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The National Ballet of Canada is a Canadian
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that was founded in 1951 in
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, Ontario, with
Celia Franca Celia Franca (25 June 1921 – 19 February 2007) was a co-founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years. Early life Franca was born Celia Franks in London, England, the daughter of an East End tailo ...
as the first
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. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led since 2022 by artistic director Hope Muir. Renowned for its diverse repertoire, the company performs traditional full-length classics, embraces contemporary work and encourages the creation of new ballets, as well as the development of Canadian choreographers. The company's repertoire includes works by
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,
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,
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, William Forsythe,
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,
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, Christopher Wheeldon,
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, Guillaume Côté and Robert Binet. The National Ballet tours in Canada and internationally, with appearances in London, Paris, Hamburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg,
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Creation of the National Ballet of Canada

In 1951, the two major ballet companies in Canada were the
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headed by Gweneth Lloyd, and the Volkoff Canadian Ballet founded by
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, which was based in Toronto. With the aim of creating a more widely based Canadian ballet troupe, following the example set by the
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, a group of Canadian ballet enthusiasts set out to create the National Ballet of Canada. English ballet enthusiasts Sheila Bloom, Rosemary Winckley and Patricia Barnes (née Winckley), who were living in Toronto at the time, were responsible for the initial fundraising, which enabled the company to attract its first dancers, choreographers and artistic director. Both Lloyd and Volkoff were interested in being the first artistic director of the company, but the organizers agreed that the only way to ensure an unbiased selection of dancers for the new ballet company was to hire an outsider. They chose British dancer and choreographer
Celia Franca Celia Franca (25 June 1921 – 19 February 2007) was a co-founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years. Early life Franca was born Celia Franks in London, England, the daughter of an East End tailo ...
, who had many connections within the dance community and had been to Canada only twice at that point, as artistic director. Franca at first showed little interest in heading this new company; she had refused similar invitations in
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and liked living in the
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. Nevertheless, when she came to Canada in 1951 to attend a festival, the founders again asked her to consider the position."National Ballet founder dies at 85"
''Globe and Mail'', Sandra Martin, February 19, 2007
Franca accepted the job and became the first artistic director, while Volkoff was appointed as Resident Choreographer. Conductor
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acted as Musical Director. In August 1951, what was then The National Ballet Guild of Canada launched its first cross-country audition tour. By the end of the month, the ballet had chosen 29 dancers for the troupe and was rehearsing for their first performance in the
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. For The National Ballet Guild of Canada's early performances, Franca chose classic ballets, as she believed this would allow the dancers to be properly judged by the international dance community. The first performance was in the
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on November 12, 1951. The program included ''
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'' and Polovtsian Dances from ''
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''.


