She was born in Toronto to Spanish immigrant parents. Rodriguez’s National Ballet career almost didn’t happen. “The ballet allows me to be onstage with the entire company, with the people who have inspired me every day. There’s another important reason Rodriguez is happy to be going out in “Streetcar.” It’s a heavily populated ballet and will allow her to be surrounded by those who’ve formed her artistic family for so long. “Every step has an emotional intent,” said Rodriguez. As for the actual dancing, it’s as demanding as it gets. She drifts emotionally from fragile reality into self-destructive delusion. The pandemic derailed that “Streetcar” plan, but the company still wanted to give Rodriguez a fitting send-off and, with the ballerina’s happy agreement, simply postponed the production until now.īlanche is a big role in every sense. Kain readily agreed and programmed Neumeier’s adults-only dramatic ballet for a March 2021 revival. Unsurprisingly, as Rodriguez began contemplating how she’d like to dance her way into retirement, she asked then artistic director Karen Kain if she’d consider bringing “Streetcar” back. For those who followed her long career from sunny ingénue to poised classical ballerina, it was like watching an artist transcend all expectations, drawing on every ounce of accumulated experience to conquer an almost insurmountable peak. Rodriguez was the original Blanche when the National Ballet first performed the work in June 2017. If ‘Streetcar’ had arrived in the repertoire, say, 10 or 15 years ago, I’m not sure I’d have been ready to tackle the complexity of Blanche’s character.” “It’s physically and emotionally draining,” Rodriguez said. For someone who has danced pretty much every significant ballerina role in the repertoire, Sonia Rodriguez has certainly picked a scorcher to go out with.Īfter a remarkable 32-year career with the National Ballet of Canada, the beloved dancer will bid her many fans farewell portraying the tragic Blanche DuBois in choreographer John Neumeier’s version of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
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