2015 season brochure - Royal New Zealand Ballet

2015 SEASON
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Don Quixote
Salute
the vodafone season of
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
International Tour
WELCOME TO THE ROYAL
NEW ZEALAND BALLET’S
 SEASON—A YEAR
OF GREAT STORIES.
2015 marks a new chapter in the
life of New Zealand’s national
ballet company, as we welcome
new Artistic Director Francesco
Ventriglia to New Zealand.
The RNZB’s performing year will
begin in New Zealand, with a long
overdue return to our stages of
Don Quixote, first staged by Gary
Harris in 2008. This is a joyful
romp of a production, and one
which we know will be enjoyed
by all ages.
Our winter programme for 2015 is
Salute, a very special collaboration
with the New Zealand Army
Band as we pay tribute to New
Zealand’s wartime history in four
contemporary works, including
world premieres by Neil Ieremia
and Andrew Simmons, with
scores by Dwayne Bloomfield
and Gareth Farr. It will be an
honour to work alongside some
of New Zealand’s finest musicians
for this programme, and we are
delighted that the NZAB will be
performing live in all venues on
this tour.
To complete our New Zealand
season, an artistic coup that
already has the ballet world
buzzing: The Vodafone Season
of A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
a new full length ballet by Liam
Scarlett, music by Mendelssohn
and designed by Tracy Grant Lord.
The RNZB’s year will end in the
UK, with performances in
prestigious venues in England
and Scotland.
We would like to acknowledge the
generous investment made in our
work by the Ministry for Culture
and Heritage, Te Manatū Taonga,
our National Sponsor Vodafone,
the Lottery World War One
Commemorations, Environment
and Heritage Committee,
Pub Charity, The Lion Foundation
and the ASB Community Trust,
together with that of our many
other sponsors, funders and
personal supporters, including
the Friends of the RNZB. Thank
you all for your support of your
national ballet company—we look
forward to seeing you at the ballet
in 2015.
Francesco Ventriglia
Artistic Director
Amanda Skoog, MNZM
Managing Director
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DON QUIXOTE
“Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care
to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who
has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag
and a greyhound for racing…”*
So begins Miguel de Cervantes’
epic shaggy dog story Don
Quixote, which has intrigued and
delighted readers for the last four
hundred years—and inspired one
of the greatest works in the
classical ballet canon.
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s
Don Quixote, first seen in 2008,
is a flirtatious delight, combining
virtuoso choreography with comic
flair in a spectacular staging that
will appeal to all ages.
Feisty lovers Kitri and Basilio and
their friends, take centre stage in
a sunny setting inspired by 1950s
Barcelona. The deluded Don
Quixote, who dreams of knightly
adventures, blunders into the
romance, almost losing his fortune
and his mind in the process… but
love conquers all, and the ballet
ends with a sumptuous wedding.
Choreography
Adrian Burnett, After Marius Petipa
Staging and Design
Gary Harris
Music
Ludwig Minkus
Lighting and Design
Jon Buswell
Conductor
Nigel Gaynor
*Opening of Don Quixote, Volume I,
Chapter One, by Miguel de Cervantes,
translated by Edith Grossman.
Dates and venues
Wellington
St James Theatre
4–7 March
With Orchestra
Wellington
Christchurch
Isaac Theatre Royal
11–14 March
With the Christchurch
Symphony Orchestra
Invercargill
Civic Theatre
18 March
Dunedin
Regent Theatre
21 March
Auckland
ASB Theatre,
Aotea Centre
26–29 March
With the Auckland
Philharmonia Orchestra
Palmerston North
Regent on Broadway
1 April
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SALUTE
They went with songs to the battle, they were young
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.*
The Royal New Zealand Ballet
is honoured to collaborate with
the New Zealand Army Band
and distinguished New Zealand
composers and choreographers
Dwayne Bloomfield, Gareth Farr,
Neil Ieremia and Andrew Simmons,
in this special programme of
works to mark the centenary
of World War One.
Alongside classic pieces by Johan
Kobborg (Salute, New Zealand
premiere) and Jiří Kylián (Soldiers’
Mass, last memorably performed
by the RNZB in 1999), Neil Ieremia
and Andrew Simmons will create
two world premieres.
