History

Ein Sommernachtstraum – Ballett Augsburg – Riccardo De Nigris – photo courtesy of Ballett Augsburg

CHOREOGRAPHY

DANCE

Choreography

COMPANIES

  • A World To Shake (2011)

  • BALLET JÖRGEN CANADA
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Story: Emil Sher
  • Music: Eric Cadesky and Nick Dyer
  • Set and Costumes: Lori Endes
  • Technology and Graphic Design: Mary Plasterer
  • Premiere: May 3rd 2011, Toronto

  • Ein Sommernachtstraum (2011)

  • BALLET AUGSBURG
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Felix Mendelssohn and Henry Purcell
  • Set and Costumes: Stefan Morgenstern
  • Premiere: April 9th 2011, Augsburg

  • Secret Self (2011)

  • MOVE: the company
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Design Concept: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Premiere: March 7th 2011, Vancouver

  • Amarant (2011)

  • ROYAL BALLET OF FLANDERS
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Scanner (commissioned score)
  • Costumes: Isabelle Lhoas
  • Set and Lighting: Dominique Drillot
  • Premiere: February 4th 2011, Antwerp

  • Pavillon d’Armide (2009)

  • LES BALLETS DE MONTE CARLO
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Scanner (commissioned score)
  • Costumes: Jean-Michel Lainé
  • Set and Lighting: Dominique Drillot
  • Premiere: July 23rd 2009, Monte Carlo

  • My Love (2009)

  • TULSA BALLET
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Osvaldo Golijov
  • Costumes: Jo Wimer
  • Lighting: Les Dickert
  • Premiere: April 30th 2009, Tulsa

  • Dénouement (2009)

  • NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
  • (Eighth Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize)
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Paul Tortelier
  • Costumes: Christopher Read
  • Lighting: Christopher Dennis
  • Premiere: March 18th 2009, Toronto

  • Semele (2008)

  • AUSTRALIAN BALLET
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Gerard Brophy (commissioned score)
  • Sets and Costumes: Adam Gardnir
  • Lighting: Brad Fields
  • Premiere: August 28th 2008, Melbourne

  • Agitator (2008)

  • ROYAL BALLET
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Owen Belton (commissioned score)
  • Costumes: Claire Durbridge
  • Lighting: John B. Read
  • Premiere: May 22nd 2008, London

  • Chevalier/Chopper (2007)

  • PROARTEDANZA
  • Choreography and Costumes: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Girolamo Frescobaldi and David Lang
  • Lighting: Aisling Sampson
  • Premiere: October 3rd 2007, Toronto

  • Wolf’s Court (2007)

  • NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Alexina Louie (commissioned score)
  • Set and Costumes: Yannik Larivee
  • Lighting: Christopher Dennis
  • Premiere: June 2nd 2007, Toronto

  • Mrs. Black (2007)

  • TORONTO DANCE THEATRE
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Lali Puna
  • Costume: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Lighting: Gabriel Cropley
  • Premiere: May 24th 2007, Toronto

  • Lovers Speak (2007)

  • WASHINGTON BALLET
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Henry Purcell
  • Lighting: Joshua Michaels
  • Premiere: May 1st 2007, Washington DC

  • Concordia (2007)

  • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Matthew Hindson
  • Costumes: Christopher Read
  • Lighting: Christopher Dennis
  • Premiere: April 11th 2007, San Francisco

  • Planet Wonderful (2007)

  • ROYAL DANISH BALLET
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: LazyB (Soren Nystrom Rasted)
  • Set and Costumes: Morgan Large
  • Lighting: Brad Fields
  • Premiere: March 17th 2007, Copenhagen

  • C.V. (2006)

  • national ballet of canada
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Owen Belton (commissioned score)
  • Costumes: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Lighting: Christopher Dennis
  • Premiere: May 13th 2006, Toronto

  • Castle Nowhere (2006)

  • Royal Ballet
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Arvo Pärt
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Set: Yannik Larivee
  • Lighting: John B. Read
  • Premiere: March 25th 2006, London

  • Soft Punch (2006)

  • West Australian Ballet
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: David Lang
  • Costumes: Leon Krasenstein
  • Lighting: Joseph Mercurio
  • Premiere: February 14th 2006, Perth

  • Dreamland (2005)

  • Royal Swedish Ballet
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Aaron Copland
  • Set and Costumes: Yannik Larivee
  • Lighting: Martin Safström Premiere: November 4th 2005, Stockholm

