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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Ballet Suite
Music: John Field
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Divertissements

Object Matrimony
Music: Strauss
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Napoli

Choreography: August Bournonville

Music:  E. Helsted, Gade and Paulli.

Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Lyrique
Music: Rachmaninoff
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Pas de Trois from Swan Lake
Music: Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

Garlands
Music: Bocherini
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Bluebird Variations from Sleeping Beauty Act II
Music: Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

Finishing School
Music: Strauss
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

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FESTIVAL DANCE

Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Partita
Music: John Field arranged for two pianos by Robert Fleming
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Concerto
Music: Rachmaninoff
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Pas de Deux from Don Quixote
Music: Minkus
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

Finishing School
Music: Strauss
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Petite Suite
Music: Debussy
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Lyrique
Music: Rachmaninoff
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Bally Nonsense
Music: Walton
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Petite Suite
Music: Debussy
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Allegory
Music: Robert Fleming
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Bally Nonsnese
Music: Walton
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Doin's For a Dozen
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Arabesque
Music: Field
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Arrival
Music: Cesar Franck
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Pleasure Cruise
Music: Ibert
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Prothalamion
Music: Delius
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Suite for Sixteen - A Stomp in Five Styles
Choreography: Brian Macodnald

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Petite Suite
Music: Debussy
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Pointe Counterpoint
Music: J.S. Bach
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Pleasure Cruise
Music: Ibert
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

How Do I Love Thee
Music: Richard Strauss
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Souffle
Music: Rieti
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Lyrique
Music: Rachmaninoff
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Finishing School
Music: J. Strauss
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

Swan Song
Music: Greig - Ellington
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Les Sylphides
Music: Frederic Chopin
Choreography: Mikael Fokine

Pointe-Counterpoint
Music: Bach
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Station Break
Music: American folksongs
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Bally Nonsense
Music: Walton
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Swan Lake Act II and excerpts from Act I & III
Music: Tchaikovsky
Choreography: arranged by Brian Macdonald

Pleasure Cruise
Music: Ibert
Choreography: Gweneth Lloyd

All About Eva
Music: Contemporary
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Sonata
Music: G.B. Sammartini
Choreography: James Clouser

Sketches From Shakespeare
Music: James Clouser
Choreographer: James Clouser

Morceau de Concert
Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Choreography: James Clouser

By Jupiter!
Music: Dmitri Shostakovitch
Choreography: James Clouser

Monday's Child
Music: Contemporary
Choreography: Richard Jones & Eva von Gencsy

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Gweneth Lloyd

Les Sylphides
Music: Frederic Chopin
Choreography: Mikael Fokine

Lazy, Crazy Rhapsody
Choreography: Eva von Gencsy & Richard Jones

Underworld
Music: Salvatore Martirano
Choreography: James Clouser

Corsaire Pas de Deux
Music: Drigo - Minkus
Choreography: Yermolayev after Gorsky

Yo Ho Ho! And a Bottle of Fun or Long John Sylvia
Music: Sir Arthur Sullivan
Choreography: James Clouser

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

The Land of Snow
Music: Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker
Choreography: James Clouser

Sketches From Shakespeare
Music: James Clouser
Choreography: James Clouser

Hangup
Music: Contemporary
Choreography: Richard Jones

Don Quixote Pas de Deux
Music: Minkus
Choreography: Yermolayev after Maurius Petipa

The Scapegoat
Music: Rossini
Choreographer: James Clouser

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Entre Jeux
Music: Bizet
Choreography: Gwynne Ashton

Esmeralda Pas de Deux
Music: Pugni & Drigo
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

Here and Now
Choreography: Eva von Gencsy & Michel Boudot

Sur La Plage
Music: Waldteufel arranged & orchestrated by Richard Cherry
Choreography: Gwynne Ashton

Spring Waters
Music: Rachmaninoff
Choreography: Asaf Messerer

Rondalla
Music: contemporary Spanish orchestrated by Claude Kenneson
Choreography: Lynette Fry-Abra

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Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Suite for Strings
Music: Bach
Choreography: Bill Martin-Viscount

William Tell Pas de Deux
Music: Rossini
Choreography: August Bournonville

Pearl-White Moments
Music: Gaburo
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

