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Ottawa ON
January 31-2 février 2019
8:00 | 20:00

National Arts Centre, Southam Hall, Lobby
53 Elgin St.
 
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The National Ballet of Canada boasts an impressive repertoire of choreography. Their NAC program will feature works by George Balanchine, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Justin Peck. Apollo, one of Balanchine’s collaborations with composer Igor Stravinsky, is a performance of neo-classicism. Paz de la Jolla is a work by New York City Ballet dancer and resident choreographer Justin Peck and Ashton’s The Dream is a ballet based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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