Media Release

April 17, 2025... Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared today that the company has been nominated for two National Dance Awards by the Critics’ Circle in the UK. The nominations are for Best Classical Choreography for Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas and Outstanding Company for Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada featuring work by James Kudelka, Emma Portner and Pite, performed at Sadler’s Wells in London, UK in October 2024. 

“It is a great honour for The National Ballet of Canada to be nominated for two National Dance Awards. The way London audiences embraced the company on its recent Sadler’s Wells engagement was so incredible and to do so with an all-Canadian programme made it even more special,” said Muir. 

The nominees were selected by members of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the UK. The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on Monday, June 9 in London.  

The National Dance Awards celebrate the vigour and variety of Britain’s thriving dance culture. They are presented by the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle, which brings together over 60 dance writers and critics. They are the only awards given by the body of professional dance critics in the UK. 

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This tour was made possible in part by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, The Circulation and Touring component of the Arts Abroad Program and from the Ontario Arts Council's Touring and Circulation Projects program and the Government of Ontario. 
 
Philanthropic support for Angels’ Atlas is generously provided by An Anonymous Donor, Rosamond Ivey, Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, The Producers’ Circle, The Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada and The Gail Hutchison Fund.   

The Producers’ Circle (2020): Gail & Mark Appel, John & Claudine Bailey, Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns, Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney, Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation, Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan, Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M., Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation, Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C., Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin, Mona & Harvey Levenstein, Jerry Lozinski, O.C. & Joan Lozinski, O.C., The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C., Julie Medland, Sandra Pitblado, C.M. & Jim Pitblado, C.M., The Harry & Lillian Seymour Family Foundation, Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan and The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation.  

London Tour Patrons
Rosamond Ivey 

Sylvie Allard & Brian O’Keefe
John & Claudine Bailey
Judi Conacher
Lisa Karen Conway
Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney
Flora Do & Mezan Khaja
Krista Kerr
Eunice Lumsden & Peter Luit
Charles & Anne Morison
Sandra Ruehlow & Wayne Haase
Stephanie Stavro
Carol Weinbaum & Nigel Shuster 

UK Friends of The National Ballet of Canada Supporters
Kathleen Crook and James Penturn
Nancy Miller and Glen Ireland
Anonymous
BMO Financial Group
Rob & Joline Brant
Mrs Pamela Kendel-Goodale
Hon. Ralph Goodale
Emma Ireland & Nicholas Hancock
Dasha Shenkman OBE 

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The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Canada Council for the Arts; the Ontario Arts Council; the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council; the Government of Canada – Department of Canadian Heritage with the Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage; and the Government of Ontario with the Honourable Stan Cho, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming and Minister of Sport.

Siphesihle November and Hannah Galway in Angels' Atlas. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.

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