Anima Animus & New Work by Rena Butler & Symphony in C

British choreographer David Dawson created Anima Animus for San Francisco Ballet’s Unbound Festival of new work in 2018. An instant success, it has since toured throughout the US and to the UK. The ballet explores the fluid space between extremes and opposites and particularly Carl Jung’s gendering of the collective unconscious as anima and animus, which it disrupts. Anima Animus is a high-octane work favouring speed and precision that sets the dancers powering across the stage to Ezio Bosso’s Violin Concerto No. 1, music that is also filled with contrasts.

New Work by Rena Butler
Chicago’s Rena Butler will create her first work for The National Ballet of Canada this season, a dynamic contemporary piece to celebrate the music of Grammy Award-winning composer John Adams for his 75th birthday. Butler is the first artist to be named Choreographic Associate of the Gibney Company in New York City, where she also works as a dancer. Formerly with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Butler is in demand for her insightful contemporary language and her ability to tell stories that have not yet been shared. Her work is aesthetically and ideologically powerful, modelling artistry as a form of activism.

Symphony in C
George Balanchine created Symphony in C for Paris Opéra Ballet in 1947 as a virtuosic display of musicality and classical technique. In true Balanchine fashion, the choreography embodies the music with wonderful sensitivity and flair, paying homage to Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C Major with four brilliantly constructed movements. Each movement has a principal couple, two secondary couples and a Corps de Ballet in pristine white tutus, with the entire cast of over 50 dancers uniting for a fast-paced finale.

Tickets : $45 & up

How to get tickets?
Buy Online
Phone: 416 345 9595/toll free 1 866 345 9595
In person at Four Seasons Centre Box Office

Date & Time: March 3 – 23, 2023

• Friday, Mar 3, 2023 — 7:30PM
• Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 — 2:00PM
• Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 — 7:30PM
• Sunday, Mar 5, 2023 — 2:00PM
• Wednesday, Mar 22, 2023 — 7:30PM
• Thursday, Mar 23, 2023 — 2:00PM
• Thursday, Mar 23, 2023 — 7:30PM

Venue : The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West, Toronto
Paid Parking
The parking entrance is on York Street, south of Queen Street.
Public transport accessible
From Spadina Station, take the 510 streetcar to Exhibition. From Union Station, take the 509 streetcar to Exhibition or 510 streetcar to Spadina Station.