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THE NATIONAL CIRCUS SCHOOL presents Created by Didier Lucien June 2 to 12, 2022 at TOHU
JAMES TANABE DIRECTOR OF STUDIES Hello and thank you all for being here to experience ”Till The Next Me”, the National circus school’s annual show. The creation team and I are very excited by the school’s return to the stage after a 2-year pandemic hiatus. Didier Lucien and Howard Richard have created a great show to celebrate this return, that showcases the unique talents and personalities of our graduating class. Behind the students you see on stage is a team of teachers, artistic counselors, and technical personnel that have guided and supported them along their journey to become the circus artists they are today. Every student’s development to master their discipline is full of joys and frustrations, obstacles and opportunities, and dreams and uncertainties. This creation is a wonderful capstone to the time that each of our graduating students have invested in perfecting their art. Have a good show! — James
THE ANNUAL SHOWS An exceptional educational and artistic experience, the annual shows provide students with an opportunity to synthesize all they have learned within the framework of a complete creation, honed under the guidance of top professional creation teams. All students in the higher education programs are part of the shows. Second-year students will perform a triptych of circus shows in the School’s Chapiteau studio. First-year students provide pre-show entertainment in the hall outside the TOHU performance space, while inside students in their third and final year take centre stage, performing before thousands of spectators. This educational experience would not be possible without the encouragement and support of a loyal audience, to which the school extends its warmest gratitude. THE MISSION Internationally renowned, the National Circus School is an institution dedicated to train circus arts educators, artists and creators. It offers the complete spectrum of circus arts education, from the preparatory level to the Circus and High School Studies program to postsecondary programs. As well, the school devotes to research and innovation and to resources toward the collection, preservation and appreciation of knowledge dedicated to the circus arts.The School administers the Centre for Research, Innovation and Transfer in Circus Arts (CRITAC) which is recognized as a Centre collégial de transfert de technologie (CCTT) and was award its Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Circus Arts SSHRC of Canada.
DIDIER LUCIEN CREATION I love the light that belongs neither to day nor to night; This clarity that belongs only to dreams. I love harmony, the beauty of committed bodies Driven by the same desire: to become better I love goals that are not the end themselves, But the stepping stone to a luminous unknown. Infinite possibilities echo and influence each other, collide and multiply. It only took one desire, one movement, just a wish, simply a dream. Someone dreams of being someone else, who dreams of being someone else, until he becomes this dream and then dreams of being someone else who... and he has only one goal: “Till the next me” A journey into the fragility of the creative human; A celebration of his accomplishment “Till the next me”. A circus play. — Didier Lucien
SYNOPSIS Rule #1 One dreams of being someone else that dreams of being someone else until becoming that dream. The show is introduced as the memory of a dream. A room in the middle of the stars where infinite possibilities of creations echo, influence, collide and multiply. The show literally builds and takes shape along the way. It all starts with a single desire for movement which, like the flap of a butterfly’s wings, causes a tidal wave.
SHOW RUNNING
PROLOGUE
1 THERE WAS NOTHING Saffi Watson, Enzo Pebre /
Contortion / Hand to hand Kaisha Dessalines Wright,
Léann Gringras
2 WHAT IS ROUND Dylan Ingwersen / Esteban
Acro-Bike / Unicycle / Ball / Immer / Enzo Pebre, Kyran
Chinese hoops / Juggling / Walton, Antoine Brabant /
Cyr Wheel Teo Le Baut / Basile Pucek /
Owen Wilson
3 WHAT GOES UP AND DOWN Eduardo De Azevedo Grillo /
Aerial Straps / Aerial Silk / Margaux Wasteels / Rosaleen
Rope Rogmans, Dylan Ingwersen,
Ellie Rossi
4 HOSPITAL Enzo Pebre / Dylan Ingwersen /
Chinese Hoops / Rope / Saffi Watson / Santiago Rivera
Balancing – contortion / Laugerud, Zachary Martel / Carl
Juggling / Balancing / Löwenberg, Emma Verhaeghe,
Cyr Wheel Kyran Walton / Owen Wilson,
Brianna Macdonald
5 SHABANG Zebulon Simoneau
Dance Trapeze
6 WHAT IS UP HIGH Daphnée Sergerie /
Dance Trapeze / Aerial Straps Anja Habegger
and Harp
7 WHAT IS DOWN LOW Antoine Brabant, Simon Lemire,
Chinese Pole / Banquine / Esteban Immer, Teo Le Baut /
Hand to hand Everyone / Oliver Layher, Kyran
Walton, Carl Löwenberg,
Benjamin Wolgers, Kaisha
Dessalines Wright, Léann Gringras
8 FAREWELL AND GOODBYE Everyone
9 CAN CAN Everyone
GRADUATING STUDENTS
2022 COHORT
Antoine Dylan
Brabant Ingwersen
Eduardo Oliver
De Azevedo Layher
Grillo
Kaisha Teo
Dessalines Le Baut
Wright
Léann Simon
Gingras Lemire
Anja Sydney
Habegger Ramirez
Esteban Zachary
Immer Martel
Enzo Emma Pebre Verhaeghe Basile Kyran Pucek Walton Brianna Margaux Macdonald Wasteels Santiago Saffi Rivera Watson Laugerud Rosaleen Owen Rogmans Wilson Daphnée Ellie Sergerie Rossi Zebulon Carl Simoneau Löwenberg
JUNE 2
Presents
TO 12
Exterior
chapiteau of
PREAMBLE
2 CIRCUS CREATIONS
FREE TICKETS upon reservation.
