{"id":45871,"date":"2017-06-08T07:53:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=45871"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:33:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:33:27","slug":"the-scoop-national-ballet-raises-1-3-m-at-annual-fundraiser-with-karen-kain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/06\/08\/the-scoop-national-ballet-raises-1-3-m-at-annual-fundraiser-with-karen-kain\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | National Ballet Raises $1.3 M at Annual Fundraiser with Karen Kain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, has announced that MAD HOT BALLET: Northern Lights raised over $1.3 million. (Photo: courtesy the National Ballet of Canada)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The National Ballet of Canada has announced it has raised a whopping $1.3 M in donations at their annual fundraiser gala held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

MAD HOT BALLET: Northern Lights<\/strong> was attended by nearly 2000 patrons, with a total of 650 at the gala dinner.<\/p>\n

The event featured performances by Greta Hodgkinson (Ji\u0159\u00ed Kyli\u00e1n\u2019s Nuages<\/em>) with Marcelo Gomes, Principal Dancer of American Ballet Theatre.<\/p>\n

Xiao Nan Yu, who celebrated her 20th anniversary year with the company, danced in the world premiere of Choreographic Associate Robert Binet\u2019s The Sea Above, The Sky Below<\/em> with fellow Principal Dancer Harrison James and Corps de Ballet member F\u00e9lix Paquet, with costumes by Canadian fashion designer Erdem Moralioglu.<\/p>\n

The gala also included a performance by Principal Dancer Sonia Rodriguez and First Soloist Skylar Campbell in Tarantella<\/em>, Principal Dancers Elena Lobsanova and Naoya Ebe in a “pas de deux” from Copp\u00e9lia<\/em>, Principal Dancer Jurgita Dronina and First Soloist Francesco Gabriele Frola in a “pas de deux” from Le corsaire<\/em> and the company premiere of Surge by Mr. Binet, performed by 14 students from Canada\u2019s National Ballet School.<\/p>\n

Canadian dance icons Veronica Tennant, Evelyn Hart, Artist-In-Residence Rex Harrington, and legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, were also in attendance.<\/p>\n

The National Ballet’s Street Car Named Desire<\/em> is currently running\u00a0through June 10, 2017. For full details and tickets visit national.ballet.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS, visit\u00a0HERE<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n

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