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A Message from Bengt Jörgen, Artistic Director & CEO<br />
The Arts and Culture Centre would like to thank Bengt Jörgen and<br />
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen for including our network of centres on the touring<br />
schedule for <strong>Ana</strong>stasia.<br />
This company continues to be one of the premiere touring arts organizations<br />
in our country and their creativity and professionalism will delight<br />
audiences across our province. This show marks a number of milestones; it<br />
is the 100 th anniversary of the story, the 10 th anniversary of the production,<br />
and Arts and Culture Centres celebrated their establishment 50 years ago<br />
last year with the Corner Brook Centre celebrating its 50 th in 2018.<br />
Longevity in the arts relies upon the support of wonderful patrons like<br />
yourself and I would like to thank you for attending this evening. We look<br />
forward to seeing you at future events at our Arts and Culture Centres, and<br />
we hope that Canada’s Ballet Jörgen will continue to be an important part<br />
of our touring presentation <strong>program</strong>.<br />
Aiden Flynn<br />
Director Arts and Culture Centres<br />
I am pleased to welcome you to this performance of<br />
<strong>Ana</strong>stasia. Created in commemoration of Canada’s Ballet<br />
Jörgen 20th Anniversary and received with acclaim across<br />
North America, CBJ is delighted to bring back this original<br />
production, restaged for our 30th Anniversary season.<br />
The idea for <strong>Ana</strong>stasia grew out of a personal interest<br />
in Russian history — <strong>Ana</strong>stasia Nikolaevna was a real<br />
historical figure, the rambunctious, free spirited youngest<br />
daughter of the last Russian Tsar and a young woman<br />
full of personality. The story of her life has become<br />
a remarkable myth transcending facts, reason, and any<br />
attempts to bottle her up in the footnotes of history and<br />
continues to fascinate people close to 100 years after her disappearance in July<br />
1918. The real human drama of a young girl cast adrift in one of the cataclysmic<br />
events of the 20th century is a story I found impossible to resist.<br />
I am indebted to The Michael Young Family Foundation for their extraordinary<br />
financial support of this production. Additional funding for <strong>Ana</strong>stasia was<br />
generously provided by the Canada Council for the Arts, and numerous<br />
foundations, corporations and individuals from across the country. The original<br />
score for <strong>Ana</strong>stasia was made possible with the support of The John D. McKellar<br />
Charitable Foundation. This performance is made possible with the support of<br />
the Arts and Culture Centre with additional support from The Canada Council<br />
for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and our National Presenting Partner,<br />
BMO Financial Group.<br />
Thank you for coming and I hope you enjoy the show.<br />
Warmest regards,<br />
Bengt Jörgen<br />
Cover: Saniya Abilmajineva by: Karolina Kuras<br />
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