  • Avatar(2005)

  • Stuttgart Ballet
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Owen Belton (commissioned score)
  • Costumes: Michaela Springer
  • Lighting: Siegfried Reiter
  • Premiere: February 20th 2005, Suttgart

  • The Great Attractor (2004)

  • Houston Ballet Theatre
  • Choreography and Costumes: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Johannes Brahms, Michael Gordon, Owen Belton
  • Lighting: Christina R. Gianelli
  • Premiere: October 28th 2004, Houston

  • A World of Art (2004)

  • Royal Ballet
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Igor Stravinsky
  • Costume Supervision: Diane Page
  • Lighting: John B. Read
  • Premiere: June 23rd 2004, London UK

  • Straight Life (2004)

  • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Bruce Springsteen
  • Costumes: Susan O’Neill
  • Lighting: Michael Korsch
  • Premiere: April 29th 2004, Pittsburgh

  • Monument (2003)

  • National Ballet of Canada
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Jean Sibelius
  • Costumes: Christopher Read
  • Set Design: Yannik Larivee
  • Lighting: Christopher Dennis
  • Premiere: November 13th 2003, Toronto

  • Flames and Ashes (2002)

  • Copenhagen International Ballet
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Costumes: Marianne Nilsson
  • Lighting: Brian Njie
  • Premiere: August 2nd 2002, Copenhagen

  • Lost and Found (2002)

  • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Sting
  • Costumes: Janet Campbell
  • Lighting: Alexander Nichols
  • Premiere: May 9th 2002, Pittsburgh

  • Another Space (2002)

  • Milwaukee Ballet
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Pat Rasile
  • Costumes: Mary Piering
  • Lighting: James Leitner
  • Premiere: March 21st 2002, Milwaukee

  • Virgin Queen (2002)

  • Toronto Dance Theatre
  • Choreography: Matjash MrozewskiMusic: Henryck Gorecki, Alexander Knaifel, Bang on a Can remixed by DJ Spooky
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Lighting: Bonnie Beecher
  • Premiere: November 26th 2002, Toronto

  • A Delicate Battle (2001)

  • National Ballet of Canada
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavin Bryars
  • Costumes: Christopher Read
  • Lighting: Christopher Dennis
  • Premiere: May 2nd 2001, Toronto
  • (also staged for the West Australian Ballet in 2003)

  • People Are Scary (2001)

  • Toronto Dance Theatre
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Costumes: Lori Trez-Endez
  • Lighting: Roelof Peter Snippe
  • Premiere: March 29th 2001, Toronto

  • Three French Words (1995)

  • National Ballet of Canada - Concert Group
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Lighting: Ian Arnold
  • Premiere: March 3rd 1995, London Ontario

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FILM

  • Nureyev (2009)

  • Director: Moze Mossanen
  • Produders: Moze Mossanen and Peter Gentile

  • Sophia (2009)

  • Director: Shervin Kermani
  • Producer: Jason Aita

  • A Delicate Battle (2004)

  • (adaptation)
  • Director: Mark Adam

  • Lepidulterous (2004)

  • (original choreography)
  • Director: James Cooper

  • A Pairing of Swans (2003)

  • (adaptation)
  • director Veronica Tennant

  • Year of the Lion (2002)

  • (original choreography)
  • director Moze Mossanen

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MUSICALS

  • The Bricklin (2010)

  • FREDERICTON PLAYHOUSE/THEATRE NEW BRUNSWICK
  • Directed by Alisa Palmer
  • Written by: Paul Ledoux and Allen Cole
  • Premiere: July 30th, 2010

  • Mimi (2009)

  • TARRAGON THEATRE
  • Directed by Alisa Palmer
  • Written by: Rick Roberts, Melody A. Johnson and Allen Cole
  • Premiere: September 23rd, 2009

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INDEPENDENT

  • Tenebrae (2011)

  • COC FREE CONCERT SERIES
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Osvaldo Golijov
  • Premiere: May 17th 2011, Toronto

  • Sonata (2009)

  • COC FREE CONCERT SERIES
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Boccherini (arr. Paul Bazelaire)
  • Premiere: December 15th, 2009

  • so go slow (2009)

  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: so percussion
  • Lighting: Geoff Bouckley
  • Premiere: February 25th 2009, Toronto

  • Editrix (2007)

  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Valerie Calam/Vice Versa
  • Costumes: Lori Trez-Endes
  • Lighting: Rebecca Picherak
  • Premiere: January 10th 2007, Toronto

