AP 2017-18

Builders of Dance from
Coast to Coast for 30 Years.
2017-18 Annual Report

For 30 years Canada's Ballet Jörgen
has made a commitment to communities
across Canada.
Our Mission
To advance the art and appreciation of ballet and Canadian
choreography through performance, education and
community engagement.
Our Vision
Enriching and Connecting with Communities through dance.
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Bengt
Ballet
Jörgen as the Priest in Anastasia, photo by Peter Yankov.
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Message from the Artistic Director
Message from the Chair of the Board of Directors
The 2017-2018 season was a tremendous step forward for Canada’s
Ballet Jörgen with exceptional artistic development. The 30th
Anniversary season saw the return of the company’s completely
original full-length ballet, Anastasia. Created in 2007 for the company’s
20th Anniversary, Anastasia was substantially re-worked with updated
choreography for the 30th Anniversary National Tour. The tour reached
every single province in Canada and the ballet was filmed for worldwide
release, an exciting step in our evolving digital presence.
Development of our dancers is a hallmark of Canada’s Ballet Jörgen,
and the 2017-2018 season saw some tremendous performances from
all of our artists. Several of our future stars made significant debuts as
principal dancers, and retiring artists, Taylor Gill and Gustavo Hernandez,
bid farewell with unforgettable performances. We are blessed to have
a unique group of artists who are committed to the vision of CBJ and
who make it possible for us to bring performances, education and outreach
programming into communities across Canada.
As I look to the future, I want to recognize the exemplary commitment
to the artform and to Canada’s Ballet Jörgen that our artists and staff
embody at every level of their work with our organization. This commitment
is what makes it possible for us to deliver arts programming to
more communities in Canada than any other organization.
Due to the ever-rising costs of reaching under-served communities
across Canada coupled with growing uncertainty around public funding,
it has become more important than ever for the Company to explore
new ways to introduce classical ballet to new audiences. Support from
individuals and organizations that believe in our mission has become
more vital than ever, and I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all
of our funders with special recognition to our growing audiences
and donor base for helping us stake out a new path towards greater
self-sufficiency as we expand programming to more Canadians.
In addition to an exceptional artistic season, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen
made great strides in its financial operations. After an operating loss in
the 2016-2017 season, resulting from expanded programming across
Newfoundland & Labrador and into other underserved areas, the
company was able to bring its operating budget into balance. Growing
audiences and private support were an important factor in eliminating
the deficit amid increased public funding challenges. I want to thank
my fellow board members, volunteers, staff and artists for their extraordinary
commitment during the past season that allowed us to continue
to expand our programming in a very difficult operating environment.
Education is at the core of Canada’s Ballet Jörgen’s mandate. As we
celebrated an exceptionally successful 30 years, we also celebrated an
incredible 25-year relationship with our core partner, George Brown
College. Together, we have helped thousands of young Canadians
access high-quality dance training and discover a new world through
dance. We are deeply grateful for their commitment to training for the
creative industries and most specially for the performing arts and dance.
Our 30th anniversary season was one of artistic success and organizational
resilience. It has laid the foundation for exciting new initiatives
that will help us reach new audiences and ensure classical ballet in
Canada thrives for years to come. Stay tuned!
Mara Nickerson,
Chair of the Board of Directors
Bengt Jörgen, C.M.
Artistic Director & CEO
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Canada’s Ballet Jörgen delivers
programming in three areas:
Community Engagement – connecting dance with people
in non-traditional settings and on-line
Education – Dance training
Performances – Traditional theatre events
“We felt that the calibre of the show
was exceptional and that the company
was excellent to work with. The outreach
initiatives were well executed and had
great reach. We received…wonderful
feedback.“
– Arts and Culture Centres, NL
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Saniya Abilmajineva as Anastasia during an excerpt from Anastasia in the
Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, photo by Kevin Lloyd.
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Bengt Jörgen teaching at the 2018 Summer Dance Junior Company, photo by Kevin Lloyd.

