Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada
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The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada is a professional award winning touring ballet company based in Moncton, New Brunswick. Founded in 2002 by Susan Chalmers-Gauvin, CEO, and Artistic Director Igor Dobrovolskiy
, Ballet-théâtre atlantique du Canada/ The Atlantic Ballet Theatre Of Canada presents a diverse collection of original full-length narrative ballets and short works which explore contemporary themes within the classical genre. Each work is conceived and choreographed by Dobrovolskiy.
Ballet-théâtre atlantique du Canada/ The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, is Atlantic Canada's only professional ballet company, and the artists of the Company are classically-trained soloists from Canada and around the world.
Dobrovolskiy is a graduate of the Kiev State Ballet Academy and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in pedagogy of ballet dance and choreography from the Kiev National University of the Arts. He began his professional dance career with the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth in Kiev
, Ukraine
. His vocation has taken him across Europe, to Ecuador
and finally to the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada.
ABTC's/ BTAC's world premiere was held at the Capitol Theater
in Moncton, it was a rendition of Figaro
.
The Company serves the four eastern provinces of Canada and is the only Company in Canada with a four Province home constituency: New Brunswick
, Prince Edward Island
, Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland & Labrador and is a major cultural institution for its home region.
They have also played many national and international shows touring to United States of America
, Germany
, France
and around Europe. They began their 'InTENse' tour at the beginning of 2011 in celebration of their 10th anniversary.In Tense is a show case for the Company and also an opportunity for Company artists to create. Dancers who have contributed and choreographed for Intense include: Leigh Alderson, Kyle Davey and Janie Richard.
on September 11 in Bonn
, Germany at the beginning of The Beethoven Festival, where they performed their Beethoven Opera inspired ballet to packed audiences accompanied by the 106-piece Beethoven Orchestra. The ballet was received with a positive reaction from both the audiences and critics alike.
. Ghosts of Violence, was inspired by the stories of women who lost their lives at the hands of an intimate partner. Innovative and poignant and controversial to call for awareness, understanding and action. The ballet captured the memory of these silent victims and told their stories of struggle, hope, and our loss. The ballet will help raise public awareness on the devasting impact of domestic violence.
The creation of the ballet was supported in part by: The Government of Canada, Status of Women Canada, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
and The Canada Council of the Arts.
Business Excellence Award (Prix D' Excellance) in 2006 and the Chamber's Export Success Award in 2007.
created a new work for the company for the Grant Thornton Gala held at the Capitiol Theatre, Moncton, NB.
Previous full length repertoire includes;
GHOSTS OF VIOLENCE
World Premiere- February 15 ,2011, Ottawa, Canada
Choregraphy- Igor Dobrovolskiy
Music: – Alfred Schnittke, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lighting Design- Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design- Denis Lavoie
Set Design- Brian Perchaluk
Projection design- Adam Larsen
FIDELIO
World Premiere-September 11th, 2010, CO-PRODUCTION Theatre Bonn, Germany
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Set Design: Brian Perchaluk
ROMEO AND JULIET FANTASY
World Premiere-February 22nd, 2010 Boca Raton Florida
A ballet in one act
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
Set Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
FLEETING
World Premiere-World Premiere October 7th, 2009, Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: J. S Bach
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
KING LEAR
World Premier-October 10, 2008, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: Dimitri Shostakovich
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Lighting Design Pierre Lavoie
DON JUAN
World Premiere- October 12, 2007, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: George Gershwin
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Lighting Design Pierre Lavoie
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
World Premiere-October 6, 2006, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: François Poulenc
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Set: Brian Perchaluk
Costume: Paul Daigle
Lighting: Denis Lavoie
AMADEUS
World Premiere – September 23, 2005 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: W.A. Mozart, A. Salieri
Set and Costume Design: Michael Eagan
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
LES PORTES TOURNANTES
World Premiere, November 19, 2004 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: F. Dompierre
Set and Costume Design: Michael Eagan
Lighting: Julia Vandergraaf
MERLIN
World Premiere – October 25, 2003 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: G. Mahler
Set Design: Darcy Poultney
