Winter Showcase

Welcome to Alberta Ballet School’s Winter Showcase. The performance features the Professional Division Grades 7 to Post-Graduate and the Alberta Ballet Trainees. Students in the Professional Division come from all over the world to train here. Enjoy their bright young talent in the first performance of the 2022/23 school year.

Performance Schedule

Welcome Speech, Ashley McNeil, Director of Alberta Ballet School

  • Class | JNAM Featuring Grades 7, 8, 9
    Choreography by Ashley McNeil

  • Class | SNES Featuring Grades 11, 12

    Choreography by Edmund Stripe

  • Class | SNNH Featuring Grades 10, 11, 12

    Set by Shino Mori

  • Class | JNTK Featuring Grades 7, 8, 9

    Choreography by Taryn Klassen

  • Class | Senior School Students

    Choreography by Katharina Schier

Short Intermission (5 minutes)

  • Class | Post Graduates and Senior School Students
    Choreography by Graham McKelvie

  • Class | JNAM Featuring Grades 7, 8, 9

    Set by Aram Manukyan

  • Performed by Robyn Neumann

    Choreography by Robyn Neumann

  • Class | SNJT Featuring Grades 10, 11, 12

    Choreography by Jennifer Fournier

  • Class | Post Graduates

    Choreography by Edmund Stripe

  • Class | SNAMN Featuring Grades 11, 12

    Set by Aram Manukyan

  • Featuring Alberta Ballet School Professional Division Students

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Donations are at the very heart of our funding. As a registered charity, Alberta Ballet relies on donations to bridge the shortfall to perform in the Jubilee, create new works and attract the best talent. As stewards of a rarified art form, we face a delicate balance, and ticket prices only get us part of the way there. Donations make it possible for us to deliver the art you love. ​

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 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2022/23 GOVERNMENT FUNDERS
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS

  • CHAIR
    Daryl S. Fridhandler, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP (Calgary)

    VICE CHAIR
    Joshawa N. Bilyk, TLA Developments Ltd. (Edmonton)

    VICE CHAIR
    Jana Neal, SFG Investments (Calgary)

    CORPORATE SECRETARY
    Frank Molnar, Field Law (Calgary)

    CHAIR, AUDIT COMMITTEE & TREASURER
    Jana Neal, SFG Investments (Calgary)

    CHAIR, GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING COMMITTEE
    Elan MacDonald, University of Alberta (Edmonton)

    CHAIR, SCHOOL COMMITTEE
    Ellie Siebens, EPL Consulting Ltd. (Calgary) & Noel Papadopoulos, Papas Group (Edmonton)

  • Linda Cochrane (Edmonton)

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    Sarah Palmer, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Calgary)

    Heather Rae, HRJ Consulting (Calgary)

    Bob Willows, Willows Construction (2001) Ltd. (Winfield)

  • CHAIR/PRESIDENT
    Alfred Sorensen

    SECRETARY/TREASURER
    Peter A. Johnson

    DIRECTOR
    Daryl Fridhandler

    DIRECTOR
    Heather Rae

    DIRECTOR
    Chandra Henry

Image by Paul McGrath featuring Alberta Ballet Apprentice and Graduate of Alberta Ballet School Alyssa Churchill