Mad Hot Gala: A Russian Seduction
In support of the National Ballet of Canada, the annual million-dollar fundraising gala was held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts and featured performances by many of the company's principal dancers. Sonia Rodriguez, who is celebrating her 20th anniversary season, performed an excerpt from Mark Godden's, As Above, So Below, with Piotr Stanczyk.
Mad Hot Gala co-chairs Clara Mathur (left) and Lina Gagliano (right) with Karen Kain (centre), artistic director of the National Ballet of CanadaJanice Pinto
Dancer Xiao Nan Yu at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
Dancer Sonia Rodriguez and husband Kurt Browning at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
Bob Hope (left) and dancer Rex Harrington at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
Dancers Greta Hodgkinson (left), Aleksandar Antonijevic and Heather Ogden at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
Guests Kathy Lovas (left), Elske Kofman, Linda O'Leary, Nancy Belsher and Liza Mauer at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
Dancers Zdenek Konvalina and Bridgett Zehr at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
Bill Hantanaka, chairman and chief executive officer of TD Waterhouse and Lucille Joseph, chair of National Ballet of Canada, at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
Jay Smith, first vice president of CIBC Wood Gundy, at the Mad Hot GalaJanice Pinto
'A Russian Seduction' was the theme for this year's Mad Hot Gala, featuring Russian-inspired cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and a gourmet dinner onstage by celebrity chef Mark McEwanJanice Pinto
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts where the National Ballet of Canada celebrated the Mad Hot Gala fundraiserJanice Pinto
Performers at the Mad Hot Gala fundraiser for the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ArtsJanice Pinto