Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinksi Inventive Director of The Nationwide Ballet of Canada, introduced that former Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson has been appointed to the place of Apprentice Programme Director. The appointment turned efficient July 1 at the beginning of the 2025/26 season.
“I’m delighted to congratulate Greta on her appointment as Apprentice Programme Director,” mentioned Muir in an announcement. “Her distinctive expertise as one of many firm’s most acclaimed and beloved dancers makes her uniquely suited to mentor the subsequent technology of artists. I’ve little question she is going to make a profound affect as she guides these younger dancers at such a pivotal level of their careers.”
Greta Hodgkinson
Greta Hodgkinson was born in Windfall, Rhode Island. Her coaching got here on the Pageant Ballet of Rhode Island and Canada’s Nationwide Ballet College. She joined The Nationwide Ballet of Canada in 1990, and have become a Principal Dancer in 1996, a place she held till retiring from the stage in 2020.
From 2020 till 2025, she held the function of Artist-in-Residence with the NBC, up till her appointment to Apprentice Programme Director.
As a ballerina, she was lauded for a mixture of excellent approach paired with a dramatic sensibility. She has carried out each main function within the conventional repertoire, and lots of in modern ballet. Roles had been created for her by many famend choreographers, together with William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Glen Tetley, John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, Wayne McGregor, James Kudelka and Crystal Pite.
The Position: Apprentice Programme Director
Within the place, Hodgkinson will work intently with the RBC Apprentices. The RBC Apprentice Programme is designed to bridge the hole between pupil {and professional} dancer, and it affords graduates {of professional} conservatories a contracted place for about 10 months.
Throughout that point, they’ll construct their technical abilities, and undertake knowledgeable schedule. The dancers take part within the YOU dance program, which entails getting ready particular repertoire for efficiency.
They’ll profit from the recommendation of the NBC’s creative employees, in addition to teaching and extra.
Congratulations to a dance veteran on her new function with the corporate.
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Anya Wassenberg is the Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. Beforehand, she was a contract author with a specialty in tradition and journey for 3 many years, and a artistic writing teacher for Ontariolearn.