Hurry up! Places are limited.
TOHU.CA
POP Creation
Melissa Colello TOUJOURS Creation
Michael Watts
Creation A
Teachers DEBOUT Teachers
Eric Deschênes Creation B William Bonnet
Itzel Viruega Cynthia St-Amand
Animation facilitator Animation facilitator
Rénald Laurin Rénald Laurin
Students Students
Victoria Baudry-McPherson Nino Bartolini
Téa Carlson Raphaëlle Bettinger
Maya Crutch Lindsey Billings
Rylie Dewhurs Aubin Constanceau
Philippe Gaglione Jacob Crow
Lisa Hünnekens Clémence De Luca
Juliette Lacoste Loris Di Via
Frédéric Langevin Pierre Domis
Matthieu Larose Manuel Gonzalo
Justin Lowack Arielle Gorodetskaya
Merlin Matthewson Madeline Haugen
Alexia Medesan Malou Latrompette
Chanel Monange (isn’t performing on stage)
Sarah Norden Chase Levy
Thomas Parent Naomi Meyer
Alizé Poitreau Rose Munger
Nadav Sadlik Kristina Shelton
Yan Rocha Szuecs Haley Tenn
Kayden Woodridge Colin Vuillème
Serafina WalkerCREATION TEAM
Creation Director Teacher and Assistant
Estelle Clareton Stage Manager
Véronique Thibeault
Creation
Didier Lucien Teachers
Éléna Fomina
Assistant Adrian Martinez
Howard Richard
Banquine Facilitators
Lighting Design Jérémie Rober
Stéphane Ménigot Nathan Briscoe
Maxime Blanckaert
Musical Design
Éric Forget Clown Work Facilitator
Soizick Hébert
Costume Design
Michael Slack
Set, Props and Costume
Assistant
Ximena Pinilla
Make-up Design
Véronique St-Germain
Hairstyling
Ariane L. BarretPRODUCTION TEAM
Production Director Costumes
Christine Thibaudeau Project Manager
Philippe Massé
Production Direction Marianne Thériault
Assistant Cut
Sophie Côté Chantal Mailly
Mélanie Richard
Technical Director Gradation
Christian « Frit » Gagnon Zoé Dominiak
Sewing
General Stage Manager Maéva Bouchard
Tanya Pettigrew Louise Boucher
Christine Chapdelaine
Acrobatic Head Rigger Hannah Fisher
Andrew Mitchell Irina Li
Laurence Milan
Acrobatic Rigger Vita Nikitenko
Jean-Philippe Dalcourt-Viau Isabelle Ouimet
Ximena Pinilla
Physiotherapists Angela Rassenti
Ralph Jean-Baptiste Annie Roy
Sarah-Maude Morin-Boulais Zoé Trudel
Julien Villeneuve
Light Programmer
Isabelle Garceau
Dresser
Elysabeth Daigle
Second Dresser
Deborah AdamsTOHU’S TEAM EXECUTIVE TEAM – ENC
Operations and Promoter Executive Director
Events Director Éric Langlois
Nancy Cormier
Director of Studies
Production Director James Tanabe
Éric Gingras
Director of Creation
Technical Director Estelle Clareton
Stéphane Jolicoeur
Director, Center for Research,
Technical Coordinators Innovation and Transfer
François-Michel Beauchamp in Circus Arts (CRITAC)
Martine Ethier Patrice Aubertin
Operations Assistant Director
Janie Bolduc-Jacob of Communication
Isabelle Bibeau
Head Rigger
Alexandre Gendron Development and
Partnerships Director
Head Electricians Jean-Philippe Dugré
Martin Plante
Director of Technical
Head Sound Operator Services and Production
Guillaume Brind’Amour Christine Thibaudeau
Chief Machinist
Alexandre Sarfati ADMINISTRATION STAFF
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Publicist
Karine Cousineau
Communications TEACHERS AND ARTISTIC
Graphic Design ADVISORS TEAM OF HIGH
Le Séisme LEVEL TRAINING
Photographer Consult the complete list
Hugo B. Lefort
