The National Ballet of Canada

Repertoire 1971-1980

Karen Kain in The Sleeping Beauty
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Karen Kain in The Sleeping Beauty
1970/71
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Brown Earth Laura Nyro, Carole King and Gerry Goffin Ann Ditchburn Jack King Wallace Russell
For Internal Use As Well John Mills-Cockell Tim Spain
The Mirror Walkers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Peter Wright Wallace Russell
Sagar Morton Subotnick Tim Spain
1971/72
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Evocation Frédéric Chopin staged by Daniel Seillier
Fandango Padré Antonio Soler Antony Tudor Hugh Laing
Intermezzo Johannes Brahms Eliot Feld Stanley Simmons
Session Doug Riley Robert Iscove Csilla Marki
1972/73
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
The Moor's Pavane Henry Purcell, arranged by Simon Sadoff José Limòn Pauline Lawrence Chenault Spence
The Sleeping Beauty Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Rudolf Nureyev, after Marius Petipa Nicholas Georgiadis David Hersey
1973/74
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Don Juan Christophe Willibald Glück and Tomas Luis de Vittoria John Neumeier Filippo Sanjust Gil Wechsler
Pas de Deux from Flower Festival in Genzano E. Helsted August Bournonville, arranged by Erik Bruhn
Les Sylphides* Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by George Crum Michel Fokine, produced by Celia Franca and Erik Bruhn Peter Farmer Thomas Saunders
1974/75
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Coppélia* Léo Delibes Erik Bruhn Maurice Strike Thomas Skelton
Inventions Miloslav Kabelac Constantin Patsalas Constantin Patsalas Thomas Saunders
Kettentanz Johann Strauss Sr. and Johann Mayer Gerald Arpino, staged by Scott Barnard Joe Eula Thomas Skelton
Whispers of Darkness Gustav Mahler Norbert Vesak Ming Cho Lee Norbert Vesak
1975/76
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Kisses Contemporary Ann Ditchburn Ann Ditchburn
Monument for a Dead Boy Jan Boerman Rudi van Dantzig Toer van Schayk
Offenbach in the Underworld (Revival) Jacques Offenbach, arranged by George Crum Ann Ditchburn, Rudi van Dantzig, Antony Tudor, restaged by Celia Franca Kay Ambrose Thomas Saunders
1976/77
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Afternoon of a Faun Claude Debussy Jerome Robbins Jean Rosenthal Jean Rosenthal
Black Angels George Crumb Constantin Patsalas Constantin Patsalas Thomas Saunders
La Fille Mal Gardée Ferdinand Hérold, arranged by John Lanchbery Frederick Ashton Osbert Lancaster Thomas Saunders
Four Schumann Pieces Robert Schumann Hans van Manen Jean-Paul Vroom Jan Th. Hofstra
Mad Shadows André Gagnon Ann Ditchburn Jack King Sholem Dolgoy
Monotones II Erik Satie Frederick Ashton Frederick Ashton William Bundy
A Party Benjamin Britten James Kudelka Mary Kerr Thomas Saunders
Romeo and Juliet (Revival) Sergei Prokofiev John Cranko Jürgen Rose Wallace Russell
1977/78
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
La Bayadèrka: Act IV (Revival) Ludwig Minkus Marius Petipa, produced by Eugen Valukin Wallace Russell
Collective Symphony Igor Stravinsky Hans van Manen, Toer van Schayk, Rudi van Dantzig Howard Eldridge
The Dream Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, arranged by John Lanchbery Frederick Ashton David Walker Thomas Saunders, after Royal Ballet design
1978/79
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Elite Syncopations Scott Joplin and others Sir Kenneth MacMillan Ian Spurling William Bundy
Les Patineurs Giacomo Meyerbeer, arranged by Constant Lambert Frederick Ashton William Chappell Sholem Dolgoy
The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky Constantin Patsalas Constantin Patsalas Sholem Dolgoy
The Two Pigeons André Messager Frederick Ashton Jacques Dupont, adapted by Marc Paven Sholem Dolgoy
Washington Square Michael Conway Baker James Kudelka Jack King Ronald Montgomery
1979/80
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Études Carl Czerny, arranged by Knudåge Riisager Harald Lander staged by Toni and Lise Lander Harald Lander
Song of a Wayfarer Gustav Mahler Maurice Béjart Alan Burret
Le Spectre de la Rose Carl-Maria von Weber Michel Fokine, staged by Nicolas Beriozoff Léon Bakst Sholem Dolgoy
Serenade (Revival) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky George Balanchine Karinska Sholem Dolgoy (1980)
Ronald Bates (1989)
Swan Lake* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Erik Bruhn, after Marius Petipa Desmond Heeley Sholem Dolgoy (1979)
Robert Thomson (1985)

* New Production