October 22 – 31 2015

Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg
Artists of Atelier Ballet
Director
Marshall Pynkoski
Levi
Blad
Elizabeth
Kalashnikova
Edward
Tr acz
Marshall Pynkoski’s fascination with music, theatre and dance of the 17 th and 18 th centuries
began in classes with the late Leonard Crainford and John Marshall, respectively
Chairman and Major Examiner, Royal Academy of Dancing in London. His
further studies with Florentina Lojekova (Master Artist of Czech Republic) and David
Moroni (the Royal Winnipeg Ballet) were pivotal in his decision to pursue a career in ballet.
Early in Mr. Pynkoski’s professional career, he had the opportunity to undertake in-depth studies of
Baroque opera and ballet in Paris. His studies continued with renowned Baroque dramaturge Professor
Dene Barnett at Flinders University in South Australia.
In 1985 he founded Opera Atelier with his partner Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg and he has since directed
a wide range of period productions of Baroque and early Classical opera and ballet in close collaboration
with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. He has acted as guest instructor at the Centre for Baroque Studies,
Versailles under conductor Marc Minkowski with whom he premiered North America’s first period productions
of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Mr. Pynkoski has collaborated with many of the finest
artists in the world of early music and his productions of opera and ballet have toured throughout North
America, Europe and Asia.
He is a recipient of numerous awards including the Toronto Arts Award, the Ruby Award for outstanding
contribution to opera in Canada, and the TIME Magazine award for Classical music. He was named
Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France following his international
tour of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre. In 2013 Mr. Pynkoski
had his Salzburg Festval debut with Mozart’s Lucio Silla, and most recently he made his directorial debut
at La Scala in Milan.
Choreogr apher
Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg
Canadian choreographer Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg has performed and choreographed
internationally for more than two decades. She received her training in
London, Copenhagen and Paris. She credits her teachers with instilling in her a love
and respect for the history of classical ballet. Through her most important teacher/
mentors — John Marshall and Florentina Lojekova — she can trace a direct line to such dance luminaries
as Idzikowski, Fokine, Espinoza, Perrot and Vestris.
As a young dancer, she relocated to Paris where she undertook in-depth studies of Baroque dancing from
original source material. These studies were supplemented by intensive training in North America by
Wendy Hilton and Sandra Caverly — experts in Baroque dancing and Bournonville technique respectively.
Since then, Ms Zingg has choreographed and performed in more than 70 productions for Opera Atelier,
which she founded in 1985 with her partner, Marshall Pynkoski.
Opera Atelier productions have been performed in Versailles, at the BBC Proms, Houston Grand Opera
and the Glimmerglass Festival. Opera Atelier has also introduced period productions of Mozart to audiences
in Japan, Singapore and Korea.
Ms Zingg has received numerous awards including the prestigious Toronto Arts Award, the Opera Canada
Ruby Award for outstanding achievement in the field of opera in Canada in addition to having been named
by TIME Magazine as one of Canada’s most influential artists in the field of Classical music. She has
collaborated with conductors Marc Minkowski, Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Parrott, David Fallis and
Stefano Montanari and choreographed for dancers from the National Ballet of Canada, The Scapino Ballet,
The Dutch National Ballet, La Scala Ballet, and Opera Atelier. She has also choreographed and performed
in numerous film projects including Rhombus Media’s “Master Peter’s Puppet Show”, “Romeos and
Juliets” and “The Sorceress” opposite Dame Kiri te Kanawa. In 2013 Ms Zingg had her Salzburg Festival
debut with Mozart’s Lucio Silla, and most recently she made her choreographic debut at La Scala in Milan.
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Gluck’s Orpheus and
Euridice, 2015.
Meredith
Clinton
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Mozart’s Abduction
from the Seraglio,
2013.
Justin
De Luna
(apprentice)
Opera Atelier
debut.
Tyler
Gledhill
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Mozart’s Abduction
from the Seraglio,
2008.
Juri
Hir aok a
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Charpentier’s
Medee, 2002.
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Mozart’s Abduction
from the Seraglio,
2013.
Jeremy
Nasmith
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Monteverdi’s Orfeo,
1986.
Jennifer
Nichols
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Mozart’s Idomeneo,
2008.
Julia
Sedwick
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Handel’s Acis and
Galatea, 2010.
Michael
Spendlove
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Mozart’s Idomeneo,
2008.
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Charpentier’s
Médée, 2002.
Brett
Vansickle
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Mozart’s Abduction
from the Seraglio,
2013.
Magdalena
Vasko
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Lully’s Armide, 2005.
Dominic
Who
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Gluck’s Orpheus and
Euridice, 2015.
Angel
Wong
First performance
with Opera Atelier:
Gluck’s Iphigénie en
Tauride, 2009.
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