Neil Ieremia's work is inspired
by Warrant Officer Dwayne
Bloomfield’s tone poem
Passchendaele, premiered
by the New Zealand Army Band
on Anzac Day 2009. Andrew
Simmons, whose haunting works
for the RNZB, Through to You,
A Song in the Dark and Of Days
have made such an impression
*Laurence Binyon For the Fallen,
September 1914
on New Zealand and international
audiences, will return to New
Zealand to work with composer
Gareth Farr (The Wedding,
Smashing Sweet Vixen) on his
fourth commission for the RNZB.
Dates and venues
The New Zealand Army Band
will perform live in all venues
throughout the tour.
Dunedin
Regent Theatre
3 June
Wellington
St James Theatre
22–24 May
Christchurch
Isaac Theatre Royal
28–30 May
Salute
Soldiers’ Mass
Hamilton
Founders Theatre
10 June
Choreography
Johan Kobborg
Choreography
& Design
Jiří Kylián
Takapuna
Bruce Mason Centre
13–14 June
Music
Bohuslav Martinů
Auckland City
ASB Theatre,
Aotea Centre
17–20 June
Music
Hans Christian
Lumbye
Design
Natalia Stewart
New Work
(world premiere)
Choreography
Andrew Simmons
Music
Gareth Farr
Design
Tracy Grant Lord
Passchendaele
(world premiere)
Choreography
& Design
Neil Ieremia
Music
Dwayne Bloomfield
Conductors for
all works: Nigel
Gaynor, Captain
Graham Hickman
Napier
Napier Municipal Theatre
24–25 June
With generous support from
the New Zealand Lottery Grants
Board through the Lottery World
War One Commemorations,
Environment and Heritage
Committee
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THE VODAFONE SEASON OF
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM
“Never harm, nor spell, nor charm.
Come our lovely Lady nigh.
So good night with lullaby.”*
In an unprecedented artistic coup,
the Royal New Zealand Ballet is
thrilled that Liam Scarlett, one
of the most sought-after
choreographers working today,
will create his first full-length,
main stage production, for the
Royal New Zealand Ballet, in 2015.
a string of acclaimed ballets for
The Royal Ballet, and commissions
for international companies have
included works for New York City
Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Miami
City Ballet, English National Ballet,
K-Ballet (Japan) and the
BalletBoyz (UK).
A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
based on Shakespeare’s play and
with Mendelssohn’s wonderful
incidental music, will have its
world premiere in Wellington in
August 2015. Scarlett’s musical,
witty choreography, displayed
in designs by Tracy Grant Lord
(Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet)
and lighting by Kendall Smith
(Giselle) will bring Shakespeare’s
enchanted wood and vivid
characters, to fresh new life
for New Zealand audiences.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
is a co-production with
Queensland Ballet.
Liam Scarlett was appointed
The Royal Ballet’s first Artist in
Residence in 2012. He has created
* William Shakespeare, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Act II, scene i
Choreography
Liam Scarlett
Music
Felix Mendelssohn
Design
Tracy Grant Lord
Lighting Design
Kendall Smith
Conductor
Nigel Gaynor
Dates and venues
Wellington
St James Theatre
20–23 August
With the New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra
Christchurch
Isaac Theatre Royal
27–29 August
With the Christchurch
Symphony Orchestra
Auckland City
ASB Theatre,
Aotea Centre
2–6 September
With the Auckland
Philharmonia Orchestra
Rotorua
Civic Theatre
10 September
Palmerston North
Regent on Broadway
16 September
Napier
Napier Municipal Theatre
19–20 September
SEASON SPONSOR
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INTERNATIONAL
TOUR
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s
performances in the UK received
universal acclaim during the
company’s 2011 tour. We are
delighted to be returning to major
venues in London, Edinburgh
and Canterbury in October/
November 2015.
Central to the tour will be the
RNZB’s debut at the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden, home of
The Royal Ballet. The company will
perform a programme of works
specially created for the RNZB by
New Zealand and international
choreographers during a week in
residence at Covent Garden’s
contemporary venue, the Linbury
Studio Theatre. In Edinburgh the
company will perform at the
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, and in
Canterbury the RNZB will present
a week of performances at the
Marlowe Theatre.
