The National Ballet of Canada
Toronto’s Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners Announced
Like so many other events, the forty-first annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards found themselves right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted June 29, 2020
The National Ballet of Canada Met With Dancer Nicholas Rose After He Called Out the Company on Instagram
In the wake of protests over police brutality and systemic racism, Rose told the company to “do better.”
Posted June 6, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Connecting With a Classic
By Nicole DecseyRatmansky’s choreography is cutting edge while keeping the classical beauty of the ballet alive.
Posted March 28, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Rivalling the Classics
By Thomas DobronyiCommissioned for the National Ballet’s sixtieth anniversary, Ratmansky’s production has since become a touring showpiece for the company, earning its place alongside more canonical versions.
Posted March 26, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Everything That Rises Must Converge
By Marie TrotterLeap day reliably recurs once every four years, but the National Ballet’s mixed program Angels’ Atlas with Chroma & Marguerite and Armand was an even rarer temporal event in our journey around the sun. The February 29 opening of this eccentric program was an evening of stylistic whiplash never to be seen again.
Posted March 11, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
When Stars Collide
By Joshua ChongA homecoming, a tantalizing taster and a farewell celebration highlighted The National Ballet of Canada’s triple bill, which opened at the Four Seasons Centre on February 29.
Posted March 11, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
On the Edge of Our Seats for the Retelling of a Classic Myth
By Leah Borts-KupermanIn Orpheus Alive, the audience members are gods; we’re pulled into the story and cast as divine judges in the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Posted December 6, 2019
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Orpheus Redux
By Rebecca FlemisterThe National Ballet of Canada offers a glimpse of both ballet’s past and promising future in the company premiere of George Balanchine’s Chaconne, paired with the world premiere of Robert Binet’s Orpheus Alive.
Posted December 2, 2019
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Twisted Sisterhood
By Jane CoombsThere’s a beautiful peasant girl, a handsome count and a waltz-happy village overflowing with wine. But one fatal lie lurks beneath this Cinderella story.
Posted November 15, 2019
Meeting Pointe
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
April 14 avril 2019
3:00 | 15:00
Ballet
Tracing The Steps: Celebrating Les Ballets Russes & The Nijinskys
Screening | Visionnement
ON
November 17 novembre 2017
7:00 | 19:00
Ballet
Romeo and Juliet
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
November 25-5 décembre 2015
Ballet
The Winter's Tale
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
November 14-22 novembre 2015
Ballet
Grassroots Archiving Workshop
Workshop | Classe
Toronto ON
May 27 mai 2013
9:00 | 9:00
Various
YOU Dance: Mixed Program
Performance | Spectacle
Parry Sound ON
April 13 avril 2011
Ballet
The Nutcracker
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
December 10, 2011-3 janvier 2012
Various dates and times
Ballet
Romeo and Juliet
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
November 16-27 novembre 2011
Tues-Sat | mardi-samedi
Ballet
MAD HOT Wonderland
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
June 21 juin 2011
Ballet
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