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Although it remains Canada's largest ballet troupe, the scale of its operations has fluctuated historically according to its financial … Company Auditions published. Frame by Frame by Robert Lepage and Choreographic Associate and Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté, makes its world premiere, marking the first collaboration between The National Ballet of Canada, Ex Machina and the National Film Board of Canada. Norman Campbell directs a televised version of Gala Performance and the pas de trois from Swan Lake. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","Url":"https://national.ballet.ca/Meet/About-National-Ballet"},{"Image":"https://national.ballet.ca/NBOC/media/MediaLibrary/Images/About/65th%20Anniversary/ROM3-2011-56-72.jpg?width=648\u0026height=400\u0026ext=.jpg","HighRes":"","Title":"2011/12","DescNoHTML":"Elena Lobsanova and Guillaume Côté in Romeo and Juliet (2011). (Ms. Kain’s role is expanded to Artistic Associate in 1999). 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