Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Explained

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (GBCM) is a ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A creative and repertory company, it performs works that reflect the diverse trends of contemporary ballet.

History

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal was founded in 1957 by Ludmilla Chiriaeff. Conductor and composer Michel Perrault served as the organization's first music director.

Since its creation, Les Grands Ballets has performed a broad range of dance, ranging from classics to major contemporary work. Under the direction of Chiriaeff and Fernand Nault (1965–1973), Brian Macdonald (1974–1977) and Lawrence Rhodes (1990–1999), the institution fostered the development of such notable artists as James Kudelka, Édouard Lock and Ginette Laurin.

In 1981 the company participated alongside the National Ballet of Canada, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, le Groupe de la Place Royale, the Danny Grossman Dance Company, the Toronto Dance Theatre, Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and the Anna Wyman Dance Theatre in the Canadian Dance Spectacular,[1] a dance show at Ottawa's National Arts Centre which was filmed by the National Film Board of Canada for the 1982 documentary film Gala.[2]

In 2000, Gradimir Pankov became artistic director. A native of Macedonia, Pankov previously served as artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater II (Netherlands), the National Ballet of Finland (Helsinki), the Cullberg Ballet (Sweden), and Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland).

In 2017, Ivan Cavallari became the artistic director of les Grands Ballets. Born in Italy, he trained at Teatro alla Scala Ballet School in Milan. Before becoming artistic director of les Grands Ballets, he was artistic director of the West Australian Ballet and then the Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin. The ballet masters are Hervé Courtain, appointed in 2017, and Marina Villanueva Arias, appointed in 2020.[3]

The company has commissioned work from some of the world's most prominent choreographers: The Queen of Spades by Kim Brandstrup; The Butterfly Effect by Shawn Hounsell; Between Ashes and Angels by Adam Hougland; Noces, Cinderella and The Rite of Spring by Stijn Celis; The Little Prince, Possibly Six and TooT by Didy Veldman; The Beast and the Beauty by Kader Belarbi; Four Seasons by Mauro Bigonzetti; Minus One and Danz by Ohad Naharin; Rodin/Claudel by Peter Quanz; and Re–II by Shen Wei.

Its repertoire also includes major acquisitions by such artists as Mats Ek, Jiří Kylián, Jean-Christophe Maillot and Christopher Wheeldon, along with works by young creators like Stephan Thoss, Didy Veldman and Peter Quanz. In 2008 Gradimir Pankov established the national choreographic contest, won by Jean-Sébastien Couture, which has allowed Les Grands Ballets to showcase work by emerging Canadian choreographers. Each season, Les Grands Ballets invited international companies to perform as part of its program; the list includes Houston Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater, Cullberg Ballet (Sweden), Compañía Nacional de Danza (Spain), Warsaw Ballet (Poland), Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (Taiwan), Shen Wei Dance Arts (New York City), Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon (France), Dutch National Ballet and Eifman Ballet Theatre of St-Petersburg (Russia).

Since Ivan Cavallari took artistic leadership, the company focuses on extending its repertoire to both showcase the great ballet classics and acquire new works by emerging contemporary creators.[4]

Dancers

Dancers for the 2022–2023 season:[5]