Repertoire for the tour will include
Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg’s
landmark production of Giselle,
feted by audiences and critics in
China and the USA since its New
Zealand premiere in 2012, and a
mixed programme of contemporary
works, including Javier De Frutos’
The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud
(2013) and newly created works
from Salute.
Image:
RNZB perform Giselle
The company look wide
awake, sexy and charged.
– The Guardian, 2011
These beautifully
disciplined Kiwis
can really rock.
– The Times, 2011
Impressive skill
and vibrancy
– LA Times, 2014
Streamlined and
imaginative, RNZB’s
new Giselle gently
revealed smart, nearperfect conception.
Tour Partners:
– Orange County Register
So often companies
coming to The Joyce
from out of town are
trying to prove something,
but the RNZB seems
to be something.
– Pointe Magazine
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Increase your knowledge,
enhance your enjoyment,
learn and be inspired!
rnzb.org.nz/education
AT PERFORMANCES
AT SCHOOLS
FOR DANCERS AND DANCE TEACHERS
FOR THE COMMUNITY
Look out for Warm Up, Curtain Up! events
(gold coin entry) before selected performances
and free Q&A sessions with dancers after
matinees. Dates for all centres are marked
in the performance listings on pages 20–22.
Distance is no barrier to participation in
RNZB education. RNZB educators work with
primary and secondary schools throughout
New Zealand, offering tailor-made curriculumlinked workshops exploring choreography and
artistic themes from current RNZB productions.
Comprehensive resources, with DVD, are
available for NCEA Dance Levels 1, 2 and 3,
as well as free downloadable teacher’s classroom
resources (great for audience members too!)
for each production. Discounted tickets for RNZB
performances are available for school groups.
Aspiring dancers throughout New Zealand
have the opportunity to enhance their regular
dance lessons through open classes conducted
by RNZB artistic staff, guest teachers and
company members. Special Ballet for Boys
classes give male dance students the chance
to work alongside other male dancers—a rare
opportunity in New Zealand. Dedicated students
may also apply to be a part of the RNZB’s
nationwide mentor programme, which pairs
students with company members for regular
advice and support via email and a special day
behind the scenes at the RNZB in Wellington.
Keep an eye out for special events—
a chance to see dancers, costumes and
backstage secrets, in venues outside the
RNZB’s regular touring programme.
Pre-season forums for Don Quixote, Salute and
The Vodafone Season of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream are planned for 2015. Look out for dates
and details on rnzb.org.nz, in the RNZB’s monthly
e-newsletter and on the RNZB’s Facebook page.
As a new initiative for 2015, the RNZB will
offer a professional development programme
for dance teachers, including the opportunity
to observe company class, attend an informal
lecture and discuss best practice with
members of the RNZB’s artistic staff.
More information about the RNZB’s education
programme, including dates for events and
online booking for open classes, can be found
at rnzb.org.nz/education—and you can also
sign up for education e-newsletters to ensure
that you or your students never miss out.
Reminders about booking for open classes,
Warm Up, Curtain Up! and Q&A sessions are
also posted on the RNZB’s Facebook page.
For all education enquiries, please contact
RNZB Education Manager Pascale Parenteau,
education@rnzb.org.nz / 04 381 9001.
The RNZB gratefully acknowledges support
from the Les and Sonia Andrews Cultural
Foundation for work in primary and
secondary schools around New Zealand.
SUPPORTING EDUCATION
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SUPPORTERS
The following people help
us to keep the price of your
tickets as low as possible.
And have a lot of fun doing it.
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The Royal New Zealand Ballet belongs to all
New Zealanders. Thanks to our supporters,
we can share the joy of live performance with
tens of thousands of people each year.
The easiest way to support your national
ballet company is by becoming a subscriber,
and in 2015 you can do this in Auckland,
Takapuna, Napier, Palmerston North,
Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin.
If you’d like to deepen your involvement,
there are many ways in which you, your
family, your business or a trust with which
you are connected can enjoy a closer
relationship with the RNZB, helping us to
build the future of ballet in New Zealand.
We are fortunate to enjoy dynamic relationships
with a wide range of organisations and funding
bodies who share our passion for creativity
and have a desire to invest in the cultural heart
of New Zealand life: from the Ministry for
Culture and Heritage, Te Manatū Taonga, to our
national sponsor Vodafone, through to the many
companies and trusts who provide outstanding
financial, logistical and material support.
