RYERSON
THEATRE
SCHOOL
2006
2007
Caucasian Chalk Circle
written by
BERTOLT BRECHT
Fuenteovejuna
written by
LOPE DE VEGA
translated by
RICHARD SANGER
Ryerson Dances 2006
produced by
NADIA POTTS
Measure For Measure
written by
WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
Choreographic Works
produced by
VICKI ST. DENYS
New Voices
produced by
SHELDON ROSEN
46 Gerrard Street East
Toronto, ON
M5B 1G3
PH: 416-979-5118
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www.ryersontheatre.ca
Ryerson Theatre School Presents
Ryerson Dances 2006
November 21-25, 2006
Produced By: Nadia Potts
Lighting Design By: David Morrison
Featuring Works By: Roberto Campanella, Robert Glumbek, Yvonne Ng,
Malgorzata Nowacka and Vicki St. Denys
Toronto, Ontario – Ryerson Theatre School (RTS) continues its 35th Anniversary season with
its annual performances of Ryerson Dances 2006, from November 21-25, on the Ryerson
Theatre Mainstage located at 43 Gerrard Street East. Ryerson Dances is an excellent
opportunity to experience a wide variety of styles from five diverse and renowned
choreographers. Ryerson’s Dance Program is known across Canada for its high standards and
versatile dancers, and as always, this showcase promises an array of original, dynamic works
and performances.
Ryerson Dances 2006 is produced by RTS Dance Program Director, Nadia Potts, who has
been teaching ballet at Ryerson since her retirement from the National Ballet of Canada in
1986. During her illustrious 20-year career as principal dancer, she performed throughout the
world and partnered by renowned artists such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolph Nureyev.
Teaching has always run tandem to her performing career and she has taught at the National
Ballet School, the Banff Centre of Fine Arts, York University and George Brown College, as
well as conducting numerous master classes and workshops. During her tenure at RTS, Potts
has established a reputation for running one of the country’s finest post-secondary dance
programs.
Ryerson Dances 2006 includes the work of some of Canada’s most innovative and creative
choreographers: Roberto Campanella, Robert Glumbek, Yvonne Ng, Malgorzata Nowacka and
Vicki St. Denys bring an explosive mix of eclectic choreographic styles. Each choreographer
has been commissioned to create or remount an original piece. Through Ryerson Dances,
choreographers often begin lasting professional relationships with Ryerson students, and many
works go on to receive performances by professional companies.
Roberto Campanella was trained in Rome at the Scuola Italiana di Danza
Contemporanea. After retiring as a soloist from the National Ballet of Canada in 1996, he
graduated from the National Ballet School’s teacher training program with distinction.
Campanella is a guest teacher for The National Ballet of Canada and Stuttgart Ballet as
well as many companies in Italy, Korea and Japan. He has also choreographed for such
companies as L’Astragale, Ballet Jorgen, Enchine-do, and Corpus and is currently the
artistic director of the highly acclaimed ProArteDanza.
Originally from Poland, Robert Glumbek, has worked internationally with acclaimed
choreographers such as John Neumeier, Maurice Bejart, Hans Van Manen and John
Butler. He has created works for The National Finnish Theatre, Mannheim Ballet,
Princess Productions and ProArteDanza. Glumbek was also instrumental in the creation
of Desrosiers Dance Theatre here in Canada. A popular guest-teacher, Glumbek still finds
time to teach internationally and locally at The National Ballet of Canada, Dance Teq and
the Randolph Academy.
Born and raised in Singapore, Yvonne Ng, is an unstoppable force on the Canadian and
international dance scene. Ng is a dancer, producer, choreographer, teacher and artistic
director for Tiger Princess Dance Projects. She has been honoured with many awards
including a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2000 for her performance in Peter Chin’s BITE,
the prestigious K.M. Hunter Dance Award in 2002, and the Chalmers Arts Fellowship in
2003. Ng has also served on the board of Directors for both the Canadian Alliance of
Dance Artists and Dance Umbrella of Ontario.
Malgorzata Nowacka has excited audiences and critics alike with her hard-edged
choreography, bold and athletic performances and her strongly defined artistic vision. In
1999, Nowacka founded The Chimera Project which continues to create a significant
mark on Toronto’s cultural landscape. In 2003 she received the Toronto Emerging Artist
Award and was featured as one of the most promising young Canadian choreographers in
the documentary series Moments in Motion. Nowacka’s work I can almost has also been
adapted to a Bravo!FACT film produced by Kathleen Smith.
Vicki St. Denys has toured and performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe,
the Middle East, Australia, and Japan. As well as being a faculty member at RTS in both
the Dance and Acting programs, she offers professional-level jazz classes at Dance-Teq
and is a guest teacher and choreographer at the Banff Centre of Fine Arts each summer.
St. Denys is in great demand as a teacher and choreographer and travels frequently to
various organizations in Canada and the U.S. as a guest.
Lighting Designer David Morrison is very pleased to be back for his ninth Ryerson
Dances. Morrison has lit over 200 dance premieres in theatres across Canada, the United
States, Europe, and Asia. His work can be seen in the repertoires of the Royal Winnipeg
Ballet, Danny Grossman Dance Company, Dancemakers, Ballet B.C., Alberta Ballet, the
Royal Ballet of Flanders (Belgium) and Nederlands Dans Theater (Netherlands).
Morrison is currently Resident Designer for the National Ballet School and a member of
Associated Designers of Canada.
Ryerson Theatre School Presents
Ryerson Dances 2006
Show Runs: Tuesday November 21 at 8:00pm
Wednesday November 22 at 8:00pm
Thursday November 23 at 8:00pm
Friday November 24 at 8:00pm
Saturday November 25 at 2:00 & 8:00pm
Ticket Prices:
$16 Regular, $12 Students in advance (full price at the door), $12 Seniors
And $10 group rate (eight or more)
For more information on Ryerson Dances 2006 or tickets please contact
the Ryerson Theatre School Public Relations Office at 416-979-5118
or email rytheatr@ryerson.ca
Visit www.ryersontheatre.ca for information on our
35th Anniversary Gala Weekend