The National Ballet of Canada
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
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Giselle’s Restless Spirit
By Emily TraceTraditionally described as ‘the ballerina’s Hamlet’, this production of Giselle by The National Ballet of Canada soundly debunks the adage.
Posted June 21, 2016
A Wild Way Home in Le Petit Prince
Choreography by Guillaume Côté By Mark Mann Le Petit PrinceLe Petit Prince is both a perfect and a problematic choice. Perfect because the story is already furnished with all the necessary components for a conventional ballet, and problematic because Le Petit Prince is actually a dark and confusing book.
Posted June 20, 2016
Onegin
Performance | Spectacle
Ottawa ON
January 19-21 janvier 2017
8:00 | 20:00
Ballet
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Le Petit Prince
By Grace Wells-SmithFull of flash and innovation, Le Petit Prince is a step in a different direction for The National Ballet of Canada.
Posted June 12, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Le Petit Prince
By Michael MorrealeThe National Ballet of Canada’s world premiere of Le Petit Prince had all the makings of a royal feast, but the balance was off.
Posted June 11, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Nothing Petit About It
By Liz OstilNoticeable excitement hums within the walls of the Four Seasons Centre on opening night as audience members settle into their seats before a giant, projected paper scrawled with the name of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s tiniest hero.
Posted June 11, 2016
The Dreamers Ever Leave You
Performance | Spectacle
ON
August 31-10 septembre 2016
Contemporary
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Pure, Smart Entertainment
By Anne CassVitality, glamour and striking humour fill The National Ballet of Canada’s stage at the premiere of Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, with George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Rubies at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Posted March 15, 2016