Les Whoops De Doo
Music: Don Gillis
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Moment of the Witch
Music: Contemporary collage
Choreography: Eva von Gencsy with Norbert Vesak

Black Swan Pas de Deux
Music: Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Maurius Petipa, Ivanov

We Are Not One
Music: Traditional
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

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1971 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Capriccio Brilliante
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Choreography: David Moroni

Spring Waters
Music: Rachmaninoff
Choreography: Asaf Messerer

The Gift to be Simple
Music: Traditional
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

When We Are Kings
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

Solitaire
Music: Malcolm Arnold
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillen

Born to Dance
Music: Collage - Felix Mirbt
Choreography: Eva von Gencsy

1972 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Spring Fantasy
Music: Beethoven
Choreography: David Moroni

Inamorata Variations
Music: Mozart, Conlon, Nancarrow
Choreography: Albert Reid

Strike up the Band
Music: David Lindup after George Gershwin
Choreography: Paddy Stone

Pas de Deux from Butterflies Can't Live Here Anymore
Music: Bela Bartok
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

Florestan Pas de Trois from Sleeping Beauty Act III
Music: Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

1973 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Evanescence
Music: Bela Bartok Suite #2: 1,3,4 - Hungarian Sketches: 1,5
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

Belong Pas de Deux from What To Do Till the Messiah Comes
Music: Syrinx
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

Aurora Pas de Deux - Sleeping Beauty Act III
Music: Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

First Music
Music: Charles Ives
Choreography: Patricia Beatty

Against Sleep
Music: Ann Southam
Choreography: Patricia Beatty

Corsaire Pas de Deux
Music: Drigo - Minkus
Choreography: Yermoleyev (after Gorsky)

Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Music: Samuel Barber
Choreography: Norbert Vesak

Jazz Divertissement
Choreography: Eva von Gencsy

1974 Dance Program

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Fete Brilliante
Music: Brahms
Choreography: Larry Hayden

Songs For a Dark Voice
Music: Harry Somers
Choreography: Brydon Paige

Petite Suite
Music: Claude Debussy
Choreography: Earl Kraul

Rigodons
Music: Michael Perrault
Choreography: Brydon Paige

Jeremie
Music: Lee Gagnon
Choreography: Eva von Gencsy
Realisation: Genevieve Salbaing

1975 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Paquita
Music: Minkus
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

Up There Souls Dance Undressed Together
Music: Paul Duplessis & Dido
Choreography: Eva von Gencsy

Toward Being
Music: arranged by Vicki Woolsey
Choreography: Keith Burgess

Four Portraits
Music: Harry Somers
Choreography: Larry Hayden

Games
Music: Georges Bizet
Choreography: Earl Kraul

1976 Festival Ballet

Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Albescence

Choreography—Earl Kraul

Organ—George Brough

Echo and Narcissus

Choreography—Larry Hayden

Music—Frank Bourman

Orchestration—Neal Kayan

Décor—Lazlo Funtek

Jazz Sonata

Choreography—Eva von Gencsy

Original Music Score—Trevor Payne

Costume Design—Richard Lorain

Rodeo

Choreography—Agnes de Mille

Set Design—Oliver Smith

Costumes—Courtesy of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

1977 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Les Sylphides
Music: Frederic Chopin
Choreography: Michel Fokine

Four Portraits
Music: Harry Somers String Quartet #2
Choreography: Larry Hayden

Adagitto
Music: Gustav Mahler
Choreography: Oscar Araiz

Pas de Deux from Sleeping Beauty and Lilac Fairy Variation Prologue
Music: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Maurius Petipa & Sergeyev

Magic Journey
Music: Salsoul Orchestra
Choreography: Anita & Birl Jonns

Disco Party
Music: Van McCoy, Party; James Brown, Get Up Offa That Thing; Isley Brothers, Livin in the Life
Choreography: Anita & Birl Jonns

1978 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Sonata to Laurel
Music: Beethoven; Oscar Nedbal
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel

A Rare Mood
Music: Buddy Rich
Choreography: Peter George

Spring
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Choreography: Mauryne Allan (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Tam Ti Delam
Music: Gilles Vigneault
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

1979 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Paquita
Music: Minkus
Choreography: Maurius Petipa

