Ballet BC
Ballet BC | |
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The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, home of Ballet BC | |
General information | |
Name | Ballet BC |
Previous names | Ballet British Columbia |
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Year founded | 1986 |
Founders |
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Artistic Director | Emily Molnar |
Location | Vancouver, BC |
Principal venue | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
Website | balletbc |
Senior staff | |
Chief Executive | John Clark[2] |
Artistic staff | |
Artistic Director | Emily Molnar |
Ballet BC is a contemporary ballet company located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
History[]
Ballet BC was founded as Ballet British Columbia by Jean Orr, David Y. H. Lui[3] and Sheila Begg in 1986, with Annette av Paul as first Artistic Director. The company adopted its current name after financial problems and a restructuring in 2009.[1][4]
Artistic direction passed to Reid Anderson, Patricia Neary and and in 1992 to , who introduced a program with original choreography including his The Faerie Queen[5] in 2000 and dances by other Canadian choreographers. Alleyne was followed by Emily Molnar after the reorganisation in 2009. Molnar was followed by Medhi Walerski in 2020.[1]
As of April 2015, the company is the only professional ballet company in British Columbia.[1] It is based in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.[6]
Repertoire[]
Ballet BC presents a repertoire of contemporary ballet.[7]
The company opened the 2015 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, presenting three dances each by a different choreographer, including Twenty Eight Thousand Waves by their own resident choreographer Cayetano Soto.[8] The company travelled on their 30th anniversary tour in late 2015 and 2016.[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Strate, Grant; Forzle, Richard (4 March 2015). "Ballet British Columbia". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Team". Ballet BC. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017.
- ^ Lederman, Marsha (30 September 2011). "David Lui: The man with the flowing cape brought ballet to life in B.C." The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Ballet British Columbia optimistic despite financial woes". CBC News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015.
- ^ Stuart, Lena Marie (25 October 2002). "Ballet British Columbia - The Faerie Queen". Selected reviews. criticaldance.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2003.
- ^ "Contact us". Ballet BC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Vision". Ballet BC. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015.
- ^ Ross, Ken (27 June 2015). "Dance Review: Ballet BC jolts Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival back to life". Masslive. Springfield, Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Ballet BC: 30th Anniversary Tour". Banff Centre.
External links[]
- Ballet companies in Canada
- Companies based in Vancouver
- Performing arts in Vancouver
- Performing groups established in the 1980s
- 1986 establishments in British Columbia