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“Anastasia breathes new life into a century-old story, modernizing<br />
the tale with entrancing contemporary ballet, performed<br />
by a stellar cast…skip the 1956, 1997 & 20<strong>18</strong> movie adaptions,<br />
and go see the ballet if you ever get the chance”<br />
– The Telegram, St. John’s, NL<br />
Strategy Two:<br />
Artistic<br />
To create and perform innovative<br />
ballets that advance Canadian<br />
choreography – A vibrant artistic<br />
repertoire consisting of popular fulllength<br />
and shorter contemporary<br />
pieces as well as “R&D” edgy pieces.<br />
Taylor Gill as Anastasia and Daniel Da Silva as Dimitry, photo by Linda Schettle.<br />
16<br />
Ballets Performed<br />
Full-Length Ballets<br />
Anastasia<br />
The Nutcracker:<br />
A Canadian Tradition<br />
One Act Ballets<br />
Bouffonia<br />
The Velveteen Rabbit<br />
Other Works<br />
Bolero<br />
Conversation One<br />
Conversation Two<br />
Fan Dance<br />
Frog and Toad<br />
Five Untitled works<br />
Life & Laughter (Excerpt)<br />
Swan Lake (Excerpts)<br />
Choreographers<br />
Saniya Abilmajineva<br />
Robert Desrosiers<br />
Bengt Jörgen<br />
Hanna Kiel<br />
Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson<br />
Kevin Ormsby<br />
Nicola Pantin<br />
Kathleen Rea<br />
Red Sky Performance –<br />
Eddie Elliott<br />
Hiroto Saito<br />
Daniel Da Silva<br />
Healther Lumsden-Ruegg performing Frog & Toad by Halifax choreographer, Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson in<br />
14 Canada’s Ballet Jörgen<br />
the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, photo by Kevin Lloyd.<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-<strong>18</strong> Annual Report 15
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