Ballets British Columbia@InDanza

A bold style and a repertoire that includes the leading authors of the world scene of the twentieth and twenty-first century with an eye to the Canadian scene. Here is a summary of the Ballet British Columbia, a company founded in 1986 in Vancouver and directed for ten years by Emily Molnar, former dancer of the National Ballet of Canada and the German Ballett Frankfurt by William Forsythe, from next year called to lead, in Europe, the Nederlands Dans Theater. Defined by Dance Magazine as "physically rigorous, dramatically solid and truly contemporary", the Ballet British Columbia has conquered the whole world in a very short time. The brilliant director's style can also be seen in the composition of the programmes, where the 'female' vein often takes over. In the triptych on stage in Trento, three female choreographers - the Israeli Sharon Eyal, the American Aszure Barton and the Canadian Crystal Pite, former Molnar's colleague at the Ballet Frankfurt - sign a program that transcends from the techno rhythms performed in sync (Bedroom Folk by Eyal) to the intense lyricism of a dance conducted under a symbolic snowfall on the cello by Yo-Yo Ma intent on performing two very famous Brahms Sonatas (Solo Echo by Pite). Then he ends up in the world of busking, the world of street artists, re-proposed in a key of pure entertainment with a melancholic vein by the always surprising Aszure Barton

Folk Bedroom

Choreography and Design Costumes: Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar

Costumes: S. Eyal & G. Behar, R. Hytting. D. Letheren, T. Dreyfuss

Lights, Scenes: Thierry Dreyfuss

Music and Phonics: Ori Lichtik

BUSK (extract)

Choreography: Aszure Barton

Music: various artists

Lights: Nicole Pearce

Costumes: Michelle Jank

Solo Echo

Choreography: Crystal Pite

Scenes: Jay Gower Taylor

Costumes: Crystal Pite and Joke Visser

Lights: Tom Visser

Stage design: Eric Beauchesne

Music:

Johannes Brahms:

Sonata for cello in E minor, op. 38 - Allegro non troppo

Sonata for cello in F major, op. 99 - Adagio affettuoso

performed by: Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano

under a concession from Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.

BRITISH BALLET COLUMBIA

Artistic staff

Artistic director: Emily Molnar

Director of the guest tests: Sandrine Cassini

Teachers in residence: Beverley Bagg, Andrew Bartee, Justine Chambers, Kate Franklin, Artemis Gordon, Heather Myers, Sylvain Senez, Gilbert Small, Lesley Telford, Makaila Wallace, Wen Wei Wang

Guest teachers: Francisco Martinez, Adi Salant, Risa Steinberg, Francesca Caroti

Musical companions: Wendy Albrecht, Zabelita Fraser, Trevor McLain, Michael Park, Amanda Pi, Gregg

Schiller, Catherine Tseng, Yawen Wang

Dancers: Brandon Alley, Emily Chessa, Parker Finley, Alexis Fletcher, Scott Fowler, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Rachael Prince, Justin Rapaport, Gilbert Small, Peter Smida, Nicole Ward, Kirsten Wicklund

Young dancers: Anna Bekirova, Miriam Gittens, Dex Van Ter Meij, Sophie Whittome, Zenon Zubyk

Administrative staff

Executive Director: John Clark

Artistic Assistant: Rebecca Karpus

Administrative Director: Sabine Rouques

Accountant: Joanne Reid

Office Coordination: Noni Raskin

Associate Director of the Foundation and Government Support: Elisabeth Kyle

Development coordination: Laura Aliaga

Training Programs Administrator: Nina Patel

Head of Public Services: Fran Hefferman

Marketing Manager: Adrienne Toye

Marketing & Development Assistant: Clara Chow

Media Relations: Shannon Heth, Milk Creative Communications

Photographer/ Video: Michael Slobodian

Production staff

Director of Production and Operations: Derek Mack

Stage director: Kimberly Plough

Head of Costumes: Kate Burrows

Technical Director: Elliot Banner

Lighting Designer in residence/ Lighting director: James Proudfoot

Lighting technician: Patrick Smith

Equipment and Machinery Manager: Randy Biro

The British Ballet Columbia is supported by:

Canada Council for the Arts

BC Arts Council

Y.P. Heung Foundation

(Translation by Alexia Vozzo, Sophie M. Scholl Language High School, Trento - “School and Work Project”)