THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADAORCHESTRE PROMÉTHÉEDirection David Briskin

MADE IN CANADA !
3 French Premieres

PASSIONChoreography | JAMES KUDELKA Music | Ludwig van Beethoven Piano concerto in D major, Op. 61A, 1st movement Costumes | Denis Lavoie Lights | Michael Mazzola

UTOPIVERSE Choregraphy | WILLIAM YONG Music | Benjamin Britten (extract from 7 œuvres) Costumes | William Yong Lights | Noah Feaver Projection | Thomas Payette

ANGELS’ ATLAS Choreography| CRYSTAL PITE Music | Owen Belton Additionnal musics | Piotr Illitch Tchaïkovski Morten Lauridsen Reflective Light Backdrop Concept | Jay Gower Taylor Reflective Light Backdrop Design | Jay Gower Taylor Tom Visser Lights | 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.