2020/21 Season Updated
A Message from Karen Kain and Barry Hughson
It is with deep regret we announce that due to continued uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic we have made the difficult decision to cancel our 2020 Fall Season and The Nutcracker. At the beginning of the lockdown in March, the fall seemed a long way off and we were confident we would be back on stage in November. Now, however, the safe return of large gatherings this year is looking unlikely. Not being able to share the power of live performance with you is deeply disappointing for our dancers, musicians, and staff and we know you share this disappointment, but the safety of our audiences and artists is our foremost priority.
An Updated 2020/21 Season
The updated season will open with Crystal Pite’s Dora Award-winning Angels’ Atlas on March 3, 2021. We could not think of a more fitting ballet for our return than Crystal’s profoundly moving work about human connection and the ephemerality of existence. Angels’ Atlas will be presented with George Balanchine’s Serenade and The Four Seasons by James Kudelka. As previously announced the company will also perform Kudelka’s Cinderella and John Neumeier’s A Streetcar Named Desire in March and the world premiere of Swan Lake, directed and staged by Karen Kain, in June. Frame by Frame by Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté will be moved to a future season.
The Nutcracker
It is particularly heartbreaking to have to cancel The Nutcracker. This will be the first year since 1955 that Toronto audiences will not be able to share this holiday tradition together.
