THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
ORCHESTRE PROMÉTHÉE
Direction David Briskin

MADE IN CANADA !
3 French Premieres

PASSION
Chorégraphie | JAMES KUDELKA
Musique | Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano concerto in D major, Op. 61A, 1st movement
Costumes | Denis Lavoie
Lumières | Michael Mazzola

UTOPIVERSE
Chorégraphie | WILLIAM YONG
Musique | Benjamin Britten (extraits de 7 œuvres)
Costumes | William Yong
Lumières | Noah Feaver
Projection | Thomas Payette

ANGELS’ ATLAS
Chorégraphie | CRYSTAL PITE
Musique | Owen Belton
Musiques additionnelles | Piotr Illitch Tchaïkovski et Morten Lauridsen
Création de l’arrière-plan lumineux | Jay Gower Taylor
Conception de l’arrière-plan lumineux | Jay Gower Taylor et Tom Visser
Lumières | Tom Visser
Costumes | Nancy Bryant

With dancers from The National Ballet of Canada and the Prométhée Orchestra

ABOUT THE SHOW

The dancers of the National Ballet of Canada more than do justice to the inventiveness of Crystal Pite’s writing.

The latest TranscenDanses series is staying true to its winning formula. Choreographer Crystal Pite will present the French premiere of her new work Angel’s Atlas. It was created for the Ballet of Canada in 2020, and showcases once again the choreographer’s powerful idiom in which movement is a whole body experience for dancers. Each limb is a separate entity powered by extraordinary energy and enhanced by particularly effective use of light in both pas de deux and ensemble elements. Themes of life, death, the quest for the infinite, and universal issues speak to us not only as individuals but also collectively. Two additional works by Canadian choreographers James Kudelka and William Yong will also have their French premieres at this performance.

Co-production with the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Passion is generously supported by The Gail Hutchison Fund.
Philanthropic support for Angels’ Atlas is generously provided by An Anonymous Donor, Rosamond Ivey, Ira Gluskin Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, The Producers’ Circle, The Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada and The Gail Hutchison Fund. Produced and commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada. Co-production The National Ballet of Canada et Ballett Zürich.
Lead philanthropic support for UtopiVerse is provided by The Hal Jackman Foundation, The Hal Jackman Foundation Fund, and an Anonymous donor, with additional support by The Producers’ Circle.