Ballet Jörgen Canada in Atlantic Canada
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Ballet Jörgen Canada in Atlantic Canada
Ballet Jörgen Canada in Atlantic Canada Atlantic Advisory Board Mary Balkam Management Consultant candice j. prior Artist and Dancer Lauren Brown CIBC Commercial Banking Atlantic Region Dr. Jim Smith MedMira Inc. Leila Kovacevic Keller Williams Realty Ex Officio Members Bengt Jörgen Artistic Director and CEO Ballet Jörgen Canada David Aylward Chair, Ballet Jörgen Canada RBC Law, RBC Financial Group Peggy Walt Atlantic Canada Coordinator Contact BJC Atlantic: Phone: 902-422-5403 E-mail: pwalt@eastlink.ca Join our mailing list: Facebook -or- www.balletjorgen.ca Ballet Jörgen Canada in Atlantic Canada 1994 – 2010 BJC’s mission: To advance the art and appreciation of ballet and Canadian choreography through performance, educational experiences and outreach. BJC’s vision: To connect with Canadian communities and audiences, making ballet a familiar, ongoing and shared experience. Ballet Jörgen Canada is becoming a true national company anchored by its links to communities across Canada, and built on a foundation that reflects our various regions. We are a company that works on an equal footing with all our partners to make ballet relevant, comfortable, a part of growing up - part of the fabric of regular life in our communities coast to coast, as community friendly as hockey or curling. Milestones to date: Artistic Director’s message: Ballet Jörgen Canada is committed to bringing dance and people together by putting down roots in the communities we serve to ensure that all Canadians have access to and can enjoy the very best quality classical and contemporary ballet. We particularly want to engage new audiences, reaching out to young people and those that are disengaged from the arts. We want to showcase ballet as an exciting experience relevant to contemporary audiences, a part of their daily lives. With a commitment to connecting with underserved communities, Ballet Jörgen Canada has the most extensive performance reach in Atlantic Canada of any Canadian dance company. This includes Bathurst, Centreville, Fredericton, Moncton, Sackville, Saint John and Sussex in New Brunswick; Charlottetown and Summerside in PEI; Bedford, Church Point, Dartmouth, Glace Bay, Hammonds Plains, Halifax, Liverpool, Mabou, Neil’s Harbour, New Glasgow, Pictou, Port Hawkesbury, Sydney, Truro, Upper Tantallon, and Wolfville in Nova Scotia; Carbonear, Corner Brook, Gander, Goose Bay, Grand Falls/Windsor, Labrador City and St. John’s in Newfoundland. You are the true “national ballet” reaching out and engaging all of Canada with your touring, your repertory dance practice, your inclusion of young local ballet dancers, and your commitment to original works. The company involves local dance students in all its full-length performances such as fairies and ballroom attendants in Cinderella, squirrels and chipmunks in The Nutcracker or revolutionaries and soldiers in Anastasia. My daughter was in the production here in Charlottetown, but even if she was not chosen to be in it, it was still a wonderful show. I must also thank you for including local talent in your show. I can speak for the other parents and their children and say that the experience they had being a part of your show was just amazing. The girls all had a great time rehearsing and a very good experience the day of the show. Thank you very much for giving them the opportunity to be part of something very special. We hope to see you again on our Island. Full-length classical ballet including two world premieres Anastasia with a commissioned score played live by Symphony Nova Scotia in October 2007 in Halifax; and The Group of Seven Nutcracker - A Canadian Tradition in November 2008 in Charlottetown. — Bengt Jörgen Cinderella casts magical spell Andrea Nemetz – Halifax’s Chronicle Herald I was really impressed with the beauty of the show; at times my breath was literally taken away. The ballet finally made it to the tip of the Cabot Trail! We enjoyed the Emperor's New Clothes very much today. I can't thank you enough for making this opportunity possible for our small school. It was such a wonderful opportunity for our students and it was truly appreciated. — Barb Costelo, Principal, Cabot Junior-Senior High School Victoria County, NS — Heather Ross, Charlottetown, PEI — Pat Kidd, Halifax Having worked in Atlantic Canada since 1994, Ballet Jörgen Canada moved closer to our stakeholders by making Halifax its first “hub” in 2007, serving Nova Scotia as a home community. We are committed to deliver diversity of programming and intensity of activities as a home company. We want to make sure that every child in Nova Scotia has seen ballet and dance at least twice before they leave the school system. We want to make sure we play a part in growing both the dance community and the interest for dance in Nova Scotia; we already play a crucial role in expanding the voice of dance artists in the school system and increasing the artistic opportunities for local dance makers in Nova Scotia. With a local advisory board and staff person, the Halifax hub anchors programming throughout Atlantic Canada and helps to shape the overall direction of BJC Canada’s number one company in performances and communities served. As we look to the future, our home in Halifax is the cornerstone of our national identify and ability to touch people in a truly meaningful way across Atlantic Canada. Ballet in the Schools programming of children’s ballets across Atlantic Canada. Ballet Jörgen Canada specializes in bringing ballet to schools, many in underserved or economically depressed areas. The company has performed these programs across Atlantic Canada including in 14 schools in Nova Scotia in the past two years. Development of Atlantic Canada choreographers through annual development program of new works called Solos & Duets started in 2009. To date 10 choreographers from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have participated creating 14 new works at no cost to the choreographers. Frog & Toad by Haligonian Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson entered Ballet Jörgen Canada’s touring repertoire in October 2010 and will be seen across Canada. We appreciate all you are doing to reach out to our dance community! It is an important gift that you give to our community. — Catherine Walker, Halifax Dance, NS — Jane Wheeler, Fredericton, NB Workshops, master classes and residencies across Atlantic Canada including special Student for a Day Workshops giving students looking to pursue post-secondary and professional dance training the opportunities to experience what it is like to train in these programs without having to travel to central or Western Canada. I would like to thank you, the men of Ballet Jörgen Canada, who worked with my son in the production of Anastasia in Halifax in October 2007. Each time you have returned to Halifax, you have greeted him so warmly and enthusiastically and spent some time talking with him. This has, over the last year and a half, made him feel a part of a dance community. For your generosity of spirit, I send you a mother's outpouring of gratitude. — Liz Naylor, Halifax, NS Original dance programs consisting of cutting edge works including two world premieres in Halifax in April 2009 including Happiness Is An Inch Closer, Halifax’s Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson’s first commission for a ballet company. Extensive outreach programming including free performances at the IWK Hospital, the Alderney Landing Theatre and a free student matinee for schools from at-risk neighbourhoods at the Rebecca Cohn in Halifax Regional Municipality. Such an amazing mix of artistry and prowess Thank you for re-inspiring my enjoyment of contemporary ballet dance. The show was a wonderful treat. Come back to Halifax! — Vino Wijeratne, Halifax, NS — Théa Meeson, Halifax, NS Collaborative partnership with local arts organizations including Live Art Dance Productions, Halifax Dance, The Maritime Conservatory of the Performing Arts and Symphony Nova Scotia. Presentations of Ballet in the Studio performances for last three years; low-cost, accessible introductions to our repertoire allowing audiences to meet the dancers and Artistic Director, sample our programming, and see dance in an informal, studio setting.
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