Canada’s National Ballet School BEYOND MOVING

Canada’s National Ballet School

Canada’s National Ballet School — the world’s most progressive ballet school with elite training for gifted dancers and the broadest range of community programs.

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BEYOND MOVING

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Dance enhances life. Dancing connects people emotionally, spiritually, and culturally. It promotes better health through movement.

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WHAT WE DO

NBS trains and educates the next generation of elite dancers, choreographers, teachers, and artistic directors for Canadian and international stages. NBS also delivers a broader range of community programs than any other professional ballet school in the world.

The excellence of the Professional Ballet Program informs all NBS programs. Professional and community dancers – from the youngest to the elderly – experience the same high standards.

As an international leader in ballet training, NBS shares its knowledge and expertise to make dance accessible to as

many people as possible.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN

As NBS approaches its 60th anniversary in 2019-2020, three strategic priorities guide its actions.

The programs and projects mentioned are special initiatives to advance the School’s priorities.

Building on the core programs for professional dance training and community engagement, these initiatives aspire to the same high standards that have been the hallmark of Canada’s National Ballet School since 1959.

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PRIORITY NO. 1

Achieve excellence in professional dance training and contribute to a vibrant future for the art of dance

NBS remains a global leader in training elite dance artists, ensuring graduates are among the best prepared dancers — physically, artistically and academically — to succeed in today’s ballet world.

How We Achieve Excellence

• Contribute to the evolution of ballet and pedagogical methods through international leadership and collaboration

• Enhance student understanding of leadership and management in artistic projects

• Encourage students to find their artistic voices through several approaches, including choreographic creation.

• Integrate emerging technologies into the creation, performance, and teaching of dance

Inspiring artists

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Through:

• Global Alumni Symposium: Alumni advise how to better prepare current and future students for the challenges of their future careers and lives

• Assemblée Internationale 2017: The best ballet students and teachers from 22 of the world’s top schools gather at NBS for a week of training, rehearsal, performance, and cross-cultural exchange

• Ballet Commissions: Choreographers explore emerging technologies in the creation and performance of dance

• Student exchanges: annual student exchanges with over 25 international Professional Ballet Academies

Beyond Moving

Elite dance training with attention to evolving career practice, cross-cultural exchange, and emerging technologies.

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Transforming lives BEYOND MOVING

PRIORITY NO. 2

Demonstrate Dance’s Relevance through Community Engagement

NBS is a leading force in dance education for people of all ages and abilities, enabling appreciation of the emotional, physical, and cultural benefits that arise from participation in dance.

How We Demonstrate Dance’s Relevance

• Engage communities in the enjoyment of dance using traditional methods and evolving technologies

• Collaborate with universities and hospitals in studies that demonstrate the benefits of dance to health and well-being

• Foster understanding and awareness of improved health and well-being through dance

• Encourage other dance schools by example to innovate and collaborate on community engagement programs

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• Online learning modules for Schools: Generalist teachers deliver healthy and enjoyable dance programs with support from NBS’ learning resources

• Pan-Canadian partnerships: NBS and its national partners – Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and Physical and Health Education Canada – engage communities of all ages in dance activity that improves health and quality of life

• Research Projects: NBS collaborates with university researchers studying the impact of dance on the brain, the benefits of dance for age-related conditions, and the effect of dance on childhood health

• Canada 150 Project: Canadians in every province join in Sharing Dance Day 2017, a mass celebration of dance for fun, fitness and in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary

Community dance programs that address childhood obesity, support health and wellness in aging populations, contribute to medical research, and encourage broad public participation.

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Building support

PRIORITY NO. 3

Strengthen the Funding Model to support NBS’ mission and vision

NBS cultivates deep loyalty from its donors and explores additional funding sources as programs expand to new areas.

