Ballet Talk: Serenade & Angels' Atlas with Soul | The National Ballet of Canada

Serenade
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Joysanne Sidimus
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
Costume Design: Barbara Karinska
Lighting Design: Ronald Bates
The performance of Serenade, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

Soul
Choreography: Jera Wolfe
Music: All Human Beings, Performed by Max Richter, Kiki Layne & Mari Samuelsen
Courtesy of Decca Records, under exclusive license from Universal Music Canada Inc.
Costume Design: Wardrobe Department, Stacy Dimitropoulos, Wardrobe Supervisor
Lighting Design: Jeff Logue
Répétiteur: Rex Harrington
Director and Editor: Paul McNulty
Camera Operators: Paul McNulty, Monica Guddat and Mike Farkas
Soul is produced and commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada.

Angels’ Atlas
Choreography: Crystal Pite
Original Music: Owen Belton
Additional Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Opus 41, No.
6: Cherubic Hymn
Performed by Valery Polyansky and the USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir. Courtesy of Firma
Melodia Music Ltd.
Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium
Used by arrangement with Southern Music Pub. Co, Inc., Publisher and Copyright Holder
Performed by Polyphony conducted by Stephen Layton. Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd, London.
Reflective Light Backdrop Concept: Jay Gower Taylor
Reflective Light Backdrop Design: Jay Gower Taylor and Tom Visser
Lighting Design: Tom Visser
Costume Design: Nancy Bryant
Assistant to the Choreographer: Spencer Dickhaus
Angels’ Atlas is commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada and is a co-production of The National Ballet of Canada and Ballett Zürich.

Featuring
Christopher Stowell
Guillaume Côté
Harrison James
Siphesihle November
Heather Ogden
Ben Rudisin
Tanya Howard
Hannah Galway
Xiao Nan Yu, Formal Principal Dancer
Artists of the Ballet
Musicians of The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

Thank You
BMO Financial Group Presents the 2021/22 Season.
Lead philanthropic support for Soul is provided by The Walter Carsen New Creations Fund with addiontal support from The Producers’ Circle.
Philanthropic support for Angels’ Atlas is generously provided by An Anonymous Donor, Rosamond Ivey, Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, The Producers’ Circle, The Volunteer Committee of The National Ballet of Canada and The Gail Hutchison Fund.
The Producers’ Circle: Gail & Mark Appel, John & Claudine Bailey, Inger Bartlett & Marshal Stearns, Laura Dinner & Richard Rooney, Gail Drummond & Bob Dorrance, The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation, Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan, Kevin Garland & Roger Garland, C.M., Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation, Anna McCowan Johnson & Donald K. Johnson, O.C., Judy Korthals & Peter Irwin, Mona & Harvey Levenstein, Jerry & Joan Lozinski, The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C., Julie Medland, Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., The Harry & Lillian Seymour Family Foundation, Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan and The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation.
The National Ballet Orchestra is supported by the TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund and by members of the Music Circle.
The Music Circle: John & Claudine Bailey, Nani & Austin Beutel, Peter & Eleanor Daniels, Jeanie A. Davis, Indra & Rags Davloor, The Thor E. Eaton and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation, William & Ruth Herridge, Anne & Charles Morison, Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., John & Susan Rose, Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C., Noreen Taylor, C.M., & David Staines, C.M., O.Ont., and The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation.
Harrison James is sponsored through Dancers First by Lucy White.
Siphesihle November is sponsored through Dancers First by Jerry & Joan Lozinski.
Ben Rudisin is sponsored through Dancers First by an anonymous donor.
Hannah Galway is sponsored through Dancers First by Alison & Alan Schwartz.
Videography: Monica Guddat and Paul McNulty
Editing: Sean Leonard