Which Way Now
Music: John Lewis - Modern Jazz Quartet
Choreography: Peter George

Sadhana Dhoti
Music: David Jaggs in collaboration with Judith Marcuse - Collage of J.S. Bach, R. Eliscu and Vangellis
Choreography: Judith Marcuse (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Fantasies
Music: Franz Schmidt Piano Quintet in G Major
Choreography: Loyce Houlton

1980 Festival Ballet

Program Heads - Frank Bourman, Betty Farrally, Arnold Spohr

Sparks
Music: Quenten Doolittle
Choreography: Renald Rabu (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Majisimo
Music: Jules Massenet
Choreography: Jorge Garcia

Time Out Of Mind
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

The Venetian Twins
Choreography: Larry Hayden

1981 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald, Betty Farrally

Konservatoriet
Music: H.S. Paulli
Choreography: August Bournonville
Staged by: Anette Amand

Remembrance of Things to Come
Music: Johannes Brahms Neues Liebeslieder Waltzes
Choreography: Larry Hayden

Suspended Swing
Music: Ari Snyder
Choreography: Peter George

Acoustic Noose
Music: Bach Brandenburg Concerto #4
Choreography: Jennifer Mascall (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

1982 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Pineapple Poll
Music: Gilbert & Sullivan H.M.S. Pinafore & The Pirates of Penzance arranged by Sir Charles MacKerras
Choreography: John Cranko
Staged by: Reid Anderson

Don Quixote Pas de Deux
Music: Leon Minkus
Choreography: Maurius Petipa
Staged by: Laura Alonso

Aimez-Vous Bach
Music: J.S. Bach
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Light Falling
Music: Vangelis Papathanassiou
Choreography: Stephanie Ballard (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

1983 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Findings
Music: J.S. Bach; Serge Garant
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Lancez Votre Reve
Music: Alan Parsons Project, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays (collage of)
Choreography: Eva Von Gencsy

Constellation I
Music: Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux
Choreography: Martine Epoque (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

William Tell Pas De Deux
Music: Giaccomo Rossini
Choreography: August Bournonville
Staged by: Laura Alonso

Les Patineurs
Music: Giacomo Meyerbeer
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Staged by: Robyn Hughes

1984 Festival Dance

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Facade
Music: Sir William Walton
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Staged by: Alexander Grant

Hangman's Reel
Music: Traditional French Canadian folk music
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

The Black Swan Pas de Deux from Act III of Swan Lake
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Lev Ivanov & Marius Petipa
Stage by: Laura Alonso

Sacra Conversazione
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Reuquiem K626
Choreographer: David Earle

1985 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Graduation Ball
Music: Johann Strauss
Choreography: David Lichine
Staged by: Brydon Paige

Canto Indio
Music: Carlos Chavez Sinfonia India
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul

Double Quartet
Music: Franz Schubert; R. Murray Schafer
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Notturni
Music: John McCabe Notturni ed Alba
Choreography: Constantin Patsalas (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

1986 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Les Rendezvous
Music: Daniel Auber
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Staged by: Alexander Grant
From Notation: Deborah Chapman

The Four Temperaments
Music: Paul Hindemith Theme and Variations
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Una Kai

The River and the Wood
Music: Rembert Eques El Rio Y El Bosque
Choreography: Alberto Mendez
Staged by: Laura Alonso

Go Yet Turning Stay
Music: Igor Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat (suite)
Choreography: Christopher House (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

1987 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Gaite Parisienne
Music: Jacques Offenbach
Choreography: Leonid Massine
Staged by: Lorca Massine

Serenade
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon

Breaks
Music: Wolfgange Amadeus Mozart with variations by Harry Freedman Duo in B Flat No. 2 For Violin and Viola
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Cloud Garden
Music: Traditional Japanese
Choreography: David Earle (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

1988 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Concerto Barocco
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon

Lignes et Pointes
Music: Pierre Mercure Lignes et Pointes
Choreography: Brian Macdonald & Brydon Paige

Capricciosa
Music: Dietrich Buxtehude La Capricciosa
Choreography: Randy Glynn (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Jeu de Cartes
Music: Igor Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul

1989 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Diabelli Variations
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven Diabelli Variations
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul

Agon
Music: Igor Stravinsky Agon
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon

