Inside the Studio: Skyward | The National Ballet of Canada

Skyward
Choreography: Alysa Pires
Music: Nico Muhly, Doublespeak (2012)
By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.
Robert Honstein, Conduit: Pulse II (2014)
By arrangement with the composer, publisher and copyright owner.
Bryce Dessner, Murder Ballades: 2. Young Emily (2013)
By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.
David Lang, These Broken Wings, Pt. 3 "Learn to Fly" (2008)
By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, INC. publisher and copyright owner.
Costume Design: Dana Osborne
Lighting Design: Jeff Logue
Produced and commissioned by The National Ballet of Canada.
Featuring
Alysa Pires
Naoya Ebe
Heather Ogden
Brendan Saye
Spencer Hack
Chelsy Meiss
Calley Skalnik
Donald Thom
Hannah Galway
Christopher Gerty
Noah Parets
Kota Sato
Tirion Law
Artists of the Ballet
Former Principal Dancer Skylar Campbell
Thank You
presents the 2021/22 Season.
Choreographic Associate Alysa Pires is supported by Sans Limites.
Naoya Ebe is sponsored through Dancers First by Gretchen Ross.
Brendan Saye is sponsored through Dancers First by Robin Vaile Robinson.
Chelsy Meiss is sponsored through Dancers First by Anne-Marie Canning.
Calley Skalnik is sponsroed through Dancers First by an anonymous donor.
Hannah Galway is sponsored through Dancers First by Alison & Alan Schwartz.
Christopher Gerty is sponsored through Dancers First by Ms. Nancy Viner & Dr. Raymond Stein.
Noah Parets is sponsored through Dancers First by John Covington Jr and Robert Lukey.
Kota Sato is sponsored through Dancers First by Tony Arrell, C.M. & Anne Arrell.
Videography: Paul McNulty and Johan Hallberg-Campbell
Editing: Anne-Marie Jackson

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I hope your daughter inherited your dance gene! Skyward is the hope we need as I type this- the world is at war again, in The Ukraine- I watch, we are SO lucky, bureaucracy and all! to have our freedoms in Canada and to be able via RUclips to watch dance companies from Russia and The Ukraine. In dance there are no borders, and with this piece and the birth of your daughter! Congrats! we celebrate LIFE, THE JOY OF LIMITLESSNESS- I sound like Maurice Bejart! An idol of mine! Artistic talent passed me by but as a lover of the Arts I am compelled to comment, compliment you and the company in my small way! Thank you. Namaste ( P.S. ALCHEMY IS A PERFECT WORD and the gorgeous dancer in RED! so nice to see such an exuberant colour- I watch class with The Royal Ballet and even there with the warm up work out "tatterdemalion" assortment of "glad-rags" not much rich red is seen...my favorite colour obviously! )