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Bengt Jörgen receives the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
On Sunday, October 21, Artistic Director and CEO Bengt Jorgen received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal at the i-Canada Summit in Montreal. Bengt Jorgen and Bill Hutchison 'Bengt Jorgen has...
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A very special performance
By Melissa Forstner On December 11, Ballet Jorgen Canada will present a very special performance of The Nutcracker, a Canadian Tradition for patients and families affected by cancer and involved in the...
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Meet Annelie Liliemark and Levi Blad
By Melissa Forstner Annelie Liliemark and Levi Blad joined Ballet Jorgen Canada this year from the Royal Swedish Ballet. I sat down with them to chat a few weeks into the season and was won over by...
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Taylor Gill on The Nutcracker, a Canadian Tradition
By Melissa Forstner Taylor Gill is not only a lovely dancer but she is a remarkable actress. It is the opportunity to act, in fact, that captured Taylor's interest in dance. When she was 12, Taylor...
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Cristina Graziano and The Nutcracker, a Canadian Tradition
By Melissa Forstner Cristina Graziano joined Ballet Jorgen Canada in 2008, the same year BJC premiered The Nutcracker, a Canadian Tradition. The roles of Loon and Dragonfly were created on Cristina....
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Meet David Aylward
By Melissa Forstner Photo by Christine Woolnough David Aylward believes strongly in the importance of volunteerism. By day, he is the Senior Business Manager of the RBC Law Group and throughout the...
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Alexandre Christiansen
By Melissa Forstner Alexandre Christiansen is one of the two young princes who toured with Ballet Jorgen Canada this season as we performed The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition throughout Ontario. At...
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Congratulations to Our P103 Graduates
By Melissa Forstner We would like to congratulate our recent graduates of P103 Commercial Dance Studies and wish them well as they enter the dance industry or go on to seek additional training. P103 is...
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Heather Lumsden-Ruegg blogs for us from the West Coast
Heather Lumsden-Ruegg will be blogging for us during the company's tour of Western Canada. Photograph by Kevin Vagg We made it! Clea, Bengt, Sarah and I left early (5 am) Thursday morning to catch our...
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Cristina blogs for us from BC again
Cristina Graziano will be blogging for us from BC again! Photo by Helen Woo Here we go again - Greetings BJC fans! It feels like just yesterday I was reporting from Vancouver during my 7-day excursion....
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More from Heather Lumsden-Ruegg out west
So much has happened so far, and so much is still to come! We had an adventurous first show in Duncan - the music stopped for a solid minute during the White Swan pas de deux, and all of us swans were...
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From one Swan to another
Svea, BJC coach and GBD faculty member,performed the role of the Swan Queen in Prince Rupert in 1989. We found this picture on the wall of the theatre so Hiroto and I took a picture with it after our...
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Happy Valentine's Day from BJC
We had the privilege of working with photographer Kevin Vagg on a Valentine's Day themed photoshoot. Here are the shots! Kevin Vagg was the first place winner of our 2012 Anastasia photo contest. Click...
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Ballet Jörgen Canada shows some love to our volunteers
By Colin Asuncion One of our driving forces at Ballet Jorgen Canada is our team of amazing volunteers. These dedicated individuals assist us in countless ways, from providing marketing support to...
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A Message from Mara Nickerson
I am very pleased to be taking over as Chair of Ballet Jorgen Canada. This is a very exciting year, being the Company's 25th anniversary and launching Swan Lake. In addition, our hubs in Atlantic...
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Heather checks in from Cranbrook, BC
By Heather Lumsden-Ruegg Wow! It has been too long since I've updated everyone on where we are and what we are doing. I'm sitting in my hotel room at the Prestige in Cranbrook, BC, looking out my...
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The reviews are in!
Photograph by Kevin Vagg The reviews are in! Read about our Toronto performance of Swan Lake in The Globe and Mail and on Mooney on Theatre.
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Kitchener-Waterloo Season in Review
By Gabrielle Clermont, BJC Kitchener-Waterloo Coordinator Things have been busy this past season as we began the development of our new company hub in Waterloo Region! In addition to our performances...
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A message from Bengt Jörgen
Thank you to everyone who joined and supported us during our 25th anniversary season. How great it was to be on stage performing in Swan Lake and to feel the electricity in the air every night the...
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