by Michael Crabb On July 1, Karen Kain marked her 10th anniversary as artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, the longest-serving in that role besides founding director Celia Franca. Kain joined the National Ballet as a corps member in 1969 and was promoted to principal rank two years later. In October 1997, at
by Gary Smith You might have been expecting a dumbed-down Sleeping Beauty. After all, Toronto’s Ballet Jörgen took this grand 19th-century work and reimagined it for a chamber touring company that travels mostly to smaller communities across Canada. Well, you’d be wrong. In spite of some dramatic excesses, this production, which had its October premiere