The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada is a professional award-winning touring
ballet company A ballet company is a type of dance troupe which performs classical ballet, neoclassical ballet, and/or contemporary ballet in the European tradition, plus managerial and support staff. Most major ballet companies employ dancers on a year-round ba ...
based in
Moncton, New Brunswick
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of ...
. Founded in 2002 by Susan Chalmers-Gauvin, CEO, and Artistic Director
Igor Dobrovolskiy, Ballet-théâtre atlantique du Canada/ The Atlantic Ballet Theatre Of Canada presents a diverse collection of original full-length narrative ballets and short works which explore contemporary themes within the classical genre. Each work is conceived and choreographed by Dobrovolskiy.
Ballet-théâtre atlantique du Canada/ The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, is Atlantic Canada's only professional ballet company, and the artists of the Company are classically trained soloists from Canada and around the world.
Dobrovolskiy is a graduate of the Kyiv State Ballet Academy and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in pedagogy of ballet dance and choreography from the Kyiv National University of the Arts. He began his professional dance career with the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth in
Kyiv
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,
Ukraine
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. His vocation has taken him across Europe, to
Ecuador
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and finally to the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada.
ABTC's/ BTAC's world premiere was held at the
Capitol Theater in Moncton, it was a rendition of Figaro.
The Company serves the four eastern provinces of Canada and is the only
dance company in Canada with a four Province home constituency:
New Brunswick
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,
Prince Edward Island
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,
Nova Scotia
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and
Newfoundland and Labrador
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and is a major cultural institution for its home region.
They have also played many national and international shows touring to
United States of America
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,
Germany
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,
France
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and around Europe. They began their 'InTENse' tour at the beginning of 2011 in celebration of their 10th anniversary. In Tense is a show case for the Company and also an opportunity for Company artists to create. Dancers who have contributed and choreographed for Intense include:
Leigh Alderson
Leigh Alderson (born 1986) is a male ballet dancer, model and actor from Portadown, Northern Ireland.
Alderson trained at The Royal Ballet School performing in Rudi van Dantzig's ''Four Last Songs'' in Toronto and Stuttgart before graduating in ...
,
Kyle Davey and Janie Richard.
The Beethoven Festival
In 2010 the company were asked to premier their new ballet
Fidelio
''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with ...
on September 11 in
Bonn
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, Germany at the beginning of The Beethoven Festival, where they performed their Beethoven Opera inspired ballet to packed audiences accompanied by the 106-piece Beethoven Orchestra. The ballet was received with a positive reaction from both the audiences and critics alike.
''Ghosts Of Violence''
The ''Ghosts of Violence'' ballet was the result of a creative collaboration between Dobrovolskiy and
Sharon Pollock
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. Ghosts of Violence, was inspired by the stories of women who lost their lives at the hands of an intimate partner. Innovative and poignant and controversial to call for awareness, understanding and action. The ballet captured the memory of these silent victims and told their stories of struggle, hope, and our loss. The ballet will help raise public awareness on the devastating impact of domestic violence.
The creation of the ballet was supported in part by: The Government of Canada,
Status of Women Canada
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,
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and The Canada Council of the Arts. In 2012, the
Transition House Association of Nova Scotia
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, the
World YWCA
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The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...
, Family SOS, Silent Witness Nova Scotia, and Leave Out Violence partnered together to host ''Ghosts of Violence'' in
Halifax.
Awards
The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada won the Greater Moncton
Chamber of Commerce
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Business Excellence Award (Prix D' Excellence) in 2006 and the Chamber's Export Success Award in 2007.
Repertoire
Over the company's ten years of touring and performing, Dobrovolskiy has created most of the company's repertoire which has garnered good reviews. In 2010, dancer
Leigh Alderson
Leigh Alderson (born 1986) is a male ballet dancer, model and actor from Portadown, Northern Ireland.
Alderson trained at The Royal Ballet School performing in Rudi van Dantzig's ''Four Last Songs'' in Toronto and Stuttgart before graduating in ...
created a new work for the company for the Grant Thornton Gala held at the Capitiol Theatre, Moncton, NB.
Previous full length repertoire includes;
GHOSTS OF VIOLENCE
World Premiere- February 15, 2011, Ottawa, Canada
Choreography- Igor Dobrovolskiy
Music: – Alfred Schnittke, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lighting Design- Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design- Denis Lavoie
Set Design- Brian Perchaluk
Projection design- Adam Larsen
FIDELIO
World Premiere-September 11, 2010, CO-PRODUCTION Theatre Bonn, Germany
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Set Design: Brian Perchaluk
ROMEO AND JULIET FANTASY
World Premiere-February 22, 2010 Boca Raton Florida
A ballet in one act
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
Set Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
FLEETING
World Premiere-World Premiere October 7, 2009, Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: J. S Bach
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
KING LEAR
World Premier-October 10, 2008, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: Dimitri Shostakovich
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Lighting Design Pierre Lavoie
DON JUAN
World Premiere- October 12, 2007, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: George Gershwin
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Lighting Design Pierre Lavoie
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
World Premiere-October 6, 2006, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: François Poulenc
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Set: Brian Perchaluk
Costume: Paul Daigle
Lighting: Denis Lavoie
AMADEUS
World Premiere – September 23, 2005 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: W.A. Mozart, A. Salieri
Set and Costume Design: Michael Eagan
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
LES PORTES TOURNANTES
World Premiere, November 19, 2004 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: F. Dompierre
Set and Costume Design: Michael Eagan
Lighting: Julia Vandergraaf
MERLIN
World Premiere – October 25, 2003 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: G. Mahler
Set Design: Darcy Poultney
Costume Design: Paul Daigle
FIGARO
World Premiere – May 11, 2002 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: W.A. Mozart
Set and Costume Design: Paul Daigle
Short Works
In 'D' Trois (August 2010)
Glass Work (World Premiere November 12, 2010)
h: Leigh AldersonSonata For Two (World Premiere November 12, 2010)
Perpetual Motion (World Premiere November 12, 2010)
Suspiro (World Premiere May 11, 2011)
h: Kyle Davey & Janie Richard
Dancers
The company is renowned for the high standard of its international dancers, coming from the Ukraine, Australia, Japan, Northern Ireland, UK and Canada.
As of 2010 the company consisted of:
LEADERSHIP
Artistic Director/Principal Choreographer: Igor Dobrovolskiy,
CEO: Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Marketing: Steve Smith
Director of Fund Development: David Beckerson
Operations and Community Relations Manager: Louis Philippe-Dionne
Accounting: Michel Goguen
PRODUCTION
Technical Director: Shawn Donellson
Production Stage Manager: Yee-Hang Yam
Lighting/Electricien: Daniel McIImoyl
Dancers: Eldiyar Daniyarov ( 2012–Present )
Leigh Alderson
Leigh Alderson (born 1986) is a male ballet dancer, model and actor from Portadown, Northern Ireland.
Alderson trained at The Royal Ballet School performing in Rudi van Dantzig's ''Four Last Songs'' in Toronto and Stuttgart before graduating in ...
(2010–2013)
Kyle Davey (2010–2012)
Sergiy Diyanov(2003–Present)
Yuriko Diyanova (2003–Present)
Anton Lykhanov (2007–2012)
Anya Nesvitaylo(2006–Present)
Janie Richard (2010–2013)
Evelina Sushko(2003–2011)
Olena Zakharova (2007–Present)
Louis-Philippe Dionne (2005–2012)
Samantha Jane Gray (2011–2013)
Lucy Lowndes (2011)
Brian Gephart(2011–2013)
References
External links
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