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Tours en l'air

Ballet Holidays

escorted by

Canada's Word Lady, Katherine Barber

New York

24 – 27 February 2012

4 days, 3 nights

2 ballet performances (+1 optional)

Guillaume Côté and the Kings of the Dance

New York City Ballet

See 5 of the hottest male ballet stars in the world, 

PLUS the world-famous New York City Ballet performing its signature repertoire,

meet an NYCB dancer and visit the NYCB wardrobe 

New York City Ballet Donizetti Variations. Photo © Paul Kolnik

  

  Guillaume Côté and David Hallberg, photo © Nikolai Krusser

the mind-blowing Ivan Vasiliev 

  

Friday 24 February

Arrive New York, check in to the 4-star Park Central Hotel, steps from the City Center theatre. Evening: 3-course welcome dinner. Performance: Kings of the Dance: Opus 3 showcases the power, athleticism and artistry of five of today’s most celebrated male ballet stars:

Guillaume Côté (National Ballet of Canada)

David Hallberg (American Ballet Theatre, and now the first American to join the Bolshoi Ballet)

Ivan Vasiliev (Mikhailovsky Ballet, formerly Bolshoi Ballet)

Denis Matvienko (Mariinsky Ballet)

Marcelo Gomes (American Ballet Theatre)

Program (subject to change, casting subject to change):

ACT ONE

JAZZY FIVE (Choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti)

Performed by David Hallberg, Marcelo Gomes, Guillaume Côté, Ivan Vasiliev, Denis Matvienko

ACT TWO

KABURIAS (Choreography and Costume by Nacho Duato)

Performed by David Hallberg

TUE (Choreography by Marco Goecke)

Performed by Guillaume Côté

GUILTY (Choreography by Edward Clug)

Performed by Denis Matvienko

LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE (Choreography by Patrick De Bana)

 Performed by Ivan Vasiliev

STILL OF KING (Choreography by Jorma Elo)

Performed by Marcelo Gomes

WHO I THOUGHT I WAS (Music by Guillaume Côté; Choreography by Marcelo Gomes)

Performed by Leonid Sarafanov

KO’d (Music by Guillaume Côté; Choreography by Marcelo Gomes)

Performed by David Hallberg, Guillaume Côté, Denis Matvienko, Ivan Vasiliev, Leonid Sarafanov

  

Saturday 25 February
Day at leisure.

Optional afternoon performance of

New York City Ballet:  

Allegro Brillante: a bravura piece set to Tchaikovsky's 3^rd Piano Concerto about which Balanchine said: "It contains everything I know about the classical ballet in 13 minutes."
Zakouski (Martins)  
Fancy Free (Robbins)
Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Balanchine, includes Theme and Variations)
Evening: 3-course dinner, then

meet a New York City Ballet dancer who will give us a tour of the David H Koch theatre, followed by a “First Position” discussion before the New York City Ballet performance of:
Donizetti Variations: Balanchine's cheerful and sunny tribute to Bournonville

Agon: one of the major ballets of the 20^th century, Balanchine's homage to modernism Fancy Free: the entertaining story of three World War II sailors on shore leave that launched Jerome Robbins' career as a choreographer and formed the basis for the musical On The Town.
Sunday 26 February
Day at leisure

Monday 27 February

Visit to New York City Ballet costume shop.
Check out of hotel and depart New York.

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Single supplement: CA$250

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Excellent orchestra seats for 2 ballet performances

Pre-performance talk and tour of the David H Koch Theater by an NYCB dancer

“First Position” pre-performance talk

3 nights double-share accommodation (one king or two queen beds) in the Park Central Hotel

3-course welcome dinner with wine

3-course pre-performance dinner

Visit to New York City Ballet costume shop

Hotel porterage

Ballet enrichment notes and informal post-performance reviews with tour leader

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Airfare

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Meals and transfers not specifically mentioned in this itinerary

Ticket to optional 2^nd NYCB performance

Beverages with meals

Cancellation and hospital/medical insurance

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For preliminary information on our April trip to Stuttgart and Munich, 
please click here.