Principal Dancers

First Soloists

Soloists

Demi-soloists

Corps de ballet

Apprentice

Former principal dancer

Former soloists

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Stephen Godfrey, "Dance Spectacular is just that". The Globe and Mail, May 30, 1981.
  2. Stephen Godfrey, "Gala: a dance milestone makes a fascinating film". The Globe and Mail, May 1, 1982.
  3. Web site: Artistic Direction . Les Grands Ballets Canadiens . Les Grands Ballets Canadiens . December 13, 2022.
  4. Web site: The Company . Les Grands Ballets Canadiens . Les Grands Ballets Canadiens . December 13, 2022.
  5. Web site: About Us - Dancers. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2012–2013. October 30, 2012.
  6. Web site: Raphaël Bouchard. In 2015 he returned to his native Quebec to join Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  7. Web site: Rachele Buriassi. before joining, in 2019, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal as Principal dancer. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  8. Web site: Roddy Doble. 2019 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (principal dancer). Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  9. Web site: Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya. 2006 joined GBCM (Corps de ballet), 2018 Promoted to Principal Dancer. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  10. Web site: Maude Sabourin. In 2018, she came back to Quebec and joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. She was promoted Principal Dancer at the beginning of the 2022-2023 Season.. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  11. Web site: Myriam Simon. 2017 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Principal Dancer). Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. October 30, 2012.
  12. Web site: Yui Sugawara. 2017 Joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, corps de ballet; 2022 Promoted Principal Dancer. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  13. Web site: Célestin Boutin. 2015: Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, corps de ballet; 2020: Promoted to First Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  14. Web site: Emma Garau Cima. 2009 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  15. Web site: Anna Ishii. 2017 Joins Les Grands Ballets Canadiens as Demi-Soloist; 2022 Promoted to First Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  16. Web site: Anya Nesvitaylo. 2015 Joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens; 2022 Promoted to first soloist at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  17. Web site: Esnel Ramos. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  18. Web site: Mai Kono. 2017 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Soloist). Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  19. Web site: Sahra Maira. 2010 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  20. Web site: Stephen Satterfield. 2011 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  21. Web site: Andre Santos. 2017 Joins Les Grands Ballets as Demi-Soloist; 2022 Promoted Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  22. Web site: Kiara DeNae Felder. 2017 Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montréal, corps de ballet; 2022 Promoted to Demi-soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  23. Web site: Graeme Fuhrman. 2019 Joins Les Grands Ballets Canadiens; 2022 Promoted to Demi-Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  24. Web site: Jose Carlos Losada Morales. 2021 – Joins Les Grands Ballets as a Demi-Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  25. Web site: Hamilton Nieh. 2017 - Les Grands Ballets; 2022 - Promoted Semi-Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  26. Web site: Éline Malègue. 2010 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  27. Web site: Antoine Benjamin Bertran. 2021 Les Grands Ballets. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  28. Web site: Bernardo Betancor. He joins Les Grands Ballets Canadiens for the 2022-2023 season. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  29. Web site: Giuseppe Canale. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  30. Web site: Bernard Dubois II. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  31. Web site: Alexandra Eccles. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022 Joins the corps de ballet at Les Grands Ballets. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  32. Web site: Kiara Flavin. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. before joining Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 2020. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  33. Web site: Maude Fleury. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. she is invited to join Les Grands Ballets as an apprentice for the 2021-2022 season, then she joins the corps de ballet for the 2022-2023 season. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  34. Web site: François Gagné. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2021 Joins les Grands Ballet as an apprentice; 2022 Joins the corps de ballet. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  35. Web site: Étienne Gagnon-Delorme. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. In 2019 he joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens as a member of the corps de ballet.. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  36. Web site: Sofía González. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  37. Web site: Enno Kleinehanding. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2020 - Joins Les Grands Ballets in the corps de ballet. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  38. Web site: Tatiana Lerebours. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. she joined Les Grands Ballets as an apprentice for 2019-2020.. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  39. Web site: James Lyttle. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (2017-present). 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  40. Web site: Carrigan MacDonald. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  41. Web site: Tetyana Martyanova. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2017 Re-joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal under directorship of Ivan Cavallari. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  42. Web site: Felixovich Morante. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  43. Web site: Stefano Russiello. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2019 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, corps de ballet. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  44. Web site: Théodore Poubeau. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens since 2020. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  45. Web site: Catherine Toupin. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. she became a full-time member of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens for the 2019-2020 season. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  46. Web site: Angel Vizcaíno. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  47. Web site: Oscar Lambert. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. He joins Les Grands Ballets as a apprentice for the 2022-2023 season. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  48. Web site: Christian Scifo. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. before joining Les Grands Ballets Canadiens for the 2022-2023 season. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  49. Web site: Calista Shepheard. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. She joins Les Grands Ballets Canadiens for the 2022-2023 season. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  50. Web site: Rose Trahan. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. She joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens as an apprentice for the 2021-2022 season. 2022–2023. December 12, 2022.
  51. Web site: Rachel Rufer. 2000 joined GBCM, 2002 promoted to first soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. February 5, 2012.
  52. Web site: Geneviève Guérard . bibliodanse.ca . fr.
  53. Web site: Edi Blloshmi. 2005, joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (corps de ballet; 2008 Promoted to Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2012–2013. October 30, 2012.
  54. Web site: Hervé Courtain. 2004 joined GBCM (soloist), 2005 promoted to First Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2012–2013. October 30, 2012.
  55. Web site: Émilie Durville. 2004 joined GBCM, 2008 promoted to soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2012–2013. October 30, 2012.
  56. Web site: Lénaïg Guégan. 2007 joined GBCM (demi-soloist). Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. https://web.archive.org/web/20090208155040/http://www.grandsballets.com/en/a-notre-sujet-danseur-detail.php?danseur=25. February 8, 2009. February 5, 2012.
  57. Web site: Marcin Kaczorowski. 2002 joined GBCM. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2012–2013. October 30, 2012.
  58. Web site: Isabelle Paquette. 2001 joined GBCM (apprentice), 2002 promoted to corps de ballet, 2003 promoted to demi-soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. https://web.archive.org/web/20090208154756/http://www.grandsballets.com/en/a-notre-sujet-danseur-detail.php?danseur=29. February 8, 2009. February 5, 2012.
  59. Web site: Guillaume Pruneau. 2002 joined GBCM (corps de ballet), 2005 promoted to demi-soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207204520/http://www.grandsballets.com/en/a-notre-sujet-danseur-detail.php?danseur=53. February 7, 2009. February 5, 2012.
  60. Web site: Jeremy Raia. 1998 joined GBCM (corps de ballet), 2000 promoted to Demi-Soloist, 2001 promoted to Soloist, 2005 promoted to First Soloist. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2012–2013. October 30, 2012.
  61. Web site: André Silva. 2009 joined GBCM. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. 2012–2013. October 30, 2012.

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