Royal Winnipeg Ballet to make first New York appearance in 45 years

After a 45-year intermission, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) is acceptable to instrumentality to the signifier successful New York City with Šɛgatəm, a caller accumulation that blends classical ballet, accepted First Nations creation and modern movement.

“It’s a existent braiding of styles,” RWB choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe told 680 CJOB’s The Start.

“I was truly inspired by the elders successful my location community. I wanted to speech astir the mode radical tin beryllium resilient and hardworking. The key… is to inquire for help.”

Šɛgatəm (pronounced “shay-ga-tum”) is simply a connection successful the Ayajuthem connection — a accepted Indigenous connection based successful parts of British Columbia —  that means ‘to assistance idiosyncratic up’.

The accumulation is portion of the 10th yearly Fall for Dance Festival, held Sept. 26-27 astatine the New York City Center. The dates coincide with Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and the RWB’s ain 85th anniversary.

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The RWB, North America’s longest continuously-running ballet company, volition stock the signifier astatine the festival with organizations similar the Boston Ballet, Dutch National Ballet and New York City Ballet.

“It’s truly important to beryllium featuring each of these artists, connected the signifier successful New York and straight from Winnipeg,” said Fraser-Monroe.