Some videos to whet your appetite: 

Kings of the Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65vH34pKLU8

Agon: (snippets here, though the soundtrack of the video is not the music for the ballet):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO9Cq-n_zp0
 

Fancy Free: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ_KFv8XVjI

Allegro Brillante http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIoDt5gdYbw
 

Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (the expanded version of Theme and Variations, seen here performed by Dresden SemperOper Ballet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGDC5ZA0vRI

 

BALLET MAKES LIFE BETTER - GET MORE BALLET OUT OF LIFE

Stuttgart and Munich in the Spring

I'm very excited about a trip I'm currently planning to Stuttgart and Munich at the end of April.  Stay tuned for details, but it's shaping up like this:
Friday April 20th: Arrive Stuttgart
Saturday April 21st: Morning: Walking tour of Stuttgart, including a visit to the Saturday morning flower market. Afternoon at leisure to visit Stuttgart's art galleries or the Mercedes-Benz Museum, have a soak at one of Stuttgart's mineral baths, indulge in some coffee and cake, or stroll through the beautiful Schlossgarten.
Evening: Stuttgart Ballet performance: The Lady and the Fool (Cranko), Gaité Parisienne (Béjart)
Sunday April 22nd: Visit to the Versailles of Baden-Wurttemberg, the castle of Ludwigsburg
Monday April 23rd: Evening: Stuttgart Ballet performance: 3 new works by Mauro Bigonzetti, Edward Clug, Marco Goecke
Tuesday April 24th: Day excursion to the picturesque university town of Tubingen, followed by a visit to Schloss Solitude and John Cranko's grave
Wednesday April 25th: Transfer by luxury coach to Munich (approx. 2 hrs), stopping halfway to visit the old town of Augsburg. Watch Ballet Augsburg company class. Walking tour of Augsburg. Lunch with Robert Conn, Artistic Director of Ballet Augsburg.
Evening: Birmingham Royal Ballet performance: The Dream, Checkmate, Take Five
Thursday April 26th: Morning: Guided tour of the Bavarian State Ballet's home, the Nationaltheater; Walking tour of Old Munich. 
Evening: Bavarian State Ballet performance: Goldberg Variations (Robbins), Gods and Dogs (Kylian)
Friday April 27th: Day excursion to the Bavarian Alps, visit to one of King Ludwig's castles, Linderhof, the baroque monastery of Ettal, and the town of Oberammergau.
Evening: Bavarian State Ballet performance:Illusions -- Like Swan Lake (Neumeier's Ludwig II -themed version of Swan Lake)

(translation of German parts to come)
Saturday April 28th: Visit to the Nymphenburg Palace, Munich
Evening: Bavarian State Ballet performance: Scènes de ballet, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Voices of Spring (all Ashton), Song of the Earth (MacMillan)
Here is Voices of Spring, performed by the Royal Ballet's Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg


and Scenes de Ballet, performed by Miyako Yoshida:


Sunday April 29th Evening: Bavarian State Ballet performance: Daphnis and Chloe (Kohler), Whichever way he looks (Mannes)

(translation of German parts to come)

For some cool pics of Bavarian State Ballet ballerinas in locations around Munich, visit the Ballerina Supremacy website.

Ballet is not for the faint of heart!

"Robert Tewsley puts Tetley’s Rite of Spring at the top of his endurance list. “It’s 30 minutes of relentless dancing where you have to push yourself to the limits of your strength to achieve what the ballet is trying to say: dancing to death and then rebirth,” says Robert, who even broke his finger and knuckle in one performance."

Read more about the physical demands of dancing in this great article by Canadian Stuttgart Ballet Principal Evan McKie: 
If you're interested in seeing Evan dance (which you should be!) why not come along on our Stuttgart Munich trip in April? Preliminary info here.




"Never be afraid to push harder than you think you can." Robert Tewsley living up to his word in Tetley's Rite of Spring. To order the book, visit amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/Robert-Tewsley-Dancing-borders-Grenzen/dp/3826046064/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319129396&sr=1-1

Steven McRae guests in National Ballet of Canada Nutcracker

The Royal Ballet's Steven McRae will be guesting in the role of Peter on Dec 11 at 5:30 pm and Dec 15 at 7:00 pm.

