What went down at the 2024 Mad Hot Ballet gala
Including stylish appearances by Karen Kain, Guillaume Côté, Siphesihle November and others
On Tuesday, the city’s most fashionable arts patrons came out to support the National Ballet of Canada’s annual fundraising gala. Held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the evening’s theme was Garden of Jewels, a summer soirée inspired by the natural beauty of flowers and gemstones. Attendees enjoyed an immersive dance performance, toasted to the arts and raised money for the National Ballet’s education and community engagement initiatives. Here’s who showed up.
Principal dancer Harrison James
Rana Florida
Devin Connell, Robin Kovitz and Emily Burnett
Emmanuelle Gattuso, former artistic director Karen Kain and principal dancer Heather Ogden
Principal dancer Siphesihle November and Bernadette Morra
Principal dancer Guillaume Côté and Lynda Prince
Karen Kain and Siphesihle November sharing a moment
Corps de ballet member Arielle Miralles, principal dancer Koto Ishihara, corps de ballet members Isabelle Bratt and Scott McKenzie, and first soloist Alexandra MacDonald
Jenna Bitove Naumovich, Suzanne Rogers and Vonna Bitove
Corps de ballet member Alexander Skinner in Desperate Drama of Red, an immersive piece
Sasha Exeter
Kirk Pickersgill and Krystal Koo
Trish Del Sorbo and Nick Del Sorbo
First soloist Chelsy Meiss and principal dancer Ben Rudisin
Artist-in-residence Greta Hodgkinson and principal coach Rex Harrington
John Bailey and music director and principal conductor David Briskin
