Upcoming Ballet Trips

All Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays are presented by CWT Victor Travel

England
21 – 28 September 2012
8 days, 7 nights
3 ballet performances (+1 optional)

  Experience some of England's most spectacular countryside in the 
picturesque Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, 
visit the homes of William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, and the Brontes,
and see beautiful ballets performed by
Birmingham Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet
SIGNUP DEADLINE JUNE 14, 2012

  For detailed itinerary, click here
 


Paris Opera Ballet in Chicago
28 June – 1 July 2012

4 days, 3 nights, 2 ballet performances
SIGNUP DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Seize this opportunity to see the world's oldest ballet company as it performs masterpieces of the French repertoire on a rare tour to North America. The Paris Opera Ballet is still considered one of the world's top ballet companies; this program lets you thrill to the virtuosity of their impeccable classical technique and be transported by the beauty of the quintessential Romantic ballet.
This trip is SOLD OUT, but places may become available. Please inquire if you are interested: toursenlair@gmail.com
For detailed itinerary, click here

2012-13 Season
Details forthcoming
At this point we are soliciting expressions of interest to determine which trips are most in demand. If you are potentially interested in any of these, please email me at toursenlair@gmail.com and I will keep you updated on their status 
  

Friday 21 Sept. – Friday 28 Sept. 2012
North of England
(Lake District and Yorkshire Dales)
3 performances
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Swan Lake
Take Five (Bintley), Lyric Pieces (Lang), Grosse Fuge (van Manen)
Northern Ballet: Madame Butterfly (Nixon)

Thursday 31 Jan. – Sunday 10 Feb. 2013
Vienna and Prague 4 performances (+ 1 optional)
Vienna State Ballet: Bluebeard's Secret (Thoss)
Manon (MacMillan)
Ballet of the National Theatre Prague: Sleeping Beauty
Dance at the Crossroads, Moonshine, Rooster (all Christopher Bruce)

Saturday 16 Feb. – Sunday 24 Feb. 2013
(includes Family Day weekend)
London 3 performances
Royal Ballet: Apollo (Balanchine), new Wheeldon, new Ratmansky
Voices of Spring, Thais Pas de Deux, Monotones 1 and 2, La Valse, 
Marguerite and Armand  (all Ashton) 
 Birmingham Royal Ballet: Aladdin (Bintley)


Monday 4 March – Tuesday 12 March 2013
Zurich and Stuttgart 4 performances
Zurich Ballet: New Sleep (Forsythe), new Clug, Sleight of Hand (Lightfoot Leon)
Swan Lake (Spoerli)
Stuttgart Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)
Concerto for Flute and Harp (Cranko), Bolero (Béjart) Slice to Sharp (Elo)


Saturday 6 April – Saturday 13 April 2013
Copenhagen 4 performances
New York City Ballet:
NY Export: Opus Jazz (Robbins), Les Carillons (Wheeldon),Concerto DSCH (Ratmansky)
Serenade, Four Temperaments, Symphony in C
Royal Danish Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (Neumeier)
Mixed Program

OR


Friday 12 April – Sunday 14 April 2013
San Francisco 2 performances
San Francisco Ballet: Raymonda Act III, new Possokhov, Symphonic Dances (Liang)
Francesca da Rimini (Possokhov), Symphony in 3 Movements (Balanchine),
Criss-Cross (Tomasson)


Tuesday 16 April – Sunday 21 April 2013
London 3 performances
National Ballet of Canada: Romeo and Juliet (Ratmansky)
Royal Ballet: Mayerling (MacMillan)
La Bayadère

Monday 22 April – Tuesday 30 April 2013
Stuttgart and Munich 7 performances
Stuttgart Ballet: 
The Four Temperaments (Balanchine), Dances at a Gathering (Robbins)
Rite of Spring (Tetley)
Bavarian State Ballet:
Illusions – Like Swan Lake (Neumeier)
Song of the Earth (MacMillan), Voices of Spring, 5 Brahms Waltzes, 
Scenes de Ballet (all Ashton)
Heroes (Kohler)
Moor's Pavane (Limon), Choreartium (Massine)
Terpsichore Gala
Bavarian State Ballet Junior Company: TBA

early May 2013
Holland and Paris 3 performances
Dutch National Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (van Dantzig)
Paris Opera Ballet:  Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Neumeier)
Firebird (Béjart), Boléro (Cherkaoui), Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky), Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins) 


Friday 31 May – Monday 3 June 2013
New York 4 performances
American Ballet Theatre: TBA
New York City Ballet: Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Balanchine), Concerto DSCH (Ratmansky), 
Fearful Symmetries (Martins)
Sonatas and Interludes (Tanner), Serenade (Balanchine),  NY Export: Opus Jazz (Robbins), New Peck
Andantino, The Cage (both Robbins), Allegro Brillante,
Stravinsky Violin Concerto (both Balanchine)
 

Saturday 8 June – Monday 17 June 2013
Hamburg 7 performances
Bavarian State Ballet: TBA
Hamburg Ballet: Excerpts from Hamlet, Othello, Vivaldi, As You Like it (Neumeier)
The Lady of the Camellias (Neumeier)
Romeo and Juliet (Neumeier)
Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Neumeier)
Nijinsky (Neumeier)
Le Pavillon d'Armide, Rite of Spring (Neumeier)

Mid-July 2013
Saratoga Springs, NY 3 performances
New York City Ballet: TBA


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