Complete National Ballet of Canada Nutcracker Principal Casting as follows (to see casting by date, scroll down)
The Sugar Plum Fairy
Heather Ogden
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm)
Sonia Rodriguez
(Dec 10 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 14, 17, 20 at 7:00 pm)
Greta Hodgkinson
(Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15, 16 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18 at 1:00 pm)
Elena Lobsanova*
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27, 29, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Tina Pereira
(Dec 18, Jan 3 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 21, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 1:00 pm)
Stacey Shiori Minagawa
(Dec 24, 31 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 29 at 5:30 pm)

Peter/ The Nutcracker
Guillaume Côté
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm)
Piotr Stanczyk
(Dec 10 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 14, 17, 20 at 7:00 pm/Dec 24, 31 at 1:00 pm/Dec 29 at
5:30 pm)
Steven McRae+
(Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15 at 7:00 pm)
Aleksandar Antonijevic
(Dec 16 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18 at 1:00 pm)
McGee Maddox*
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27, 29, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Etienne Lavigne
(Dec 18, Jan 3 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 21, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 1:00 pm)

Snow Queen and her Icicles
Elena Lobsanova, Nan Wang, Brett van Sickle
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 10 at 7:00 pm)
Stephanie Hutchison, Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie
(Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 16 at 7:00 pm)
Elena Lobsanova, McGee Maddox, Aarik Wells
(Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15 at 7:00 pm)
Stacey Shiori Minagawa, Etienne Lavigne, Patrick Lavoie
(Dec 14, 17 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27 at 1:00 pm)
Jenna Savella, Nan Wang, Brett van Sickle
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 29, Jan 3 at
1:00 pm)
Alexandra MacDonald*, Brendan Saye*, Ryan Booth*
(Dec 18, 24, 28, 30, 31 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 20 at 7:00 pm/ Jan 3 at 5:30 pm)
Stephanie Hutchison, Nan Wang, Brett van Sickle
(Dec 18, 29 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 21, 23 at 7:00 pm)

Baba, Marie and Misha’s Nurse
Alejandra Perez-Gomez
(Dec 10, 17 at 2:00 pm, Dec 11 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 15, 20, 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27,
29, 30, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Lorna Geddes
(Dec 11, 18 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 16, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 28, 30 at 5:30 pm)
Lise-Marie Jourdain*
(Dec 10, 14, 17, 21 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18, 29, Jan 3 at 5:30 pm/ Dec 24, 28, 31 at
1:00 pm)

Uncle Nikolai
Jonathan Renna
(Dec 10 at 2:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 18, 28, 30
at 5:30 pm)
Robert Stephen
(Dec 10, 15, 17, 20 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 11 at 5:30 pm)
Jirí Jelinek*
(Dec 14, 21 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 24, 31 at 1:00 pm/ Dec 29 at 5:30 pm)
Noah Long+
(Dec 17 at 2:00 pm / Dec 22 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 27, 29, Jan 3 at 1:00 pm)
Kevin D. Bowles
(Dec 16, 23 at 7:00 pm/ Dec 18, 28, 30 at 1:00 pm)
* Debut.
+ Guest Artist

 Casting by date: Sugar Plum/Peter/Snow Queen/Icicles/Baba/Nikolai

December 10, 2 pm: Ogden/Côté/Lobsanova/Wang/van Sickle/Perez-Gomez/Renna

December 10, 7 pm: Rodriguez/Stanczyk/Lobsanova/Wang/van Sickle/Jourdain/Stephen

December 11, 1 pm: Ogden/Côté/Hutchison/Lavigne/Lavoie/Geddes/Renna


December 11, 530 pm: Hodgkinson/McRae/Lobsanova/Maddox/Wells/Perez-Gomez/Stephen

December 14, 7 pm: Rodriguez/Stanczyk/Minagawa/Lavigne/Lavoie /Jourdain/Jelinek

December 15, 7 pm: Hodgkinson/McRae /Lobsanova/Maddox/Wells/Perez-Gomez/Stephen

December 16, 7 pm: Hodgkinson/Antonijevic /Hutchison/Lavigne/Lavoie/Geddes/Bowles

