The Nutcracker by the Numbers | The National Ballet of Canada

The Nutcracker Choreography and Libretto: James Kudelka, O.C. Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design: Santo Loquasto Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Featuring Naoya Ebe Jillian Vanstone Rebekah Rimsay Kathryn Hosier Former First Soloist Hannah Fischer Former Corps de Ballet Member Ethan Watts Artists of the Ballet Students from Canada’s National Ballet School Musicians of The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra Thank You The Nutcracker is made possible by generous financial support from production underwriters Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., Lawrence and Ann Heisey and an anonymous friend of the National Ballet. Naoya Ebe is sponsored through Dancers First by Gretchen Ross. Jillian Vanstone is sponsored through Dancers First by George & Kathy Dembroski. Kathryn Hosier is sponsored through Dancers First by Donna Meyers & Doug Richmond. The National Ballet Orchestra is supported by the TD Bank Group Orchestra Fund and by members of the Music Circle. The Music Circle: John & Claudine Bailey, Nani & Austin Beutel, Peter & Eleanor Daniels, Jeanie A. Davis, Indra & Rags Davloor, The Thor E. Eaton and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation, William & Ruth Herridge, Anne & Charles Morison, Sandra Pitblado & Jim Pitblado, C.M., John & Susan Rose, Gretchen Ross & Donald Ross, O.C., Noreen Taylor, C.M., & David Staines, C.M., O.Ont., Heather Thomson & Richard Thomson, O.C. and The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation. Videography: Anne-Marie Jackson, Johan Hallberg-Campbell and Monica Guddat Editing: Anne-Marie Jackson Sonia Rodriguez in The Nutcracker. Photo by Bruce Zinger.