CLICK HEREMUSICAL EXCERPTS TILL THE NEXT ME Chopin : Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op 9, No 2, Armando Sciascia Orchestra, Classic in TV in a Modern Mood / Beethoven : Adagio from the moonlight Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2, Armando Sciascia Orchestra, Classic in TV in a Modern Mood / Parsifal : Prelude de Richard Wagner, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Hans knappertsbusch, Wagner : Parsifal / Tick of the clock, Chromatics, Music to Drive / Milk, Moderat, II / Saeglopur, Sigur Ros, Takk... / Oh my Love, Riz Ortolani & Katyana Ranieri, Addio Zio Tom / Belongings Thrown in a River, Thom Yorke, Suspiria / La Terre vue du ciel, Armand Amar, La Terre vue du ciel / The House Always Wins, Max Aruj, Lansky / In The Matter of Bugsy Siegel, Max Aruj, Lansky / Smoothly Organ / Traitor’s Growl, Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra, Der Hexer in Music – Wallace, Vol 1 / Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op 92 : 2. Allegretto, Sydney Symphony Orchestra & Willem Van Otterloo, 100 Best Classical Music / How The West was Really Won, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Watchmen : Volume 1 / Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Olafsson) de Domenico Cimarosa, Vikingur Olafsson, Mozart & Contemporaries / Oh My Love (Solo Orchestra #2), Riz Ortlani, Addio Zio Tom / Fantasie Impromptu, Les Baxter, Moog Rock : Greatest Classical Hits / Welcome to Lunar Industries, Clint Mansell, Moon / Oh My Love (Solo Orchestra #3), Riz Ortlani, Addio Zio Tom / Prince Igor, Act II : Polovtsian Dance (From “Joe Vs The Volcano”), Philharmonie de Vienne, Vienna Symphony Choir, and Willem van Otterloo, Musique classique de films : 50 des plus grands, pièces les plus célèbres des films plus grands et meilleurs et de tous les temps / Lakme (Excerpt), Michel Rubini & Denny Jaeger, The Hunger / Verbal (Instrumental), Amon Tobin, Verbal – EP / Can-Can, Johann Strauss Orchestra, Always Vienna / Six Breaths : II. Breath, Out of Breath de Ézio Bosso, Ezio Bosso & The London Cellos Ensemble, Six Breaths / Untitled V3, Radiohead, KID A MNESIA PREAMBLE Intro Musique Originale, Sanat Drones / Steps Musique Originale, Sanat Drones / Degringo, Monofocus / Al Abama, Chapelier Fou / Jean-Michel Blais, Passepied / Rebeteke mou, Vinicio Cappossela / Motion, Rone / Intuition, Foxtrott remix Jean Michel Blais / Blind Man, Nomine / Le crapaud Doré, Rone / Woo hoo, The 5, 6, 7, 8 / The Piano Ship, Matti Bye / C’est fini, Charles Aznavour / Orbit, För Alltid / O I End, Nils Frahm / Devotion II, Barn Owl / I’m Not Much, but I’m All I Have, Worriedaboutsatan / Bellhead, Liquid Liquid
BENEFIT EVENING
HONORARY COMMITTEE
BENEFIT EVENING 2022
HONORARY PRESIDENT MEMBERS
Stéphane Lefebvre Anthony Amiel
President and Chief President
Executive Officer Corbeil électroménagers
Cirque du Soleil
Sébastien Guénette
General Counsel, Compliance
and Brand Protection / Privacy
Officer
Juul Labs
Éric Langlois
Executive Director
École nationale de cirque
Karl Tabbakh
Managing Partner,
Quebec Region
McCarthy Tétrault
Claire Zikovsky
Associate
Stikeman ElliotBOARDS OF DIRECTORS
NATIONAL CIRCUS SCHOOL Éric Langlois
MEMBER
Sébastien Guénette Executive Director
CHAIRMAN École nationale de cirque
Head of Legal
Juul Labs Karl Tabbakh
MEMBER
Catherine Laurin Managing Partner,
VICE-CHAIR Québec Region
Senior Porfolio Manager McCarthy Tétrault
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Jean-Benoît Houde
Suzanne Bertrand MEMBER
TREASURER Director, Communications
Finance and Risk Management and Outreach
Financière des professionnels Caisse de dépôt et de placement
du Québec
