Overview
Creative Action shares The National Ballet of Canada’s resources with the Canadian dance community and develops Canadian choreographic talent. Created by Artistic Director Emerita Karen Kain and Robert Binet, former Director of Artist Development Programmes, Creative Action has three core activities.
Creative Action is generously supported by The H. John McDonald Foundation, Lucille Joseph & Urban Joseph, O.C., and an Anonymous donor.
Open Space
The National Ballet provides over 2,000 hours of free studio space each season at The Walter Carsen Centre, free of charge, to independent choreographers for one to two-week periods.
We look forward to welcoming you into our studios.
Choreographic Workshop
The Choreographic Workshop is a platform that provides National Ballet dancers and independent choreographers the opportunity to create works in collaboration with the company’s artists, music and production staff, within the National Ballet’s facilities.
Micro-Commissions
Each season, the National Ballet will commission choreographers to create three new small scale, flexible and innovative dance works that can be presented in a wide variety of contexts.
Citadel Dance Exchange
A joint initiative from Citadel + Compagnie and The National Ballet of Canada’s Creative Action programme, Citadel Dance Exchange supports the development of new works by Toronto-based artists culminating in a presentation at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance in Spring.
Samantha Sutherland, Arrthami Siva-Kuruvinth. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Jenna Savella and Kota Sato in When The Wind Comes from Five Creations. Photo by Alana de Haan.
Calley Skalnik and Albjon Gjorllaku in payɛʔot at Sharing the Stage. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
Kristin DeAmorim and Zachary Cardwell. Photo by Karolina Kuras.