Canada's National Ballet School (NBS) is committed to protecting your privacy. Jessica has worked with Toronto based artists including Peggy Baker Dance Projects, Adelheid (Heidi Strauss), Vicki St Denys, Jane Alison McKinny, Naishi Wang, and Sylvie Bouchard, and internationally acclaimed choreographers including Johannes Wieland, VIM VIGOR, Belinda McGuire, and Michel Getman. Canada's National Ballet School Makes History With Mostly Male Grad Class. Ballet of Canada Youth Singers of Toronto who join The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra for the famous snow season. ","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Explore/Education-and-Community-Engagement"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/Education/2012-149.jpg?width=1000\u0026height=681\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"2012 149","DescNoHTML":"Lisa Robinson at a YOU dance performance. We are Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), where excellence, access and inclusion fuel our belief in sharing the transformative power of dance to change lives for the better. The Walter Carsen Centre for The National Ballet of Canada 470 Queens Quay West Toronto, Ontario M5V 3K4 416 345 9686. ","DescHTML":"Students at a YOU dance workshop. Her professional resume includes a certificate in musical theatre from The Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. She has been a faculty member of the Jackson Mississippi International Ballet Competition since 1989. All prices shown on this website are in Canadian dollars. Photo by Bruce Zinger.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Explore/Education-and-Community-Engagement"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/Education/2013-50.jpg?width=1000\u0026height=667\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"2013 50","DescNoHTML":"Artists of the Ballet in Class on Stage. Along with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, it is a provider of professional ballet training in Canada. A long-time fitness enthusiast, with Essentrics she discovered for her the perfect blend of strengthening and active stretching that she was long searching for. 145 Queen Street West Throughout her endeavours, fitness has always been an important element in her life. He pays attention to each dancer’s abilities, creating a safe space that encourages calculated risks and technical breakthroughs. Music Director and Media Kits Associates Program auditions at Canada's National Ballet School take the form of a ballet class, approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour in length. Alongside TDT, Jarrett performs with Vazari Dance Projects and in other independent works. In 2012, Jessica began her four year undergraduate degree at Ryerson University where she received a BFA in Performance Dance. Detailed Seating Map (PDF) Giorgio Galli was born in Italy, he trained at Teatro alla Scala Ballet School in Milan and The Royal Ballet School in London, England. Four Seasons Centre Based on the information we have received, we do not believe that our stakeholders are at risk. Betty Oliphant, founder of the National Ballet School, has died. For students auditioning for the Senior Associates Program, some ballet experience is expected. She began her career as professional dancer with the National Ballet of Mexico in 1991, where she worked under the direction of such renowned Ballet Masters as Fernando Alonso and David Howard. She later joined Norrdans, and Barents Dance Ensemble. — Canada's National Ballet School (@NBS_ENB) November 25, 2020. She enjoyed four years of employment at The School of Alberta Ballet with classes in Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Conditioning and Musical Theatre. The company Repertoire included many classics including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Giselle and Don Quixote, as well as pieces from the Balanchine Repertoire; Four Temperaments, Who Cares and Serenade. With 35 years of extensive experience performing and teaching, Ms. Valiente graduated from The National Ballet School in Mexico City and went on to receive her teaching certificates from The Royal Academy of Dance, Vaganova, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) Associated, Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) and Cecchetti. She has an extensive performance background beginning with Östgötabaletten in Sweden where she worked for six years. All prices shown on this website are in Canadian dollars. Venue. Photo by Bruce Zinger. for the Performing Arts Ms. Skalnik joined The National Ballet of Canada as a RBC Apprentice in 2014 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2019. for the Performing Arts 470 Queens Quay West Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann. We continue to pioneer the use of health professionals to support this goal. Four Seasons Centre Info. Megan and Matthew, Grade 7, share their experiences of Summer School, Stage 2 of the audition process, at Canada's National Ballet School. Emerging Arts Critics Photo by Karolina Kuras. Code of Conduct and Ethics. He has choreographed for events with SickKids Canada, Toronto’s Choreographers’ Ball, Bazaar, Fever, TDSB Martin Luther King Remembrance Day celebration at Roy Thompson Hall and was the winner of Manifesto Dance Competition. Former students of Wendy have been accepted to the National Ballet School, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and Quinte Ballet School. Originally from France, Anna Elena graduated from the National and Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance in Lyon in 2000. Megan Nadain, a native of North Vancouver, British Columbia, is a Toronto-based dancer, choreographer and dance educator. Canada's National Ballet School: The Creative ... - YouTube Her classes are considered to be technique-based and fast-paced, with a strong musical focus. Annemarie is a guest teacher across Canada including training teachers in Brain-Compatible Dance.Each summer Annemarie returns to the dance school she founded in Victoria BC and is thrilled to work since 2010 as artist educator and choreographer with novice movers in the education department of The National Ballet of Canada. Detailed Seating Map (PDF) This year, though, for the first time in its 60-year history, Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) is seeing a shift: there will be more boys than girls in its graduating class. Her repertoire includes The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Cinderella, Onegin, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale, Nijinsky, The Merry Widow, Frame by Frame, Le Petit Prince, Pinocchio, A Streetcar Named Desire, Manon, La Sylphide, The Dream, Paquita, The Four Seasons, The Second Detail, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, The Four Temperaments, Genus, Symphony #9, Emergence, Paz de la Jolla, Night and Self and Soul. Since moving to Toronto, Anna has guest taught at George Brown College, Dance Teq Centre, Extension Method and Metro Movement. Each student requires an invitation from NBS to attend the 4 week summer school. She is a member of Nostos Collectives, a Toronto based company of emerging artists, and a Barreworks certified barre fitness instructor. Upon graduating, Cynthia joined The National Ballet of Canada. Kate has also gone on to work with notable Canadian artists such as The Canadian Opera Company, Second City Toronto, Motus O Dance Theatre, City Dance Corps and Kaeja d’Dance. Photo by Bruce Zinger.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Explore/Education-and-Community-Engagement"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/Education/2013-161.jpg?width=1000\u0026height=612\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"2013 161","DescNoHTML":"Ballet Talk with Lindsay Fischer. Kevin was a principal dancer with The National Ballet of Canada for 13 years, seven of those years in which he danced as a Principal Dancer. Auditions will take place over Zoom video conferencing this Fall and Winter for admission to the 2021/22 academic year. Teaching credits include York University, Ryerson University, University of Toronto’s Hart House, Canada’s National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program, the Quinte Ballet School of Canada, Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, and Metro Movement. Ms. Bernardez was Artistic Director at Quinte Ballet School from 1997 to 2003, before moving to Calgary to become Ballet Mistress at Alberta Ballet. Photo by Bruce Zinger.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Explore/Education-and-Community-Engagement"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/Education/2014-55.jpg?width=1000\u0026height=667\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"2014 55","DescNoHTML":"Student at a YOU dance workshop. Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. 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