Will Tuckett
Choreographer
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Paul Englishby
Music
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Alasdair Middleton
Librettist and Dramaturge
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Colin Richmond
Set and Costume Design
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Oliver Fenwick
Lighting Design
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Douglas O'Connell
Projection Design
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Lindsay Fischer
Stager
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Conductors
David Briskin
Music Director and Principal Conductor
Julian Pellicano
Conductor
Stage Management
Jeff Morris
Stage Manager
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Jeff Morris joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1995. Born in Toronto, he studied technical theatre production and administration at Ryerson’s Theatre School (now Toronto Metropolitan University). From 1990 to 1995, he was Production Stage Manager for Toronto Dance Theatre, including the company’s debuts in Berlin, Warsaw, Tokyo and at the Joyce Theater. He was Production Stage Manager for Dancers for Life (1991 – 1997), Stage Manager for Theatre Passe-Muraille (Never Swim Alone) and for the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists. Since joining the National Ballet, Jeff has stage-managed a wide range of the company’s unique classical and contemporary repertoire, including the world premieres of James Kudelka’s The Four Seasons, Cinderella and An Italian Straw Hat, Crystal Pite’s Emergence and Angels’ Atlas and Guillaume Côté’s Le Petit Prince and Frame by Frame (with Robert Lepage). Company premieres include John Neumeier’s The Seagull, A Streetcar Named Desire, Nijinsky and Anna Karenina and Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale. He is a board member and instructor for SMArts and Festival CoDirector for dance:made in Canada/fait au Canada.
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Alex Wommack
Stage Manager
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Alex Wommack (she/her) is from Waco, Texas and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Her passion for ballet led her to work with Alabama Ballet for two seasons while completing her undergraduate degree. Following graduation, she moved to Seattle and joined the Stage Management team at Seattle Opera, where highlights included Porgy and Bess, The Barber of Seville and Flight. From 2017 to 2019, she worked with Pacific Northwest Ballet as an Assistant Stage Manager for George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and joined the company as Stage Manager in 2020. She is a member of CAEA and AGMA, having served two terms for the latter as the Northwest-area staging staff representative on the National Board of Governors. Outside of her professional work, Alex is actively involved with Books to Prisoners, an organization that fosters a love of reading and helps to break the cycle of recidivism in American prisons. This is her second season with The National Ballet of Canada.
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Lani Martell
Assistant Stage Manager
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Troy Taylor
Assistant Stage Manager
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Productions with The National Ballet of Canada include The Winter’s Tale, Don Quixote, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, UtopiVerse, Jewels, The Nutcracker, Emma Bovary, Passion, MADDADDAM and Swan Lake. Troy has also worked as a Stage Manager for Fall for Dance North, Yonge Street Theatricals, Soulpepper Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, Canadian Stage, The Shaw Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Ross Petty Productions and Mirvish Productions.
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