Ballet in a New Light | The National Ballet of Canada
The Four Seasons
Choreography and Concept: David Dawson
Silent Screen
Choreography: Sol León and Paul Lightfoot
Bolero
Choreography: Guillaume Côté
Rhapsody
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Giselle
Choreography and Production: Sir Peter Wright after the choreography of Jean Coralli and Marius Petipa
(Based on the book by Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Gautier and Coralli)
Swan Lake
Directed and Staged by: Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont.
Choreography: Karen Kain, Christopher Stowell and Robert Binet after Erik Bruhn, Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa
Body of Work
Choreography: Guillaume Côté
The Nutcracker
Choreography and Libretto: James Kudelka
Anna Karenina
Choreography: Christian Spuck
Featuring
Spencer Hack
Tirion Law
Selene Guerrero-Trujillo
Larkin Miller
Alexander Skinner
Guillaume Côté
Jurgita Dronina
Harrison James
Svetlana Lunkina
Siphesihle November
Artists of the Ballet
Former Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson
Artists of The Royal Ballet in Frederick Ashton’s
Rhapsody. Footage courtesy of Royal Opera House.
Artists of Bayerisches Staatsballett in Silent Screen. Footage courtesy of Bayerisches Staatsballett. All rights reserved 2023.
Artists of Het Nationale Ballet in The Four Seasons. Footage courtesy of Het Nationale Ballet.
Artists of Ballett Zürich in Anna Karenina. Footage courtesy of Ballett Zürich.
Thank You
iA Financial presents The Nutcracker
The Four Seasons is a gift from The Volunteer Committee,
The National Ballet of Canada.
The National Ballet also acknowledges support for The Four Seasons provided by The Anna McCowan-Johnson New Creations Fund and The Penelope Reed Doob Fund for New Creations.
Silent Screen is generously supported by The Producers’ Circle.
Lead philanthropic support for Rhapsody is provided by the Isobel Allen New Creations Fund.
Giselle was produced as a memorial to the late William P. Walker and was made possible through the courtesy of many generous friends of the National Ballet.
Swan Lake is produced and Commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada.
Lead philanthropic support for Swan Lake is provided by The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund, with generous underwriting from Richard M. Ivey, C.C., an anonymous friend of the National Ballet, Susan Scace & Arthur Scace, C.M., K.C., Pamela and Paul Austin and The P. Austin Family Foundation, The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation, Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, Nancy Pencer, Sandra Pitblado, C.M. & Jim Pitblado, C.M., The Lawrence Schafer Foundation, Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C., Anne-Marie Canning, Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C., Tim & Frances Price, The Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada and Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M. Additional support provided by The Producers’ Circle.
The National Ballet also acknowledges support for Swan Lake provided by Sylvie Allard & Brian O’Keefe, Judi Conacher, Sherry & Edward Drew, The H. John McDonald Foundation and Julie Medland.
The Nutcracker is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra Pitblado, C.M. & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Lawrence and Ann Heisey and an anonymous friend of the National Ballet.
The National Ballet of Canada gratefully acknowledges its collaboration with Canada's National Ballet School in the production of The Nutcracker.
Lead philanthropic support for Anna Karenina is provided by the Walter Carsen New Creations Fund with additional support provided by The Producers’ Circle.
The Producers’ Circle (2025): John & Claudine Bailey, Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney, Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, 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. and The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation.
Harrison James is sponsored through Dancers First by Lucy White.
Svetlana Lunkina is sponsored through Dancers First by Anna McCowan-Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C.
Siphesihle November is sponsored through Dancers First by Jerry Lozinski, O.C. & Joan Lozinski, O.C.
Alexander Skinner is sponsored through Dancers First by Anne & David LeGresley.
Videography: Paul McNulty, Johan-Hallberg Campbell, Monica Guddat
Editing: Paul McNulty