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February 12, 2013 - 2013/14 Season Announced

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May 10, 2013 - MAD HOT BALLET: Dangerous Love Repertoire Announced
April 25, 2013 - Aleksandar Antonijevic's Photography Exhibit Opens May 2
April 23, 2013 - The New York Times Hails The National Ballet of Canada's Romeo and Juliet as the "Best"
April 19, 2013 - London Applauds Romeo and Juliet
April 15, 2013 - Romeo and Juliet Premieres in London at Sadler's Wells Theatre
April 11, 2013 - The National Ballet of Canada Returns to Los Angeles with Romeo and Juliet
April 10, 2013 - YOU dance, The National Ballet of Canada’s Outreach Programme Visits Northern Ontario
March 21, 2013 - Department of Heritage Increases Matching Endowment Fundraising Initiative to $15 Million
March 15, 2013 - The Four Seasons & Emergence Principal Casting Announced
March 14, 2013 - New Ballet by Christopher Wheeldon Announced
March 5, 2013 - Canadian Premiere of Nijinsky hailed a “Triumph”
February 26, 2013 - Romeo and Juliet - Perfect for March Break
February 21, 2013 - Ballet Talks - New Location, New Time
February 19, 2013 - Nijinsky Principal Casting Announced
February 14, 2013 - Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden Travel to San Francisco to Perform in Nijinsky
February 6, 2013 - Nijinsky Canadian Premiere
January 30, 2013 - The National Ballet of Canada Debuts Romeo and Juliet in Nation’s Capital
January 22, 2013 - The National Ballet of Canada Delights DC with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
January 16, 2012 - Romeos & Juliets Nominated for Four Canadian Screen Awards
January 9, 2013 - The National Ballet of Canada Tours World Capitals
December 12, 2012 - Grey Cup Champions Debut in The Nutcracker
December 7, 2012 - The Nutcracker Opens December 19
December 5, 2012 - Giselle Tours to Saratoga Springs in 2013
December 4, 2012 - Kevin Garland Named One of Canada’s Most Powerful Women at 2012 Awards
November 29, 2012 - Ida Praetorius and Andreas Kaas of The Royal Danish Ballet Win The Erik Bruhn Prize
November 20, 2012 - Repertoire Announced for The Tenth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize
November 15, 2012 - Giselle Features Four Casts
October 25, 2012 - Kevin Garland, Executive Director, Retires June 2013
October 25, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada’s 60th Anniversary Season Ends with Surplus
October 22, 2012 - Los Angeles Follows The National Ballet of Canada Down the Rabbit Hole
October 19, 2012 - Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson Receives Citation from State of Rhode Island
October 17, 2012 - Principal Casting Announced for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
October 11, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Ranks as One of Canada's Top 100 Employers
October 10, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Mourns the Death of its Greatest Patron Walter Carsen, O.C.
October 9, 2012 - Emma Hawes and Brendan Saye The Erik Bruhn Prize Competitors
October 3, 2012 - Winners of RBC Emerging Artist Apprentice Awards Announced
October 2, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Tours to LA with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
September 26, 2012 - Culture Days at The National Ballet of Canada
September 25, 2012 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Smashes Box Office Sales Record
September 21, 2012 - Heather Ogden and Piotr Stanczyk Winners of the Rolex Dancers First Award
September 18, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Explores Dance at The Choreographic Lab
September 5, 2012 - Lost in Motion Starring Guillaume Côté Premieres at TIFF
August 13, 2012 - Walter Carsen Celebrates 100th Birthday
February 6, 2012 - 2012/13 Season Announced

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June 26, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada's Summer Dance Intensive Begins July 3
June 25, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Mourns Lyman Henderson, O.C.