  • No One Dies (2004)

  • fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists(fFIDA)
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Premiere: August 19th 2004, Toronto

  • Collaborations (2004)

  • Solo and Duet for Tiffany Knight and Measha Brueggergosman
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Paul Hindemith
  • Premiere: April 3rd 2004, Toronto

  • Lam (2003)

  • Dusk Dances
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Philip Strong and Laurel McDonald
  • Costumes: Rhonda Riche
  • Premiere: July 25th 2003, Toronto

  • Break Open Play (2003)

  • The National Arts Centre
  • Youth Commission for Dance, in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Owen Belton (commissioned score)
  • Costumes: Samara McAdam
  • Lighing: Roelof Peter Snippe
  • Premiere: November 29th 2003, Ottawa
  • Co-producers: National Arts Centre, CanDance Network Creation Fund, Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Brian Webb Dance Company (Edmonton)

  • Naughty Bijou (2000)

  • fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists(fFIDA)
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Arvo Part
  • Costumes: Susan Dicks, Rhonda Riche
  • Premiere: August 12th 2000, Toronto

  • The Blondes (1997)

  • Ballet in the Square
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Quincy Jones, Pat Suzuki
  • Premiere: Summer 1997, Toronto

  • Kill Your Darlings (1996)

  • fringe Festival of Independent Dance(fFIDA)
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Franz Schubert, Tricky
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Lighting: Bonnie Beecher
  • Premiere: August 16th 1996, Toronto

  • Party Girl (1996)

  • solo for Jaimie Tapper
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: The Caravelles
  • Premiere: April 28th 1996, Canadian national televison (YTV Awards ceremony)
  • (later performed at the 1996 Canadian Dance Festival in Ottawa)

  • The Pompadour (1995)

  • Duet with Tiffany Knight
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: David Motion
  • Premiere, April 6th 1995, Canadian national televison (YTV Awards ceremony)
  • (later performed with the National Ballet of Canada’s Concert Group)

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SCHOOLS

  • Flora and Zephyr (2009)

  • RYERSON UNIVERSITY
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Vivaldi, Scanner, so percussion
  • Set and Costumes: Diego Franzoni
  • Lighting: Arun Srinivasan
  • Premiere: November 24th, 2009

  • 30-Minute Beauty Makeover (2009)

  • NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Valerie Calam (commissioned score)
  • Costumes: Nathalie Leung
  • Lighting: Aisling Sampson
  • Premiere: May 19th 2009, Toronto

  • Éclair (2007)

  • ARTS UMBRELLA DANCE COMPANY
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: J-P. Rameau
  • Costumes: Kate Burrowes
  • Lighting: Gerald King
  • Premiere: March 11th 2007, Vancouver

  • Adventures in Classicism (2003)

  • National Ballet School
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Lighting: David Morrisson
  • Premiere: May 20th 2003, Toronto

  • Charged Airs (2002)

  • National Ballet School
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Robert Schumann
  • Lighting: David Morrisson
  • Premiere: May 21st 2002, Toronto

  • Girl Power (2002)

  • York University Dance Ensemble
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Premiere: April 13th 2002, Toronto

  • Suggestion (2000)

  • National Ballet School
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Alfred Schnittke
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Premiere: November 30th 2000, Toronto

  • The Sphinx Without a Secret (1994)

  • National Ballet School
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Costumes: Caroline O’Brien
  • Premiere: December 8th 1994, Toronto

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SPECIAL EVENTS

  • Penny For Your Thoughts (2011)

  • INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY FLASH MOB
  • At Metro Hall Square
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Assistant: Kate Franklin
  • Music: Joel Plaskett
  • Premiere: April 29th 2011, Toronto

  • I Feel It All (2010)

  • INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY FLASH MOB
  • At Toronto’s Eaton Centre
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Feist (Escort remix)
  • Premiere: April 29th, 2010

  • Bringing The Tiger Down From The Mountain (2009)

  • National Arts Centre 40th Anniversary
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Alexina Louie
  • Costumes: Lori Trez Endes
  • Lighting: Rebecca Miller
  • Premiere: June 2nd 2009, Ottawa

  • Opening Ceremonies, Time to Deliver (2006)

  • 16th International AIDS Conference
  • Collaboration with MAC Cosmetics, Measha Brueggergosman and dancers from The National Ballet of Canada
  • Premiere: August 13th 2006, Toronto