Costume Design: Paul Daigle
FIGARO
World Premiere – May 11, 2002 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: W.A. Mozart
Set and Costume Design: Paul Daigle
Short Works
In 'D' Trois (August 2010)
Glass Work (World Premiere November 12th 2010) [ch: Leigh Alderson]
Sonata For Two (World Premiere November 12th 2010)
Perpetual Motion (World Premiere November 12th 2010)
Suspiro (World Premiere May 11th 2011) [ch: Kyle Davey & Janie Richard]
As of 2010 the company consisted of:
LEADERSHIP
Artistic Director/Principal Choreographer: Igor Dobrovolskiy,
CEO: Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Marketing: Steve Smith
Director of Fund Development: David Beckerson
Operations and Community Relations Manager: Louis Philippe-Dionne
Accounting: Michel Goguen
PRODUCTION
Technical Director: Shawn Donellson
Production Stage Manager: Yee-Hang Yam
Lighting/Electricien: Daniel McIImoyl
Dancers:
Leigh Alderson (2010- Present)
Kyle Davey (2010- Present)
Sergiy Diyanov (2001- Present)
Yuriko Diyanova (2001- Present)
Anton Lykhanov (2005- Present)
Anya Nesvitaylo(2004-Present)
Janie Richard (2010- Present)
Evelina Sushko (2001- 2011)
Olena Zakharova (2005- Present)
Louis-Philippe Dionne (2003- Present)
Samantha Jane Gray (2011- Present)
Lucy Lowndes (2011)
Brian Gephart (2011-Present)
Igor Dobrovolskiy (choreographer)
Igor Dobrovolskiy graduated from the Kiev State Ballet Academy with a BFA in ballet pedagogy and choreography from the Kiev National University of the Arts. His professional dance career began with the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth in Kiev, Ukraine...
, Ballet-théâtre atlantique du Canada/ The Atlantic Ballet Theatre Of Canada presents a diverse collection of original full-length narrative ballets and short works which explore contemporary themes within the classical genre. Each work is conceived and choreographed by Dobrovolskiy.
Ballet-théâtre atlantique du Canada/ The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, is Atlantic Canada's only professional ballet company, and the artists of the Company are classically-trained soloists from Canada and around the world.
Dobrovolskiy is a graduate of the Kiev State Ballet Academy and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in pedagogy of ballet dance and choreography from the Kiev National University of the Arts. He began his professional dance career with the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. His vocation has taken him across Europe, to Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
and finally to the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada.
ABTC's/ BTAC's world premiere was held at the Capitol Theater
Capitol Theatre (Moncton)
The Capitol Theatre in Downtown Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada is an 800 seat, restored 1920s-era vaudeville house on Main Street that serves as the centre for cultural entertainment for the city...
in Moncton, it was a rendition of Figaro
Figaro
-Literature:* Figaro, the central character in:** The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais***Il barbiere di Siviglia , the opera by Paisiello based on Beaumarchais' play...
.
The Company serves the four eastern provinces of Canada and is the only Company in Canada with a four Province home constituency: New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
, Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
and Newfoundland & Labrador and is a major cultural institution for its home region.
They have also played many national and international shows touring to United States of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, France
France
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and around Europe. They began their 'InTENse' tour at the beginning of 2011 in celebration of their 10th anniversary.In Tense is a show case for the Company and also an opportunity for Company artists to create. Dancers who have contributed and choreographed for Intense include: Leigh Alderson, Kyle Davey and Janie Richard.
The Beethoven Festival
In 2010 the company were asked to premier their new ballet FidelioFidelio
Fidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...
on September 11 in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Germany at the beginning of The Beethoven Festival, where they performed their Beethoven Opera inspired ballet to packed audiences accompanied by the 106-piece Beethoven Orchestra. The ballet was received with a positive reaction from both the audiences and critics alike.
Ghosts Of Violence Tour 2011
The Ghosts of Violence ballet was the result of a creative collaboration between Dobrovolskiy and Sharon PollockSharon Pollock
Sharon Pollock is a Canadian playwright, actor, director, who lives in Calgary, Alberta. She has been Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary , Theatre New Brunswick and Performance Kitchen & The Garry Theatre, the latter which she herself founded in 1992. In 2007, she was made a Fellow of the Royal...
. Ghosts of Violence, was inspired by the stories of women who lost their lives at the hands of an intimate partner. Innovative and poignant and controversial to call for awareness, understanding and action. The ballet captured the memory of these silent victims and told their stories of struggle, hope, and our loss. The ballet will help raise public awareness on the devasting impact of domestic violence.
