Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the prestigious Order of Manitoba. We are delighted to see RWB friends James Cohen, David Johnston, Ronald Paley, and Robert (Bob) Williams recognized this year for their achievements. Read more at https://lnkd.in/gmniXmCt

Mark your calendars! 📅 Just one month left until registration opens for our recreational division classes. Don't miss out on securing your spot for an amazing dance season ahead. Appointments for registration will open later this week >> see rwb.org/register 📷 Recreational Division students and faculty (2023) by Michelle Blais

Last week, we ended a remarkable run of Carmina Burana with T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods. As we conclude our Company season, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make this performance possible: Presenting Sponsor Canada Life, Live Music Benefactor The Asper Foundation, Arts Partner Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Choral Music/Costume & Set Refurbishment Supporter Andela B. Ross, and, of course, our incredible donors. ❤️ 📷 RWB Company in Carmina Burana 2024, Photo by Daniel Crump

The RWB School wrapped up the annual On the Edge Tour this weekend and what an amazing tour it was! From West to East, we hit 11 cities and performed to ecstatic and excited crowds, some seeing ballet for the first time. "Thank you SO much!!! Our audience thoroughly enjoyed it and we have had a lot of people ask when we are getting the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School back" 🩰 Special thanks to all our audience members in Fisher River, Dauphin, Pelican Rapids, Flin Flon, Gillam, Thompson, Russell, Carman, Brandon & Kenora! A huge thanks to our Presenting Sponsor for helping make this tour possible as well as our Student Performances Supporter - Richardson Foundation. Photo credit: Michelle Blais

“We are pleased to announce that Georgine Van de Mosselaer, BSc. Eng has joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as the of Director of Fund Development. Georgine Van de Mosselaer is a people focused, innovative, results oriented and relational leader, who thrives on learning and collaboration. She has a diverse range of experience and education, beginning her journey by graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Manitoba. Her professional background includes managing a retail bank, mortgage development, teaching, and work in the nuclear engineering sector Georgine found her next career path in fundraising and alums affairs in 2014. As Director of Advancement at Booth University College for the past 6 years, she added marketing, communications, and admissions to her professional portfolio. RWB is thrilled to welcome her to the team. Georgine is excited to forward the mission of the RWB and to meet the community at our upcoming performance of Carmina Burana & T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods. Photo by Michelle Blais

On behalf of 13 performing arts organizations in the Prairies, we are grateful for the recognition from the Federal Government to support the sustainability of arts on the Prairies. Thank you! Special thanks to Prairies Economic Development Canada I Développement économique Canada pour les Prairies, Pascale St-Onge, Chrystia Freeland, Ben Carr, Kevin Lamoureux, Terry Duguid & More!

The final performance of the 2023.24 season begins in one week here in Winnipeg, MB Canada, but just over a month ago Carmina Burana was also performed in Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina to enthusiastic crowds. We are honoured to have brought this ballet to Canada back in 2002 and continue working with the celebrated Choreographer Mauricio Wainrot today! https://lnkd.in/g5PKdu8U

For over 50 years, Dr. MacEwan subscribed, donated to and fundraised for many of Winnipeg’s arts organizations. He led by example to communicate the importance and necessity of support to fellow patrons, leaving a legacy of generosity in the Winnipeg arts community and beyond. Peacefully, in his 100th year, Dr. Douglas MacEwan passed away at his home in Winnipeg on April 1, 2024. Dr. MacEwan’s relationship with the RWB was a long one. Beginning in the 1980’s, as a past Board and Fundraising Council member, Dr. MacEwan secured significant donations from fellow Radiologists to build a permanent home for the RWB at our present 380 Graham Avenue building. Following this achievement, Dr. and Mrs. MacEwan focused their donations to the creation of a scholarship endowment for students in the RWB’s Professional Division School. Through the MacEwan Fund, Dr. MacEwan has made it possible for over twenty aspiring and exceptionally talented young dancers to train, graduate, and move on to professional dancing careers, regardless of financial means. In recognition of this incredible gesture and a lifetime of dedication and commitment to the Winnipeg arts community, Dr. MacEwan was awarded the Winnipeg Arts Council’s Arts Champion Award in 2021. With great foresight, this past fall, Dr. MacEwan contributed his final gift to the RWB in perpetuity to the Andre Lewis Choreographer Endowment Fund, supporting annual choreography services and new works for the Company and School like T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods, which you will be seeing this evening. Through his devotion to the RWB, the RWB School students and numerous other charities in Winnipeg, Dr. MacEwan was not only a champion, but an ambassador for all future philanthropists in our Winnipeg community, reminding patrons that they too, can make a profound difference in the arts and communities in which they live.

A subscription is your best way to enjoy the breadth of what ballet has to offer by securing your seat to all three of our mainstage, non-Nutcracker performances. From the classical grace of Giselle to the contemporary edge of Jekyll & Hyde, your season ticket will bring you on a powerful journey with dance. Subscribe today at https://bit.ly/RWB85Season Today is the last chance for returning subscribers to save the taxes and fees on their renewal! Offer ends April 10 at midnight. 📷 Maggie Weatherdon, by Brady Corps (2024) #RWBallet #RWB85 #SubscribeAndSave #PowerOfDance

We launch our On the Edge Tour tomorrow in Fisher River! The dancers in the Anna McCowan-Johnson Aspirant Program are excited to bring this dynamic mixed repertoire performance to communities across Manitoba and northwestern Ontario to share the art of dance with others. A huge thank you to Presenting Sponsor Manitoba Hydro for helping make this tour possible. 📷 Anna McCowan-Johnson Aspirant rehearsing a new creation debuting on the On the Edge Tour, by Brady Corps (2024) 🚌 Fisher River High School . . . #OTETour #RWBOnTour #DanceInYourCommunity #LoveOfDance