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Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Creative Director of The Nationwide Ballet of Canada, has introduced the roster of dancers for the 2023/24 season. The checklist contains 13 younger artists new to the NBC.
“It’s my nice pleasure to welcome seven new Corps de Ballet members and 6 RBC Apprentices to the corporate as we launch our 2023/24 season,” mentioned Muir in a press release.
“These proficient younger artists be a part of us from across the globe, many having skilled at Canada’s Nationwide Ballet Faculty in addition to revered establishments in New York Metropolis, San Francisco, The Netherlands and Brazil. I seemed ahead to working with them within the studio and seeing their artistry develop onstage.”
New Corps de Ballet Members
Becoming a member of the Corps de Ballet represents a leap from coaching and apprenticeship into an expert dance profession.
- Born in Chengdu (Sichuan), China, Liya Fan was 10 years outdated when she started to coach at Beijing Dance Academy, which she continued for 5 years. She was the Scholarship Winner of Prix de Lausanne in 2021. Liya skilled at The Royal Ballet Faculty earlier than becoming a member of the Nationwide Ballet.
- Nio Hirano was born in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in Duncan, BC. She has skilled at ballet and dance colleges in Victoria, BC, in addition to in Amsterdam and New York Metropolis.
- A local of Annecy, France, Matthieu Pagès studied on the Paris Opéra Ballet Faculty and the Tanz Akademie Zürich. After graduating, he joined the Junior Ballett Zürich. His repertoire contains works by Christian Spuck, Hans van Manen, Crystal Pite and Cathy Marston.
- Aidan Tully was born in New Zealand. He studied on the New Zealand Faculty of Dance and subsequently joined the Nationwide Ballet. As a pupil, he was chosen to participate within the Prix de Lausanne 2023 for its Fiftieth-anniversary version.
Three members of the RBC Apprentice Programme are becoming a member of the Corps de Ballet.
- Born in Los Angeles, Connor Hamilton moved to Toronto at 13. She skilled at Canada’s Nationwide Ballet Faculty. In 2020, she joined as a RBC Apprentice, and likewise obtained each the Erik Bruhn Memorial Award and Peter Dwyer Award.
- Isabella Kinch was born in Smithers, British Columbia. She skilled at Canada’s Nationwide Ballet Faculty, becoming a member of as a RBC Apprentice in 2022. She has carried out on the Ballet Asteras Gala in Tokyo (2019), and the Biennale Tanzausbildung in Hamburg, Germany in 2020.
- Oliver Yonick is a local of Toronto. He skilled at Canada’s Nationwide Ballet Faculty, becoming a member of the RBC Apprentice programme in 2020. As a pupil in 2020, he obtained each the Erik Bruhn Memorial Award and Bernard Ostry Award.
New RBC Apprentices & Promotions
- Maisee Anderson, Luiz Anselmo, Graydon George, Ayami Goto, Ewan Hartman and Anna McKinney will be a part of the RBC Apprentice Programme.
- Beforehand introduced dancer promotions embody Christopher Gerty to Principal Dancer and Josh Corridor, Peng-Fei Jiang and Larkin Miller to Second Soloist.
New Creative Employees
Together with the brand new dancers and promotions, former Dancer Lise-Marie Jourdain will tackle the position of Rehearsal Director. She is going to work mainly with the Corps de Ballet, and act as a liaison for the YOU dance programme.
A local of France, Lise-Marie skilled at l’École de Danse de l’Opéra Nationwide de Paris, and joined Le Ballet de l’Opera Nationwide de Paris. There, she earned her Diplôme d’Etât de Professeur de Danse. She joined The Nationwide Ballet of Canada in 2002, and have become a part of Canada’s Nationwide Ballet Faculty’s Ballet Employees after her retirement from the stage in 2017.
Stephanie Hutchison, newly retired as Principal Character Artist, has additionally been named as Rehearsal Director.
Congratulations to all the brand new and promoted firm dancers and workers.
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