Leadership
Artistic Director
Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont.
Executive Director
Barry Hughson
Music Director and
Principal Conductor
David Briskin
Artistic
Associate Artistic Director
Christopher Stowell
Artistic Administrator
Gerard Roxburgh
Principal Artistic Coach
Magdalena Popa
Artistic Director,
YOU dance/Principal Ballet Master
Lindsay Fischer
Artist-in-Residence
Rex Harrington, O.C.
Senior Ballet Master
Peter Ottmann
Choreographic Associates
Robert Binet
Guillaume Côté
Alysa Pires
Pointe Shoe Manager/
Assistant Ballet Mistress
Stephanie Hutchison
Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/Administrative Manager
Jennifer Bennett Darbyshire
Manager, Artistic Scheduling
Sophie Letendre
Associate, Artistic Administration
Sarita Dotan
Associate, Artistic Scheduling
Andreea Olteanu
- Guest Répétiteurs
- Chaconne
- Suzanne Farrell
- Etudes
- Thomas Lund
- Piano Concerto #1
- Felipe Diaz
- Petite Mort
- Roslyn Anderson
- The Nutcracker
- Mandy-Jayne Richardson
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Mandy-Jayne Richardson
- Marguerite and Armand
- Grant Coyle
- Chroma
- Antoine Vereecken
- Romeo and Juliet
- Mandy-Jayne Richardson
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Guest Rehearsal Assistants and Teachers
Jacquelin Barrett
Joanna Berman
Felipe Diaz
Giorgio Galli
Greta Hodgkinson
Stephanie Hutchison
Anne Mueller
Alejandra Perez-Gomez
Rebekah Rimsay
Piotr Stanczyk
Trinidad Vives
Xiao Nan Yu
Administration
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Alexis Patch
Board Secretary
Pamela Ouzounian
Audience and Donor Services
Associate Director, Audience and Donor Services
Veronica McLellan
Senior Operations Manager,
Audience and Donor Services
Tal Hebdon
Sales and Service Manager, Audience and Donor Services
Rebecca Hall
Development Relations Manager
Nicholas Melymuk
Assistant Operations Manager, Audience and Donor Services
Erin Rose Macleod
- Assistant Sales Operations Manager, Audience and Donor Services
Emily Gibson
Audience and Donor Services Operations Supervisor
Susie Eissler
Audience and Donor Services Relations Supervisor
Anne Meighan
Senior Representative, Audience and Donor Services
Patty Pedersen
Audience and Donor Services Representatives
Communications
Interim Director of Communications
Belinda Bale
Senior Manager, Communications
Catherine Chang
Manager, Marketing Operations
Devon Klaas
Publicity Manager
Victoria Schwarzl (on leave)
- Publicist
- Francine Labelle
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Manager, Graphic Design
Carmen Wagner
Archivist
Katherine Wilson
Senior Officer, Digital Communications
Ashley Haraburda
Senior Officer, Web and Digital Media
Sean Leonard
- Publicity Coordinator
Kate Dresser
- Marketing Coordinator
- Zoe Favrin
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- Communications Assistant
- Anastasia Kolotova
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- Junior Graphic Designer
- Anna Lew
Dancer Wellness Programme
Director of Dancer Wellness
Marla Pichler
Company Sports Medicine Physician
Dr. Michael Clarfield
Company Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris
Company Physician
(Family & Sports Medicine)
Dr. Julia Hamilton
Performance Psychologist
Dr. Doug Misener
Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist
Lesley Lustig
Company Athletic Therapist
Paul Papoutsakis
Company Physiotherapist
Ginette Hamel
Company Massage Therapists
Brian Bastedo
Ron Mulesa
Resident Movement and Pilates Specialist
Je-an Salas
Urgent Care
Dr. Janice Weiss
Psychiatrist
Dr. Pat Colton
Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Melissa Piercell
Consulting Physician
Dr. Julia Alleyne
Consulting Chiropractor
Dr. Cameron Borody
Consulting Foot Specialist/
Chiropodist
Dr. Nicholas Durand, D.Pod.M.
Consulting Ophthamologist
Dr. Michael Easterbrook
Consulting Dental Surgeon
Dr. Lancelot Brown
The National Ballet of Canada is
grateful to the Sports Medicine Specialists (150 Eglinton Avenue
East, Toronto); the University
Health Network,
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine;
and the Medcan Clinic (150 York
Street, Toronto) for their continued support of the Dancer Health
and Wellness Programme; and to
those physicians who have
generously donated their time to
The National Ballet of Canada.
