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About Canada’s Ballet Jörgen<br />
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen is a classical ballet company that aims to make ballet<br />
accessible and relevant to 21st century audiences.<br />
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen delivers programming in all 10 of Canada’s provinces as<br />
well as into the United States. Every year the Company tours from coast to coast<br />
travelling over 50,000 km to reach underserved communities. Canada’s Ballet Jörgen<br />
enriches our lives by bringing professional ballet to communities — large and<br />
small, urban and rural. Known for the warmth and beauty of its productions, CBJ<br />
reaches every province, delivering more than 1,000 performances, ballet classes<br />
and community engagement events involving over 150,000 participants annually.<br />
About George Brown Dance<br />
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen is also home to George<br />
Brown Dance. Our programs offer exceptional<br />
professional technical training in the heart of<br />
downtown Toronto. With over fifty percent<br />
of dance contracts in Ontario, Toronto offers<br />
extraordinary opportunities to aspiring performers. Students can Earn their College<br />
Diploma or Certificate specializing in: Classical Ballet, Contemporary Dance and<br />
Urban/Commercial Dance<br />
The unique leadership of Canada’s Ballet Jörgen’s expert instructors produces<br />
dancers with the skills, confidence and connections necessary for employment in<br />
this wide range of dance performance settings. George Brown College is rated #1<br />
among GTA employers and our graduates are working in all aspects of the arts and<br />
entertainment industry.<br />
Learn more at canadasballetjorgen.ca and georgebrowndance.ca.<br />
Photos from left to right: Saniya Abilmajineva & Daniel Da Silva by Johnny Vong, Saniya Abilmajineva & Daniel Da Silva<br />
by Kevin Vagg<br />
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Canada’s Ballet Jörgen Artistic Staff<br />
Artistic Director & CEO Bengt Jörgen<br />
Company Dancers Saniya Abilmajineva, Anna Benko°, Erik Bruendl°, Junior Gaspar Caballero˘,<br />
Kenny Chung˘, Hannah Mae Cruddas˘, Daniel Da Silva, Akari Fujiwara˘, Elizabeth Gagnon˘^,<br />
Taylor Gill˘, Gustavo Hernandez˘, Adrián Ramírez Juárez˘, Annelie Liliemark,<br />
Heather Lumsden-Ruegg~˘,Momoka Matsui˘, Leandro Prado, Ayva Rossouw-Holland~˘^,<br />
Hiroto Saito, Isaac Wright+<br />
Ballet Master Hiroto Saito<br />
Principal Ballet Coach Svea Eklof<br />
Stage Direction Heinar Pillar<br />
Artistic Working Group Daniel Da Silva,Taylor Gill, Hiroto Saito<br />
Footwear Assistant Annelie Liliemark<br />
Mentorship Student Kimberly Dyer~<br />
+ Appears Courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association<br />
° RBC Foundation Apprentice Dancer<br />
˘ Past RBC Foundation Apprentice Dancer<br />
^ Sponsored by Pivot Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics through the Sponsor-a-Dancer Program<br />
~ George Brown Dance Graduate<br />
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen Staff<br />
General Manager Stephen Word<br />
Director of Touring Cameron Smillie<br />
Education Manager Clea Iveson<br />
Production Manager Cindy Smith<br />
Business Services Audrey Kwan<br />
Program Manager, George Brown Dance Derek Sangster<br />
Dance Program Coordinator Kia Kotsanis<br />
Education Coordinators Melinda Doherty & Elise Tigges<br />
Marketing Services Dana Ginsberg<br />
Bookkeeper Irene Lockrey<br />
Stage Manager Martine Beland+<br />
Technical Director Christopher Axford<br />
Lighting Director Adam Jules<br />
Wardrobe Supervisor Chelsea Conn<br />
Hamilton & Kitchener Coordinator Allyson Wenzowski<br />
Ottawa Coordinator Kita Szpak<br />
Saskatoon Coordinator Jim Hodges<br />
+ Appears Courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Chair Mara L. Nickerson<br />
Vice-Chair Rob D. Brouwer<br />
Past Chair David Aylward<br />
Chair, Finance & Audit Committee Heather Baker<br />
Directors Salvatore Badali, Heather Baker, George Bothwell, Jane Cooke-Lauder,<br />
Kevin Goldthorp, Daisy Heungˆ (Director in training), Elaine M. Todres, Helene Vukovich,<br />
David Windross<br />
Special Advisor to the Artistic Director & CEO Alden Hadwen<br />
Atlantic Advisory Board Janice Flemming, Leila Kovacevic, Eddy Ng, candice prior<br />
Honorary Trustees Steven Carter, Richard W. Dodds, William B. Harris, Buchanan Henderson,<br />
Corey Keeble<br />
Co-Founders Bengt Jörgen & Susan Bodie<br />
ˆ Girls On Boards, G(irls)20 Programs<br />
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