How We Strengthen the Funding Model

• Build momentum behind significant gift campaigns, e.g. 60th Anniversary Campaign

• Develop and promote a compelling case for support to new audiences as programs expand

• Systematically document NBS’ impact through results, stories, anecdotes

• Showcase the success of NBS alumni in many fields

• Ensure operational efficiency and optimize earned income opportunities

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Through:

• New Public and Private Funders: Dance programs with broad public access and health benefits secure new sources of funding previously unavailable to NBS

• Vision for the Future: A well-crafted vision provides the foundation for a 60th anniversary campaign to build the world’s most progressive professional ballet school with community programs accessible to all

• Branding and Core Story: NBS’ public identity embraces both the professional and community programs as one whole

• Compelling Case for Support: The impact of dance is captured and shared through testimonials, interviews, stories, and videos

Beyond Moving

A modern ballet school made strong by supporters who believe in elite training for gifted dancers and broad public access for people of all ages.

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NBS is the foremost dance training institution in Canada, a non-profit charitable organization with a rich 57-year history and an international reputation. NBS’ distinctive pedagogy for its Professional Ballet Program integrates elements from the best in classical ballet training methods, contemporary dance and the latest advances in science and movement. NBS alumni work in 80 companies in Canada and abroad, frequently taking leadership roles as choreographers and artistic directors.

NBS also delivers a broader range of community programs than any other professional ballet school in the world. NBS welcomes people with a casual interest in dance (for drop-in sessions at Culture Days), people with a serious recreational interest in ballet (Associates Program and Adult Ballet), and people who pursue dance for fun, fitness, and well-being at any age (the Sharing Dance community engagement program).

CANADA’S NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL

A Global Leader in Professional Ballet Training and Community Dance Programs

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Whether training elite, Olympic-calibre ballet dancers or promoting the benefits of dance to people of all ages and abilities in the wider community, NBS demonstrates the relevance of dance and improves quality of life.

PROFESSIONAL BALLET PROGRAMNBS is the only ballet academy in North America to provide dance training, academic education, and residential care on the same campus for students from Grade 6 through the Post-Secondary level. As talent is the sole criterion for entry, every student has access to the highest level of training regardless of family finances or geography.

TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMDance majors and professional dancers become teachers or ballet masters with the NBS Teaching Diploma and either RAD or Cecchetti qualifications. Joint degree programs with York University (Toronto) or Simon Fraser University (Vancouver) are also available.

ASSOCIATES PROGRAMThis part-time program provides after-school and weekend dance classes to over 400 boys and girls, ages 6 to 17 year of age.

ADULT BALLET PROGRAMNearly 700 adults of all ages and levels, many with no previous ballet experience, participate in this popular program. Exceptional instruction, live piano accompaniment, state-of-the-art facilities, and personal attention are the hallmarks.

SHARING DANCE PROGRAM This program promotes broad public participation in dance for pleasure and for the physical, social, emotional and cultural benefits that dance provides. In particular, it serves healthy school communities with enjoyable dance activity building fundamental movement skills. It also engages seniors, including those with Parkinson’s disease or dementia, with activity that improves health and quality of life.

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FoundersCelia Franca,

CC, LLD, DCL, DFA

Betty Oliphant, CC, LLD, DLitt

executive LeadershipArtistic Director & CEOMavis Staines,

C.M., DHumL

Executive DirectorCathryn Gregor

Board oF directors ChairJohn F. (Jack) Petch,

QC, LLD

Alodie BrewAnn Lawson-BrehlJohn BakerNorma BandlerMoira Bartram*David Binet*Carol DarlingAdrienne Down CoulsonDuane GreenSally Hannon

Karen Kain* CC, LLD, LLT, OOnt

Michelle KoernerKenneth McCarterBrian Miron*Juanita MontalvoEd OgonekCraig PhoBradley PowellTanya TaylorMichael Vels

* ex-officio Director

canada’s nationaL BaLLet schooL FoundationPresidentMoira Bartram

Alodie BrewFrances CarmichaelAlison GilbertPierre LapointeMary Susanne LamontJerry LozinskiArlene O’NeillAnne-Mette de Place