Number of Dancers, Staff,
Artists, Faculty & Crew
171
“A wonderfully moving performance last night! “
– Anastasia Performance Attendee, Winnipeg, MB
23 Dancers
12 Artistic
19 Production
100 Education
17 Administration
158 Performances and
3,547 Education & Community events
delivered across Canada and the United States.
68,788
People Reached
Taylor Gill takes her final bow during the Richmond Hill performance of Anastasia, photo by Stephen Word.
Gustavo Hernandez as Dimitry during the Chilliwack, BC Anastasia stage rehearsal, photo by Doug Morley.
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How We Got There: Our Four
Strategies
Clockwise: Kevin Ormsby & Junior Company members from Summer Dance 2018, photo by W.W. Hungm, Akari Fujiwara &
Isaac Wright, photo by Kamal Daid, Company Dancer Leandro Prado leading a Ballet 101at the Graham Academy in Corner Brook, NL,
photo by CBJ.
“The very best presentation I have ever seen in a school.
It was truly fantastic.“
– Elementary School Teacher, Summerside PEI
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Hannah Mae Cruddas & Adrián Ramírez Juárez during Anastasia, photo by Ted Buck.
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10 Canadian Provinces
62 Communities Reached
Alberta
Airdrie
Calgary
Camrose
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
British Columbia
Chilliwack
Duncan
Kelowna
Kitimat
Maple Ridge
Nelson
North Vancouver
Smithers
Terrace
Vancouver
Vernon
Victoria
West Vancouver
Manitoba
Winnipeg
New Brunswick
Moncton
Dieppe
Newfoundland &
Labrador
Bishop’s Fall
Corner Brook
Gander
Grand Falls – Windsor
McKay’s
Mount Pearl
Pasadena
Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s
St. John’s
Stephenville
Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional
Municipality
Dartmouth
Halifax
Hammonds Plains
Lower Sackville
Sheet Harbour
Spryfield
Truro
Ontario
Brampton
Brantford
Cambridge
Guelph
Hamilton
Kingston
Kitchener
London
Markham
Milton
Mississauga
Orillia
Ottawa
Owen Sound
Richmond Hill
Sudbury
City of Toronto
East York
Etobicoke
North York
Scarborough
Toronto
York
Waterloo
Prince Edward Island
Georgetown
Summerside
Québec
Montréal
Saguenay
Saint Jérôme
Saskatchewan
Estevan
Regina
Saskatoon
Weyburn
U.S. States
Big Rapids, MI
Geneva, NY
Anastasia dancers banking at National Presenting Partner BMO's Grand Falls-Windsor, NL location with Financial Services Manager,
Shannon Osbourne and Branch Manager, Jeannette Kennedy.
Strategy One: Accessibility
“Beautiful story, beautiful dancing…from the
West Coast all the way across Canada to the
East Coast! Thank you Canada’s Ballet Jörgen!
– Anastasia Performance Attendee, Duncan, BC
To connect with communities across Canada – Making ballet accessible
through touring and building Centres in Halifax, Hamilton, Ottawa,
Saskatoon, Toronto and the Waterloo region.
“The best ballet we have had.”
– Kitimat Concert Association, BC
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Annelie Lilemark in Anastasia, 2017, photo by Talon Gillis.
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“Anastasia breathes new life into a century-old story, modernizing
the tale with entrancing contemporary ballet, performed
by a stellar cast…skip the 1956, 1997 & 2018 movie adaptions,
and go see the ballet if you ever get the chance”
– The Telegram, St. John’s, NL
Strategy Two:
Artistic
To create and perform innovative
ballets that advance Canadian
choreography – A vibrant artistic
repertoire consisting of popular fulllength
and shorter contemporary
pieces as well as “R&D” edgy pieces.
Taylor Gill as Anastasia and Daniel Da Silva as Dimitry, photo by Linda Schettle.
