It is not common for men dance on pointe, yet in Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream The National Ballet of Canada’s Joe Chapman, Spencer Hack, and Giorgio Galli will be doing just that. The Dream is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and set to Felix Mendelssohn’s magical score. The three men have been cast in the role of Bottom, the donkey with whom the lovely Tatiana falls in love, and with that comes the extra challenge of learning how to dance on pointe.
Men Dance on Pointe