We welcome enquiries from all organisations
who want to experience the satisfaction
and delight of working with the arts.
There is a place for everyone who wants to
express and share their love of ballet: from
first steps through the Friends of the Royal
New Zealand Ballet, to a lasting contribution
through a gift to The Ballet Foundation
of New Zealand; from regular involvement
as a member of the Dress Circle through
to supporting a member of the company
via our Partner a Dancer programme.
To those already numbered among our
family of supporters, we thank you, and we
look forward to welcoming you to another
year of inspiring performances in 2015.
FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL
NEW ZEALAND BALLET
THE BALLET FOUNDATION
OF NEW ZEALAND
With nine branches around the country,
the Friends provide a crucial network of
support for the RNZB, and help to keep
ballet fans up to date with company news
and local events. Becoming a Friend is the
perfect way to connect with ballet lovers
in your region, and to make an amazing
contribution to your national ballet company.
For every dancer rehearsing for a new
performance and for every choreographer
preparing a new piece, there is an audience
anticipating another magical night at the ballet.
A lifelong love of dance richly connects those
onstage with those who appreciate their
work: the thrill of an opening night, the pride
in following the career of a local talent over
many years, and the satisfaction in supporting
an artform that has brought so much joy.
Memberships start from $30 per year, or $20
per year for Young Friends. Friends receive
a 15% discount on tickets (two tickets per
production, per venue) and a discount on some
RNZB Education events, as well as regular
newsletters and invitations to special events.
For information, see rnzb.org.nz/
friends or telephone the National
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Including The Ballet Foundation of New Zealand
in your will is a meaningful way of honouring
the love of ballet that you have enjoyed in
your lifetime. By investing in the future of
ballet in this country, you will be sharing
the transcendent experience of dance with
generations of New Zealanders to come.
The Ballet Foundation of New Zealand is an
independent charitable trust (registration
number CC47241) with a board of trustees
that is committed to making the trust’s vision
a reality. For more information, please
visit balletfoundation.org.nz, or contact
Jane Meares, Chair, on 04 974 5952.
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 SUPPORTERS
SUPPORTED BY
NATIONAL SPONSOR
MAJOR MEDIA PARTNERS
THE VODAFONE SEASON OF
A Midsummer Night's Dream
MAJOR SUPPORTERS
SUPPORTING EDUCATION
THE DRESS CIRCLE
PARTNER A DANCER
The Dress Circle offers a further level
of involvement for patrons seeking a closer
relationship with the RNZB, and Friends
who would like to increase their support.
Personalised communications throughout
the year offers members special insights
into the work of the RNZB, and events held
around the country offer the opportunity
to go behind the scenes and meet dancers,
artistic staff and company management.
The RNZB’s Partner a Dancer programme
is a special opportunity to engage meaningfully
with the work of the company, through
an association with a single dancer.
By following your dancer, you will gain
special insights into the dancers’ professional
lives, from first rehearsals to final bows.
Membership of the Dress Circle starts
from $250, with members receiving two
complimentary tickets per $1,000 donation.
Over the course of each year, you will see your
dancer take on different roles and develop
as a performer. Invitations to special events,
and opportunities to meet with your dancer
and RNZB management, provide a close and
high profile association with the company.
If you would like to discuss supporting a special
project, or are considering a significant gift to the
company, we would love to meet you to discuss
how we could work with you in 2015 or beyond.
The RNZB is grateful to the organisations
and individuals who make a significant
contribution to the RNZB through the Dress
Circle and Partner a Dancer programmes.
For more information, see rnzb.org.
nz/support or telephone Philanthropy
Manager Liesl Nunns on 04 381 9030.
SUPPORTERS
TRUSTS
To discuss how your
organisation could benefit
from a strategic partnership
with the RNZB, please
contact Diane Field,
Corporate Development
Manager, on 09 379 4004.
Kelliher Charitable Trust
Les & Sonia Andrews
Cultural Foundation
Eastern & Central
Community Trust
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 SUBSCRIBER AND
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SUBSCRIPTION CENTRES
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8 October, 2014
Priority booking period
for 2015 subscribers
opens.