Development

The company toured Canada extensively, with Franca, Lois Smith and David Adams as its stars. In 1964, the National Ballet adopted the 3200-seat O'Keefe Centre (now known as Meridian Hall) in Toronto as its home venue. The company moved in 2006 to new facilities at the
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. In 1976, Alexander Grant, former Principal Dancer with London's
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and Artistic Director of Ballet for All, became the Artistic Director of the National Ballet. Under his leadership, the company added a number of works by Frederick Ashton to its repertoire. The National Ballet of Canada became the first Canadian company to perform at the
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, Covent Garden, London in 1979. In 1981 the company participated alongside
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, the
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, le Groupe de la Place Royale, the Danny Grossman Dance Company, the
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, Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and the Anna Wyman Dance Theatre in the Canadian Dance Spectacular, a dance show at Ottawa's
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which was filmed by the
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for the 1982 documentary film ''
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''. In 1989,
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became the artistic director. He led the company through a difficult economic recession by choreographing traditional ballet pieces while also commissioning Canadian and international choreographers to create contemporary pieces. In 1995, he left the company citing a frustration of the continued funding cuts from the government, and the directorship was taken up in 1996 by choreographer
James Kudelka James Kudelka, OC (born September 10, 1955 at Newmarket, Ontario), is a Canadian choreographer, dancer, and director. He was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 1996 to 2005, now serving as the National Ballet's artist in ...
. In 2005,
Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ...
, former Principal Dancer, became Artistic Director of the company. In 2009, ''Innovation'' debuted, a mixed programme featuring three world premieres by Canadian choreographers
Crystal Pite Crystal Pite (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer. She began her professional dance career in 1988 at Ballet BC, and in 1996 she joined Ballett Frankfurt under the tutelage of William Forsythe. After leaving Ballett ...
,
Sabrina Matthews Sabrina Matthews (born 1977) is a Canadian ballet choreographer. She has created pieces for some of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world, including multiple pieces for the renowned Stuttgart Ballet. This in-demand choreographer ha ...
and
Peter Quanz Peter Quanz (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian choreographer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Early life and education Quanz was born in Baden, Ontario.Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Peter Quanz fonds. He became interested in choreography as a child aft ...
. In 2011, the company premiered a new version of Prokofiev's ''
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Alexei Ratmansky Alexei Osipovich Ratmansky (russian: Алексей Осипович Ратманский, born August 27, 1968) is a Russian-American choreographer and former ballet dancer. From 2004 to 2008 he was the director of the Bolshoi Ballet. He left Rus ...
. The National Ballet of Canada remains Canada's largest and most influential dance company. In June 2020, Kain stepped down from the company. The following month, it was announced that Hope Muir will succeed Kain, effective January 1, 2022.


Canada's National Ballet School

The Canada's National Ballet School was founded in 1959 by Celia Franca and Julia Bondy and was directed for many years by co-founder
Betty Oliphant Nancy Elizabeth Oliphant (August 5, 1918 – July 12, 2004) was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada. Life Oliphant was born in London in 1918. Her father was a lawyer who died within weeks of her birth in a train crash. Oli ...
. The primary goal of the school is to train dancers for the National Ballet of Canada and also for companies across Canada and around the world. Graduates of the School include Frank Augustyn,
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Anne Ditchburn Anne Ditchburn (born October 4, 1949) is a Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, and film actress headlining films like 1979's ''Slow Dancing in the Big City'' as a dancer with a crippling disease, a film directed by ''Rocky'' director John G. Av ...
,
Rex Harrington Rex Howard Harrington, (born October 30, 1962 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian ballet dancer.Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ...
(former Artistic Director of the Company),
James Kudelka James Kudelka, OC (born September 10, 1955 at Newmarket, Ontario), is a Canadian choreographer, dancer, and director. He was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 1996 to 2005, now serving as the National Ballet's artist in ...
(former Artistic Director of the Company),
Veronica Tennant Veronica Tennant, (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian producer, director, and filmmaker and a former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. She was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955. Da ...
, Martine Lamy, John Alleyne, Emmanuel Sandhu, and Mavis Staines (Artistic Director and Co-CEO of the School).


International recognition

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( ; Tatar/ Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев; rus, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев, p=rʊˈdolʲf xɐˈmʲetəvʲɪtɕ nʊˈrʲejɪf; 17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet ...
danced with the company in 1965 and returned in 1972 to stage his version of '' The Sleeping Beauty''. His work is credited to raising the standards of the company. He was responsible for bringing the Company to
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's Metropolitan Opera House in
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where he showcased the company. The Ballet met with rave reviews and this was a pivotal point in receiving recognition internationally.
Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ...
and Frank Augustyn, two members of NBC, received the prize for best pas de deux at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow in 1973. The following year, in 1974, while on a tour in Canada,
Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Latvian-born R ...
defected and requested political asylum in Toronto and joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. His first televised performance after coming out of temporary seclusion in Canada was with the National Ballet of Canada in a version of ''
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''.Natalia Makarova, A Dance Autobiography (Knopf 1979), p. 152.


