We are 51 days away from #DanceWeekend19! Next on our countdown is Canada’s Ballet Jörgen. Canada’s Ballet Jörgen peforms Saturday January 26 at 7:10pm.
WEBSITE: www.canadasballetjorgen.ca
FACEBOOK: @balletjorgencanada
INSTAGRAM: canadasballetjorgen
Can you tell us little bit about your company/collective/school?
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen is a classical ballet company that aims to make ballet accessible and relevant to 21st century audiences. We like to tell Canadian stories and always reflect a Canadian identity in our programming. Every season, CBJ performs coast to coast reaching more communities with dance programming than any other organization in Canada.
What will you be showing at DanceWeekend?
Fan Dance
CHOREOGRAPHY- Bengt Jörgen
MUSIC- “3 Thoughts” Einsturzende Neubauten
DANCER- Annelie Liliemark
Coppélia: A Comedy with Love (Excerpts)
CHOREOGRAPHY- Bengt Jörgen
MUSIC- Léo Delibes
DANCERS – TBD
The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition
CHOREOGRAPHY- Bengt Jörgen
MUSIC- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
DANCERS – TBD
Can you talk about your creative process? What inspires you?
Canada’s Ballet Jӧrgen was founded with a mandate to support the development and dissemination of Canadian choreography. Since its inception, CBJ has exclusively danced works created for the company by Canadian and Canada based choreographers.
Please share your experience performing in a previous DanceWeekend and/or tell us what you are looking forward to at DanceWeekend’19?
CBJ always looks forward to participating in DanceWeekend. It is exciting to see all of the different dance styles represented.
What is one surprising or interesting fact about your company/collective/school?
Since its inception CBJ has reached 305 communities, including 246 within Canada and 59 in the US.
Do you have any up-coming performances/events you would like to share?
CBJ will be touring Coppélia: A Comedy with Love across Canada from January 20 to April 27. A full list of dates and cities can be found at canadasballetjorgen.ca