THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND FOUNDER Celia Franca,C.C. 4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS George Crum ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Karen Ka<strong>in</strong>, C.C. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kev<strong>in</strong> Garland MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR David Brisk<strong>in</strong> ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Rex Harr<strong>in</strong>gton, O.C. PRINCIPAL ARTISTIC COACH Magdalena Popa ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, YOU DANCE / BALLET MASTER L<strong>in</strong>dsay Fischer Christopher Wheeldon © SENIOR BALLET MASTER Peter Ottmann SENIOR BALLET MISTRESS Mandy-Jayne Richardson POINTE SHOE MANAGER/ ASSISTANT BALLET MISTRESS Lorna Geddes GUEST BALANCHINE RÉPÉTITEUR Joysanne Sidiumus STAGE MANAGERS Ernest Abugov and Jeff Morris STAGE MANAGER, YOU DANCE Peter Sherk ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Barry Burns WORLD PREMIERE Royal Opera House, London, UK, February 28, 2011 CHOREOGRAPHY Joby Talbot MUSIC DANCERS Aleksandar Antonijevic, Guillaume Côté, Greta Hodgk<strong>in</strong>son, Ji rˇí Jel<strong>in</strong>ek, Zdenek Konval<strong>in</strong>a*, Evan McKie*, Heather Ogden, Sonia Rodriguez, Piotr Stanczyk, Jillian Vanstone, Xiao Nan Yu Kev<strong>in</strong> D. Bowles, Lorna Geddes, Rebekah Rimsay, Tomas Schramek, Hazaros Surmeyan Naoya Ebe, Keiichi Hirano, Tanya Howard, Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie, Elena Lobsanova, McGee Maddox, Stacey Shiori M<strong>in</strong>agawa, T<strong>in</strong>a Pereira, Jonathan Renna, Robert Stephen, Brett van Sickle Jordana Daumec, Alexandra MacDonald, Chelsy Meiss, Alejandra Perez- Gomez, Jenna Savella, Christopher Stalzer James Applewhite, Jack Bert<strong>in</strong>shaw, Skylar Campbell, Adji Cissoko, Jonathan Davidsson, Shaila D’Onofrio, Krista Dowson, Nad<strong>in</strong>e Drou<strong>in</strong>, Jackson Dwyer, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Giorgio Galli, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Emma Hawes, Juri Hiraoka, Kathryn Hosier, Ji M<strong>in</strong> Hong, Rui Huang, Lise-Marie Jourda<strong>in</strong>, Larissa Khotchenkova, James Leja, Elizabeth Marrable, Sh<strong>in</strong>o Mori, Tiffany Mosher, Andreea Olteanu, Asiel Rivero, Brendan Saye, Joseph Ste<strong>in</strong>auer, Dylan Tedaldi, Nan Wang, Aarik Wells, Sarah Elena Wolff RBC APPRENTICE PROGRAMME / YOU DANCE Jonathan Batista, Trygve Cumpston, Hannah Fischer, Miyoko Koyasu, Nayara Lopes, Tudor Moldoveanu, Liana Macera, Felix Paquet, Meghan Pugh, Kota Sato *Guest Artist THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA PREMIERE Four Seasons Centre, Toronto, Ontario, June 4, 2011 Please turn off all cell phones, PDAs, beepers and watch alarms. 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PROGRAM ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (<strong>2012</strong>) THE CAST ALICE JACK/THE KNAVE OF HEARTS LEWIS CARROLL/THE WHITE RABBIT MOTHER/THE QUEEN OF HEARTS FATHER/THE KING OF HEARTS MAGICIAN/THE MAD HATTER RAJAH/THE CATERPILLAR THE DUCHESS VICAR/THE MARCH HARE VERGER/THE DORMOUSE THE COOK FOOTMAN/FISH FOOTMAN/FROG ALICE’S SISTERS BUTLER/EXECUTIONER WONDERLAND CHARACTERS Artists and <strong>program</strong>s subject to change. Sonia Rodriguez (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Heather Ogden (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Guillaume Côté (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) McGee Maddox (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Aleksandar Antonijevic (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Piotr Stanczyk (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Greta Hodgk<strong>in</strong>son (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Xiao Nan Yu (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Rex Harr<strong>in</strong>gton Robert Stephen Jirˇí Jel<strong>in</strong>ek (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Brett van Sickle (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Kev<strong>in</strong> D. Bowles Jonathan Renna (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) James Leja (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Lise-Marie Jourda<strong>in</strong> (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Stephanie Hutchison (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Rebekah Rimsay (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Alejandra Perez-Gomez (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Dylan Tedaldi (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Skylar Campbell (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Keiichi Hirano (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Naoya Ebe (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Elizabeth Marrable, Chelsy Meiss (Oct 19, 20 eve, 21 eve) Shaila D’Onofrio, Alexandra MacDonald (Oct 20 mat, 21 mat) Tomas Schramek Artists of The National Ballet of Canada* *Includes additional dancers Jones Henry and Natalia Perkovic Tap Dance Coach: Candace Jenn<strong>in</strong>gs CHOREOGRAPHY Christopher Wheeldon © MUSIC Joby Talbot Orchestration by Christopher Aust<strong>in</strong> and Joby Talbot, by arrangement with G. Schirmer Inc., publisher and copyright owner. DESIGNS Bob Crowley SCENARIO Nicholas Wright LIGHTING DESIGN Natasha Katz PROJECTION DESIGN Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carr<strong>in</strong>gton SOUND DESIGN Andrew Bruce for Autograph ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER Jacquel<strong>in</strong> Barrett RÉPÉTITEURS Mandy-Jayne Richardson, L<strong>in</strong>dsay Fischer, Magdalena Popa and Joanna Ivey CONDUCTOR David Brisk<strong>in</strong> Support for this engagement is provided, <strong>in</strong> part, by the Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation, <strong>Center</strong> Dance Arts, Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund, Elisabeth Katte Harris, The <strong>Music</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Annual Fund and the Doolittle Fund. Lead philanthropic support for Alice’s Adventures <strong>in</strong> Wonderland provided by an anonymous friend of The National Ballet of Canada with additional support generously provided by The Cather<strong>in</strong>e & Maxwell Meighen Foundation, Richard M. Ivey, C.C., Rosamond Ivey, Robert & Judith Lawrie and Wallace & Margaret McCa<strong>in</strong>. Generously supported by The Monument Trust <strong>in</strong> memory of Simon Sa<strong>in</strong>sbury. The National Ballet of Canada thanks Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan for generously sponsor<strong>in</strong>g the Los Angeles Tour. With additional tour support from: John & Claud<strong>in</strong>e Bailey, David B<strong>in</strong>et, Susanne Boyce & Dr. Brendan Mullen, Jeanie Davis, Thor Eaton & The Honourable Nicole Eaton, Senator, Rosamond Ivey, Richard M. Ivey, C.C., Joan & Jerry Loz<strong>in</strong>ski and Gretchen & Donald Ross.Royal Opera House, London, UK, February 28, 2011 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 5