Brendan Saye
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Brendan Saye is performing the role of Romeo in the National Ballet’ production of Romeo and Juliet during the last performance on Nov 27 with Chelsea Meiss as Juliet. Brendan is one of the few male dancers in the Corps-de-ballet to be given the chance to perform a Principal role for NBC.
Chelsea and Brendan have been interviewed for the pending documentary of the making of Romeo and Juliet following their story of dancing a major role as young dancers. Watch for the documentary to come out.
Brendan Saye trained at Cameron Academy until he was asked to join the National Ballet School in Toronto. Upon graduation, Brendan became the the recipient of the 2008 Peter Dwyer Award and the 2008 Christopher Ondaatje Award. Mr. Saye joined The National Ballet of Canada’s Apprentice Program in August, 2008. Brendan Saye is now a member of the corps of the National Ballet of Canada, after apprenticing for only 10 months. His latest roles for the upcoming season include the ballet “Second Detail, Emergence and Romeo and Juliet”. Brendan performed with the company for the first time in Vancouver in the Fall of 2011.
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“Chroma, Serenade, Emergence”
Choreography by Wayne McGregor, George Balanchine and Crystal Pite
National Ballet of Canada
Four Seasons Centre in Toronto on Wednesday
Canny artistic director Karen Kain has snagged a big one in Chroma. Superhot British choreographer Wayne McGregor created the piece for the Royal Ballet in 2006, and Chroma went on to win the three top London dance awards.And there has never been, in recent memory, an ovation like the one given to Chroma at the National Ballet on Thursday.McGregor’s mind-blowing choreography is so complex and daring that at times it seems like trompe d’oeil. Simply put, Chroma is a stunner, both in movement and the visual environment.The six men (Aleksandar Antonijevic, Zdenek Konvalina, Noah Long, Robert Stephen, and, plucked from the corps de ballet, Brendan Saye and Dylan Tedaldi) and four women (Greta Hodgkinson, Tanya Howard, Tina Pereira and Bridgett Zehr) seem to make their bodies do the impossible, both alone and in partners.Their elastic, supple bodies seem to have no bones. Not only that, different parts of the body are doing different things at the same time. The movement language is both ugly and beautiful, androgynous and sexy. The central male trio (Stephen, Saye and Tedaldi) with its complex, lightning fast, staccato manipulations, brought down the house.
Sophia Lee and Harrison James in RWB "Svengali"
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Sophia Lee was filmed by the Winnipeg Free Press in the performance of “Svengali” for promo for the new work. Watch it at http://bcove.me/lk1jchs9
Sophia Lee also trained at Cameron Academy and has just signed a contract with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet company and began the new season in August. Sophia was accepted into the Royal Winnipeg school 4 years ago completed the Royal Winnipeg year 6 level in the spring of 2010, as well, received the Prince Edward scholarship award, the highest award the school presents. Sophia performed soloist spots in the school’s outreach performances. She was chosen to attend the Banff Professional Division in July 2010 and was cast in three works. She began the “Aspirant” program with RWB last September, with a full calendar of performing opportunities including a pas de deux televised for the Canadian Genies Awards in the Spring of 2011. We congratulate Sophia on her recent appointment, and success for her future. Sophia will perform with the RWB in Vancouver in April.