Ballet Jörgen Canada
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Ballet Jörgen Canada[1][2] was founded in 1987 by Susan Bodie and Bengt Jörgen and is based in Toronto, Ontario. The company also has hubs in Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Halifax. It is Canada's fifth largest ballet company.
Performances and collaborations
Canada's Ballet Jörgen gives over 120 performances a year. The company's annual tours bring ballet performances to over 50,000 people across Canada and northern USA, sharing ballet with more Canadian communities than any other dance company. Some of the ballets in their repertoire include Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Anastasia, and Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet (tm) One third of Ballet Jörgen Canada's audiences at public performances are under the age of eighteen and one-third are attending a dance performance for the first time.
Canada's Ballet Jörgen educational activities range from its long-time collaboration with George Brown College in Toronto to elementary school programming across the country. Its extensive Outreach and Educational programming includes working closely with young dancers and local ballet schools. The company also holds workshops, master classes, school visits and residencies.
References
- ^ "BALLET JORGEN CANADA". Government of Canada/Canada Revenue Agency. October 23, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ "Ballet Jörgen Canada Charity Profile". CanadaHelps. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
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