Principal casting for The National Ballet of Canada opening program of the 2021-2022 season has been announced.
From November 11-27, 2021 the company will be performing Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas and George Balanchine’s Serenade at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Angels’ Atlas was created by Ms. Pite for the National Ballet in 2020 and explores the impermanence of existence. It received rapturous reviews when it premiered. Set against a morphing wall of light, Angels’ Atlas features original music by Owen Belton and choral pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Morten Lauridsen.
First performed in 1934, Serenade is one of Balanchine’s most iconic ballets and performed by companies the world over. His first original ballet created in the US, Serenade is set to Tchaikovsky’s mournful Serenade for Strings, Op. 48.
This run marks the final performance of Serenade for Sonia Rodriguez and Jillian Vanstone, both who will be retiring from the company this season.
The National Ballet of Canada Opening Program Casting for Angels' Atlas
Heather Ogden and Harrison James (Nov 11, 20, 26, 27 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 13, 14, 18 at 2:00 pm)
Svetlana Lunkina and Ben Rudisin (Nov 12, 13, 17 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 20, 21, 27 at 2:00 pm)
Jenna Savella and Spencer Hack (Nov 11, 12, 13, 20, 27 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 14, 18, 21 27 at 2:00 pm)
Jenna Savella and Donald Thom (Nov 13, 20, 27 at 2:00 pm/ Nov 17, 26 at 7:30 pm)
Hannah Galway and Siphesihle November (Nov 11, 12, 13, 20, 27 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 14, 18, 21 at 2:00 pm)
Genevieve Penn Nabity and Spencer Hack (Nov 13, 20, 27 at 2:00 pm/ Nov 17, 26 at 7:30 pm)
Genevieve Penn Nabity (Nov 11, 12, 13, 20, 27 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 14, 18, 21 at 2:00 pm)
Tanya Howard (Nov 13, 20, 27 at 2:00 pm/ Nov 17, 26 at 7:30 pm)
Spencer Hack and Donald Thom (Nov 11, 12, 13, 20, 27 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 14, 18, 21 at 2:00 pm)
Jack Bertinshaw and Donald Thom (Nov 13, 20, 27 at 2:00 pm/ Nov 17, 26 at 7:30 pm)
The National Ballet of Canada Opening Program Casting for Serenade
Sonia Rodriguez, Jurgita Dronina, Tanya Howard (Nov 11 at 7:30pm/ Nov 20 at 2:00 pm)
Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Tanya Howard (Nov 12 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 27 at 7:30 pm)
Svetlana Lunkina, Jeannine Haller, Genevieve Penn Nabity (Nov 13 at 2:00 pm)
Heather Ogden, Jenna Savella, Kathryn Hosier (Nov 13, 17 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 27 at 2:00 pm)
Sonia Rodriguez, Jeannine Haller, Calley Skalnik (Nov 14 at 2:00 pm)
Jillian Vanstone, Tina Pereira, Calley Skalnik (Nov 18 at 2:00 pm)
Svetlana Lunkina, Chelsy Meiss, Genevieve Penn Nabity (Nov 20, 26 at 7:30 pm)
Sonia Rodriguez, Jurgita Dronina, Calley Skalnik (Nov 21 at 2:00 pm)
Guillaume Côté, Piotr Stanczyk (Nov 11 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 20 at 2:00 pm)
Naoya Ebe, Piotr Stanczyk (Nov 12 at 7:30 pm)
Brendan Saye, Peng-Fei Jiang (Nov 13 at 2:00 pm/ Nov 26 at 7:30 pm)
Guillaume Côté, Ben Rudisin (Nov 13 at 7:30 pm)
Skylar Campbell, Donald Thom (Nov 14 at 2:00 pm)
Harrison James, Ben Rudisin (Nov 17 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 27 at 2:00 pm)
Naoya Ebe, Donald Thom (Nov 18 at 2:00 pm/ Nov 27 at 7:30 pm)
Brendan Saye, Ben Rudisin (Nov 20 at 7:30 pm)
Skylar Campbell, Piotr Stanczyk (Nov 21 at 2:00 pm)
Hannah Galway, Calley Skalnik, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Jeannine Haller (Nov 11, 12, 13, 17, 26, 27 at 7:30 pm/ Nov 20 at 2:00 pm)
Hannah Galway, Ayano Haneishi, Miyoko Koyasu, Brenna Flaherty (Nov 13 at 2:00 pm/ Nov 20 at 7:30 pm)
Genevieve Penn Nabity, Ayano Haneishi, Miyoko Koyasu, Brenna Flaherty (Nov 14, 18, 21, 27 at 2:00 pm)
Featured Photo for The National Ballet of Canada Opening Program of Artists of the Company. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
