{"id":4506,"date":"2022-04-13T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2022-04-13T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:58:14","slug":"les-grands-ballets-renews-ivan-cavallaris-mandate-as-the-companys-artistic-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/13\/les-grands-ballets-renews-ivan-cavallaris-mandate-as-the-companys-artistic-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Grands Ballets renews Ivan Cavallari\u2019s mandate as the company\u2019s artistic director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens is pleased to announce the renewal of the mandate of its artistic director,\u00a0Ivan Cavallari, for a second five-year term<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>

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Appointed in 2017, at the moment the company was moving into \u00c9difice Wilder Espace Danse in the heart of the Quartier des spectacles, \u201cMr. Cavallari has been the key figure in the realization of numerous important artistic achievements over the last four years,\u201d stated\u00a0Maurice C\u00f4t\u00e9, chairman of the company\u2019s board of directors<\/strong>. \u201cSince his appointment, Mr. Cavallari has put in place a solid foundation for establishing a long-term vision for the company and its community, thereby reinforcing the position of Les Grands Ballets as a ballet troupe of significant scope, a leading organization in our arts and cultural sector.\u201d<\/p>

His goal of seeing the company reclaim and perform the classical repertoire while taking its place once again as a center for creation has guided all his actions since his arrival at Les Grands Ballets. His vision for an expanded repertoire is also reflected in the desire to introduce audiences to new territory in dance.<\/p>

In that respect, he has given carte blanche to a good number of choreographers from here and elsewhere over the past few seasons, among them Cathy Marston (Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover), Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (Vendetta), Bridget Breiner (The Firebird), H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Blackburn (F\u00eate Sauvage), Andrew Skeels (Vessel and Requiem), \u00c9douard Lock (\u00c9cho), \u00c9tienne B\u00e9chard (The Rite of Spring) and Edward Clug (Stabat Mater and Carmina Burana), to name just these. He has also encouraged company dancers with promising choreographic talent to create for Les Grands Ballets, including Vanesa G.R. Montoya (From the Sun to the Moon), J\u00e9r\u00e9my Galdeano, V\u0115ra Kvar\u010d\u00e1kov\u00e1, Tetyana Martyanova and Kiara Flavin.<\/p>

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Thus he newly staged the iconic ballet Giselle<\/em> in 2018 and just recently did the choreography and set design for Romeo & Juliet<\/em>, which enjoyed a huge success. And Ivan Cavallari is about to restage the great classic Sleeping Beauty<\/em>, in a version by Marcia Hayd\u00e9e, the only classical version of this ballet from the imperial age to be presented in Montreal in over 40 years. <\/p>

To showcase the openness of the company\u2019s repertoire, Ivan Cavallari has diversified his dancers and raised their total number from 35 to 44, notably by highlighting the talents developed at the \u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure de ballet du Qu\u00e9bec, now a true Grands Ballets training ground. <\/p>

During the difficult pandemic period, Mr. Cavallari made every effort to allow for a speedy and safe return to the studios of \u00c9difice Wilder Espace Danse. He succeeded in keeping the dancers\u2019 motivation alive by encouraging creation, recording and digital dissemination, and by choreographing several pieces himself. All this offered the company the chance to dance despite the impossibility of getting up on theatre stages, and in so doing enabled Les Grands Ballets to reach a broader public. <\/p>

That desire to bring dance to a wider audience moreover led him to undertake the \u201cEnvol\u00e9e au Qu\u00e9bec\u201d tour in the summer of 2021, allowing the company\u2019s repertoire to be enjoyed outside our metropolis.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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