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The 2010/11 season features a new full-length Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by renowned choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, two company premieres - Russian Seasons by Alexei Ratmansky and Chroma by Wayne McGregor, featuring music by Joby Talbot and The White Stripes - and the return of story ballets Cinderella and Don Quixote.
HST comes into effect May 1 for all tickets in the 2010/11 season: buy now and double your savings - don’t pay the 8% HST plus receive an 8% early bird discount!*
*Early bird discount excludes 50% off Saturday and Thursday senior afternoon series.
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The Summer Mixed programme features a Jerome Robbins' double bill, West Side Story Suite and Opus 19/The Dreamer and a world premiere by Jorma Elo. The two pieces by Robbins show his enormous range: West Side Story Suite is sheer, effervescent fun, while Opus 19/The Dreamer, set to Prokofiev, is cool, studied elegance. Elo’s work is renowned for its speed and physicality, an intricate fusion of the classical and the contemporary that is hugely rewarding for dancers and audience alike.
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First Soloist Stephanie Hutchison muses on 20 years of dancing, being a mother and singing in West Side Story Suite.
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You don't want to miss this seductive evening of dance! MAD HOT's annual gala performance features a scintillating selection of short works specially chosen by Artistic Director Karen Kain to showcase the National Ballet's spectacular artists. Performance PLUS tickets are $50 - $125 and include post-performance cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
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Buy Nutcracker tickets now and save the HST! Now through April 30, Nutcracker tickets are on sale before the HST applies and prices go up by 8%. Buy now and save!
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The Victoria Day trip to New York City is now fully booked, but a second trip is planned for Canada Day weekend to see American Ballet Theatre in some gems of their repertoire, including The Dream, Fancy Free, Allegro Brillante and two brilliant Sir Kenneth MacMillan pas de deux.
For more information, please contact toursenlair@cwtvictortravel.ca
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Company News
First Soloist Stephanie Hutchison will lead a ballet class for high school students at Unionville School of the Arts in York Region on April 7.
Principal Dancers Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté will be featured in the 40th anniversary Gala des Etoiles on April 17 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts in New Orleans. They will dance the Summer pas de deux from The Four Seasons and the Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake, both by James Kudelka. This prestigious gala showcases top ballet dancers from around the world.
Corps de Ballet member James Leja appears in Opera Atelier's production of The Marriage of Figaro, April 24 - May 1 in Toronto. Read more in our blog article
Artist-in-Residence and former Principal Dancer Rex Harrington got engaged to Robert Hope last week while on a trip in the South of France. No date is set yet. The couple has been dating for six years.
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This summer the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts will become the home of the world’s finest musical theatre.
Beginning July 9 to August 1, Dancap Productions presents a new production of Boublil and Schönberg’s sensational Miss Saigon, which returns to Toronto after a 16-year absence. Then, from August 12 to September 5, the Tony Award®-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, will take the stage with its beautifully crafted songs and spectacular sets.
National Ballet patrons save up to 30% on select performances of both shows. To take advantage of this special offer, call Dancap at 416 644 3665 and quote the code "BALLET", or go to DancapTickets.com and use promo code "BALLET".
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The 2009/10 season is presented by CTV and The Globe and Mail.
West Side Story Suite Suite is geneously supported by Walter Carsen, O.C., Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, Judy Korthals and Sandra & Jim Pitblado.
Opus 19 / The Dreamer is made possible by a generous contribution from David and Torunn Banks.
The new commissioned world premiere by Jorma Elo is a gift from THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA.
MAD HOT Lead Sponsor: CIBC.
MAD HOT Media Sponsors: CTV and The Globe and Mail.
Photographs:
Stephanie Hutchison in Serenade. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Piotr Stanczyk with Jonathan Renna and Adam Toth in West Side Story Suite. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Stephanie Hutchison. Photo by Sian Richards.
Greta Hodgkinson and Aleksandar Antonijevic in Emergence. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
Heather Ogden in The Nutcracker. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
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