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Another artistic Brit has breathed new life into a timeless fable: choreographer Will Tuckett’s fleet-footed
Pinocchio (March 11 to 24, 2017) is set to receive its world premiere as part of the National Ballet of Canada’s
2016-17 season. Light and dark, wit and wisdom commingle in this dance debut of the familiar tale of a poor
woodcarver and his living marionette. Similar juxtapositions are offered by the modern dance double bill of Genus
and The Concert (March 29 to April 2, 2017)—the North American premiere of Wayne McGregor’s technically
demanding piece and a lighthearted romp by Jerome Robbins—before the season does a grand jeté into melodrama,
closing with John Neumeier’s A Streetcar Named Desire (June 3 to 10, 2017) and James Kudelka’s adaptation of
Swan Lake (June 15 to 25, 2017).
MASTERS OF MUSIC
If your ears perk up at the first notes of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake score or The Bodyguard’s “I Will Always Love You,”
Toronto offers numerous opportunities to get your melodic fix pure and unadulterated from longstanding
organizations such as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and The Royal Conservatory.
The former has lately expanded its mission to bring classical music to the masses by peppering its repertoire
of acknowledged masterworks (you know: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and the rest) with symphonic performances of
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Swan Lake photo by Christopher Wahl.
our common humanity in its true story of a Newfoundland town that hosted stranded airline passengers in the
immediate aftermath of 9/11. And though it lacks a chorus line, The Audience (January 17 to February 26, 2017)
promises high drama. Peter Morgan’s play peeks into the life of Queen Elizabeth II—one of the past century’s
best known yet largely unknowable figures—by pulling back the curtain on her hush-hush weekly meetings with
English prime ministers.