June 22, 2012 - Principal Dancer Sonia Rodriguez Inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame
June 13, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Dancers in Company Class on Stage
June 11, 2012 - Rebekah Rimsay Promoted to Principal Character Artist
June 5, 2012 - Diamond Gala on June 20, 2012
May 30, 2012 - Robert Stephen to Dance Hamlet
May 29, 2012 - Smash Hit Chroma Onstage June 13
May 22, 2012 - Hamlet Principal Casting Announced
May 17, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Opens Doors to The Gretchen Ross Production Centre
May 3, 2012 - Hamlet Makes North American Premiere on June 1
April 23, 2012 - The Tutu Project - Celebrating 60 Years with 60 Tutus
April 16, 2012 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Tours to the Music Center in Los Angeles
April 11, 2012 - Celebrate the Opening of Canada's first National Dance Week
April 10, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada’s Outreach Programme YOU dance Visits Thunder Bay and North Bay
March 29, 2012 - Brendan Saye and Emma Hawes Perform in Halifax
March 27, 2012 - The Seagull Tours to Ottawa's National Arts Centre
March 13, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra Makes Concert Debut at Koerner Hall
March 6, 2012 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Tours to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC
March 5, 2012 -The Seagull Principal Casting Announced
February 22, 2012 - Guillaume Côté and Jillian Vanstone Recognized for Excellence in Dance
February 17, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada's 60th Anniversary Celebrated at NFB Mediatheque
February 15, 2012 - Torontonian Evan McKie Guests and Makes Hometown Debut in The Sleeping Beauty
February 13, 2012 - Principal Casting Announced for La Fille mal gardée
January 30, 2012 - Guillaume Côté Stars in Video Sensation Lost in Motion
January 18, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada's Winter Season Features Three Full-Length Ballets
January 16, 2012 - The National Ballet of Canada Visits Five Schools in Toronto with Dance About
December 6, 2011 - The Nutcracker Cannon Dolls
November 29, 2011 - The Nutcracker Principal Casting Announced
November 30, 2011 - Romeo and Juliet Critical and Box Office Success
November 28, 2011 - Jillian Vanstone, Aleksandar Antonijevic and Robert Stephen Win Rolex Dancers First Award
November 24, 2011 - Romeo and Juliet a triumph
November 23, 2011 - Romeo and Juliet Casting for Final Performance Announced
November 17, 2011 - Romeo and Juliet Documentary in Production
November 2, 2011 - Romeo and Juliet Principal Casting
October 13, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada Posts Surplus - 2010 Annual General Meeting
October 7, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada’s 60th Anniversary Tour of Western Canada Receives Critical Acclaim
October 3, 2011 - The National Ballet Mourns Alexander Grant
September 27, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada Celebrates Culture Days
September 7, 2011 - Romeo and Juliet Opening Night Cast Announced
September 1, 2011 - Principal Dancer Sonia Rodriguez Writes T is for Tutu: A Ballet Alphabet
August 30, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada Celebrates 60th Anniversary Season with Western Canada Tour
July 7, 2011 - James Kudelka's The Man in Black added to the Western Canada Tour
February 7, 2011 - 2011/12 Season Announced

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June 28, 2011 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Breaks Box Office Record
June 17, 2011 - Karen Kain Honoured with ISPA's Distinguished Artist Award
June 14, 2011 - Toronto Loves Alice's Adventures in Wonderland!
June 13, 2011 - Jillian Vanstone Promoted to Principal Dancer
June 8, 2011 - Principal Casting Announced for Mozartiana & Other Dances & In The Upper Room
May 27, 2011 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Casting Announced
May 25, 2011 - Principal Dancer Sonia Rodriguez Receives Spain's Cross of Civil Merit
May 20, 2011 - MAD HOT Wonderland Gala Repertoire Announced
May 4, 2011 -Bridgett Zehr and Zdenek Konvalina Appointed Guest Artists in 2011/12 Season
May 3, 2011 - MAD HOT Wonderland
April 27, 2011 - Spring to your feet this season and celebrate International Dance Day April 29, 2011!
