2011 Reviews
"Greta Hodgkinson and Zdenek Konvalina achieve in their own way, engaging the choreography’s technical challenges fearlessly while charging it with almost conversational freshness."
- Toronto Star Read full review >
"What can be said about the sublime Hodgkinson that hasn’t already been said? The ballerina has the innate ability to adapt herself to any style. A chameleon of dance, she masks her formidable technique within choreographic intention. In [Other Dances] she is young and fresh, a winsome debutante at a ball. As her swain, the always perfect Konvalina joins her in this lovely dance of youthful romance."
- The Globe and Mail Read full review >
"Greta Hodgkinson a wonder in Other Dances, part of an exquisite NBOC program."
- Toronto Sun Read full review >
Mozartiana
"Balancing a keenly-felt sense of poetry, with a cooler, less lyrical grandeur, much of the ballet floats above the music, full of feeling and musical cadences that suggest something of a dreamworld."
- The Hamilton Spectator, 1998
"Balanchine's choreography perfectly captures the juxtaposition of the structured formality of Mozart and the underlying romantic angst of Tchaikovsky"
- The Globe and Mail, 1998
Other Dances
"Sheer magic"
- New York Times
"...one burst of beauty after another leaving us happy but wanting more"
- New York Post"No matter which way one regards Other Dances, one sees Makarova and Baryshnikov's Russian edge in this unforgettable musical tribute to dancing, to Chopin, to sheer ambiance and euphoric dancing."
- Ballet Magazine, 2006
In The Upper Room
"It's a mesmerizing experience."
- National Post, 2008
"Brilliance... partnering that is faster and more twisting than a Formula One race."
- The Globe and Mail, 2008
"Contemporary ballet at its very best... It really doesn't get any better than this"
- Toronto Star, 2008
"... it moved inexorably, even triumphantly, from the realm of otherwordly to something that was simply and joyously out of this world."
- Toronto Sun, 2008
Casting
Mozartiana
Preghiera
Sonia Rodriguez (June 15, 16, 18 mat)
Heather Ogden (June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve, 19)
and Students of Canada’s National Ballet School
Gigue
Keiichi Hirano (June 15, 18 eve)
Naoya Ebe (June 16 mat, 17)
Robert Stephen (June 16 eve, 19)
Dylan Tedaldi (June 18 mat)
Menuet
Alejandra Perez-Gomez or Krista Dowson or
Elizabeth Marrable, Stephanie Hutchison or
Juri Hiraoka, Nadine Drouin,
Alexandra MacDonald or Sarah Elena Wolff
Theme and Variations
Sonia Rodriguez and Aleksandar Antonijevic (June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat)
Heather Ogden and Brett van Sickle (June 16 mat, 17)
Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté (June 18 eve, 19)
Finale
Artists of the Ballet and Students of Canada’s National Ballet School
Other Dances
Greta Hodgkinson and Zdenek Konvalina (all performances)
In The Upper Room
I.
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja
(June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat,19)
Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei and, Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
II.
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez
Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye
(June 15)
Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Chelsy Meiss and Tina Pereira
Etienne Lavigne, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez
Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye
(June 16 eve)
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez
Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye
(June 18 mat)
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Tanya Howard and Sonia Rodriguez
Jiří Jelinek, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye
(June 19)
III.
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec, Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja
(June 15, 19)
Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez, Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher, Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja
(June 16 eve, 18 mat)
IV.
Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Jiří Jelinek, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye
(June 15,18 mat)
Tina Pereira, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella, Etienne Lavigne, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori, Jiří Jelinek, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye
(June 16 eve, 19)
V.
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Jordana Daumec and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja
(June 15, 19)
Jordana Daumec, Marissa Parzei, Alejandra Perez-Gomez and Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
Stephanie Hutchison, Rebekah Rimsay, Tiffany Mosher and Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja
(June 16 eve, 18 mat)
VI.
Rebekah Rimsay, Jiří Jelinek and Stephanie Hutchison, Patrick Lavoie
(June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat,19)
Marissa Parzei, Etienne Lavigne and Jordana Daumec, Ryan Booth
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
VII.
Piotr Stanczyk, Keiichi Hirano, James Leja
(June 15, 16 eve, 18 mat, 19)
Robert Stephen, Christopher Stalzer, Jonathan Renna
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
VIII.
Tanya Howard, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye Jiří Jelinek, Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira
(June 15,18 mat)
Chelsy Meiss, Ryan Booth, Aarik Wells, Etienne Lavigne, Tina Pereira, Lise-Marie Jourdain, Jenna Savella
(June 16 mat, 17, 18 eve)
Tanya Howard, Patrick Lavoie, Brendan Saye Jiří Jelinek, Sonia Rodriguez, Jillian Vanstone, Shino Mori
(June 16 eve,19)
IX.
Entire Cast