{"id":114089,"date":"2025-05-06T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=114089"},"modified":"2025-05-07T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:00:02","slug":"scoop-principal-dancer-guillaume-cote-takes-final-bow-national-ballet-may-30-june-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/05\/06\/scoop-principal-dancer-guillaume-cote-takes-final-bow-national-ballet-may-30-june-5\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Principal Dancer Guillaume C\u00f4t\u00e9 Takes Final Bow With The National Ballet May 30 To June 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_114091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114091\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-NEWS-8.jpg\" alt=\"National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancer Guillaume C\u00f4t\u00e9 (Photo: Matt Barnes)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-NEWS-8.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-NEWS-8-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-NEWS-8-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-NEWS-8-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancer Guillaume C\u00f4t\u00e9 (Photo: Matt Barnes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After 26 years, National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/03\/28\/interview-turning-hamlet-dance-theatre-interview-guillaume-cote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guillaume C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/a> will mark his final performances with the company May 30 to June 5. The program, appropriately is titled Adieu, and opens the NBC&#8217;s Summer Season with an all-Canadian lineup of works, including C\u00f4t\u00e9\u2019s new work Grand Mirage, along with the reprisal of his Bol\u00e9ro, and world premieres from Choreographic Associate Ethan Colangelo and dancemaker Jennifer Archibald.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s overwhelming how much beauty and passion there is in my heart for what the National Ballet has given me \u2013 a family and a life that has shaped who I am and is something that I will carry forever,\u201d said C\u00f4t\u00e9 in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor my final performances, I wanted to work with a very close collaborator, film director Ben Shirinian for Grand Mirage. Ben and I have worked on many films together including Lost in Motion and Lulu and I thought it would be very special to ask Ben to create a film element as I say farewell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Created with Canadian filmmaker Ben Shirinian, the multimedia work Grand Mirage showcases C\u00f4t\u00e9&#8217;s work as both dancer and choreographer, and reunites him with long-time partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/02\/24\/qa-30-questions-principal-dancer-national-ballet-greta-hodgkinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson<\/a>, who will appear as a Principal Guest Artist.<\/p>\n<p>Guillaume\u2019s Bol\u00e9ro was created for the National Ballet\u2019s 60th Anniversary Diamond Gala in 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8TG9hgFWBZ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>World Premieres<\/h3>\n<p>A native of Toronto, <strong>Ethan Colangelo<\/strong> trained with Canada\u2019s National Ballet School and Elite Danceworx. He is graduate of The Juilliard School, where he received the Hector Zaraspe Prize for Choreographic Promise.<\/p>\n<p>His first full company mainstage commission, titled Reverence, will make its world premiere. The piece is inspired by the Hieronymus Bosch painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, and explores the way that contrasting emotions, denoted by moments of virtuosity juxtaposed with more subtle movements and music, can exist in the body at the same time. The original score was composed by Ethan&#8217;s frequent collaborator Ben Waters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Archibald<\/strong> was born in Toronto, and went on to study dance at The Alvin Ailey School and the Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory. She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Arch Dance Company and Program Director of ArchCore40 Dance Intensives.<\/p>\n<p>Her first choreographic collaboration with NBC incorporates her signature blend of hip-hop with classical ballet and contemporary movement. Archibald has choreographed for dance and ballet companies, off-Broadway musicals, and chart-topping singers like Ludacris and Shaggy, along with working as a movement specialist and consultant for actors and movie projects, as well as industrials for companies like Nike and Reebok.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer has choreographed for the Atlanta Ballet, Ailey II, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Kansas City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Ballet Nashville, Grand Rapids Ballet, Amy Seiwert\u2019s Imagery, and Stockholm\u2019s Balletakademien, and Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre. She was appointed as the first female Resident Choreographer in Cincinnati Ballet\u2019s 40-year history.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer is an Acting Lecturer at the Yale School of Drama and was appointed as a Guest Faculty Lecturer to develop the hip hop dance curriculum at Barnard College.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find tickets and more details about Adieu, May 30 to June 5, [<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/national.ballet.ca\/productions\/adieu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Are you looking to promote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><u>event<\/u><\/span><\/a>? Have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/masthead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>news tip<\/u><\/a>? 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