Jekyll & Hyde

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet

2025-04-03 20:00 2025-04-05 23:30 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Jekyll & Hyde

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36016

In-person event

With the National Arts Centre Orchestra Val Caniparoli, an American choreographer known for his captivating work with the San Francisco Ballet, was inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic horror novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a story that has fascinated him since childhood. The respectable Dr. Jekyll, haunted by his split personality, works in his lab to try to separate his good side from his evil one. Will his hidden impulses, brought to life by his...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
April 3 - 5, 2025
April 3 - 5, 2025
8:00 pm EDT

April 2025

  1. Apr 3 2025
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    8:00pm

  2. Apr 4 2025
    Friday

    8:00pm

  3. Apr 5 2025
    Saturday

    8:00pm

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A male dancer in period costume holds out his top hat in greeting.
Kansas City Ballet Company Dancer Cameron Thomas in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers Cameron Thomas and Gavin Abercrombie in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet Dancers in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde. © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Second Company Manager and Rehearsal Director Christopher Ruud and KCB Company Dancer Joshua Bodden in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
ansas City Ballet Company Dancer Gavin Abercrombie in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Family programming Dance Ballet with Orchestra
A male dancer in period costume holds out his top hat in greeting.
Kansas City Ballet Company Dancer Cameron Thomas in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers Cameron Thomas and Gavin Abercrombie in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet Dancers in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde. © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Second Company Manager and Rehearsal Director Christopher Ruud and KCB Company Dancer Joshua Bodden in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
ansas City Ballet Company Dancer Gavin Abercrombie in Val Caniparoli’s Jekyll & Hyde © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
“Enthralling, intense, terrifying and disturbing yet compellingly watchable…” Hilary Stroh, Bachtrack (2023)
  • In-person event
  • Ages 13+
  • ≈ 2 hours and 25 minutes · With intermission

With the National Arts Centre Orchestra

Val Caniparoli, an American choreographer known for his captivating work with the San Francisco Ballet, was inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic horror novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a story that has fascinated him since childhood. The respectable Dr. Jekyll, haunted by his split personality, works in his lab to try to separate his good side from his evil one. Will his hidden impulses, brought to life by his evil twin, the monstrous Mr. Hyde, gain the upper hand?  

From the foggy streets of London to the horrors of an insane asylum and the elegance of high society, the ballet grapples with themes of duality, temptation and the endless struggle between good and evil. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet puts the dancers’ dramatic intensity and impeccable technique centre stage as they passionately bring the two contradictory faces of Jekyll to life. With the spellbinding music of Polish composers including Chopin, Penderecki, Górecki, Kilar and Wieniawski, you’re sure to get goosebumps!  

Due to its mature content, Jekyll & Hyde  is rated PG13. Parental discretion is advised. Jekyll & Hyde  includes adult themes presented within the historical context of when the novella was written (1886). 

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    Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet
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    NAC Orchestra
  • Choreography Val Caniparoli
  • Composer and music Krzysztof Penderecki, Frédéric Chopin, Henryk Górecki, Wojciech Kilar And Henryk Wieniawski
  • Scenery and costume design David Israel Reynoso
  • Scenario Théophile Gautier and Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
  • Lighting design Jim French
  • Musical Arranger Ramona Pansegrau
  • Sound Design Erno Hulkkonen
  • Conductor Ming Luke
  • North American premiere October 13, 2023 with Kansas City Ballet
  • Royal Winnipeg Ballet premiere March 6, 2025
  • Production Jekyll & Hyde is a production by the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, Helsinki. Premiere at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet on November 6th, 2020