About this episode

Janine Marley interviews Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg from Opera Atelier, discussing their contributions to dance and opera.

Hello everyone! Unfortunately, due to some technical difficulties, this week's episode is a bit shorter, but I got to speak to the incredible Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg of Opera Atelier. Jeanette Lajeunesse Zingg has choreographed and performed in major theatres internationally. She received her training in London, Copenhagen and Paris, where she undertook in-depth studies of Baroque dancing from original source material. She credits her teachers (including her most important teacher/mentors—John Marshall and Florentina Lojekova) with instilling in her a love for dance history. Ms. Zingg has received the prestigious Toronto Arts Award, the Opera Canada Ruby Award for outstanding achievement in the field of opera in Canada and was named by TIME Magazine as one of Canada’s most influential artists in Classical music. She has collaborated with conductors Marc Minkowski, Hervé Niquet, Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Parrott, David Fallis and Stefano Montanari and choreographed for dancers from the National Ballet of Canada, The Scapino Ballet, The Dutch National Ballet, La Scala Ballet, and Opera Atelier. Marshall Pynkoski’s fascination with music, theatre and dance…

People in this episode

Host: Janine Marley

Guests: Marshall Pynkoski, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

Topics covered

• opera
• dance
• choreography
• classical music
• interview
• arts

Keywords

• Marshall Pynkoski
• Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg
• Opera Atelier
• Baroque dancing
• Toronto Arts Award
• classical music
• choreography
• dance history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Opera Atelier, National Ballet of Canada, The Scapino Ballet, The Dutch National Ballet, La Scala Ballet, TIME Magazine, Royal Academy of Dancing, Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Places: Canada, London, Copenhagen, Paris

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