April 26, 2011 - Guillaume Côté’s No. 24 Wins Third Prize at Choreographic Competition in Hanover, Germany
April 21, 2011 - Highly Anticipated North American Premiere of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Opens June 4
April 19, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada's Grand Opening of The Gretchen Ross Production Centre
April 14, 2011 - Principal Dancer Aleksandar Antonijevic Explores the Human Shape at CONTACT
April 11, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada Performs in London, England at Sadler’s Wells in April 2013
April 5, 2011 - Greta Hodgkinson Celebrates 20th Anniversary in Jerome Robbins’ Other Dances
March 25, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada's Outreach Programme YOU dance Goes to Thunder Bay and Parry Sound
March 16, 2011 - Canadian Premiere of Russian Seasons by Alexei Ratmansky
March 8, 2011 - Onegin Returns for Five Performances
March 5, 2011 - Maria Baranova of The Hamburg Ballet and Joseph Gorak of American Ballet Theatre Win The Erik Bruhn Prize
March 2, 2011 - Repertoire Announced for The Ninth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize
March 1, 2011 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Opens in London
February 28, 2011 - Don Quixote Principal Casting Announced
February 10, 2011 - Principal Dancers Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté Perform at Stuttgart Ballet's 50th Anniversary Gala
January 31, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada App is Apple's "App of the Week"
January 24, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada Mourns Canadian Prima Ballerina Lois Smith, O.C.
January 18, 2011 - The Erik Bruhn Prize Competitors Announced
January 12, 2011 - The National Ballet of Canada Launches iPhone App
December 10, 2010 - Four Toronto Argonauts Make Debut as Cannon Dolls in The Nutcracker
December 1, 2010 - The Nutcracker 15 Glorious Years! Principal Casting Announced
November 1, 2010 - Canadian Premiere of Wayne McGregor's Chroma
October 13, 2010 - Benjamin Bowman Appointed Concertmaster
October 7, 2010 - Ten Debuts in Cinderella
October 6, 2010 - The National Ballet of Canada Posts Surplus - 2009/10 Annual General Meeting
September 28, 2010 - Principal Dancers Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté Win Rolex Dancers First Award
September 14, 2010 - Canada-Wide Master Class with Rex Harrington to Celebrate Culture Days
September 7, 2010 - Photography Exhibit by Principal Dancer Aleksandar Antonijevic
July 28, 2010 - Onegin Returns March 2011
July 19, 2010 - Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté Married
February 8, 2010 - 2010/11 Season Announced

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August 20, 2010 - Principal Character Artist Victoria Bertram Retires
June 21, 2010 - Jordana Daumec and McGee Maddox Promoted to Second Soloist
June 16, 2010 - The National Ballet of Canada Acquires a New Production Centre
June 9, 2010 - MAD HOT: A Russian Seduction Raises $1 Million for The National Ballet of Canada
May 19, 2010 - Pur ti Miro, a World Premiere by Jorma Elo Plus Opus 19/The Dreamer and West Side Story Suite
May 5, 2010 - Newly Designed Onegin Unveiled June 19
April 28, 2010 - Rex Harrington Announces Wedding Engagement
April 22, 2010 - Impermanence, World Premiere by Guillaume Côté and Zdenek Konvalina
April 7, 2010 - Spring into action with International Dance Day
March 23, 2010 - Annual Million Dollar Gala - MAD HOT: A Russian Seduction
March 17, 2010 - Dance About Performs in Ontario's Near North District School Board
February 24, 2010 - Casting Announced for 24 Preludes by Chopin & A Suite of Dances & The Four Seasons
February 17, 2010 - Swan Lake Principal Casting Announced
February 1, 2010 - The National Ballet of Canada Performs at the Cultural Olympics in Vancouver
January 6, 2010 - Greta Hodgkinson and Etienne Lavigne Welcome a Son
December 9, 2009 - Ron MacLean and Kurt Browning Guest in The Nutcracker
December 7, 2009 - The Nutcracker Opens December 12
