Overview

Running Time

1 hour 40 min with one intermission and one pause

Dates

October 2 – 6, 2024

Representing three groundbreaking Canadian creators, The National Ballet of Canada returns to the venerated Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, England for the first time since 2013. Artistic Director Hope Muir has curated an inspirating celebration of Canadian talent from the company’s recent repertoire, programming James Kudelka’s exquisite Passion alongside Emma Portner’s duet islands and Crystal Pite’s full company work Angels’ Atlas, with its mesmerizing light design and evocation of the human condition.

Passion is generously supported by The Gail Hutchison Fund.

Lead philanthropic support for islands is provided by The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation.

Philanthropic support for Angels’ Atlas is generously provided by An Anonymous Donor, Rosamond Ivey, Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, The Producers’ Circle, The Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada and The Gail Hutchison Fund.

Passion

Created for Houston Ballet in 2013, Passion is a love story whose meticulous structure mirrors the music, the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto for Piano in D, Op. 61a. Two couples – one classical, the other contemporary – weave within the Corps de Ballet like musical themes, evoking complex relationships of passion.

islands

A sculptural duet for two women by Canada’s Emma Portner, a star on the international dance scene. islands was named a triumph when it premiered with Norwegian National Ballet in 2020, prompting an invitation to tour with the prestigious Dialogues festival alongside choreographic luminaries such as Crystal Pite and Jiří Kylián. An acclaimed work from a genre-breaking choreographer, islands is set to an eclectic compilation of music by contemporary artists Brambles, Guillaume Ferran & David Spinelli, Forest Swords, Lily Konigsberg and Bing & Ruth.

Angels’ Atlas

Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite created the Dora Award-winning Angels’ Atlas for The National Ballet of Canada in February 2020 to rapturous reviews. The ballet unfolds against a morphing wall of light that carries the illusion of depth and a sense of the natural world. Here, the dancing body becomes a sign of humanity’s impermanence and – equally – its vitality within a vast, unknowable world.

Set to original music by Owen Belton and choral pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Morten Lauridsen, Angels’ Atlas is a profound work from one of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers.

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Casting

Passion

Oct 2, 3, 5 at 7:30 pm
McGee Maddox+* and Heather Ogden

Larkin Miller and Genevieve Penn Nabity

Oct 3 at 2:00 pm/Oct 4 at 7:30 pm

Christopher Gerty and Svetlana Lunkina

Harrison James and Calley Skalnik

Oct 5, 6 at 2:30 pm

Josh Hall* and Monika Haczkiewicz*

Keaton Leier and Koto Ishihara*

islands

Heather Ogden and Genevieve Penn Nabity (Oct 2, 3, 5 at 7:30 pm/Oct 6 at 2:30 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald and Hannah Galway (Oct 3, 5 at 2:30 pm/Oct 4 at 7:30 pm)

Angels’ Atlas

Svetlana Lunkina and Ben Rudisin (Oct 2, 3, 5 at 7:30 pm/Oct 6 at 2:30 pm)
Heather Ogden and Harrison James (Oct 3, 5 at 2:30 pm/Oct 4 at 7:30 pm)

Alexandra MacDonald* and Spencer Hack (Oct 2, 3 at 7:30 pm)
Chelsy Meiss and Donald Thom (Oct 3, 5 at 2:30 pm/Oct 4 at 7:30 pm)
Tene Ward* and Spencer Hack (Oct 5 at 7:30 pm/Oct 6 at 2:30 pm)

Hannah Galway and Siphesihle November (Oct 2, 3, 5 at 7:30 pm/Oct 6 at 2:30 pm)
Genevieve Penn Nabity and Spencer Hack (Oct 3, 5 at 2:30 pm/Oct 4 at 7:30 pm)

Genevieve Penn Nabity (Oct 2 at 7:30 pm/Oct 6 at 2:30 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald (Oct 3, 5 at 2:30 pm/October 3, 4, 5 at 7:30 pm)

Spencer Hack and Donald Thom (Oct 2, 3, 5 at 7:30 pm/Oct 6 at 2:30 pm)
Shaakir Muhammad* and Kota Sato (Oct 3, 5 at 2:30 pm/Oct 4 at 7:30 pm)

+Guest Artist
*Debut

All Casting Subject to Change

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Top Photo: Artists of the Ballet in Angels Atlas. Photo by Karolina Kuras.