  • The Swan Sees His Reflection (2002)

  • Dreams Come True Gala
  • Solo for Rex Harrington
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Malcolm Forsyth
  • Premiere: February 18th 2002, Toronto Canada

  • Worlds Collide (2001)

  • A Celebration of the Works of Canadian Artists for HRH Prince of Wales
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Joseph Haydn, Towa Tei
  • Premiere: April 30th 2001, Toronto

  • Movers and Shakers (2000)

  • Dancers For Life
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski in collaboration with the dancers
  • Music: Elliot Lazor
  • Lighting: David Morrisson
  • Premiere: November 25th 2000, Toronto

  • Dragon (1996)

  • Dances from the Heart, a Dancers Responding to AIDS Gala
  • Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski
  • Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Costumes: Susan Dicks
  • Premiere: August 1996, Martha’s Vineyard

  • Segments for Fashion Cares

  • 2009 Fashion sCares
  • 2006 20th Anniversary
  • 2005 Bollywood Cowboy
  • 2001 Garden Party
  • 2000 Floating World
  • 1997 Photo Ball
  • 1996 Future Perfect
  • 1995 Salute to Suburbia

  • Works for National Ballet of Canada fundraising galas

  • 2002 Twinkle for Dine and Dance with the Dancers
  • 2001 Grand Defile for Le Spectacle d'Or, 50th Anniversary Ball
  • 2000 A Petal for the Spirit of the Orient Ball
  • 1999 Divertissement for the Nutcracker Ball
  • 1997 Ornament for the Silver Steps Ball

  • National Ballet School Fundraiser (1997)

  • A Big Dance for Ballet School Goes Calypso

  • New Year’s Day Salute to Vienna (1996-97)

  • A Big Dance for Ballet School Goes Calypso

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COMPANY WORKSHOPS

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Dance

Teaching

Regular Guest Teacher with The National Ballet of Canada.
Classes given at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Ballet BC, MOVE: the company, Ballett Augsburg, Arts Umbrella (Vancouver) and Canada’s National Ballet School.
Open Professional Adult Ballet classes taught at Toronto’s DanceTeq studio.

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COMPANY HISTORY

May 2008 – September 2008: guest artist, Compagnie Marie Chouinard
January 2008 – March 2008: guest artist, The National Ballet of Canada
August 1999 - May 2001: second soloist, The National Ballet of Canada
August 1998 - July 1999: Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
August 1997 - July 1998: Le Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve
August 1994 - June 1997: corps de ballet, The National Ballet of Canada
August 1993 - June 1994: apprentice, The National Ballet of Canada

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24 Preludes by Chopin (Marie Chouinard)
Widow Simone, La Fille Mal Gardee (Frederick Ashton)
Bottom, The Dream (Frederick Ashton)
Sancho Panza, Don Quixote (Beriozoff)
Dreamsend (David Earle)
the second detail (William Forsythe)
Approximate Sonata (William Forsythe)
Steptext (William Forsythe)
Desir (James Kudelka)
Winter, The Four Seasons (James Kudelka)
Nikolai, The Nutcracker (James Kudelka)
Musings (James Kudelka)
The Shoemaker, The Red Shoes (Lar Lubovich)
Vers un pays sage (Jean-Christophe Maillot)
Pretty Ugly (Amanda Miller)
Axioma 7 (Ohad Naharin)
Pas de Cinq and Catalabutte, The Sleeping Beauty (Rudolf Nureyev)
Ugly Stepsister, Cinderella (Ben Stevenson)
“Oh, Johnny!”, Company B (Paul Taylor)
Noir (Twyla Tharp)

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CREATED ROLES

The Comforts of Solitude (Jean-Pierre Perreault)
Glenn 2, A Disembodied Voice (James Kudelka)
one hundred words for snow (Dominique Dumais)
Cendrillon (Jean-Christophe Maillot)
The Bough Breaks, Nightcap (Lucas Crandall)
Heureux de s’asseoir (Rui Horta)
L’Etiquette (Joe Laughlin)

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TRAINING

September 1987 - June 1993, full-time student, The National Ballet School
Teachers included Betty Oliphant, Sergiu Stefanschi, Glenn Gilmour, Luc Amyot and Peggy Baker

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Achievements

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Photo credits

COMPANY

FILM

MUSICALS

INDEPENDENT

SCHOOLS

SPECIAL EVENTS

DANCE