2023 Winter Showcase
Featuring the 2023/24 Professional Division, Post-Graduate Students and the Alberta Ballet Trainees
Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 at DJD Theatre
Dedicated to the Memory of Janet Tait
Ashley McNeil| Director, Alberta Ballet School
Welcome to Alberta Ballet School’s Annual Winter Showcase.
This event is the first performance for our 23/24 students, and we are proud to celebrate their early accomplishments after an already intense period of training. Thank you for joining us.
As many of you are aware, this performance comes at the end of a week of reflection and loss for our community. Last Saturday, one of our long-time ballet teachers and head of senior school, Ms. Janet Tait, passed away in hospital after a battle with cancer.
Ms. Tait believed deeply in its teachers and students. She was an incredibly talented teacher who had a gift for artistic nuance, technical detail and refinement. Even as she battled cancer, she was fiercely strong and passionate about all that our students were pursuing.
The students, faculty and staff are honoured to dedicate this performance in her memory.
Ms. Tait made this art form a central tenet of her work and passions. Sharing ballet with you this evening is a solace for our community in this challenging time.
Knowing how dedicated Ms. Tait was to her craft and to our school, we believe carrying on with this performance is an important tribute. Your presence makes us stronger, and we are grateful to have your support.
Performance Schedule
Welcome Speech, Ashley McNeil, Director of Alberta Ballet School
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Coached by Murray Kilgour
Music: Elite Syncopations by Scott Joplin
Aoi Engauchi, Florian Addiscott, HIrosuke Nakai, Takumi Iino
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Choreography by Taryn Klassen/Jenne Mariana
Coached by Jenne Mariani/Nathalie Nadeau Hope
Music: Antonin Dvorak
Alexandra Levis, Arcelia Tam, Claudia Gimon, Eleanor Jamieson, Elsa Anderson, Gabriella Zuniga, Kaiden Rathwell, Noemi Moe, Sophia Labelle
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Choreography Edmund Stripe, re-staged by Ashley McNeil
Music- Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky
Bokung Kim, Emmeline Phillipsom, Indigo Jakeman, Konomi Takeuchi, Masha Komina, Massa Dewa, Mei Suzuki, Misato Mase, Miyu Ishida, Nanaho Miyashita, Nene Oyama, Otoha Ishiwatari, Pascale Decelles, Shugo Tsugane, Sua Jeon, Takumi Iino, Usagi Nagano, Yui Yasumoto
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Choreography and Coached by Graham McKelvie
Music: Sud I Eyrum by Sigur Ros
Anai Quintina, Anna Pelletier, Aya Kawakami, Brynn Eisler, Esther Benson, Georgia Robinson, Kaili Kirschbaum, Lia Audriac, Lucy Kim, Miriam Hills, Naomi Jenkins, Paulina Blanco, Riko Sekiyama, Ririka Yamamoto, Simone Stolar, Sophie Cruz, Sydney Parrish, Tamaki Tsunomachi, Willa Clark, Aoi Engauchi, Ava Arnold, Eden Robichaud, Emma Poirier, Emma Savouillan, Evia Hayter, Florian Addiscott, Georgia McGilvery, Hannah Kreft, Hirosuke Nakai, Mako Okabe, Nadia Banka, Rio Kawaguchi, Sarah Koslowsky, Sophie Janzen, Tsuzuri Hasunuma, Yuzuki Sakabe, Anri Hashimoto, Ashley Blair, Avery Ellis, Danica Hugo, Emily Ditchburn, Haruhi Mano, Hinata Takahara, Hitomi Masaki, Kairi Watanabe, Kiera Watson, Maggie Oates Johnson, Mandi Bryce, Mia McIntyre, Shizuka Hosoi, Yoshino Horita
Intermission (10 minutes)
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Coached by Edmund Stripe and Jennifer Fournier
Music: Valse Lente from ‘La Boutique Fantasque’ Ottorino Respighi based on piano pieces by Gioachino Rossini
Analise Evans, Brooklyn Dobson, Charie Ngan, Eva Marie Fox, Jane Rylarsdam, Koh Sato, Lindi Denkema, Matilda Lavaring, Miku Amemiya, Milania Kwiatkowski, Olivia Avinou, Paulina Blanco, Raissa Doppelreiter, Ririka Yamamoto, Saki Honjo, Maria Santos, Sofia Moran, Tyneshia Hobbs
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Coached by Aram Manukyan
Music: Marius Petipas
Anri Hashimoto, Ashley Blair, Avery Ellis, Danica Hugo, Emily Ditchburn, Haruhi Mano, Hinata Takahara, Hitomi Masaki, Kairi Watanabe, Kiera Watson, Maggie Oates Johnson, Mandi Bryce, Mia McIntyre, Shizuka Hosoi, Yoshino Horita
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Coached by Murray Kilgour
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Ava Marie Arnold, Nadia Banka, Evia Hayter, Sophi Janzen, Tsuzuri Hasunuma, Saki Honjo, Rio Kawaguchi, Sarah Koslowsky, Hanna Kreft, Hitomi Masaki, Georgia McGiIvery, Mako Ohabe, Emma Poirier, Eden Robichaud, Yuzuki Sakabe, Emma Savouillan
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Coached by Jennifer Fournier
Music: Nutcracker , Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Anai Quintina, Anna Pelletier, Aya Kawakami, Brynn Eisler, Esther Benson, Georgia Robinson, Kaili Kirschbaum, Lia Santibanez, Lucy Kim, Miriam Hills, Naomi Jenkins, Paulina Blanco, Riko Sekiyama, Ririka Yamamoto, Simone Stolar, Sophie Cruz, Sydney Parrish, Tamaki Tsunomachi, Willa Clark
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Featuring Alberta Ballet School Professional Division Students
Alberta Ballet Donors help Alberta Ballet School advance its mission.
Alberta Ballet School cultivates, trains and empowers the next generation of professional dancers, ensuring our students are prepared to excel in post-secondary studies or pursue a thriving dance career, be it in Alberta or beyond.
Their training is a foundational activity of Alberta Ballet's charitable mission, and our valued donor community makes it possible to help advance the career aspirations of these talented and dedicated dance students.
Alberta Ballet School’s Annual Winter Showcase is your generosity in motion. To learn more about donor impact, email us at donate@albertaballet.com.
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Alberta Ballet School gratefully receives funding support from:
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