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Ballets Performed
Full-Length Ballets
Anastasia
The Nutcracker:
A Canadian Tradition
One Act Ballets
Bouffonia
The Velveteen Rabbit
Other Works
Bolero
Conversation One
Conversation Two
Fan Dance
Frog and Toad
Five Untitled works
Life & Laughter (Excerpt)
Swan Lake (Excerpts)
Choreographers
Saniya Abilmajineva
Robert Desrosiers
Bengt Jörgen
Hanna Kiel
Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson
Kevin Ormsby
Nicola Pantin
Kathleen Rea
Red Sky Performance –
Eddie Elliott
Hiroto Saito
Daniel Da Silva
Healther Lumsden-Ruegg performing Frog & Toad by Halifax choreographer, Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson in
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the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, photo by Kevin Lloyd.
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86
Dance School Partners
5
Post-Secondary
Professional Dance
Programs
1,701
Dance Students
Participating in
Training Programs
Ballet Master Hiroto Saito teaching 2018 Summer Dance classes, photo by Kevin Lloyd.
Strategy Three: Education
To build knowledge and skill across age groups and geographies —
A focus on education in every community we perform in and with our
Education Partner George Brown College.
“Thank you for allowing our students to
have such a wonderful learning opportunity and for
our older ones to have the privilege to join company class.
Much appreciation and loved having you here giving
inspiration for our students to aspire to.”
– Professional Training Programs, CatchingART & Pro Arté, North Vancouver, BC
Top to bottom: Summer Dance Junior Company, photo by Kevin Lloyd &
The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition cast poses with Local Participants in
Markham, ON.
“Thank you very much…
for your vision to inspire &
incorporate young, local
dancers into CBJ’s
performances!
– Local Participant Parent, Saskatoon, SK
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“George Brown Dance allowed
me to accomplish my dream
of becoming a professional
dancer. I received the
encouragement and guidance
I needed to hone my
performance and ballet
technique. This training has
made it possible for me to
dance at a professional level
with Ballet Jörgen for
almost 8 years.”
– Heather Lumsden-Ruegg,
George Brown Dance 2011 Graduate &
Dancer with Canada’s Ballet Jörgen
Celebrating
25 years with
George Brown
College.
This past season we celebrated our unique
partnership with one of Canada’s largest and
most innovative post-secondary institutions,
George Brown College, with over 33,000
full and part-time students and over 68,000
continuing education registrations. Since
1992 we have worked together to develop
a critical training ground for the dance
community. Each year, this partnership
graduates some 50 dance artists who can
be found in every part of Canada’s diverse
dance milieu, internationally and including
several who are now members of Canada’s
Ballet Jörgen.
“Amazing mentors and inspirations to
future dancers at every moment."
– Master Class Participant, Summerside, PEI
Opposite page clockwise: Class at our studios at George Brown College including the classical program, commercial & urban program &
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Artistic Director Bengt Jörgen teaching students of the ballet program at George Brown Dance.
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183
Volunteers Contributed
3,093 hours
to the company.
The company is an affiliate of Dance USA’s Task Force on Dancer Health and is grateful to the more
than 70 volunteer therapists and physicians who provided 969 hours of their expertise to promote
dancer health, wellness, education and research across Canada.
Special thanks go to Bonnie Robson MD DCP DPsych FRCPC, a member of the CBJ Wellness Team,
for her tireless efforts on behalf of CBJ dancers. Along with Matt Eldridge MSW AHC, she has
contributed to two informational papers for Dancer Wellness; one on Stress and Mindfulness and
one on Traumatic Experiences in the Dance World.
After the show in the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, photo by Kevin Lloyd.
Strategy Four: Volunteers
To manage a sustainable and efficient company – Be fiscally responsible
with a diversified funding base and growing support from the community,
including volunteers.
“I joined a network of passionate performers and supporters —
with a legacy spanning more than 30 years — across all parts
of Canada. CBJ continues to leverage our ideals of community,
creativity and communication to bring dance and wonder to individuals
of all ages in an innovative and highly impactful way.
I’m very proud to be a small part of that.”