Sylvie Bovet
SECRETARY Caroline Couillard
Vice-president MEMBER
Fransylval Inc. Senior Director
Public Relations, Public Affairs
and CSR
FOUNDATION – ENC Groupe Cirque du Soleil
Anthony Amiel Maryse Picard
PRESIDENT MEMBER
Executive Director Executive Director
Groupe Amiel Council of the Nation
Huron-Wendat
Claude Bédard
MEMBER Itzel Viruega
Vice-president MEMBER
Gestion d’actifs Burgundy Circus Arts Teacher and Elected
Representative of the Staff
Oana Frumosu of the ENC
MEMBER
Vice-President and Director Julie Durocher
Banque TD MEMBER
Elected Parents’ Representative
Carol O’Sullivan
MEMBER
Designerpresents the
2022 BENEFIT EVENING
THURSDAY, JUNE 9
MAJOR PARTNER
PARTNERS
BENEFIT EVENING AMBASSADORS
For 25 years, evening proceeds enabled the National Circus
School students to participate in high-quality shows produced
under optimal conditions, availables to the general public at
affordable prices. The Foundation offers its deep thanks to the
partners, donors and volunteers.
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN 2021-2022
The National Circus School Foundation provides the National
Circus School with financial support to sustain its mission of
educational excellence and innovation pedagogical and artistic
initiatives. Thanks to the generosity of donors and partners in
Canada and around the world, the school can provide talented
youth from all regions in Canada and abroad accessibility to the
best possible programs and services.ANNUAL CAMPAIGN DONORS
2021–2022
Great Donors Circle Friends Circle
50 000 $ et plus 100 $ - 499 $
• Corbeil Électroménagers • Anonymous
• Marion Cossin
Patrons Circle • Jaque Paquin Design Inc.
10 000 $ à 49 999 $ • Eric Lapierre
• Fondation Marc Bourgie • Caroline Pineault
• Nathalie Sabourin
Partners Circle
5 000 $ à 9 999 $ Volunteers Circle
• Carol O’Sullivan 20 $ à 99 $
• Anonymous (3)
Ambassadors Circle • David Bernbaum
2 000 $ à 4 999 $ • Irina Bozyan
• Anderson Laurin • Matthew Brewer
Gestion de placements • Lucie Chartrand
BMO Nesbitt Burns • Ciprian Chiru
• Fiducie Charitable • Naila Del Cid
Fournier-Éthier • Dolce Vita Spectacles
• Fondation Jacques • Julie Durocher
et Michel Auger • Nathalie Ishak
• JLL • Priscilla Larose
• Thomas Layher
Ringmasters Circle • Olivier Leblanc
1 000 $ à 1 999 $ • Ginette Lessard
• Anonymous • Sophie Laverdure
• Jean-Philippe Dugré et Michel Jobin
• Sébastien Guénette • Eric Pucek
• Dongkyu Kim • Constance Rinaldo
• Marie Langlois • Christophe Rousseau
• RBC Gestion de patrimoine • Adriana Suarez
• Anne Laure Therminarias
Supporters Circle • Hélène Tremblay
500 $ - 999 $ • Christian Veilleux
• Anonymous (2) • Neilson Vignola
• Robert Blain
• Gonzalo Coloma
• Daniel Gauthier
• Éric Langlois
Donations confirmed
before May 27, 2022ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The National Circus School receives ongoing financial assistance from the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec as well as Canadian Heritage. It’s also granted by the Ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche du Québec. In the area of research, the school is granted by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The National Circus School extends its sincere thanks to the many individuals and organisations that made possible its annual show and especially, Cirque du Soleil, TOHU and the National Circus School Foundation.
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