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December 2009
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Toronto's holiday favourite The Nutcracker opens Saturday, December 12. Some performances are sold out – buy your tickets today!
With nine performances falling after December 25, consider buying tickets as the perfect holiday gift! Click here for best availability.
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Give the gift of ballet this holiday season with a pair of tickets to Swan Lake, one of the most beloved ballets in the classical repertoire. Call the Box Office at 416 345 9595 for the perfect stocking stuffer for someone you love!
Featuring stunning images, the Souvenir Book is an invaluable guide to the season and a wonderful memento. Purchase your copy for only $10 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts when you attend The Nutcracker, or visit Paper Things in Yorkville.
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Watch the latest installment in our Principal Dancer video bio series featuring Bridgett Zehr.
Ms. Zehr will dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.
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Recently promoted First Soloist Jonathan Renna shares his favourite parts of The Nutcracker and how he’ll be getting into the holiday spirit this December.
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Did you know that The National Ballet of Canada has a variety of education and outreach programmes to benefit children and youth in our community?
You can help. Your donations are vital to ensuring that the National Ballet can continue to provide programmes for school-aged children, many of whom would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience the magic of a live performance or discover their own creative potential through dance.
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Company News
Principal Dancer Piotr Stanczyk appeared as a guest at the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper Ballet in the role of Don José in Davide Bombana's newly expanded full-length version of the ballet Carmen on November 29, 2009.
Principal Dancers Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden appeared as the Prince and Sugar Plum Fairy in Richmond Ballet Academy's production of The Nutcracker on December 4, 2009.
First Soloist Etienne Lavigne reprised his role as the Prince in Oakville Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker on December 4, 2009. Apprentice Dylan Tedaldi also guested in Oakville Ballet's production of The Nutcracker in November.
David Briskin, Music Director and Principal Conductor, will be the guest conductor of the Hannaford Street Silver Band's "Majesty of Christmas" concert on December 14, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Metropolitan United Church. The Hannaford Street Silver Band's Co-founder and Executive Director, Ray Tizzard, plays trumpet in the National Ballet Orchestra and is also the Assistant Personnel Manager of the Orchestra.
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The National Ballet of Canada's official hotel partner, the Fairmont Royal York Hotel (located directly opposite Union Station and two short subway stops from the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts), is pleased to offer a special Nutcracker package of two or four tickets that includes free parking.
For more information click here, or call 1 800 441 1414.
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Shop at Paper Things for all of your holiday gifts, cards, wrapping etc! A fundraising project in support of The National Ballet of Canada, please visit us at 99 Yorkville Avenue or online at www.paperthings.ca.
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The 2009/10 season is presented by CTV and The Globe and Mail.
TD Waterhouse presents The Nutcracker.
The Nutcracker is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra & Jim Pitblado, Lawrence & Ann Heisey and an anonymous friend of the National Ballet.
Bridgett Zehr is sponsored through Dancers First by Diana Weatherall.
Guillaume Côté is sponsored through Dancers First by Emmanuelle Gattuso & Allan Slaight.
Photographs:
Keiichi Hirano with Artists of the Ballet in The Nutcracker. Photo by Bruce Zinger
Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden in Swan Lake. Photo by Daniel Cooper.
Bridgett Zehr. Photo by Sian Richards
Jonathan Renna. Photo by Sian Richards
Children enjoying activities at the Creating Dances Summer Camp. Photo by Bruce Zinger
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