Development
Director of Development
Diana Reitberger, CFRE
Associate Director, Major Gifts
Joanna Ivey
Senior Manager, Development Communications
John Hart
Senior Manager, Development Operations
Leah Heidenheim
Senior Manager, Special Gifts
Richard Lefebvre
Senior Manager, Individual Giving
Deanna Underwood
Manager, Major Gifts
Marielle Bryck
Manager, Special Events and Corporate Partnerships
Rebecca Hodge
Senior Officer, Digital Philanthropy
Nima Naik
Officer, Writer
Caroline Dickie
- Officer, Special Events
- Alexandra Folkes
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Officer, Major Gifts
Connie Guan
Officer, Assistant to the Director of Development
Amy McMullen
Officer, Research
Laurie Nemetz
Associate, Development Communications
Sayana Izmailova
- Associates, Individual Giving
- Joanne Kwok
- Marisa Ortega
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- Associate, Special Events
Kelsey Muldoon
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- Associate, Corporate Partnerships
- Maddy Palmer
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- Coordinator, Gift Management
- Lucy White
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Education and Community Engagement
- Manager, Education and Community Engagement
Lisa Robinson
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- Creative Producer, CreativAction
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Robert Binet
- Director, In Studio
- Kate Kernaghan
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- Artist Educator
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Annemarie Cabri
- Coordinator, Education and Community Engagement
Deanna Galati
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Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Amanda Ram
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Payroll and Benefits Manager
Jenny Mah
General Accountants
Sandra Gandola, CB
Ronan Finlay O'Donnell
Demitrios Prevenas
Shu Zhang, CPA, CGA
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Human Resources
Associate Director, Human Resources
Kathleen Matatya
HR Associate
Julian Whitaker
- Receptionists
- Hannah Crawford
- Ben Edelberg
- McKenzie Grey
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- Information Technology
Director of Technology
Christopher Sonnemann
Senior Manager, Web Technology Services
Steve Cunningham
Senior Manager, Software and Applications
Mohiuddin Faruqe
Manager of Technology
Andrew Anderson
Business Analyst
Bethany Bleile
Solutions Developer
Kruti Shah
SQL Developer
Srikanth Kamithkar
Systems Coordinator
Jeffrey Lo
Maintenance
Facilities Manager
Emil Mishriky
Building Maintenance Supervisor
Henry Martins
Music
Pianists
Edward Connell
Andrei Streliaev
Zsanna Vaszilenko
Zhenya Vitort
Orchestra Personnel Manager
and Music Administrator
Raymond Tizzard
Production
Interim Director of Production
Barney Bayliss
Associate Director
of Production
Yvette Drumgold
- Stage Managers
- Jeff Morris
- Liliane Stilwell
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Assistant Stage Manager
Michael Lewandowski
YOU dance Stage Manager
Robert Pel
- Lighting Coordinator
- Jeff Logue
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Production Workshop
Construction Supervisor
Sandy Middleton
Assistant Carpenter
Larry Pratt
Shop Technician
Chuck Theil
Scenery constructed at the National Ballet Workshop by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 58.
Property Supervisor
John Miracle
Resident Scenic Artist
Kelly Palmer
Assistant Scenic Artist
Mark Reid
Properties constructed at the National Ballet Workshop by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 828.
Wardrobe
Wardrobe Supervisor
Stacy Dimitropoulos
- Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor
- Cassandra Spence
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- Wardrobe Coordinator
- Robyn Clarke
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- Assistant Wardrobe Coordinator
- Lauren Pietrowski
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- Resident Cutters
Christine Audet
Christopher Read
Assistant to Cutters
Susan Howse
Costume Rental Coordinator
Bianca Laudadio
Footwear Coordinator
Lacey Hammond Harrington
Stitchers
Lisa Novielli
Sheila Ramsay
Production Travelling Crew
Master Carpenter
Paul McNamara
Head Electrician
Ashley Rose
Property Master
Michael Ellenton
Assistant Carpenter
Scott Clarke
Assistant Carpenter/Flyman
Geoff Kay
- Assistant Electricians
- William Fallon
- Cecilia Waszczuk
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Wardrobe Head
Grant Heaps
Assistant Wardrobe Head
Carrie Cooley Barbour
Wig and Make-up Supervisor
Charles Seminerio
Footwear Assistant
Leslie Brown