PHOTOS: MICHAEL SLOBODIAN, COURTESY BALLET BC
Setting the Barre High
Emily Molnar muses on Ballet BC’s 30-year love affair with contemporary
dance and plots its next grand jeté forward by louise phillips
In the 30 years since Ballet BC took its first baby
steps, the province’s only professional ballet company has built a reputation for taking risks with repertoire without sacrificing style — or season’s tickets.
In 1986, the company then known as Ballet British
Columbia employed a dozen or so part-time, classically trained dancers willing to break out of the tutusand-toe-shoes tradition. They prided themselves on
their collaborative approach to d