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International Ballet Gala

"Stars of The 21st Century - Gala des Etoiles du XXIe Siecle"
New York, Paris, Moscow, Toronto, Cannes

About Nadia Veselova Tencer

Director of School of Canadian Ballet Theatre
Artistic Director of International Ballet Galas
    "Stars of the 21st Century" and "Les Etoiles du 21e Siecle"
       New York City, USA; Cannes, France
       Paris, France; Toronto, Canada
Judge at Prix Benois De La Danse, Bolshoi Theatre-Moscow Russia
Judge at Grand Prix U.S.A.

Nadia Veselova Tencer was Judge at both Prix Benois De La Danse, Bolshoi Theatre-Moscow Russia and Grand Prix U.S.A.

Nadia Veselova Tencer with Lucia Lacarra

Lucia Lacarra - Winner of Benois de la Danse, Grand-Prix and Judge Nadia Veselova Tencer

Judges of Benois De La Dance, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow:
- Robert Denuers: Director of Royal Ballet of Flanders
- Mikko Nissinen: Artistic Director of Boston Ballet
- Soo Khim Goh: Artistic Director of Singapore Dance Theatre
- Victor Ullate: Director of Centro de la Dance Victor Ullate, Madrid
- Nadia Veselova-Tencer: Artistic Director of Stars of the 21st Century
- Brigitte Lefevre: Director of Dance at the Paris National Opera
- Ivan Liska: Director of Bavarian State Ballet

Nadia Veselova Tencer was named "ACCLAIMED MASTER TEACHER" by Dance Magazine (1997 - New York, World's Largest Dance Publication)


Nadia Veselova Tencer	Nadia Veselova Tencer with her teacher Alla Osipenko

Nadia graduated from the world-renowned Vaganova Choreographic Institute (the school of the Kirov Maryinsky Ballet) in St. Petersburg, class of Alla Osipenko. She has performed with leading Russian companies and with world ballet stars. Immigrating to Canada in 1979, Nadia embarked on a career of developing the traditions of classical ballet in her new homeland. She founded the Academy of Ballet and Jazz in 1988 in Toronto, which quickly became a successful dance school offering the pure Kirov/Vaganova syllabus.

Nadia Veselova with International Ballet Super Stars

Nadia with International Ballet Super Stars

First Row:
Nadia Veselova Tencer
Tatyana Terekhova - Prima Ballerina, Kirov Ballet
Amanda McKerrow - Prima Ballerina, American Ballet Theater

"Stars of the 21st Century" from left to right, after the class taught by Nadia Veselova Tencer:

Mark Peretokin, Elena Andrienko (Bolshoi Ballet)
Cyril Pierre, Lucia Lacarra (San Francisco Ballet)
Nadia Veselova Tencer
Valdimir Malakhov (American Ballet Theater, Artistic Director of the Berlin Opera Ballet)
Agnes Letestu (Ballet de L'Opera de Paris), Roberto Bolle, Sabrina Brazzo (La Scala de Milan),
Jose Martinez (Ballet de L'Opera de Paris), Anna Antonicheva, Dimitri Belogol

Gala "A Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev" at the O'Keefe Centre followed in 1995 with Nadia Veselova Tencer performing on stage with a glittering lineup of international superstars. It featured principal dancers from the Kirov Ballet, American Ballet Theater, the New York City Ballet, the Royal Ballet of England, the Royal Danish Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Ballet National de Marseilles Roland Petit, La Scala di Milano, Stuttgard Ballet, the Vienna State Opera Ballet, étoiles from L'Opéra de Paris and other international guest artists.


Nadia Veselova Tencer and Evelyn Hart - Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev, 1995, O'Keefe Center, Toronto, Canada Nadia's last performance with the world stars.	Vladimir Malahov, Director of the Berlin Ballet; Nadia Veselova-Tencer, Director of the Canadian Ballet Theatre; Uliana Lopatkina, a winner of the Benois Prize, and Igor Zelinsky, the Premier at the Kirov Theatre; on stage at the Lincoln Center in New York City for Stars of the 21st Century

Nadia was also selected to become artistic director of world renowned International Ballet Galas "Stars of the 21st Century" and "Les Etoiles du 21e siecle" which brings the leading international ballet stars from many of the world's premier companies, including:

