by Emma Love Suddarth | Nov 21, 2022 | Pointe+, Profiles
Trinidadian Canadian ballerina Tina Pereira joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2001, steadily climbing the ranks before reaching principal dancer in 2021. Here she talks about how she manages fast tempos, why she started her own leotard line and her secret to...
by Kathleen Smith | Nov 17, 2022 | News, Onstage
The timing of a new ballet inspired by a trilogy of dystopian novels by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood is especially poignant as the world emerges from its pandemic panic. Choreographed by Wayne McGregor, with a score by Max Richter, and performed by the artists...
by Kathleen Smith | Jan 6, 2022 | Digital Cover Star
When the National Ballet of Canada returned to the stage last fall after 20 long months of pandemic lockdown, the joy and relief front of house were palpable. According to dancer Siphesihle November, the emotion was similar both onstage and behind the curtain: “There...
by Gavin Larsen | Sep 9, 2021 | Company Life
The route to a company’s roster often means working your way through several preliminary stages—professional training program, traineeship, apprenticeship or second company—in order to be considered for a full company contract. But while some dancers move fairly...
by Steve Sucato | Jul 27, 2021 | News, The Latest
On July 7, the National Ballet of Canada announced Hope Muir as its new artistic director, following a two-year international search. Muir, who was born in Toronto and is the current artistic director of Charlotte Ballet, succeeds Karen Kain, who stepped...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 7, 2020 | The Latest, Viral Videos
“There’s something about being onstage that is completely indescribable,” says National Ballet of Canada soloist Tina Pereira in the opening of the new short film TINA. While this sentiment rings true for any performer, it’s all the more...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 4, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Greta Hodgkinson has been a staple on the National Ballet of Canada stage for 30 years. The Providence, Rhode Island, native trained at Festival Ballet Providence and Canada’s National Ballet School before joining the company in 1990; she became a principal just...
by Evan Mckie For Dance Magazine | Jan 21, 2020 | Career, Profiles
I first saw Maria Seletskaya when she was dancing as a leading soloist in Europe. Years later, she sent me a video of herself with the Stuttgart Ballet—not as a dancer, but as a guest orchestra conductor! I found her work and this particular transition very...