Biography
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Stephanie Hutchison graduated from Canada’s National Ballet School. She danced with Ottawa Ballet and Ballet BC before joining The National Ballet of Canada in 1997. Ms. Hutchison was promoted to First Soloist in 2003.
Ms. Hutchison’s repertoire includes Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, The Four Seasons, The Four Temperaments, The Contract (The Pied Piper), Serenade, Jewels, the second detail, 24 Preludes by Chopin and West Side Story Suite.
She has created roles in the world premieres of Emergence and Pur ti Miro and performed in the North American premieres of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Seagull.
In 2010, Ms. Hutchison danced with the company in 24 Preludes by Chopin at the Cultural Olympiad at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In 2006, she participated in the 75th anniversary of The Royal Ballet in London dancing in the world premiere of Matjash Mrozewski’s C.V.
Quotes
Don Quixote
“street dancer Mercedes (Stephanie Hutchison) and Espada, a Toreador (Patrick Lavoie), both make classical steps look easy”
The Globe and Mail, 2011
Serenade
“Stephanie Hutchinson looks every bit like a ballerina in a music box when she pivots gracefully en pointe in arabesque.”
The National Post, 2010
Swan Lake
“Stephanie Hutchison as the Wench was suitably seductive and held her own against all those men until the end.”
The Globe and Mail, 2010