December 17, 2 pm: Lobsanova/Maddox/Savella/Wang/van Sickle/Perez-Gomez/Long


December 17, 7 pm: Rodriguez/Stanczyk/Minagawa/Lavigne/Lavoie/Jourdain/Stephen

December 18, 1 pm: Hodgkinson /Antonijevic/MacDonald/Saye/Booth/Geddes/Bowles

December 18, 530 pm: Pereira/Lavigne/Hutchison//Wang/van Sickle/Jourdain/Renna


 December 20, 7 pm: Rodriguez/Stanczyk/MacDonald /Saye/Booth /Perez-Gomez/Stephen

December 21, 7 pm: Pereira/Lavigne/Hutchison/Wang/van Sickle/Jourdain/Jelinek

December 22, 7 pm: Lobsanova/Maddox/Savella/Wang/van Sickle/Perez-Gomez/Long

December 23, 7 pm: Pereira /Lavigne/Hutchison/Wang/van Sickle/Geddes/Bowles

December  24, 1 pm: Minagawa/Stanczyk/MacDonald/Saye/Booth /Jourdain/Jelinek

December 27, 1 pm: Lobsanova /Maddox/Minagawa/Lavigne/Lavoie/Perez-Gomez/Long

December  28, 1 pm: Pereira/Lavigne/MacDonald /Saye/Booth /Jourdain/Bowles


December 28, 530 pm: Ogden/Côté/Savella/Wang/van Sickle/Geddes/Renna

December 29, 1 pm: Lobsanova  /Maddox/Savella/Wang/van Sickle/Perez-Gomez/Long

December  29, 530 pm: Minagawa/Stanczyk/Hutchison/Perez-Gomez/Jelinek

December  30, 1 pm: Pereira/Lavigne/MacDonald /Saye/Booth /Perez-Gomez/Bowles

December 30, 530 pm: Ogden/Côté/Savella /Wang/van Sickle/Geddes/Renna

December  31, 1 pm: Minagawa/Stanczyk/MacDonald /Saye/Booth /Jourdain/Jelinek

January 3, 1 pm: Lobsanova /Maddox/Savella/Wang/van Sickle/Perez-Gomez/Long


January 3, 530 pm: Pereira/Lavigne/MacDonald /Saye/Booth /Jourdain/Bowles

Ballet Trivia Quiz Answer

The original production featured which elements:
a) a live horse
b) Wilis flying on wires
c) Albrecht reunited with Bathilde at the end
d) all of the above

Weekly Ballet Trivia Quiz

The original production of Giselle featured which elements:
a) a live horse
b) Wilis flying on wires
c) Albrecht reunited with Bathilde at the end
d) all of the above

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

Ballet Trivia Quiz Answer

Adolphe Adam, the composer of Giselle, also wrote which famous Christmas carol:

c) O Holy Night
(called "Minuit, Chrétiens" in French)

Weekly Ballet Trivia Quiz

Adolphe Adam, the composer of Giselle, also wrote which famous Christmas carol:
a) Joy to the World
b) Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
c) O Holy Night
d) Jingle Bells

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

$5 off Cineplex Bolshoi Ballet Broadcasts

Visit the Front Row Centre Events facebook page to download a coupon entitling you to admission for only $14.95.

Behind the scenes at Ratmansky's Romeo

Click here for great rehearsal footage of the National Ballet of Canada's new production, including Guillaume Cote, Jiri Jelinek, Elena Lobsanova. 
http://www.cbc.ca/live/video-behind-the-scenes-at-the-national-ballets-romeo-and-juliet.html

and some live performance footage:


Scenes from The National Ballet's Romeo And Juliet from Douglas Brown on Vimeo.

Review here.

If you love ballet, please check out my season of outstanding ballet trips by clicking here.

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Great video about pointe shoes from Australian Ballet

Ballet Trivia Quiz Answer

Giselle's librettist Théophile Gautier was in love with the first Giselle, Carlotta Grisi, but ended up marrying her

b) sister

Osipova Vasiliev quit Bolshoi for Mikhailovsky

A report in today's TASS reads:

"Virtuoso young dancers have decided to pursue a career in the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, reported today Bolshoi spokesman Katerina Novikova. Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev resigned last Sunday - she said."

