The National Arts Centre to host VIPs for June 2 35th anniversary celebration
May 31, 2004 -
Ottawa -- Many illustrious figures from the Canadian performing arts scene will be attending the NAC’s 35th anniversary celebration on Wednesday, June 2 from 17:00 to 20:30.
Among those confirmed include: Boris Brott, Andis Celms, Franz-Paul Decker, Shirley Douglas, Celia Franca, Gabriel Gascon, Franco Mannino, Jack Mills, Yvan Saintonge, G. Hamilton Southam, Veronica Tennant, Jean-Philippe Tremblay and Jack Udashkin. Read short biographies of these artists.
Free performances that evening will include:
A National Arts Centre Orchestra concert, featuring Music Director Pinchas Zukerman in Southam Hall at 19:15. The NAC Orchestra will play a 45-minute concert of excerpts from the works of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman. Complimentary general admission tickets for this concert are available in advance at the NAC Box Office from 10:00 to 21:00, Monday to Saturday. Limit of (4) four per person.
Folk singer Ian Tamblyn performing at the Fourth Stage at 17:00 and 18:00. Ian Tamlyn will perform some of the wonderful music he has composed for theatrical productions presented at the NAC over the years.
A selection of Pas de deux dance works presented by the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault in the Studio at 17:00 and 18:00. The Fondation is presenting excerpts from Les petites sociétés, from the choreographed works E.M.F., Îles, Adieux and L'Exil - L'Oubli by Jean-Pierre Perreault.
Excerpts from well-known NAC English and French Theatre plays presented in an informal setting in Le Salon at 17:10 and 18:10. Directed by Joël Beddows, this production is a “cantata for voices from the Canadian theatre”. Six local actors will perform scenes from English- and French-language Canadian plays.
A demonstration by NAC Props Master Victor Elliott revealing behind-the-scenes secrets of the stage in the Oasis (near the entrance to Le Café restaurant) from 17:00 to 20:30 (ongoing).
A Wall of Artists featuring hundreds of names of artists from among the thousands who have graced the NAC stages over the years will be unveiled that evening. The Wall of Artists will be displayed permanently in the NAC Promenade.
Media Information:
Manon Champagne, Communications Advisor
National arts Centre
(613) 947-7000, ext. 560
mchampag@nac-cna.ca
