by Michael Crabb The problem with many garden-variety ballet galas is the monotony of star turns in bravura classical pas de deux. Although the second Canada All Star Ballet Gala convened at Toronto’s Sony Centre in October cleaved to the duet format, with offerings often extracted from longer works, the extraordinary variety of choreography, most
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