FilippiniRobert ReevesMonica ShinMichael von Teichman

Friends oF canada’s nationaL BaLLet schooLPresidentBrian Miron

Robert C. EdmondsJacque HackSusan KinneyJessica LindenfelserSteven Peters

A special thank you to the following donors who have made a significant contribution to NBS via the Annual, Endowment or Gala Fundraising Campaigns in the 2014-15 fiscal year. (as of August 31, 2015)

$25,000+BMO Financial GroupWilliam R. and Shirley Beatty

Charitable FundDavid W. BinetAnn Lawson-Brehl and

Paul BrehlKiki & Ian DelaneyThe Globe & MailLynda HamiltonLewis HertzmanChristine & Pierre Lapointe

LesLois Shaw FoundationLIFT Philanthropy PartnersJoan & Jerry LozinskiThe Honourable Margaret

Norrie McCain, C.C.Brian & Monica MironDr. Sylvia OstryCraig & Mireille PhoRBC FoundationScotiabankSherritt International

CorporationEstate of Cornelius

Anderson SilberAda W. SlaightSun Life FinancialThe Lawrence and

Judith Tanenbaum Family Foundation

TD Bank GroupTD Securities Inc.Heather & Richard ThomsonWoodbridge Company

Limited $12,500+Moira Bartram &

Joseph FantlBlake, Cassels &

Graydon LLPBurgundy Asset

ManagementJamie Cameron &

Christopher Bredt

D2L CorporationLindsay Dale-HarrisDelaney Capital

ManagementDeloitte & Touche LLPErnst & Young LLPEstée Lauder CompaniesSandra Faire and Ivan FecanFranklin Templeton

InvestmentsGardiner Roberts LLPRichard M. IveyHal Jackman FoundationMichelle Koerner &

Kevin DoyleSharon KoorKPMG MSLPManulifeJanine & Troy MaxwellParkview Capital

Partners Inc.PwC CanadaRBC Capital MarketsJean M. ReadReuven International LimitedRoy O’Connor LLPSomerset Graphics Co. Ltd.Tanya TaylorTorys LLPBruce and Elizabeth WalterThe Jack Weinbaum

Family FoundationJudith R. Wilder

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ALUMNI TESTIMONIALS

There are many places around the world that offer great ballet training, but few are committed to developing artists in the way that I experienced at Canada’s National Ballet School. As a student, I was not only trained technically to seek employment in the competitive ballet market, but I was encouraged to keep my mind and spirit equally as sharp. The school’s strict academic requirements no doubt helped to facilitate this, but this was complimented by a climate of respect for independent thought that I think is particularly unusual for a ballet school. The result for me was that I was not only able to fulfill my dream of dancing professionally, but also take my training beyond my dance career.

Rachel Bar, Class of ’02

Guillaume Côté and Heather Ogden in Romeo and Juliet

Photo by Johan Persson, Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada Photo: Gert Weigelt

My transition to the National Ballet of Canada went quite smoothly because I was given such good preparation at the School. I already knew my environment, staff and colleagues, and had been given so many skills that prepared me … Coming to Canada’s National Ballet School really changed my life.

Guillaume Côté, Class of ’98

In my years as a professional ballet dancer, I have crossed paths with many talents, but rarely have I met such courageous artists as NBS graduates. Their approach to dance is wholehearted, open and porous. On top of an impeccable technique, they possess a strong sense of self which imbues their dancing with personality and purpose. These artists truly have a message to deliver, and they do so with aplomb.

What Canada’s National Ballet School instills in these students is unique in the ballet world. The institution has become adaptive. It does not only adapt to the current times, it also takes into account the students’ unique needs, supports their right to individuality and artistic ownership, and promotes a healthy attitude towards dance.

Louisa Rachedi, Class of ’03

Canada’s National Ballet School400 Jarvis St.Toronto, ON M4Y 2G6416.964.3780www.nbs-enb.ca@NBS_ENB