Sequoia
Music: Joan Tower Sequoia
Choreography: Mark Godden (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Tribute to Betty Farrally
Music: William Walton
Staged by: Brian Macdonald

1990 Festival Ballet

Program Head - Brian Macdonald

Breaks 
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with variations by Harry Freedman Duo in B Flat No. 2 For Violin and Viola
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul

. . . And There You Are, All Alone Together 
Music: Arvo Part Cantus - In Memory of Benjamin Britten; De Profundis
Choreographer: Howard Richard (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Valse d'Occasion 
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Choreography: Brian Macdonald

Polonaise 
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Polonaise from Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty Excerpts (1890) Blue Bird & Grand Pas de Deux 
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Sleeping Beauty
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Staged by: Annette av Paul

Serenade 
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon

1991 Festival Ballet

Program Director - Brian Macdonald

De Profundis 
Music: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Symphony No. 7 - 1st & 3rd Movements
Choreography: Edward Hillyer (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Firebird 
Music: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Fire Bird
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul

Symphony in C 
Music: Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon and John Taras

1992 Festival Ballet

Program Director - Brian Macdonald

The Four Temperaments 
Music: Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Theme and Variations
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon, assisted by Annette av Paul

Waterwheel 
Music: Hamza el Din Escalay, recorded by Kronos Quartet)
Choreography: Lola MacLaughlin (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient) assisted by Austra Gulens

Tales From the Vaudeville Stage (excerpts)
Music: Mickey Hart, Ennio Morricone, John Zorn, Geoffrey Oryema and Jack Body
Choreography: Judith Marcuse (from a work in progress)

Sequoia 
Music: Joan Tower Sequoia
Choreography: Mark Godden

1993 Festival Ballet

Program Director - Brian Macdonald

Scotch Symphony 
Music: Felix Mendelssohn Scotch Symphony: 2nd, 3rd and 4th movements
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon, assisted by Sheila Murray

Bonds of Affection 
Music: Arnold Schoenberg Kammersymphonie
Choreography: Bengt Jörgen (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

The Shining People of Leonard Cohen 
Poetry: Leonard Cohen from Spice Box of the Earth
Music: Harry Freedman (soundscape created to accompany the narrator who in turn accompanies the dancers)
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul

Time Out of Mind 
Music: Paul Creston Choric Dance #2 and Invocation in Dance Op. 58
Choreography: Brian Macdonald
Staged by: Annette av Paul

1994 Festival Ballet

Program Director - Brian Macdonald

Agon 
Music: Igor Stravinsky Agon
Choreorgraphy: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon, assisted by Susan Toumine

Theft 
Music: R. Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 5
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, assisted by Annette av Paul

Channel 
Music: Michael Nyman String Quartet #2
Choreography: Michael Downing (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Capricciosa 
Music: Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) La Capricciosa (Bux WV 250)
Choreography: Randy Glynn
Restaged by: Randy Glynn and Austra Gulens
Capricciosa premiered at the 1988 Banff Festival of the Arts, when Randy Glynn was that year's Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient.

Dèluge world premiere co-production between 
O Vertigo, the National Arts Centre and Banff Theatre Arts

Professional Company Residency

Company: O Vertigo
Choreography: Ginette Laurin
Premiere: 1994 Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa)

Program Director - Brian Macdonald

Capriccio ("Rubies" from the Ballet JEWELS) 
Music: Igor Stravinsky Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon

Cords 
Music: Bela Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin
Choreography: Brian Macdonald,assisted by Annette av Paul

Quest 
Music: Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach Berlin Symphonies: Symphony for two flutes, two horns, string & bassocontinuo in C Major Wq 174/H649 ; Symphony for two flutes, two oboes, two horns, string and basso continuo in E Monor Wq 178/H653
Choreography: Crystal Pite (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Big Band 
Music: Stan Kenton - Selections
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, assisted by Austra Cadieux

änyä world premiere co-production between
Ängikam Dance Initiative, the National Arts Centre and Banff Theatre Arts

Professional Company Residency

Company: Ängikam Dance Initiative
Choreography: Deepti Gupta
Premiere: 1995 National Arts Centre

1996 Festival Dance

Program Director - Brian Macdonald

Allegro Brillante 
Music: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 3
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staged by: Victoria Simon

Lost Gods (originally titled God's Children) - world premiere
Music: Franz Schubert Quartettsatz; Murray Schafer String Quartet No. 1 and No. 5
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, OC
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett.

