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CANADA’S BALLET JÖRGEN

CLASSICAL BALLET

Territoire: Quebec

canadasballetjorgen.ca

For over 30 years Canada’s Ballet Jörgen had made a commitment to communities across Canada. Their mission is to advance the art and appreciation of ballet and Canadian choreography through performance, education and community engagement. Every year the Company tours from coast to coast travelling over 50,000 km to reach underserved communities. CBJ reaches every province, delivering more than 1,500 performances, ballet classes and community engagement events involving over 60,000 participants annually.

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SHOWS AVAILABLE

Ballet Jörgen Canada On Tour

Internationale Dance Day

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Anne of Green Gables

Cinderella

Sleeping Beauty

SHOW 1

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

SYMOPSIS - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Creation 2021 | 20 Dancers

120 min. + 15 min. intermission

Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet® is a playful, colourful and evocative production that will transport audiences to early 20th century Atlantic Canada. Based on the beloved Canadian novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet® follows the adventures of Anne Shirley, an orphan girl sent to live on a farm in the fictional town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island.

SHow 2

CINDERELLA

SYMOPSIS - CINDERELLA

2009

Number of Dancers: 15

Local Participants: 4

Run Time: 2 hours with break

Cinderella by Bengt Jörgen is an innovative take on the classic fairy tale. Jörgen’s choreography balances the fairy tale elements of the story with a contemporary treatment of Cinderella and her family relationships. Returning to the original Russian tradition of having women perform the roles of the stepsisters, Jörgen builds a more realistic and human look at Cinderella and her circumstances, and then uses these scenes to both counterpoint and highlight the magical aspects of the story.

Glenn Davidson’s set design creates a fantastical

environment based on the idea of the natural world reclaiming man-made structures. Inspiration for the set pieces is drawn from ice storms and old forests. Costume designs by Robert Doyle playfully echo each character’s personality.

Ballet Jörgen’s Cinderella is a classical ballet with

modern, dramatic sensibilities.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY

2015 | 2h30 + 20 min intermission | 22 dancers

Sleeping Beauty is one of the world‘s most famous classical ballets and holds a place in the repertoire of virtually every major company. After more than 25 successful years, Canada‘s Ballet Jörgen will create its own unique classical ballet rendition with its World Premiere Tour during the 2015-2016 season. This major new ballet tells the enchanting story of Aurora and her prince complete with its inherently magical qualities and dazzling choreography.

The fairy tale about a young woman placed under a spell to sleep for a hundred years only to be awakened by a kiss is an easily accessible story. It appeals to a child’s imagination and holds a special place in the hearts of adults. The underlying theme is the tug between the forces of good (the Lilac Fairy) and evil (Carabosse), serving as an important thread to the plot. Told in three acts, the ballet benefits from the character development and technical expertise for which Canada’s Ballet Jörgen is known.

Artistic Director and award-winning choreographer Bengt Jörgen focuses on the magical elements and the interpretation of the ballet as a nature allegory: The young woman represents nature, the wicked fairy is winter, who deadens life with pricks of frost until a young man, spring, cuts away the brambles to allow the sun to awaken sleeping nature. Sleeping Beauty by Canada’s Ballet Jörgen draws on the traditional choreography by Marius Petipa to spin a tale of nature and love that will inspire young and old alike.

The delightful story will be danced to the original 1890 score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set to a libretto based on Charles Perrault’s story La Belle au bois dormant. In ensemble with stunning costumes and captivating lighting design, Sleeping Beauty by Canada‘s Ballet Jörgen is guaranteed to provide an evening of entertaining and inspiring live performance.

"Wow what a performance!!! Beautiful technique, but more importantly the dancers were dancing from their hearts!! Our family really enjoyed the performance… can’t wait to see what is next."

L & G Lyons, Maple Ridge

"Sleeping Beauty was wonderful. All of my littles kids who had never been to a ballet were completely transfixed and better than that, could explain the entire story – often detailing what the dancers did, their gestures etc. One reluctant 7 year old ballet burst into the studio the following class loudly ( and I must stress – loudly) proclaiming ” I don’t know why I never wanted to go to a ballet before- that was amazing!!” Congratulations to all of you on a gorgeous production."

S. Mitchell, Maple Ridge

"Bengt’s “Sleeping Beauty” was innovative and engaging; quite a challenge with Tchaikovsky’s often pedestrian score. His hallmark episodes of lightness and humour, and the ambiguity of the last scene are wonderfully effective. The dancing was of a high calibre throughout, and it’s always good to see so many young dancers from the local community involved."

S. Carter, Toronto