Piotr Stanczyk
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
A Study in Contrasts: The Winter's Tale
By Jaimie NackanToronto’s first snowfall of the season arrived just in time to welcome the November 10 opening night performance of “The Winter’s Tale” by The National Ballet of Canada.
Posted November 17, 2017
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Definitive Motif in The Winter’s Tale
By Arianna BenincasaChoreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, “The Winter’s Tale” takes a contemporary approach to Shakespeare’s comedic, romantic and tragic “problem play” about jealousy, familial bonds and love.
Posted November 17, 2017
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Somber Classic Gives National Ballet Stars Time to Shine
By Annick MacAskillThe National Ballet of Canada explores the dark side of love in a regal production of choreographer James Kudelka’s Swan Lake, which opened at the Four Seasons Centre Thursday night.
Posted June 24, 2017
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
A Triumphant Opening
By Rya MarrelliThe Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts came alive at the triumphant opening night of The National Ballet of Canada’s Swan Lake on June 15.
Posted June 24, 2017
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Will Tuckett’s Pinocchio: A Canadian Talkie Ballet
By Dina GinzburgFrom plaid-clad, bearded lumberjacks, to backdrops evoking Group of Seven paintings, to a monstrous whale inhabiting the waters of a Nova Scotian fishing village, The National Ballet of Canada’s Pinocchio pays homage to the country hosting British choreographer Will Tuckett.
Posted March 18, 2017
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Pinocchio: Hybridized Ballet
By Sabrina PapasIf the audience of the opening night performance of Pinocchio was expecting a wholly classic, balletic rendition when the curtain rose, choreographer Will Tuckett defied those expectations.
Posted March 18, 2017
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
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
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Forget the Sylph: Where’s Effie?
By Marissa TrarbackIn the midst of The National Ballet of Canada’s beautifully rendered performance of La Sylphide at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, one might just wonder: where is Effie?
Posted March 9, 2016
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
When Chasing the Sylph…
By Liz OstilSet to the traditional score by Herman Severin Løvenskjold, The National Ballet of Canada’s production of La Sylphide revisits one of the oldest classical ballets.
Posted March 9, 2016
