Performances
Ji Min Hong at a YOU dance performance. Photo by Setareh Sarmadi.
About
Repertoire for YOU dance performances has been specially selected for students in Grades four to six. Performances are enhanced by pre- and post-performance discussions and curriculum-based teacher resources for each classroom.
YOU dance performances are held in the intimate setting of the Betty Oliphant Theatre and are an hour in length. The dancers are all graduates of Canada's National Ballet School or other internationally renowned training institutions.
Theatre doors open at 12:15 pm
Times: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Location: Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ON
Grades: 4 to 6
Cost: FREE with participating in a YOU dance workshop
Maximum number of tickets: 250
Performance Dates:
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Performance Venue
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The Betty Oliphant Theatre
404 Jarvis Street
Toronto, ON
M4Y 2G6
(416) 964-5148
2012/13 Season
Title:Glazunov Pas de Six
Choreography: Lindsay Fischer
Music: Alexander Glazunov
A pas de six is a dance for 6 people. Set to music by Alexander Glazunov, this ballet does not have a plot. George Balanchine, one of the great choreographers of the 20th century felt that dance, like music, could be understood without the help of a narrative structure. Movement evokes an automatic emotional response in the viewer. Balanchine said, "See the music, hear the dance".
Title: Vertigo
Choreography: Robert Binet
Music: Einojuhani Rautavaara
This ballet is a contemporary work. Contemporary literally means, "of our time", and implies that the choreographer has invented new ballet steps and combined movements in new and unique ways. For the dancers, the opportunity to help create a new work and to contribute their own ideas to the finished product is a very important part of their development as artists.
Title: Funeral March for a Marionette
Choreography: Lindsay Fischer
Music: Charles Gounod
This music was used as the theme for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the noted film director. As many of his films were black and white, the dancers are costumed in black and white. The ballet is created around a Marionette (a puppet) who turns into a boy. Ballet movement and mime is used to tell this story.
Title: Bach Prelude for Solo Cello
Choreography: Lindsay Fischer
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
In this piece, a solo instrument and a solo dancer collaborate to make a duet. Although the work was written for cello, in this case the solo pianist takes the place of the cellist. Both the dancer and the musician use their backs and arms in a similar fashion to create the wave-like images suggested by the music.
Title: Wedding Pas De Deux from The Sleeping Beauty
Choreography: After Marius Petipa and Rudolf Nureyev
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Following the familiar fairytale story, Princess Aurora is awakened from her sleep by a kiss from Prince Florimund and they live happily ever after. A great wedding celebration takes place and the newly married couple arrives at the Palace Ballroom to declare their love with a romantic grand pas de deux. A grand pas de deux is very difficult to perform as the dancers must dance seamlessly together as well as perform exciting solos maintaining the personality of their characters.
Title: "50 years Jamaica"
Choreography: Dylan Tedaldi
Music: Move Around by Diplo and Pump Yuh Flag by Machel Montano
This year Jamaica marks 50 years of Independence. In this piece former YOU dance member (and current dancer with the National Ballet) Dylan Tedaldi combines urban dance steps and Reggae music to celebrate one of the many cultures that contributes to Canada's vibrant diversity.