More details here: 

 If you're a fan of Ivan Vasiliev, why not join us on our trip to New York to see him and the other "Kings of the Dance", enjoy a New York City Ballet performance or two, and other ballet-themed events. Click here for more info. 

Edward Villella pushed out at Miami City Ballet

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/arts/dance/edward-villella-and-the-miami-city-ballet-board.html?_r=1

Weekly Ballet Trivia Quiz

Giselle's librettist Théophile Gautier was in love with the first Giselle, Carlotta Grisi, but ended up marrying her
a) niece
b) sister
c) daughter
d) understudy

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

Interesting interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/mikhail-baryshnikov-dances-his-way-to-tel-aviv-1.393685

$1 tix for Love Lies Bleeding

For special offer for Alberta Ballet in Toronto November 9th or 10th, click here:
http://www.mirvish.com/enews/2011/llb/index.html

Ballet Trivia Quiz answer

The word “Wili” is derived from which English word or expression:
a) will o' the wisp
b) willy-nilly
c) give someone the willies
d) none of the above

The word is ultimately from a Croatian word vila (nymph, fairy, spirit), which came into English via German and French.

Weekly Ballet Trivia Quiz

The word “Wili” is derived from which English word or expression:
a) will o' the wisp
b) willy-nilly
c) give someone the willies
d) none of the above

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

Conversation with Guillaume Cote

http://balletnews.co.uk/cupcakes-conversation-with-guillaume-cote-principal-national-ballet-of-canada/
If you want to see Guillaume and the other "Kings of the Dance" strut their stuff, don't miss our New York trip in February (for details click here)

National Ballet of Canada Romeo & Juliet casting

Romeo
Guillaume Côté (Nov. 16, 19, 23 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 26 at 2:00 pm)
McGee Maddox (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Aleksandar Antonijevic (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Naoya Ebe (Nov.19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
TBA (Nov. 27 at 2:00 pm)
Juliet
Elena Lobsanova (Nov. 16, 19, 23 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 26 at 2:00 pm)
Heather Ogden (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Greta Hodgkinson (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Sonia Rodriguez (Nov.19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
TBA (Nov. 27 at 2:00 pm)
Mercutio 
 Piotr Stanczyk (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 23, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Jonathan Renna (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Keiichi Hirano (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Benvolio
Robert Stephen (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 23, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Christopher Stalzer (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Dylan Tedaldi (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Tybalt 
 Jiří Jelinek (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Etienne Lavigne (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Kevin D. Bowles (Nov. 19, at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Paris Brett van Sickle (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Patrick Lavoie (Nov.17, 22, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 20 at 2:00 pm)
Lord Capulet Etienne Lavigne (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Kevin D. Bowles (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Jonathan Renna (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Lady Capulet Joanna Ivey* (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Stephanie Hutchison (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)
Alejandra Perez-Gomez (Nov. 19 at 2:00 pm/ Nov. 22, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Lord Montague Aarik Wells (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
James Leja (Nov. 18, 22, 25, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24 at 2:00 pm)
Lady Montague Juri Hiraoka (Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Lise-Marie Jourdain (Nov. 18, 22, 25, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24 at 2:00 pm)
Duke of Verona Peter Ottmann (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Rex Harrington (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Friar Lawrence Tomas Schramek (Nov. 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 24, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Peter Ottmann (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Nurse Lorna Geddes (Nov. 16, 19, 22, 23, 25 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 19, 26 at 2:00 pm)
Alejandra Perez-Gomez (Nov. 17, 24 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 20 at 2:00 pm)
Rebekah Rimsay (Nov. 18, 26 at 7:30 pm/ Nov. 24 at 2:00 pm)

Bolshoi Live Sleeping Beauty casting

For the live broadcast on November 20th, Aurora will be danced by Svetlana Zakharova and the Prince by the Bolshoi's new American recruit David Hallberg. See what all the fuss is about!