· Bolshoi Ballet
· Kirov Ballet
· American Ballet Theatre
· National Ballet of Canada
· Royal Winnipeg Ballet
· L'Opera de Paris
· New York City Ballet
· La Scala de Milano
· Royal Ballet - England
· Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
· Ballet Madrid
· Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit
· Ballet Opera Wiesbaden
· Boston Ballet
· Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

· Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit
· Ballet Opera Wiesbaden
· Boston Ballet
· Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
· Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre
· Munich Ballet
· National Ballet of Cuba
· National Ballet of Portugal
· Royal Ballet - England
· Royal Danish Ballet
· San Francisco Ballet
· Stuttgart Ballet
· Theatre Comunale - Florence
· Vienna State Opera

Galas were held in greatest theatres of the world:

- "Toronto Centre for the Arts" - 2002, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 - Toronto, Canada.
- "Lincoln Center" - 2000, 01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08 - New York, U.S.A
- "Palais des Festivales" - 1999 , 2005 - Cannes, France
- "Champs Elysees" - 1998 - 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 - Paris, France
- "Hummingbird Centre" - 1995, 1996, 1997 - Toronto, Canada


Karen Kain - Prima ballerina and Artistic director of National Ballet of Canada Nadia Veselova Tencer - Artistic director of "Stars of the 21st Century"	Faruk Ruzimatov - Superstar of Kirov ballet Nadia Veselova Tencer Natalya Bolshakova - Prima Ballerina Kirov Ballet Vadim Gulyaev - Principal dancer of Kirov Ballet in Academy of Ballet and Jazz class


Karen Kain - Prima ballerina and Artistic director of National Ballet of Canada Nadia Veselova Tencer - Artistic director of "Stars of the 21st Century"	Nadia Veselova Tencer Solomon Tencer - Producer of Stars of the 21st Century. Yuri Grigorovich - Master of the Bolshoi Ballet Natalia Bessmertnova - Prima Ballerina of Bolshoi Ballet


Nadia Veselova Tencer with Maya Pliseckaya - Prima ballerina assaluta, Bolshoi Ballet	Nadia Veselova Tencer Vladimir Vasiliev - Master of Bolshoi Ballet Oleg Vinogradov - Master of Kirov Ballet Julia Moon - Director of Universal Ballet, Korea


Natalia Makarova - prima ballerina assaluta, American Ballet Theatre; Royal Ballet, London; Kirov Ballet, St. Petersburg Boris Treline - former principal dancer, Ballet Russe; international producer Nadia Veselova Tencer Lucia Lacarra - prima ballerina assaluta, "Stars of the 21st Century"

Nadia in The Media

Newspapers

Toronto Star, 2006
Globe and Mail, 2006
New York Times, 2006
New York Sun, 2006
Dance Europe Magazine, 2006
Globe and Mail, December, 2005
Le Figaro, Paris, France Sept. 2005
Chatelaine
Toronto Star
Globe and Mail, 2004
Globe and Mail, 2002
Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail, 1993
Globe and Mail, April 27th, 2002
New York Times, 2001
New York Times, 2002
New York Times, 2005
Dance Europe Magazine
Dance Magazine, New York, 1969
Dance Magazine, New York, 1995
Dance Magazine, New York, 1997
Dancer Magazine, 2005
Planet's Echo, Moscow, Russia (In Russian)
Vremya, Moscow, Russia (In Russian)
Le Figaro, France (In French)
Cannes, France (In French)
Danse Light Magazine (In French)
Richmond Hill Post, 2002
Thornhill Post, 2000

Letters of Appreciation
Steven Harper - Prime Minister of Canada
Paul Martin - Prime Minister of Canada
Jean Chretien - Prime Minister of Canada
James J. Blanchard, Ambassador of United States of America
Adrienne Clarkson - Governor General of Canada
Alfred Siefer - Gaillardin, L'Ammasadeur de France
Alexander Belonogov, Ambassador of Russian Federation
Dalton McGuinty - Premier of Ontario
James Balderman - Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
David Miller - Mayor of Toronto
Madeleine Meilleur - Minister of Culture of Canada
Isabel Basset - Minister of Citezenship, Culture and Recreation of Canada
Art Eggleton - Minister of Defence of Canada
Bernard Oheix - Director of Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Congres
Ian McLean - Minister, Canadian Embassy, Paris, France