Tours en l'air organizes ballet-themed escorted holidays to see the best companies perform great ballets in beautiful places. You can join a trip from anywhere. A highly knowledgeable balletomane who has enjoyed 100s of performances in over 20 cities around the world,I speak English, French, and German, and am a Travel Industry Council of Ontario certified Travel Counsellor. I also teach ballet appreciation courses.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Ballet trip to London May 2017


The itinerary for this trip is beginning to shape up.

DRAFT ITINERARY
BOOKING OPENS
EARLY JANUARY 2017


Ballet in
London
10 – 19 May 2017

10 days, 9 nights

6 performances

escorted by

Canada's Word Lady,

Katherine Barber

BALLET BUCKET LIST*
♥ The Royal Ballet at the

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Wednesday 10 May: LONDON (B)

Arrive London. Check in to 4-star Citadines Holborn, ten minutes walk from Royal Opera House



Thursday 11 May: LONDON (B,D)

Evening: welcome dinner then Royal Ballet: Mayerling (MacMillan).
Cast (subject to change):
Crown Prince Rudolf
Edward Watson
Baroness Mary Vetsera
Natalia Osipova
Countess Marie Larisch
Sarah Lamb
Empress Elisabeth
Zenaida Yanowsky
Princess Stephanie
Francesca Hayward
Mitzi Caspar
Marianela Nuñez
Bratfisch
Alexander Campbell

Friday 12 May: LONDON (B,D)

Morning: Private guided tour of Royal Opera House. Rest of day at leisure

Saturday 13 May: LONDON (B)

Morning at leisure. Midday: Watch Northern Ballet company class. Afternoon: Northern Ballet: Casanova (Tindall). Evening at leisure.
Rest of day at leisure

Sunday 14 May: LONDON (B)

Day at leisure. Optional day trip to Oxford.

Monday 15 May: LONDON (B)

Day at leisure. Optional day trip to Winchester for Jane Austen fans. Evening: An American in Paris 
 



Tuesday 16 May: LONDON (B)

Morning: Guided visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum Dance Collection. Evening: Rambert: Ghost Dances (Bruce), The 3 Dancers (Veldman), new work by Aletta Collins

Wednesday 17 May: LONDON (B, L)

Daytrip by train to Nottingham. Afternoon: afternoon tea and performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet: Solitaire (MacMillan), Five Tangos (Van Manen), Pineapple Poll (Cranko).

Thursday 18 May: LONDON (B,D)

Day at leisure. Evening: farewell dinner before Royal Ballet mixed program: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Forsythe), Tarantella (Balanchine), Strapless (Wheeldon), New Liam Scarlett

Friday 19 May: LONDON (B)

Check out of hotel and depart London.
The price and full package details will be available in early January, at which time booking will open, with a signup deadline a couple of weeks later. Booking will be open to those who have expressed a tentative interest in the trip (currently about 25 people) before being opened to my general mailing list. If you want to have first dibs on signing up for this trip (and the opportunity to be consulted on components of the itinerary before it is finalized), please send me an email at toursenlair@gmail.com to be added to the priority booking list. This is not a commitment.

Please also have a look at my April ballet trip to Zurich and Munich by clicking here:
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2016/11/ballet-trip-to-zurich-and-munich-april.html 


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