CHIAROSCURO - world premiere
Music: selections from E.C. Woodley, Allan Gordon Bell, Meredith Monk and Dave Heath
Choreography: Gioconda Barbuto (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett.

l'Etiquette - world premiere
Music: selections by Bach, Corelli and Vivaldi
Choreography: Joe Laughlin (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett.

Chinook Winds the Aboriginal Dance Project

Presented by the Aboriginal Arts Program, a unique cultural partnership of the Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance and the Banff Centre for the Arts, with the assistance of the Theatre Arts Department.

Choreography: Alejandro Ronceria,
Music: Russell Wallace,
Design Coordination: M.J. (MeriLee) Helmer
Lighting Design: Tim Koll
Stage Management: Susan Mcnair Reid

Afrocubanismo '96 a celebration of music and dance featuring:

Conjunto FolklÛrico Nacional de Cuba Cuba's preeminent folkloric dance ensemble.
Grupo Afrocuba de Matanzas From the province of Matanzas, these experts in folkloric music and dance are also known as the originators of bat· rumba.
Richard Eg¸es Flautist, founding member of Orquesta AragÛn, and expert in Cuban DanzÛn and cha cha cha.
Regino JimÈnez Musical director of Danza Contempor·nea, bat· drum specialist and director of the most sought -after sacred bat· groups in the Havana Santeria community.

l'Amande et le Diamant - (The Almond and the Diamond)

Professional Company Residency

world premiere co-production between
Compagnie Marie Chouinard, the National Arts Centre and Banff Theatre Arts

Company: Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Choreography: Marie Chouinard
Premiere: 1996 Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa)

1997 Festival Dance

Program Director - Brian Macdonald

Creaturehood (world premiere)
Choreography: Shawn Hounsell (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Music: Maurice Ravel Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design:Denise Barrett

Petites danses pour mammifères (world premiere)
Choreography: Myriam Naisy
Music: Arcangelo Corelli Sonata for violin, viola & harpsichord, Op. 5
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Denise Barrett
Sound Design: Brian Cohlan
Funded by the France/Canada/Banff Fund, danced by guest resident company Ballet British Columbia.

Tavern Scene from Carmina Burana
Choreography: Fernand Nault
Music and Text: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Staging: Susan Toumine
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume Design: Francois Barbeau

Serenade 
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra
Staging: Victoria Simon, assisted by Susan Toumine and Annette av Paul
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Costume after Karinska

Chinook Winds the Aboriginal Dance Project
Presented by the Aboriginal Arts Program.

Program Director - Alejandro Ronceria

Chinook Winds the Aboriginal Dance Project
Presented by the Aboriginal Arts Program.

Program Director - Alejandro Ronceria

PPS Danse, May 1998
Professional Company Residency

Project: develop a female version of Bagne
Partners/co-producers: National Arts Centre, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Canada Dance Festival and the Banff Centre for the Arts

Information on the Residency Program

MISRASENA, March 1998
Professional Company Residency

Project: Black Ice
Partners/co-producers: National Arts Centre, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Canada Dance Festival and the Banff Centre for the Arts

Information on the Residency Program

JOE INK, March 1998
Professional Company Residency

Project: Swing Theory
Partners/co-producers: National Arts Centre, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Canada Dance Festival and the Banff Centre for the Arts

Information on the Residency Program

BALLET JÖRGEN, February 1998
Professional Company Residency

Project: new touring version of Romeo and Juliet
Partners/co-producers: The Canada Council for the Arts, and the Banff Centre for the Arts

Information on the Residency Program

1999 Festival Dance

July 21, 22, 23, 24, 1999 - Eric Harvie Theatre
Program Director - Brian Macdonald

The Four Temperaments (1946)
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Paul Hindemith, Theme and Four Variations for Piano and Strings
Staged by: Victoria Simon
Assisted by: Susan Toumine

Excavating ascent (world premiere)
Choreographer: Allen Kaeja (Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)
Composer: Fredrik Högberg
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Set Design: Robert Rombough
Costume Design: Tasha Dyck
Assistant to the Choreographer: Sarah Brewer

