Siphesihle November and Hannah Galway in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.

Emma Bovary, Angels' Atlas

The National Ballet of Canada

2024-02-01 20:00 2024-02-03 23:59 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Emma Bovary, Angels' Atlas

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/33694

In-person event

The National Ballet of Canada presents a double bill featuring women choreographers.    Emma Bovary by choreographer Helen Pickett   Emma Bovary is a psychological exploration of the central character of Gustave Flaubert’s 19th-century novel Madame Bovary, and the first work the National Ballet of Canada has commissioned from choreographer Helen Pickett. Set to premiere in November 2023, the work follows the success of...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
February 1 - 3, 2024
8:00 pm EST

February 2024

  1. Feb 1 2024
    Thursday

    8:00pm

  2. Feb 2 2024
    Friday

    8:00pm

  3. Feb 3 2024
    Saturday

    8:00pm

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Siphesihle November and Hannah Galway in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Hannah Galway & Siphesihle November in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Harrison James and Heather Ogden in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Dance Ballet with Orchestra Canadian
“Human yearning is evoked powerfully onstage … Crystal Pite has a gift for bringing out the very best in dancers.” Toronto Star
  • In-person event
  • ≈ 1 hour and 30 minutes · With intermission

The National Ballet of Canada presents a double bill featuring women choreographers.  

Emma Bovary by choreographer Helen Pickett  

Emma Bovary is a psychological exploration of the central character of Gustave Flaubert’s 19th-century novel Madame Bovary, and the first work the National Ballet of Canada has commissioned from choreographer Helen Pickett. Set to premiere in November 2023, the work follows the success of Pickett’s award-winning The Crucible for Scottish Ballet in 2019.   Featuring the NAC Orchestra

A former dancer with William Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet, Helen Pickett combines a compelling physical vocabulary with a keen sensitivity to the human condition, taking narrative ballet to a new level. Performed to an original score by internationally renowned composer Peter Salem.  

Angels’  Atlas by choreographer Crystal Pite  

The compelling Angels’ Atlas will finally fill Southam Hall stage with its powerful visuals and exquisite choreography.  With this major work, Crystal Pite, one of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers, continues her examination of the human condition. Backed by a score of original music by Owen Belton and choral pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Morten Lauridsen, dancing bodies become symbols of humanity’s impermanence in a vast, unknowable world. Angels’ Atlas captures the turbulent rhythm that pulses fiercely through our bodies in the name of life.    

Created in 2020 for The National Ballet of Canada, Angels’ Atlas received two Dora Mavor Moore Awards : Crystal Pite for Outstanding New Choreography, and Jay Gower Taylor for Outstanding Achievement in Design.  

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Siphesihle November and Hannah Galway in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Hannah Galway & Siphesihle November in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
Harrison James and Heather Ogden in Angels’ Atlas. © Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
  • EMMA BOVARY Choreography: Helen Pickett
  • Directors James Bonas, Helen Pickett 
  • Music and Sound Peter Salem
  • Set and Costume Design Michael Gianfrancesco 
  • Lighting Design Bonnie Beecher 
  • Animations Grégoire Pont 
  • Projection Design Anouar Brissel 
  • ANGELS' ATLAS Choreography: Crystal Pite
  • Original Music Owen Belton 
  • Light Backdrop Concept Jay Gower Taylor 
  • Reflective Light Backdrop Design Jay Gower Taylor and Tom Visser 
  • Additional Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Opus 41, No. 6: “Cherubic Hymn”  Performed by Valery Polyansky and the USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir. Courtesy of Firma. Melodia Music Ltd. Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium Used by arrangement with Southern Music Pub. Co., Inc., Publisher and Copyright Holder. Performed by Polyphony conducted by Stephen Layton. Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd., London Reflective 
  • Lighting Design Tom Visser
  • Costume Design Nancy Bryant 
  • Assistant to the Choreographer Spencer Dickhaus 
  • Co-Production The National Ballet of Canada and Ballett Zürich