Peter Quanz. In 2008 Gradimir Pankov established the national choreographic contest, won by Jean-Sébastien Couture, which has allowed Les Grands Ballets to showcase work by emerging Canadian choreographers. Each season, Les Grands Ballets invited international companies to perform as part of its program; the list includes Houston Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater, Cullberg Ballet (Sweden), Compañía Nacional de Danza (Spain), Warsaw Ballet (Poland), Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (Taiwan), Shen Wei Dance Arts (New York City), Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon (France), Dutch National Ballet and Eifman Ballet Theatre of St-Petersburg (Russia). Since Ivan Cavallari took artistic leadership, the company focuses on extending its repertoire to both showcase the great ballet classics and acquire new works by emerging contemporary creators. Dancers Dancers for the 2022-2023 season: Principal Dancers Raphaël Bouchard Rachele Buriassi Roddy Doble Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya Maude Sabourin Myriam Simon Yui Sugawara First Soloists Célestin Boutin Emma Garau Cima Anna Ishii Anya Nesvitaylo Esnel Ramos Soloists Mai Kono Sahra Maira Stephen Satterfield Andre Santos Demi-soloists Kiara DeNae Felder Graeme Fuhrman Jose Carlos Losada Morales Hamilton Nieh Éline Malègue Corps de ballet Antoine Benjamin Bertran Bernardo Betancor Giuseppe Canale Bernard Dubois II Alexandra Eccles Kiara Flavin Maude Fleury François Gagné Étienne Gagnon-Delorme Sofía González Enno Kleinehanding Tatiana Lerebours James Lyttle Carrigan MacDonald Tetyana Martyanova Felixovich Morante Stefano Russiello Théodore Poubeau Catherine Toupin Angel Vizcaíno Apprentice Oscar Lambert Christian Scifo Calista Shepheard Rose Trahan Former principal dancer Rachel Rufer (2000-2010) Geneviève Guérard (1999-2006) Former soloists Edi Blloshmi Hervé Courtain Émilie Durville Lénaïg Guégan (2007-2010) Marcin Kaczorowski Isabelle Paquette (2001-2010) Guillaume Pruneau (2002-2010) Jeremy Raia André Silva Notable people Iro Tembeck, faculty References External links Les Grands Ballets website Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Productions Internationales Albert Sarfati Ballet companies in Canada Performing arts in Montreal Performing groups established in 1957 1957 establishments in Quebec