Ballet BC
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The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, home of Ballet BC
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| General information | |
| Name | Ballet BC |
| Previous names | Ballet British Columbia |
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| Year founded | 1986 |
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| Artistic Director | Annette av Paul |
| Location | Vancouver, BC |
| Principal venue | Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
| Website | http://balletbc.com/ |
| Senior staff | |
| Chief Executive | Branislav Henselmann |
| Company Manager | Melissa Tsang |
| Artistic Administrator | Janet Lea |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic Director | Emily Molnar |
| Resident Choreographers | Cayetano Soto |
| Rehearsal Director | Sylvain Senez[2]:{{{3}}} |
Ballet BC is a contemporary ballet company located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
History
Ballet BC was founded as Ballet British Columbia by Jean Orr, David Y. H. Lui[3]:{{{3}}} and Sheila Baggs in 1986, with Annette av Paul as first Artistic Director. The company adopted its current name after financial problems and a restructuring in 2009.[1]:{{{3}}}[4]:{{{3}}}
Artistic direction passed to Reid Anderson, Patricia Neary and Barry Ingham and in 1992 to John Alleyne, who introduced a program with original choreography including his The Faerie Queen[5]:{{{3}}} in 2000 and dances by other Canadian choreographers. Alleyne was followed by Emily Molnar after the reorganisation in 2009.[1]:{{{3}}}
As of April 2015[update], the company is the only professional ballet company in British Columbia.[1]:{{{3}}} It is based in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.[6]:{{{3}}}
Repertoire
Ballet BC presents a repertoire of contemporary ballet.[7]:{{{3}}}
The company opened the 2015 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, presenting three dances each by a different choreographer including Twenty Eight Thousand Waves by their own resident choreographer Cayetano Soto.[8]:{{{3}}} The company is travelling on a 30th anniversary tour in late 2015 and 2016.[9]:{{{3}}}
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