– Dewey Mai, Volunteer, Toronto, ON
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2018 Summer Dance Junior Company working on choreography by Hanna Kiel for the summer showcase, photo by W.W. Hung.

Revenue
$2,880,246
Earned
Revenue
$1,520,088
Private Sector
Revenue
$691,375
Public Sector
Revenue
$668,783
53% 24% 23%
Operating Support
6.7% Ontario Arts Council
3.6% Canada Council for the Arts
3.2% Toronto Arts Council
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Dancers
Jörgen
from left to right: Kenny Chung, Akari Fujiwara and Momoka Matsui on the ferry from Channel-Port
aux Basques in Newfoundland to North Sydney in Nova Scotia.
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Expenses
$2,878,345
Programming
$2,206,710
Development,
Grants &
Administrative
$345,489
Facility
$326,146
77% 12% 11%
3.5 times lower cost per performance than the Canadian average.
– Aimia Data Philanthropy Analytics
Net Operating Surplus for
2017/18 was $1,901
The operating surplus for 2017/18 represents
an improvement of $72,677 from 2016/17.
24 Canada’s Ballet Jörgen Dancers in company class on stage before rehearsing for Anastasia, photo by Talon Gillis.
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Making it Possible: Thank You to Our
Partners, Donors & Funders
Education & Core Partner
We thank Aeroplan for its
ongoing support through the
Aeroplan Member Donation Program
Community Programming in Ontario
Charles H. Ivey Foundation
Operating & Touring Support
Operating Support & Touring Support outside of Ontario in Canada –
Supplemental Funding for the Creation of Anastasia
Newfoundland Programming supported by
Nutcracker Youth Education Partner
The Velveteen Rabbit was created
with the support of
The Honourable
Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C
National Presenting Partner
Operating Support
Apprentice Program
Special thanks to the following donors for their donation in unrestricted funds,
allowing us to put the resources to the area of greatest need:
The Bennett Family Foundation
Richard & Martha Hogarth
Sleeping Beauty & Halifax Programming
made possible by
Atlantic Youth Education Partner
Childhood Cancer Canada
Performance Sponsor
Printing Partner
Website and IT Partners
Health & Wellness Partner
Margaret Fountain, C.M. &
David Fountain, C.M.
Tuor Networks Incorporated
Travel Partner
Anastasia Creation Partners
J. P. Bickell Foundation The John D. McKellar
Charitable Foundation
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Donors
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen would like to thank our partners, sponsors who have shown extraordinary
support to our work. Their generosity allowed us to reach new heights in our goal to inspire, enrich,
and connect with communities through dance.
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen
would also like to acknowledge
the following individuals
who donated Aeroplan miles
and advanced our shared goal
with their own unique
contributions.
Major Supporters
($10,000 +)
Aeroplan Beyond Miles Program
The Bennett Family Foundation
BMO Financial Group
Canada Council for the Arts
CIBC
Charles H. Ivey Foundation
Margaret Fountain, C.M. and
David Fountain, C.M.
George Brown College
J. P. Bickell Foundation
The Michael Young Family Foundation
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Trillium Foundation
RBC Foundation
TD Bank Group
TEVA Canada
Toronto Arts Council
Pirouette ($5,000–$9,999)
Captain Printworks
Richard & Martha Hogarth
KPMG
The Honourable Margaret Norrie
McCain, C.C.