Dancers


Principal Dancers

* Guillaume Côté *
Jurgita Dronina Jurgita Dronina (born 27 March 1986) is a Russian-Lithuanian ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, having previously danced with Royal Swedish Ballet, Dutch National Ballet and English National Ballet. Earl ...
* Naoya Ebe * Koto Ishihara * Harrison James * Svetlana Lunkina * Siphesihle November * Heather Ogden * Genevieve Penn Nabity * Tina Pereira * Ben Rudisin * Piotr Stanczyk


Principal Character Artists

* Stephanie Hutchison * Etienne Lavigne * Alejandra Perez-Gomez * Jonathan Renna * Rebekah Rimsay * Hazaros Surmeyan


Prominent National Ballet dancers

* David Adams * Darren Anderson *Aleksandar Antonijevic *Irene Apinee * Frank Augustyn *
Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Latvian-born R ...
*Victoria Bertram *
Anne Ditchburn Anne Ditchburn (born October 4, 1949) is a Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, and film actress headlining films like 1979's ''Slow Dancing in the Big City'' as a dancer with a crippling disease, a film directed by ''Rocky'' director John G. Av ...
*
Lorna Geddes Lorna Geddes (born 1943) is a Canadian ballerina who worked with the National Ballet of Canada for 59 years. Early life and training Geddes was born in Waterloo, Ontario and began dancing at the age of three. After training with National Ballet ...
*
Kimberly Glasco Kimberly Glasco (born November 27, 1960 in Eugene, Oregon) is a Canadian ballerina. She danced with the National Ballet of Canada until she was dismissed by artistic director James Kudelka. She filed a wrongful dismissal suit against the company ...
*
Chan Hon Goh Chan Hon Goh, C.M. D.Litt (simplified Chinese: 吴振红; traditional Chinese: 吳振紅; born in 1969 in Beijing, China), is a Chinese-born Canadian ballerina. Goh was most notably a principal dancer with The National Ballet of Canada before g ...
*Jury Gotshalks *
Rex Harrington Rex Howard Harrington, (born October 30, 1962 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian ballet dancer.Greta Hodgkinson * Vanessa Harwood *Yoko Ichino *
Margaret Illmann Margaret L. Illmann (born 9 December 1965) is an Australian prima ballerina with an international career. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, she danced with The Australian Ballet between 1985 and 1989, in roles such as ''Beyond Twelve'' with Kel ...
*Mary Jago *
Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ...
* Zdenek Konvalina *Earl Kraul * Martine Lamy * Serge Lavoie * Yseult Lendvai *
Elena Lobsanova Elena Lobsanova (born ) is a Russian-Canadian ballet dancer. She joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2004 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2015. In 2020, she joined the Miami City Ballet. Early life and training Lobsanova was born in ...
*
Teresa Mann Teresa Mann (2 September 1934 in Panama City, Panama – 6 July 2017) was a Panamanian Ballet dancer, ballerina, ballet teacher and dance pioneer. She was a founding member of the Ballet Nacional de Panama and its lead dancer until 1983. She w ...
*
Evan McKie Evan M. McKie is a ballet dancer in classical and contemporary ballet and an actor-dancer known for interpreting roles from literature. He has served as an honorary advisor to Dance Collection Danse, and is a guest writer and a member of the ...
* David Nixon * Nadia Potts * Kevin Pugh * Jeremy Ransom * Sonia Rodriguez *
Lois Smith Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American character actress whose career spans eight decades. She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film '' East of Eden'', and later played supporting roles in a number of movies ...
* Raymond Smith *
Veronica Tennant Veronica Tennant, (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian producer, director, and filmmaker and a former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. She was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955. Da ...
* Robert Tewsley *
Martine van Hamel Martine van Hamel (born 16 November 1945) is a Dutch choreographer, director, teacher, retired ballerina and former Principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada and American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She was a gold medalist at the biennial Va ...
*
Jillian Vanstone Jillian Vanstone is a Canadian ballet dancer. She joined the National Ballet of Canada in 1999, was promoted to principal dancer in 2011, and retired from performing in 2022. Early life Vanstone was born and raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia. S ...
*Gizella Witkowsky


See also

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References


External links

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The National's Rex HarringtonThe National's Karen KainArchival footage of the National Ballet of Canada performing ''Lilac Garden'' in 1953 at Jacob's Pillow

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