Bell.\r\n","DescHTML":"\u003cp\u003eArtists of the Ballet in \u003cem\u003eOffenbach in the Underworld\u003c/em\u003e (1954/55). Elena Lobsanova of The National Ballet of Canada wins The Eighth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize and Matjash Mrozewski wins the inaugural Choreographic Prize for his new piece, Dénouement. 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