Promise for the future, it turns out, can be entertaining in the present.
Posted November 22, 2016A 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, 2016The 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, 2016Before 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, 2016An 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, 2016Traditionally described as ‘the ballerina’s Hamlet’, this production of Giselle by The National Ballet of Canada soundly debunks the adage.
Posted June 21, 2016Le 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
Ottawa ON
January 19-21 janvier 2017
8:00 | 20:00
Ballet
Full of flash and innovation, Le Petit Prince is a step in a different direction for The National Ballet of Canada.
Posted June 12, 2016The National Ballet of Canada’s world premiere of Le Petit Prince had all the makings of a royal feast, but the balance was off.
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