The creation of the ballet was supported in part by: The Government of Canada, Status of Women Canada, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for helping to build economic capacity in the Atlantic Provinces by working with the people of the region – in their communities, through their institutions and with their local and provincial governments...
and The Canada Council of the Arts.
Awards
The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada won the Greater Moncton Chamber of CommerceChamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce is a form of business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community...
Business Excellence Award (Prix D' Excellance) in 2006 and the Chamber's Export Success Award in 2007.
Repertoire
Over the company's ten years of touring and performing , Dobrovolskiy has created most of the company's repertoire which has garnered good reviews. In 2010, dancer Leigh AldersonLeigh Alderson
Leigh Alderson is a male ballet dancer, model and actor from Portadown, Northern Ireland. He began dancing at the age of seven at The Donna Whitten Dance School, and later The Susan McMillan Ballet School...
created a new work for the company for the Grant Thornton Gala held at the Capitiol Theatre, Moncton, NB.
Previous full length repertoire includes;
GHOSTS OF VIOLENCE
World Premiere- February 15 ,2011, Ottawa, Canada
Choregraphy- Igor Dobrovolskiy
Music: – Alfred Schnittke, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lighting Design- Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design- Denis Lavoie
Set Design- Brian Perchaluk
Projection design- Adam Larsen
FIDELIO
World Premiere-September 11th, 2010, CO-PRODUCTION Theatre Bonn, Germany
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Set Design: Brian Perchaluk
ROMEO AND JULIET FANTASY
World Premiere-February 22nd, 2010 Boca Raton Florida
A ballet in one act
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
Set Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
FLEETING
World Premiere-World Premiere October 7th, 2009, Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: J. S Bach
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
Costume Design: Igor Dobrovolskiy
KING LEAR
World Premier-October 10, 2008, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: Dimitri Shostakovich
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Lighting Design Pierre Lavoie
DON JUAN
World Premiere- October 12, 2007, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: George Gershwin
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Costume Design: Denis Lavoie
Lighting Design Pierre Lavoie
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
World Premiere-October 6, 2006, Moncton New Brunswick
Music: François Poulenc
Dramaturge: Sharon Pollock
Set: Brian Perchaluk
Costume: Paul Daigle
Lighting: Denis Lavoie
AMADEUS
World Premiere – September 23, 2005 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: W.A. Mozart, A. Salieri
Set and Costume Design: Michael Eagan
Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie
LES PORTES TOURNANTES
World Premiere, November 19, 2004 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: F. Dompierre
Set and Costume Design: Michael Eagan
Lighting: Julia Vandergraaf
MERLIN
World Premiere – October 25, 2003 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: G. Mahler
Set Design: Darcy Poultney
Costume Design: Paul Daigle
FIGARO
World Premiere – May 11, 2002 Moncton, New Brunswick
Music: W.A. Mozart
Set and Costume Design: Paul Daigle
Short Works
In 'D' Trois (August 2010)
Glass Work (World Premiere November 12th 2010) [ch: Leigh Alderson]
Sonata For Two (World Premiere November 12th 2010)
Perpetual Motion (World Premiere November 12th 2010)
Suspiro (World Premiere May 11th 2011) [ch: Kyle Davey & Janie Richard]
Dancers
The company is renowned for the high standard of its international dancers, coming from The Ukraine, Australia, Japan, Northern Ireland, UK and Canada.As of 2010 the company consisted of:
LEADERSHIP
Artistic Director/Principal Choreographer: Igor Dobrovolskiy,
CEO: Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Marketing: Steve Smith
Director of Fund Development: David Beckerson
Operations and Community Relations Manager: Louis Philippe-Dionne
Accounting: Michel Goguen
PRODUCTION
Technical Director: Shawn Donellson
Production Stage Manager: Yee-Hang Yam
Lighting/Electricien: Daniel McIImoyl
Dancers:
Leigh Alderson (2010- Present)
Kyle Davey (2010- Present)
Sergiy Diyanov (2001- Present)
Yuriko Diyanova (2001- Present)
Anton Lykhanov (2005- Present)
Anya Nesvitaylo(2004-Present)
Janie Richard (2010- Present)
Evelina Sushko (2001- 2011)
Olena Zakharova (2005- Present)
Louis-Philippe Dionne (2003- Present)
Samantha Jane Gray (2011- Present)
Lucy Lowndes (2011)
Brian Gephart (2011-Present)