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2010 NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA |
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
Meet dancers, participate in a live web chat, form your own discount ballet club!
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Say "I ♥ you" with tickets to the most famous classical ballet of all time, Swan Lake. On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 you will receive a promo code for 20% off Swan Lake tickets - valid only until February 13.
On stage March 11 - 22, 2010
♥ Discount applies to orders placed February 10 - 13. Some restrictions apply.
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The National Ballet of Canada is proud to perform Marie Chouinard's 24 Preludes by Chopin at Dance Canada Dance at the Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver, B.C., on February 13 & 14, 2010. Principal Dancers Sonia Rodriguez and Piotr Stanczyk will also perform with Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) in Mark Godden's As Above, So Below. RWB also presents Itzik Galili's Hikarizatto.
24 Preludes by Chopin will be presented with A Suite of Dances and The Four Seasons as part of the company's Winter Mixed Programme March 3 - 7, 2010 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario.
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Introducing new Principal Dancer Jiří Jelinek who fills us in on why he chose The National Ballet of Canada, his thoughts on Toronto and dancing Siegfried in Swan Lake.
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Spinning class got you going in circles? Yoga got you down? If your New Years resolutions included more culture, more socializing and more savings, why not put together your own ballet club? Groups of 10 or more save 20% off regular ticket prices!
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Karen Kain, Artistic Director, announces the 2010/11 season on February 8, 2010 at 11:00 am. Join us for a live webcast at national.ballet.ca. If you are not able to watch it live, an archive of the webcast will be available for streaming.
HST will apply to 2010/11 subscriptions as of May 1 so purchase early to save!
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On Family Day, Monday February 15, 2010, YOU dance invites families to share in FREE events at The Walter Carsen Centre for The National Ballet of Canada at 470 Queens Quay West (just west of Spadina).
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| Company News
Principal Dancers Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté perform Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux in Tokyo February 5 - 8, 2010.
Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté then travels to Mexico City February 11 & 12, Los Angeles February 13 & 14 and New York City February 18 - 21 to perform in Kings of the Dance.
Principal Dancers Zdenek Konvalina and Bridgett Zehr will perform Prokofiev Pas de Deux at Sarasota Ballet on February 19 & 21, 2010.
Congratulations to Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson and First Soloist Etienne Lavigne and to Second Soloist Alejandra Perez-Gomez and husband Theo Edmands who recently welcomed newborn sons. Click here for images and details.
Artistic Director, YOU dance/Ballet Master Lindsay Fischer will stage Opus 19/The Dreamer for San Francisco Ballet this month. He also travels to Lausanne, Switzerland during the prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition to search for potential Apprentices for next season.
Artist-in-Residence Rex Harrington and Senior Ballet Master Peter Ottmann recently returned from Atlanta Ballet where they staged The Four Seasons. | |
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Purchase your ROM admission tickets online and save up to 30% off regular rates. Enjoy one of Toronto's best family destinations — for less!
Visit www.rom.on.ca and use the promo code BALLET. | |  |
| The 2009/10 season is presented by CTV and The Globe and Mail.
24 Preludes by Chopin is a gift from THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA.
Swan Lake is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra & Jim Pitblado and Margaret & Jim Fleck.
Photographs: Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden in Swan Lake. Photo by David Cooper.
Sonia Rodriguez and Stacey Shiori Minagawa in 24 Preludes by Chopin. Photo by Sian Richards
Artists of the Ballet in Swan Lake. Photo by David Cooper. |
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