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Canada’s Ballet Jörgen Artistic Staff<br />
Personnel artistique de Ballet Jörgen du Canada<br />
Artistic Director & CEO/Cofondateurs Bengt Jörgen<br />
Company Dancers/ Danseurs de la troupe Saniya Abilmajineva, Anna Benko°, Erik Bruendl°,<br />
Junior Gaspar Caballero˘, Kenny Chung˘, Hannah Mae Cruddas˘, Daniel Da Silva, Akari Fujiwara˘,<br />
Elizabeth Gagnon˘^, Taylor Gill˘, Gustavo Hernandez˘, Adrián Ramírez Juárez˘,<br />
Annelie Liliemark, Heather Lumsden-Ruegg~˘, Momoka Matsui˘, Kelsey Miller°, Leandro<br />
Prado, Ayva Rossouw-Holland~˘^, Hiroto Saito, Márcio Teixeira °, Isaac Wright+<br />
Ballet Master/Maître de ballet Hiroto Saito<br />
Principal Ballet Coach/Entraîneuse de ballet principale Svea Eklof<br />
Stage Direction/Directeur de scène Heinar Pillar<br />
Artistic Working Group/Groupe de travail artistique Daniel Da Silva,Taylor Gill, Hiroto Saito<br />
Footwear Assistant/Assistante, chaussures Annelie Liliemark<br />
Mentorship Student/Étudiants mentors 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 />
+ Participation avec l’aimable autorisation de la Canadian Actors’ Equity Association<br />
° Apprentis danseurs de la RBC Foundation<br />
˘ Anciens apprentis danseurs de la RBC Foundation<br />
^ Parrainés par Pivot Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics par l’entremise du programme Sponsor-a-Dancer<br />
~ Diplômés de George Brown Dance<br />
Synopsis<br />
Act 1<br />
Prologue<br />
A young girl and a lady are looking at a photograph album. The woman talks about the<br />
photographs and the young girl sits transfixed, hanging on every word.<br />
The gardens of the Alexander Palace at Tsarsko Selo, the Imperial residence – 1914<br />
The young Grand Duchess Anastasia is playing with her companion Dimitry, the son of<br />
a palace kitchen maid. Anastasia is quite a tomboy and the two begin roughhousing.<br />
Anna, the imperial Nursemaid, enters and scolds her charge for carousing with a peasant.<br />
She chastises Anastasia and chases Dimitry out of the garden. In his hurry, he leaves<br />
behind his slingshot — which Anastasia retrieves for safe keeping.<br />
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen Staff<br />
Le personnel du Ballet Jörgen du Canada<br />
General Manager/Directeur général Stephen Word<br />
Director of Touring/Directeur de tournée Cameron Smillie<br />
Education Manager/Directrice de la formation Clea Iveson<br />
Production Manager/Directrice de la production Cindy Smith<br />
Business Services/Service aux entreprises Audrey Kwan & Aleksandra Maslennikova<br />
Program Manager, George Brown Dance/Responsable du programme, Derek Sangster<br />
Dance Program Coordinator/Coordonnatrice du programme de danse Kia Kotsanis<br />
Education Coordinators/Coordonnatrices de la formation Victoria Campbell & Elise Tigges<br />
Marketing Services/Service de marketing Dana Ginsberg & Samira Mahfuz<br />
Bookkeeper/Commis comptable Irene Lockrey<br />
Stage Manager/Régisseur de plateau Martine Beland+<br />
Technical Director/Directeur technique Christopher Axford<br />
Lighting Director/Directeur de l’éclairage Adam Jules<br />
Wardrobe Supervisor/Chef costumière Chelsea Conn<br />
Hamilton & Kitchener Coordinator/Coordinatrice Allyson Wenzowski<br />
Ottawa Coordinator/Coordonnatrice Kita Szpak<br />
Saskatoon Coordinator/Coordonnatrice Jim Hodges<br />
+ Appears Courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association<br />
+ Participation avec l’aimable autorisation de la Canadian Actors’ Equity Association<br />
The Tsaritsa enters the gardens, accompanied by an Orthodox priest. Her stately elegance<br />
and quiet reserve is in complete contrast to that of her young daughter, Anastasia.<br />
Shortly after her arrival, Anastasia’s sister Tatiana enters the garden looking for her<br />
mother. Tender moments between mother and daughters are interrupted by the arrival<br />
of a military messenger. Russia is going to war. The Tsaritsa shares the news with her<br />
companions; as the news reverberates through the Imperial household, all fall to their<br />
knees, praying for Mother Russia.<br />
Throughout the Empire, Russians gather as the troops march off to war.<br />
The gardens of the Alexander Palace at Tsarsko Selo, two years later.<br />
Anastasia and her sister Tatiana are more mature, and are busy at work. They are<br />
organizing medical supplies for the wounded at the hospital set up by the Tsaritsa and<br />
her daughters on the grounds of the Imperial residence. The seriousness of their work<br />
is tempered somewhat by talk of Tatiana’s attraction to a handsome young officer.<br />
The officer enters the garden to offer his assistance. He escorts Tatiana offstage with the<br />
medical supplies, leaving Anastasia alone with her thoughts. She remembers the affections<br />
she had for her childhood playmate Dimitry, and reminisces. Suddenly she remembers!<br />
The slingshot from so long ago is still there. Anastasia retrieves it from the hiding spot<br />
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Photos from left to right/De gauche à droite Gustavo Hernandez & Kelsey Miller by Ian Donaldson, Adrián Ramírez Juárez<br />
by Lawrence Ho<br />
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