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...
by Lauren Wingenroth For Dance Magazine | Oct 27, 2019 | News, Profiles
On Friday, National Ballet of Canada announced that artistic director Karen Kain will step down in January 2021 to become artistic director emeritus. Kain, who has served as artistic director since 2005, joined NBoC as a dancer in 1969 and went on to become one of the...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 19, 2019 | Career, News, Profiles
It’s hard to imagine the National Ballet of Canada without ballerina Greta Hodgkinson. Yet this week NBoC announced that the longtime company star will take her final bow in March, as Marguerite in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand. A native of...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 17, 2019 | Career, Profiles
On June 22, National Ballet of Canada principal Xiao Nan Yu will retire from the stage after 22 years with the company. Originally from Dalian, China, Yu studied at the Shen Yang School of Dance and the Beijing Dance Academy before coming to Canada’s National...