The National Ballet of Canada Angels’ Atlas & Emma Bovary February 1 – 3
Casting Announced
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the company will return to National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa for its annual appearance February 1 – 3. The company will perform a brilliant double bill of works specifically created for the National Ballet by female choreographers. The award-winningAngels’ Atlas by Crystal Pitepremiered in 2020 and was originally scheduled to tour to Ottawa in 2022 but was cancelled due to the pandemic. Helen Pickett’s Emma Bovary made its world premiere in November at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto.
“I am thrilled at the opportunity to share the two very distinct voices of choreographers, Crystal Pite and Helen Pickett, with our Ottawa audiences,” said Muir. “This double bill is of great significance for our company as both pieces were created on our artists and represent two very marked choreographic choices, one abstract and one narrative.”
A profound work that explores the ephemerality of existence, Angels’ Atlas is set to original music by Owen Belton, choral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Morten Lauridsen. Unfolding against a morphing wall of light, created by designers Jay Gower Taylor and Tom Visser, the Globe and Mail called Angels’ Atlas “a glimpse into the infinite” and the Toronto Star added “human yearning is evoked powerfully onstage”.
Emma Bovary is a riveting exploration of one of literature’s most intriguing female characters, Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, told through the eyes of Emma herself, and is a powerful new ballet hailed “a feast for the senses… Emma Bovaryis a masterpiece” by My Entertainment World. Emma Bovaryis directed by award-winning director James Bonas, featuring an original score by Peter Salem, sets and costumes by Michael Gianfrancesco, lighting by Bonnie Beecher, projection design by Anouar Brissel and animation by Grégoire Pont.
The National Ballet of Canada Casting
Emma Bovary
Emma Bovary
Heather Ogden (February 1, 2 at 8:00 pm)
Jenna Savella (February 3 at 8:00 pm)
Charles Bovary, Emma’s Husband
Josh Hall (February 1, 2 at 8:00 pm)
Donald Thom (February 3 at 8:00 pm)
Madame Bovary, Emma’s Mother-in-Law
Chelsy Meiss (February 1, 2 at 8:00 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald (February 3 at 8:00 pm)
Rodolphe Boulanger, Emma’s Lover
Christopher Gerty (February 1, 2 at 8:00 pm)
Harrison James (February 3 at 8:00 pm)
Monsieur Lheureux, Fancy Goods Salesman
Spencer Hack (February 1, 2 at 8:00 pm)
Kota Sato (February 3 at 8:00 pm)
Angels’ Atlas
Heather Ogden and Harrison James(February 1 and 3 at 8:00 pm)
Svetlana Lunkina and Ben Rudisin(February 2 at 8:00 pm)
Jordana Daumec and Spencer Hack (February 1, 2 at 8:00 pm)
Chelsy Meiss and Donald Thom(February 3 at 8:00 pm)
Hannah Galway and Siphesihle November (February 1, 2 at 8:00 pm)
Hannah Galway and Spencer Hack(February 3 at 8:00 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald (February 1, 2, 3 at 8:00 pm)
Spencer Hack and Donald Thom(February 1 at 8:00 pm)
Spencer Hack and Kota Sato(February 2 at 8:00 pm)
Kota Sato and Donald Thom(February 3 at 8:00 pm)