The National Ballet of Canada
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
A Christmas Reverie
By Sabrina PapasPerformed annually by The National Ballet of Canada, The Nutcracker invites adults and children of all ages into a mystical holiday landscape.
Posted December 17, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Onegin
By Rya MarrelliThe exquisite screen of Russian writing at the front of the stage at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts begins the beautiful work that is choreographer John Cranko’s Onegin.
Posted November 29, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Onegin
By Sebastiano BazzichettoFrom the very first note, Tchaikovsky’s Onegin score enchanted, carrying the audience back to the sumptuous days of Imperial Russia.
Posted November 29, 2016
The Nutcracker
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
December 10-31 décembre 2016
Various dates and times | Spectacles à différentes dates et heures
Ballet
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Harbingers of the Future
By Sebastiano BazzichettoThe future of ballet holds great promise, judging from what was on display last Tuesday during the evening of the Twelfth International Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize.
Posted November 22, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Promise for the Future
By David RudinPromise for the future, it turns out, can be entertaining in the present.
Posted November 22, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Cinderella
By Dina GinzburgA great performance requires more than exquisite technique, as National Ballet of Canada principal dancers Sonia Rodriguez and Guillaume Côté continue to prove.
Posted November 19, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Cinderella in the Jazz Age
By Victoria EllinghamThe National Ballet of Canada’s Cinderella is certainly not aiming to be flowery. The moment the lights engulf the stage on opening night, November 12, it is obvious this will not be another baroque production.
Posted November 19, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
A Medley of Magic and Madness
By Marissa TrarbackBefore a single dancer appears on stage opening night at The National Ballet of Canada’s production of Giselle, a medley of magic and madness already fills the air.
Posted June 21, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Sin and Un-Earned Redemption
By Aziza MohammedAn innocent peasant girl, a prince in disguise, and an undead queen. Saccharine leitmotifs and the most enthusiastic use of triangle in any orchestral work. Giselle has it all.
Posted June 21, 2016
