Dance Victoria / Victoria Dance Series
Presentations:
A History
Inaugural Season 1997/98
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal - mixed program (including Pendulum by Crystal Pite et al.)
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - mixed program ( Ballo Della Regina [Balanchine]; The Leaves are Falling [Tudor]; Seventh Symphony [Van Schayk])
Ballet BC - mixed program (including Conversation Piece [Mark Godden]; and Dvorak Serenade [John Clifford])
Western Ballet Theatre - Romeo and Juliet
1998/99
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens - mixed program ( Apollo and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux [Balanchine]; Duende [Nacho Duato]; Axioma 7 [Ohad Naharin])
Ballet Jorgen - mixed program (The Art of Fugue [Crystal Pite]; I've Got Rhythm [Staphanie Ballard]; Two Dances For Jane [Crystal Pite]; White Sleep [Mark Godden]; Swedish Songs and Land [Bengt Jorgen])
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Dracula [Mark Godden]
Ballet BC - mixed program (15 Heterosexual Duets and .There, below [James Kudelka]; Petites danses pour mammiferes (Transl. Short Dances for mammals) [Myriam Naisy])
1999/2000
Ballet BC - mixed program (The Goldberg Suite [John Alleyne]; Chiaroscuro [Lynne Taylor-Corbett]; Zero Hour [Barry Ingham])
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Beauty and the Beast [David Nixon]
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal - mixed program (Premier souffle [Gilles Lacroix & Andre Simard]; Circle Songs [Shawn Hounsell]; entre-deux [Dominique Dumais]; clin d'oeil [Jason Shipley-Holmes]; No Strings Attached [Mia Michaels]
2000/01
Le Groupe Apogee - World Premiere choreography by Debra Brown
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Butterfly
Ballet BC - The Faerie Queen [John Alleyne]
2001/02
National Ballet of Canada - scenes from Romeo & Juliet
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal - including Short Works: 23 by Crystal Pite
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Giselle
Toronto Dance Theatre - Severe Clear [Christopher House]
2002/03
Ballet BC - Orpheus [John Alleyne]
Lola Dance - Volio [Lola McLaughlin]
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - The Sleeping Beauty
O Vertigo Danse - Luna [Ginette Laurin]
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens - Ohad Naharin
2003/04
National Ballet - Four Seasons [James Kudelka] , Napoli Excerpts, Judgment of Paris [Geroge Balanchine]
battery opera - Spektator [Lee Su Feh]
Ballet BC - Carmen [Jean Grand Maitre]
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - The Magic Flute [Mark Godden]
Lynda Raino/Crystal Pite - A Conversation - A Victoria Dance Series commission [Lynda Raino, Crystal Pite]
2004/05
Toronto Dance Theatre - Persephone's Lunch [Christopher House]
Alberta Ballet/Victoria Symphony - Nutcracker [Mikko Nissinen]
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - A Cinderella Story [Val Caniparoli]
The Holy Body Tattoo - monumental [Noam Gagnon, Dana Gingras]
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks - BULLA! [Hannah Stilwell & Kimberly Cooper]
Ballet BC - The Rite of Spring [John Alleyne], 15 Heterosexual Duets [James Kudelka], Nine Sinatra Songs [Twyla Tharp]
2005/06
National Ballet of Canada - Swan Lake, Full Circles, Romeo and Juliet Before Parting [James Kudelka], Themes and Variations [Balanchine],
bjm_danse (Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal) - Stolen Show [Crystal Pite]
Alberta Ballet/Victoria Symphony - The Nutcracker
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - The Messiah [Mauricio Wainrot]
Kokoro Dance - Sunyata [Jay Hirabayashi & Barbara Bourget]
Kidd Pivot - Double Story [Crystal Pite and Richard Siegal]
2006/07
Ballet British Columbia - A Streetcar Named Desire [John Alleyne]
Wen Wei Dance - Unbound [Wen Wei Wang]
Alberta Ballet - The Nutcracker [Mikko Nissinen]
Ailey® II - Mixed Repertoire [various incl. Alvin Ailey]
battery opera - [storm] [Lee Su-Feh, David McIntosh]
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Dracula [Mark Godden]
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks - Magnetic Consequences [Vicki Adams Willis]
2007/2008
National Ballet of Canada – Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon) + Giselle
Yoruba Andabo – Rumba en la Habana
Alberta Ballet & Victoria Symphony – Nutcracker (Mikko Nissinen)
Royal Winnipeg Ballet – The Sleeping Beauty
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal – Mapa (Rodrigo Pedernairas) + Les Chambres de Jacques (Aszure Barton)
Rubberbandance Group – Elastic Perspective (Victor Quijada)
Compagnie Marie Chouinard – Body Remix (Marie Chouinard)
2008/2009
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet - Irregular Pearl
Tara Cheyenne Performance - Nick & Juanita: Livin’ in my Dreams
Alberta Ballet - The Nutcracker [World Premier]
ProArteDanza - Mixed Repertoire
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Peter Pan
Chunky Move - I Want to Dance Better at Parties
Hubbard Street Dance - Mixed Repertoire
2009/10
The National Ballet of Canada - Mixed Repertoire
Decidedly Jazz DanceWorks - wowandflutter
Alberta Ballet - The Nutcracker
Alberta Ballet - Joni Mitchell’s The Fiddle and the Drum
Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot - Dark Matters
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Moulin Rouge – The Ballet
Compagnie Marie Chouinard - Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun + Rite of Spring
Wen Wei Dance - Cock-Pit
2010/11
Pacific Northwest Ballet - Mixed Repertoire
Daniel Léveillé Danse - Modesty of Icebergs
GOH Ballet with Special Guests - The Nutcracker
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens - Four Seasons + Cantata
Toronto Dance Theatre - Pteros Tactics
Alvin Ailey ® American Dance Theater - Special Performance
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Wonderland