Canto Indio 
Choreographer: Brian Macdonald, OC
Music: Carlos Chavez, Symphony #2 "Sinfonia India"
Staging Assisted by: Annette av Paul
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner

Time Out of Mind 
Choreography: Brian Macdonald, OC
Music: Paul Creston, Two Choric Dances & Invocation and Dance for Orchestra, Op.58
Staging Assisted by: Annette av Paul
Lighting Design: Harry Frehner
Set Design: Harry Frehner based on original design by Sherry Grauer

Dance Training Presentation 
July 29. 30. 31, 1999 - Margaret Greenham Theatre
ANNETTE AV PAUL - Program Director/Pedagogue

The Dance Training program, a component of the Dance program, culminates each year in a studio presentation of four performances on the stage of the Margaret Greenham Theatre.

Chinook Winds the Aboriginal Dance Project
July 8, 9, 10, 11, 1999 - Margaret Greenham Theatre
Presented by the Aboriginal Arts Program.

Program Director - Alejandro Ronceria

Throw Away Kids (world premiere)
Choreography: Murial Miguel
Music by: Russell Wallace

Light and Shadow 
Choreography: Alejandro Ronceria

2000 Festival Dance

August 2, 3, 4, 5, 2000 - Eric Harvie Theatre
Program Director - Brian Macdonald

Balanchine Celebration!

Program Director - Brian MacdonaldProgram A - Balanchine, Ballet Master
July 24 & 26, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. - Margaret Greenham Theatre

Program B - Balanchine in Canada 
July 25 & 27, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. - Margaret Greenham Theatre

Panel Discussion - Mr. B. Ballet Master 
July 28, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. - Eric Harvie Theatre Lobby

Grand Performance - Celebrating Balanchine! 
July 28 , 2001 at 8:00 p.m. - Eric Harvie Theatre

2002 Dance Festival

Program Director - Brian Macdonald
July 24,25, 26, & 27, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. - Eric Harvie Theatre

Covenant by Benjamin Hatcher 
(2002 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award Recipient)
Music: Heaven & Hell by Vangelis

The Requiem 9/11 Project: 
a work-in-progress created by by Brian Macdonald C.C. with members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet 
Music: Verdi's Requiem
Created to honour victims of world terrorism, its world premiere took place at the National Arts Centre (Ottawa) in September, 2002.

Allegro Brillante by George Balanchine

2003 Dance Festival

Program Director - Annette av Paul 
July 16, 17, 18, 19 at 8:00 p.m. 
Eric Harvie Theatre

A world premiere by Andrew Giday
( 2003 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award)

Pas des Dix by George Balanchine

Breaks by Brian Macdonald, CC
Music: Mozart with variations by Harry Freedman, performed live by musicians from the summer music program.

Young Dancers in Performance
July 31 & August 1, 2003 at 8:00 p.m.
August 2, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre

2004 Dance Festival

Program Director - Annette av Paul 
July 14 & 15 at 7:30 p.m.
July 17 & 18 at 2:00 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre

D. A. Hoskins
(2004 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Divertimento No. 15 by legendary choreographer George Balanchine

Tam Ti Delam by Brian Macdonald

Young Dancers in Performance
July 31, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
August 1 & 2, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre

2005 Dance Festival

Program Director - Annette av Paul 
July 14, 15, 16, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
July 17, 2005 at 2:00 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre

2 world premieres by Sabrina Matthews and Peter Quanz 
(Recipients of the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award)

Selections from Carmina Burana

Aimez-vous Bach? a masterwork by Brian Macdonald, CC

Young Dancers in Performance
August 4 & 5, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
August 6, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre

2006 Dance Festival

Program Director - Annette av Paul 
July 20, 21,22, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
July 23, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre

A world premiere by Simone Orlando 
(2006 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award recipient)

Serenade by George Balanchine

Time out of Mind by Brian Macdonald, CC

And a special selection from Star Crossed, based on Romeo and Juliet, featuring the choreography of Brian Macdonald and the music of Harry Freedman.

Young Dancers in Performance
August 3 & 4, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
August 5, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Greenham Theatre

That thing between us by Nicole Mion
August 18 & 19, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Telus Studio, Jean and Peter Lougheed Building