22 October, 2014
Priority booking period
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5 November, 2014
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$58.40
$59
$47.20
$45
$36
$35
$28
$50
$40
$39
$31.20
$32
$25.60
$25
$20
$25
$20
$88
Child
Napier 24—25 June
Wednesday 24 June 7:30pm
Thursday 25 June 6:30pm
A
Adult
Auckland 17—20 June
Wednesday 17 June 7:30pm
Thursday 18 June 7:30pm
Friday 19 June 7:30pm†
Saturday 20 June 7:30pm
PREMIUM
Child
Takapuna 13—14 June
INNER
CIRCLE
INNER
CIRCLE
Child
Hamilton 10 June
Palmerston North 1 April
Wednesday 1 April 7:30pm†
C
Dunedin 3 June
Auckland 26—29 March
Thursday 26 March 7:30pm
Friday 27 March 7:30pm†
Saturday 28 March 1:30pm & 7:30pm
Sunday 29 March 1:30pm*
$145
Child
Dunedin 21 March
Saturday 21 March 7:30pm†
A
Christchurch 28—30 May
Invercargill 18 March
Wednesday 18 March 7:30pm†
PREMIUM
$116
B
Subs Price
Wellington 22—24 May
INNER
CIRCLE
Child
Christchurch 11—14 March
Wednesday 11 March 7:30pm
Thursday 12 March 6:30pm
Friday 13 March 7:30pm
Saturday 14 March 7:30pm†
Full Price
SALUTE
 MAY –  JUNE
Subs Price
B
PREMIUM
A
Adult
$70
$56
$53
$42.40
$40
$32
Child
$45
$36
$35
$28
$25
$20
C
D
B
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*Q + A Session
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Wellington 20—23 August
Thursday 20 August 7:30pm
Friday 21 August 7:30pm
Saturday 22 August 1:30pm* & 7:30pm†
Sunday 23 August 6:30pm
St James Theatre
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Subscribers / Groups: 0800 RNZB SUBS
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Adult
Isaac Theatre Royal
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Subscribers / Groups: 0800 RNZB SUBS
General Sales: 0800 TICKETEK
A
$145
$111
$88.80
$97
$77.60
$68
$54.40
$45
$36
$35
$28
$50
$40
$40
$32
$32
$25.60
$25
$20
$25
$20
$116
Adult
Adult
B
C
PREMIUM
A
$145
$111
$88.80
$97
$77.60
$68
$54.40
$45
$36
$50
$40
$40
$32
$32
$25.60
$25
$20
$116
B
D
INNER
CIRCLE
Child
Auckland 2—6 September
Wednesday 2 September 7:30pm
Thursday 3 September 7:30pm
Friday 4 September 7:30pm†
Saturday 5 September 1:30pm & 7:30pm
Sunday 6 September 6:30pm*
PREMIUM
Child
Christchurch 27—29 August
Thursday 27 August 7:30pm
Friday 28 August 7:30pm†
Saturday 29 August 1:30pm* & 7:30pm
INNER
CIRCLE
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C
INNER
CIRCLE
PREMIUM
A
$145
$111
$88.80
$97
$77.60
$68
$54.40
$45
$36
$35
$28
$50
$40
$40
$32
$32
$25.60
$25
$20
$25
$20
$116
Child
B
C
D
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre
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Subscribers / Groups: (09) 970 9745
General Sales: 0800 111 999
Rotorua 10 September
Thursday 10 September 7:30pm†
Civic Theatre
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(07) 350 2244 / 0800 111 999
PREMIUM A
B
Adult
$78
$62
$38
Child
$45
$35
$25
Palmerston North 16 September
Wednesday 16 September 7:30pm†
Regent on Broadway
Book at www.ticketdirect.co.nz
(06) 357 9740 / 0800 4 TICKET
PREMIUM
A
Adult
$88
$70.40
$65
$52
$49
$39.20
$37
$29.60
Child
$45
$36
$35
$28
$25
$20
$25
$20
Napier 19—20 September
Saturday 19 September 7:30pm†
Sunday 20 September 1:30pm
Napier Municipal Theatre
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General Sales: 0800 TICKETEK
B
C
PREMIUM
A
B
Adult
$78
$62.40
$62
$49.60
$50
$40
Child
$45
$36
$35
$28
$25
$20
†Warm Up. Curtain Up!
*Q + A Session
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