December 1, 2009 - The National Ballet of Canada's Fall Season a Box Office Success
November 20, 2009 - New Principal Dancer Jiří Jelinek
November 10, 2009 - Casting Announced for The Four Temperaments & Watch her & Glass Pieces
November 3, 2009 - Principal Casting Announced for The Sleeping Beauty
October 28, 2009 - Watch her A World Premiere by Aszure Barton
October 20, 2009 - Debuts in The Sleeping Beauty
October 15, 2009 - The National Ballet of Canada Annual General Meeting
September 21, 2009 - Ballet Babies
February 9, 2009 - 2009/10 Season Announced

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June 30, 2009 - Emergence Wins Four Dora Mavor Moore Awards
June 22, 2009 - Resident Lighting Designer Christopher Dennis Joins the Metropolitan Opera
June 15, 2009 - Bridgett Zehr Promoted to Principal Dancer
June 2, 2009 - WHITE HOT - June 18, 2009
April 29, 2009 - Carmen Reinvented, Opens June 6 with Skin Divers, Principal Casting Announced
April 29, 2009 - Giselle Almost Sold Out, Retiring Principal Dancer Chan Hon Goh's Final Giselle, San Francisco Ballet's Ruben Martin to Guest, Sir Peter Wright Hosts Opening Night Ballet Talk
April 13, 2009 - The National Ballet of Canada Postpones Western Canada Tour
April 7, 2009 - Romeo and Juliet Almost 85% Sold at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa
March 26, 2009 - New Exhibition Opens at Toronto Pearson International Airport
March 19, 2009 - Elena Lobsanova of The National Ballet of Canada and Cory Stearns of American Ballet Theatre Win The Erik Bruhn Prize
March 10, 2009 - Competitors and Repertoire Announced for The Eighth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize
March 9, 2009 - The National Ballet of Canada and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Take Romeo and Juliet from the Classroom to the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
February 23, 2009 - Principal Casting Announced for Innovation
February 18, 2009 - Romeo and Juliet - Perfect for March Break
February 11, 2009 - Celebrate Family Day with Free Events
February 9, 2009 - Chan Hon Goh Retires after 20 Years of Dance
February 2, 2009 - Winter Season Opens with World Premieres by Peter Quanz, Sabrina Matthews and Crystal Pite March 4 - 8, 2009
January 26, 2009 - Elena Lobsanova and Noah Long Compete in the Eighth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize
January 9, 2009 - Chan Hon Goh and Xiao Nan Yu Perform in The Seagull with the Hamburg Ballet
December 11, 2008 - So You Think You Can Dance Canada's Nico and Allie Join The National Ballet of Canada in The Nutcracker Live in HD
December 10, 2008 - Karen Kain to be President of the Jury of the 2009 Prix de Lausanne
December 5, 2008 - MTV's Dan Levy and Jessi Cruickshank Make Their Debut in The Nutcracker
November 26, 2008 - Principal Casting Announced for The Nutcracker
November 19, 2008 - The National Ballet of Canada's The Nutcracker Live in High-Definition Returns Exclusively to 79 Cineplex Entertainment Theatres
October 29, 2008 - The Seagull Unfolds November 14
October 23, 2008 - Principal Casting Annouced for Fall Mixed Programme
October 22, 2008 - Three More Babies at the National Ballet
October 16, 2008 - The National Ballet of Canada Announces Surplus at 2008 Annual General Meeting
October 14, 2008 - The Seagull Makes North American Premiere
September 24, 2008 - The National Ballet of Canada Engages and Renews Audiences
September 22, 2008 - Former Artistic Director David Haber Dies at 81
August 14, 2008 - The National Ballet of Canada Performs in New York City and Orange County
August 7, 2008 - Second Soloist Julie Hay Resigns from The National Ballet of Canada to Join Dirty Dancing
August 7, 2008 - The National Ballet of Canada Challenges Toronto's Advertising and Design Community
July 14, 2008 - Chan Hon Goh and Aleksandar Antonijevic Perform in Singapore Dance Theatre's 20th Anniversary Gala
July 8, 2008 - Greta Hodgkinson and Etienne Lavigne Wed
July 3, 2008 - Zdenek Konvalina Performs in Festival Ballet with English National Ballet
February 11, 2008 - Karen Kain announces the 2008/09 Season