Canada All-Star Ballet Gala

09/05/2025

04/15/2025

Bravo to Alberta Ballet

Alberta Ballet closes the season with Notre Dame de Paris, a rarely seen masterpiece by Roland Petit.

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03/17/2025

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12/04/2024

As a protégé of the legendary Soviet-era ballerina Ekaterina Maximova, Lunkina infused Giselle with a captivating blend of innocence and complexity that made her portrayal compelling. Her coaching by Evelyn Hart, a distinguished ballerina who has also embraced this role, further connected her performance to a lineage of great dancers…

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11/27/2024

THE POWER OF LOVE
Svetlana Lunkina is by now an expert and veteran Giselle, having danced this role at every stage in her career [around 100 times]. At 18 years old when she first joined the Bolshoi Ballet, she was cast as the tragic heroine and became the youngest Giselle in Bolshoi history. Now at 45, she brings decades of experience to her interpretation.
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“Giselle” The National Ballet of Canada Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Toronto, Canada Nov. 20, 2024 by Denise Sum copyright © 2024 by Denise Sum The story of “Giselle” hasn’t changed since its premiere in 1841. Today, “Giselle” is all about the performances. There is a r...

11/25/2024

Svetlana Lunkina - Giselle rehearsal with Ekaterina Maximova (1998, Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre).

11/24/2024

This ballet masterpiece DVD can be easily bought on Amazon, and unfortunately, cannot be bought at the NBoC shop

https://www.amazon.ca/Giselle-Bolshoi-Ballet/dp/B0072A4I2W

11/23/2024

highly recommend watching with the volume turned on