Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada Marks Toronto Debut With GHOSTS OF VIOLENCE in May
By: Kelsey Denette Feb. 27, 2012
Canada's critically acclaimed Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada proudly marks its Toronto debut with its seminal ballet GHOSTS OF VIOLENCE, an original full-length multimedia production that puts gender-based violence centre stage. This innovative and inspirational call for awareness, understanding, and action is on stage at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts' Bluma Appel Theatre, May 25-26, 2012.
GHOSTS OF VIOLENCE takes its audience on a haunting journey of the lives of four women suffering at the hands of their abusive partners in a story told through stunning visual projections, compelling narrative, and powerful dance. This full-length work was conceived and choreographed by Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada's founding artistic director and choreographer, Igor Dobrovolskiy, in collaboration with award-winning Canadian playwright and director, Sharon Pollock, and performed to the turbulent music of Russian composers Alfred Schnittke and Sergei Rachmaninoff
Dobrovolskiy, whose works have been presented across Europe and in the U.S., blends dramatic narrative with inventive choreography, creating emotional and lyrical structures that explore the human condition. A graduate of the Kiev State Ballet Academy (Ukraine), holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts in pedagogy of ballet, dance, and choreography from the Kiev National University of the Arts, he founded Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada with Susan Chalmers-Gauvin in 2001. In September 2010 his ballet, FIDELIO, had its world premiere in Germany through a co-production with Theater Bonn, the ballet was presented as part of the Theater's dance season. In 2009, the Company made its New York debut with Dobrovolskiy's DON JUAN.
GHOSTS OF VIOLENCE is the anchor for the second phase of Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada's national project, "Celebrate Courage", created to inspire dialogue around the issue of gender-based violence.
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