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  Choreographer Wen Wei Wang

  

  Choreographer Wen Wei Wang

  Wen Wei Wang has presented his work across Canada, South America and Italy, as well as in China at the Beijing National Performing Arts Center and with the Beijing Modern Dance Company at the Shanghai Grand Theater. Wen Wei has choreographed twelve original works for his Vancouver-based company, Wen Wei Dance, as well as for Alberta Ballet, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen, Ballet BC, Ballet Kelowna, NW Dance Project, Les Ballets Jazz Montréal, Arts Umbrella and Simon Fraser University. He has also choreographed dance sections for the Vancouver Opera and the San Francisco Opera for their piece, Nixon in China. In 2013, Wen Wei was awarded the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award. In 2018 Wen Wei was invited to be a choreographer with the China National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing for its production of Hamlet.

  Wen Wei Wang a commencé tout jeune à danser en Chine, où il est né et a grandi. Il a acquis sa formation de danseur puis évolué comme interprète professionnel au sein de la Lanzhou Army Song and Dance Company. En 1991, il est venu s’établir au Canada, où il a joint les rangs de la Judith Marcuse Dance Company  avant de danser pendant sept ans avec le Ballet British Columbia. Depuis qu’il a remporté le Clifford E. Lee Choreographic Award, en 2000, il a signé des chorégraphies pour l’Alberta Ballet, Ballet BC, Ballet Jorgen, Dancers Dancing, North West Dance Projects à Portland (Oregon), The Arts Umbrella, les opéras de Vancouver et de San Francisco, ainsi que Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (BJM). Il est, depuis 2003, directeur artistique de Wen Wei Dance, compagnie pour laquelle il a chorégraphié huit œuvres intégrales qui ont été présentées dans des salles prestigieuses partout au Canada et dans le monde entier, notamment au Festival de danse contemporaine de Colombie, à la Biennale de Venise et au Centre national des arts de la scène de Beijing. Il a reçu le prix Isadora soulignant l’excellence en chorégraphie en 2006 et le Prix des arts de la scène Rio Tinto Alcan en 2009. 

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  Choreographer Diego Ramalho 

  

  Choreographer Diego Ramalho 

  Born in Mococa SP, Brazil, Diego was invited to be a member of Coastal City Ballet Company in Vancouver in 2013, where he performed in ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Cinderella, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as working with contemporary choreographers such as Wen Wei Wang, Joshua Beamish, and Erica Trivet. He joined Ballet Edmonton in 2018 and has danced the work of Joshua Beamish, Rachel Meyer, Gioconda Barbuto, Shay Kuebler, Serge Bennathan, Karissa Barry, and Andrea Peña and has been exploring his choreographic voice under the mentorship of Wen Wei Wang. His work was recently featured at the Magpie Festival and the Kaleido festival in 2022.

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  Choreographer Dorotea Saykaly

  

  Choreographer Dorotea Saykaly

  Originally from Montreal, Canada Dorotea Saykaly is the inaugural recipient of the Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award and created the work RELIC for Ballet BC (2022). Her first solo, UNraveling, was awarded at the Warsaw Zawirowania Competition in 2016 and since then she has created works such as: Rosy Retrospection (2018) for SkanesDansteater as the inaugural choreographer of the 3D National Collab; her second solo, SHE (2019); and SUNKEN (2022) for the OPART youth company in Portugal. Dorotea’s work moves fluidly from the stage to film to visual arts. Her most recent film SHE (2021), co-created with Emil Dam Seidel, has been awarded Best Choreography at DanceOnScreen Film Festival and Best Experimental film with SIFF. Dorotea danced with Compagnie Marie Chouinard from 2006-2014 and the Goteborg Danskompani from 2014-2019 where she worked with renowned choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet, Marcos Morau and Sharon Eyal. Dorotea has appeared in the films Cyrano by Joe Wright with choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and ANIMA by Paul Thomas Anderson with choreography by Damien Jalet and was the lead role in CHANGE for the #Girlsinvest campaign also choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

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  Featuring Ballet Edmonton

  

  Featuring Ballet Edmonton

  Ballet Edmonton is a contemporary ballet ensemble of company dancers under the leadership of celebrated choreographer and Artistic Director Wen Wei Wang. The company creates and commissions original work each season from a variety of choreographic voices. Ballet Edmonton’s vision is driven by a passion and curiosity to explore new ideas. We offer audiences original, inspired contemporary dance that reflects our Artistic Director's adventurous, curatorial vision. Our repertoire features new creations by nationally and internationally recognized and emerging choreographers with distinctive styles. Ballet Edmonton is committed to advancing the work of female and diverse creators to ensure our artistic product reflects the world in which we live. We contribute to the evolution of ballet in Canada by expressing the unique narratives of the artists whose creations we help bring to life.

  Ballet Edmonton has commissioned new creations by Canadian and international choreographers, including Andrea Peña, Serge Bennathan, Shay Kuebler, Gioconda Barbuto, Rachel Meyer, Joshua Beamish, Diego Ramalho, and Karissa Barry.

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