NEWS ITEM: Something to Bragg about
30 Jun'10

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

It's taken awhile, but Martin Bragg, erstwhile Artistic Producer of the Canadian Stage Company has surfaced once again.

Bragg, who left CanStage in 2009 after a 17-year association, was named Tuesday as the new Executive Director of the Alberta Ballet, where he will work closely with Artistic Director Jean Grand-Maître.

Under Grand-Maître's stewardship, the company has emerged as a major bridge between contemporary music and classical ballet, building on the attention it earned with THE FIDDLE & THE DRUM — a work set to the music of Joni Mitchell — with a new production set to the music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin that opened in May. Titled LOVE LIES BLEEDING, it has recently received John's approval to tour beyond Alberta's borders. A new ballet, set to the music of Sarah MacLachlan is already being planned.

Bragg, whose touring experience includes the successful international tour of THE OVERCOAT, is expected to assume his new duties in Calgary sometime in July.