Scotiabank
Tuor Networks Incorporated
Arabesque ($1,000–$4,999)
David* & Robyn Aylward
Salvatore Badali*
Robert* & Teresa Brouwer
Marie-Elle & Douglas Carrothers
Jane Cooke Lauder*
Ms. Cheryl L. Costa
Dance Teq
Mr. Kevin R. Goldthorp*
Buck° & Kathleen Henderson
Bengt Jörgen^
Mara* & Colin Nickerson
candice prior*
Diana Reitberger
The S.M. Blair Family Foundation
Helene Vukovich*
Tendu ($500–$999)
2 Anonymous
Doris A. Arnold
Heather Baker*
Jeanie Davis°
Findlay Family Foundation
Janice* & Brian Flemming
Ms. Kamala Jean Gopie
Nona Heaslip
Jeffrey Horton
K. Corey Keeble °
Rob Koppel
Dawn Frail & Tim Margolian°
Steve & Julie McKay
Terrence Paris
Mr. Brian G. Sambourne
Elaine Todres*
Russel Walsh
Mary Jane Warner
Plie ($100–$499)
7 Anonymous
Alexa Translations
Katherine Barber
Suzanne Bishop
Dr. Paul Briggs
Ms. Heather Brooks Hill &
Mr. Jeremy Carver
Joza & David Cohen
Sarah Crawford & David Kirkwood
James J. Cruddas
Ms. Deborah Davis &
Mr. Edward Cruddas
Margaret H. Dickenson
Allison & Jim Dingle
James & Maureen Dunn
Cecil Fennell
Lorne Fox°
Judith Gelber
Jocelyn Gibson
Maxine Goldberg
Lynne Golding° & The Honorable
Tony Clement
Victoria Henderson
Ann Hogarth
Susan & John° Hogarth
Margaret S. Holland
Morgan & Sheila Hultquist
Trevor Johnson & Tina Oates Johnson
Mr. Glen King
Ann Kittredge
Loblaws Dupont
Mr. Patrick Lonergan
Ms. Genevieve Macaulay
Dewey Mai*
Ms. Alison McGregor
Deborah McIntosh
Virginia & Peter McLaughlin
Olja & Michael Muller
Kathy O’Brien*
Anthony & Cyndie Pasquarella
Svetlana Popolitova
John & Lori Ryerson
Dale Sellars
T. Clayton Shields
Ms. Cristina C. Silber
Ms. Miriam A. Skey
Rosemary & David Spendlove
Jane Spooner
Astrid Stec
Michele Villeneuve & Donald Dobson
Stephen Word^
Holly Anderson
Ann Chambers
Judith C. Cole
Barbara Cook
Hannah Draper
Caden Drewett
Karen Feder
Nathalie Fournier
Stephanie Gerstein Schecter
Rea Gill
Jennifer Gravina
Christina Halladay
Lauren Halladay
Camille Harrison
Rebecca Hefferton
Daisy Heung*
Courtney Hogan
Leila Kovacevic*
Michal Leneman
Diana Locke
Regina Mak
Mrs. Kerstin Mayberry
Anne Morais
Eddy Ng*
Grace Oosthuyzen
Joyce & Tom Orchard
Susan Pekilis
Phyllis Pereira
Vivian Poon
The Printing House
Laurence G. Wade
Angela Woodley
Sandra Zarvie
* Board Members, Atlantic Advisory Board Members and Volunteer Committee Members
^Staff Members
°Past Board and Atlantic Advisory Board Members
Dancer in company class on stage before rehearsing for Anastasia,
photo by Talon Gillis.
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Board of Directors
Chair: Mara Nickerson
Vice-Chair: Robert Brouwer
Chair, Finance & Audit Committee:
Heather J. Baker
Past Chair: David Aylward
Directors
Salvatore Badali
George Bothwell
Kevin Goldthorp
Jane Cooke-Lauder – Chair Governance
Committee
Elaine Todres
Helene Vukovich
Daisy Heung – Director in Training
Atlantic Advisory Board
Janice Flemming
Leila Kovacevick
Eddy Ng
candice prior
Co-Founders
Bengt Jörgen, C.M. & Susan Bodie
Honorary Trustees
William B. Harris – Founding Chair
Corey Keeble – Founding Secretary
Past Chairs: Steven Carter, Richard W. Dodds &
Buchanan Henderson
Hannah Mae Cruddas as Anastasia and Clea Iveson as Nurse Maid performing an excerpt from Anastasia in the
30 Canada’s Canadian Ballet Jörgen Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, photo by Kevin Lloyd.
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Talyor Gill as a loon from The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition, photo by Kamal Daid.
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